I found this a very strange book yet quite compelling reading. The main two characters are Kathryn and Lily. Kathryn is a successful 40 something editor at a magazine that has just been taken over by Lily’s Aunt. Lily is a twenty something ‘snowflake’ in Kathryns words. Someone who has everything handed to her and complains about his unfair life is to her generation. They ‘accidently’ bump into each other and Lily begins to stalk Kathryn, trying to be like her and yet undermine her as well.
It is very dark, sinister and creepy and causes a mixture of emotions. I was angry at Kathryn and wanted to shake her, whilst also feeling desperately sorry for her.
It’s a compelling read that you don’t want to put down.

This is another of those books which I requested after seeing on twitter. I’m so glad I did. It is a fantastic book which I have read in just one sitting.
The cover is absolutely beautiful and it has been an enjoyable and interesting read. I am keen to read more by this author. This is a book I will be highly recommending.

I really enjoyed this book. Katherine is a 40 year old magazine editor. She has been struggling with depression, but is now back at work, where her magazine is under new ownership. When she meets Lily, her new intern, she becomes rather obsessed by her, and this soon appears to be mutual. But what game is Lily playing? She clearly wants Katherine's job, but she also seems intent on stealing her whole life. This is a real page turner that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the end. Thanks to NetGalley for a preview copy.
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A fun, twisty read that kept me guessing. While I enjoyed the story, I didn't connect well with the characters, which hurt my enjoyment a little. I will definitely read more from this author in the future.

I found this a fascinating story about the gap between these labelled generations. Snowflake, Millennial etc. I am much older than that and no definitions of different generations were applied when I was younger. I am interested in the mind that invented these characters and the apparent underlying upset in moving from one stage to another creating jealousy of younger people.
I have not experienced that. Is it to do with decisions made when younger eg: to not have children?
I found it a dark story with characters who felt that they had a right to change things to suit themselves, with no thought for the effect they were having on other people. I really hope that the work place has not developed into that.
I had difficulty ploughing through the first half of the book where the story was mostly a diatribe of self obsession and thoughts that showed the resentment of others. The book continues to several clever twists as the end approaches but still with the main theme of self interest in both main characters.
The thinking felt alien to me but I felt that it was a clever story.

I have to say I really struggled with this book on the beginning and was very tempted to give in. A slow start that I found difficult to connect with but I am so glad I persevered as the last 20% or so really picked up pace with twists I never saway coming.

I really wanted to like Precious You as I know others have given it great reviews but there was something about it that I just couldn’t gel with. I wasn’t overly keen on the writing style and found it lacked pace. Sorry but this wasn’t one for me. Thank you to NetGalley, HQ and the author for the chance to review.

Well this was a very dark and sinister read.

Katherine is the editor of Leadership magazine, it's just been taken over and the new owners want a different vibe.

Lily is a new intern at the magazine and also. The niece of the new owners.

Lily is soon gaslighting Katherine and a battle of wills between the two strong willed women starts and it sends them both on a collision course.

Thanks to Netgalley for the opportunity to review this book, this is my honest opinion.

This was a fascinating psychological thriller. Lots of twists and turns and revelation of the unexpected. Such a true to life story. Some good characters, who could be people you know.

Many thanks to the author, HQ and Netgalley for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review.
I found this a difficult book to get into. I found the writing style good, but found that the main character Kathy was unlikeable and although she was quoted as being 40 the author was writing about her as if she were well past it career wise. I liked the character of her partner Iain good at first, but felt he became weaker and the situation that arose with Kathy’s younger nemesis Lily was somewhat unbelievable.
I liked the twist at the end, however, but I felt that this was a little rushed and could have been played out more earlier in the book.

I didn’t like this book it wasn’t for me there was too much detail instead of getting on with the story, I couldn’t make heads or tails of it and it was boring.

I thought this would be an easy read and it was insofar as the pages keep turning but it blows out of the water the relationship within business (and life) of the currently middle aged and the new millennial "snowflake" and really makes you think about both ends of the spectrum.
A battle of wills between Katherine, middle aged, partnered off and relatively stable and her "snowflake" intern Lily who we find out has a secret agenda early on as she sets out to destroy Katherine.
What remains unclear for a good chunk of the story is why.
meanwhile boardroom and office battles ensue and Lily effectively wraps Katherine around her little finger all the while taking her part piece by piece both professionally and personally.
There is some misdirection that I totally followed down the wrong assumptive path and the ending is just excellent!
Thoroughly recommended read for all ages to perhaps open our eyes to other peoples perspectives and help break down the barriers that society builds around age and beliefs.

Forty-one year old Katherine Ross, editor of Leadership magazine, prides herself on her toughness - even if she's had a bit of a mental health wobble recently, and is haunted by dreams of her childhood.

New intern Lily Lunt is the type of person she most despises - a "soft, entitled millennial snowflake" prone to taking offence at everything - oh, and she's the new owner's niece. Lily has her own agenda, though. She has Katherine in her sights, and safe to say it's not going to end well. Nevertheless, there's something fascinating about her and Katherine can't help but be drawn in.

The story is narrated alternately by Katherine and Lily. Katherine is struggling with ageing and her own perceived loss of attractiveness and relevance - "I desperately wanted to collapse the years between someone like you and someone like me". You're only forty-one, Katherine, get over yourself. Lily, well, she's not all she appears.

To say both these women are toxic is an understatement, but it's nevertheless possible to feel sympathy at times. It's hard not to empathise with someone whose workplace has been invaded by a much younger person who's deemed by all to be better than you at everything about the job you've been doing for twenty years. Plus, everyone loves her. Actually, come to think of it I didn't really feel any sympathy for Lily - she's pretty awful. But equally, any I felt for Katherine was regularly kicked from under me. She sees Lily as entitled, but Katherine is no less so, and neither shows a speck of self-awareness.

Despite the workplace setting, the cast of characters is pretty small - Katherine, Lily, Asif and new owner Gemma seem to be the only people ever mentioned as working at Leadership, and I think the only other major character is Katherine's long term partner Iain. It makes for quite an intense and almost claustrophobic feel.

It took me a while to get into, but once I did I was riveted. Precious You is a compelling and at times horrifying exploration of what used to be called the generation gap, women's often needlessly damaging rivalries in and out of the workplace, obsession and revenge. It maybe takes a few too many shocking twists and turns towards the end, but it's an enthralling read.

Thank you NetGalley for this advanced copy. I could not get into this book. The description sounded really good but about 12% in I just gave up. Nothing I read had any interest to me.

A sincere thank you to the publisher, author and Netgalley for providing me an ebook copy of this book in exchange for a fair and honest review. This is not my usual genre, I’m more of a crime/thriller reader therefore am extremely pleased and grateful for opening up my mind to something totally different. 4 stars 🌟🌟🌟🌟

This one was not for me, after reading the first 20 pages, etc. Thank you for allowing me access even though it wasn't to my taste.

Where do i start. what a read, a spellbinding book that keeps you turning the page.... i just couldn't put this down, a psychological thriller full of twists and turns.....
If you have ever experienced some form of revenge from another then treble it and take it beyond the boundaries of thought then this is the book

Kathrine and Lily battle this out in a way that makes you wonder how far somebody would go......... two damaged souls and two very different people, but not that different, are the basis of the book.....this is something that i would compare to Gone Girl and Girl on the Train....a ride of your life with this as it takes you into some dark places. But also to some places somewhere in there, brings a feeling like this is like somebody i have met, the one that was jealous of you or the one that wanted to oust you out of the top ten friends list...............

Kathrine's long standing partner Iain makes you wonder if he was controlled to be the puppet and to keep him in place or was he just doing what he wanted to do? He is manipulated from one and then the other as he thinks he is starting to be himself again.

Work and power go hand in hand, as there is always somebody ready to take your place, the subtle discrepancies, and the malleable way that lily can twist somebody around her finger is brilliant. The stress to be on top of the game shows and how easy it is to fall from favour

The ending was a great twist and i loved the book from beginning to end....... If this isn't a number one best seller then i would be very surprised, but for me this is what a good book has for it to succeed......so highly recommended

A huge Thank You to The author, The publisher and Netgalley for providing the e-arc in exchange for a unbiased review of these works.

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A brilliantly creepy psychological read which I did not want to put down. What made this stand out, was that Katherine was aware very quickly that Lily was a dangerous individual. The suspense came from trying to second guess whether she would succeed in outwitting her or not. Well worth reading.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publishers for this arc. I’ve heard lots of positive things about Precious You, and was drawn to the premise - I’m absolutely hooked whenever I hear about psychological thrillers about toxic female characters, and this one completely knocked me over. A gripping read, with a fresh and compelling voice.
This follows Katherine Ross, a 41-year old editor at Leadership magazine, which has been brought by a new boss. Katherine is grateful she even has her job, but resentful about new young interns buzzing around and slightly threatened that her time may be nearly over. One morning she meets Lily, an intern at Leadership, but also the boss’s niece. Lily is 23-year old, beautiful and ambitious, everything Katherine once was...so begins a complicated relationship between the two women, and is it Katherine’s paranoia or Lily morphing into Katherine and stealing her life...
This was a compelling read. I couldn’t put it down. I loved the voices of both characters. What made this such a complex, gripping read was how realistic and justified the interiority of both characters’ narration was. Katherine and Lily are equally fleshed out, flawed yet relatable. Katherine’s POV is in second person; she talks to Lily in past tense with the foreshadowing that something awful has happened, which creates a suspenseful, ominous and a somewhat claustrophobic mood. I raced through this, unable to put it down. My only minor gripe was that last 20% had far too many twists and reveals that were familiar, predictable and a bit cliched. On the whole this is a compelling and intense read you won’t be able to put down with two complicated, complex and flawed women, prose that is razor sharp and a well-weaved plot. 4.5/5