A quick easy read, good for a couple of hours of getting lost in a story. I'd like to read a little more about Oliva's new job so hopefully we get more in another book.

This book was a quick read dealing with DC high Society and the fashion world. It was so entertaining, I can't wait for the next one.
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Dnf'd at 40%. From the summary on goodreads we know that the female main character will lose her rich lifestyle after her husband passes away. Why that event took place at 30% into the book is beyond my understanding. I don't want to read 30% of descriptions of this woman's wealthy shallow lifestyle. I made it through another 10% and all she did was moping around her loss of social status, and all the pricey things she wasn't able to buy anymore. And fighting with her mom and daughter. She's just obnoxious!

A great book to escape. The characters were a little off but nothing that ruined the book. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an advance copy of this book.

The first book in the Bitches of Fifth Avenue series follows 46 year old Olivia Wyatt in D.C. Olivia is mom to teenage Gwynnie and wife to Wyatt Enterprises’ Edwin Wyatt. Olivia is wealthy, busy navigating social gatherings but growing apart from her husband. Almost half way through the book, Olivia’s life is drastically changed. Olivia goes from navigating DC society to navigating clientele and employees at a high end department store and regardless of the situation she’s in, you want her to win.

It’s the perfect beach read for a quick fun escape from everyday life. I love an escapist story surrounded by high end fashion and a woman rising to the top. It’s fast paced and the book takes its time getting to Olivia’s social demise but keeps you entertained and engaged throughout. The author does a great job of prolonging pivotal plot points to draw the reader further into the book. While this could seem annoying or cause others to stop reading, the book has such an easy flow it kept me reading. The book isn’t written with a lot of dialogue but it’s great at immersing you in both versions of Olivia’s life. The book reminded me of the Shopaholic series and a Plum Sykes book. I’m invested and can’t wait to read the next installment.

Thank you to Speaking Volumes for this ARC via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

I feel the concept of this book has so much promise and yet it just massively under deliveries in so many ways. Won't be looking for the next books within what I'm guessing is a series.

It's a short read but I really had the slog through the pages. I felt 0 connection to any of the characters and the moments that really should have tugged on the heart strings didn't. Olivia buying her channel had more emotion than when she found out her husband died.

There's no connection between the characters, everything moved so quickly in places it shouldn't have and slow in others. I really wanted to dig into the daughter/mother/grandmother relationship that takes place at the end cause it doesn't feel natural.

Also as someone who worked in retail for a while, head office would never listen to someone who had just joined.

I hope the author got paid for all the name dropping because the level of brands mentioned was OVERWHELMING and sounded as if she was trying to convince us all that she knew what she was talking about when it felt unnatural.

The writing style of the book was easy, however the unnecessary brackets was off putting but they seemed to drop off, or I blocked them out, towards the end

Olivia Wyatt is living the high life. She vacations in all the right places, is seen in all the right clothes and shoes and always with the perfect purse. Until, one night, the police arrive and give her terrible news. There's been a tragic accident and her husband is gone.

But all wasn't as it seems and she suddenly loses everything in one big swoop - the house, the clothes, the shoes - anything that can be sold for money. Because creditors and more are at the door.

I loved this little story of redemption. Olivia is a bit lost when she first loses everything except her daughter. It's a fast read, so most of the wallowing is summerized rather than read in painstaking detail but I appreciated it! I loved her banter with her daughter and meeting her new boss. Their relationship was adorable and I liked how they worked and she was mentored. This was just the light, fun, interesting read I was hoping for! 3.5 stars rounded up!

A huge thank you to the author and publisher for providing an e-ARC via Netgalley. This does not affect my opinion regarding the book.

This book unfortunately did not meet my expectations. I was hoping for a lighthearted story with funny and charismatic character, but it was not that and I couldn’t finish it (chapter 5).

The amount of name dropping was very off putting and unnecessary, the saying “less is more” comes to mind, it could have been more subdued.

Olivia seemed very cold and self centered. Much of the writing was choppy, jumping between what was happening or what happened in the past as described by the main character, normally that would make them more likable but I think it did the opposite. In summary, the story and main character were quite shallow.

I did really love the premise of this book, but past that I wasn’t completely impressed. I found it to be slow moving at unimportant times and too fast at the moments where I really wanted to appreciate what was going on. It also, in all honesty, had not a single character I felt any connection too or any depth past the surface. There also really was very little connection between the characters, even the main character and her daughter or mother.

Very honored and excited to read/review/promote this title. Full review to come. I love the premise especially a good mother daughter story. Especially one coming back from the trenches,

Olivia Wyatt, a mid-40s, rich Washingtonian who beautifully plays the part of mother, socialite, philanthropist, wife, and Stepford cut-out doll in the chardonnay and whiskey-wrapped superficial world in which she lives. Her exclusive last minute D.C. dinner party didn't quite end how she had anticipated. Tragic news was served up late night instead of her planned dessert of luscious and blissful black forest cake. Olivia and her daughter, Gwynnie, suddenly need to rebuild their lives—and themselves.

Olivia reluctantly moves from her Georgetown high society personal battlefield back to New York City, and is on the prowl for work, only to find herself fighting in the trenches of a new, more intense luxury retail sales war. She dodges designer landmines in her new job as a high-end personal shopper—which only catapults her into a fifth gear spin cycle of anxiety, insanity and toxicity. She is now working alongside Bitches of Fifth Avenue in a gut-wrenching and nerve-wracking struggle to maintain her sanity, and her bank account. Olivia needs to find her way, and fast, before she loses her mind—and her job.