Jessica Knoll

***NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*** “Engrossing…Deliciously savage and wildly entertaining.”—People Magazine (Book of the Week) From Jessica Knoll—author of Luckiest Girl Alive, the instant New York Times bestseller and the bestselling debut novel of 2015—comes a blisteringly paced thriller starring two sisters who join the cast of a reality TV series. One won’t make it out alive. So…who did it? When five hyper-successful women agree to appear on a reality series set in New York City called Goal Diggers, the producers never expect the season will end in murder… Brett’s the fan favorite. Tattooed and only twenty-seven, the meteoric success of her spin studio—and her recent engagement to her girlfriend—has made her the object of jealousy and vitriol from her castmates. Kelly, Brett’s older sister and business partner, is the most recent recruit, dismissed as a hanger-on by veteran cast. The golden child growing up, she defers to Brett now—a role which requires her to protect their shocking secret. Stephanie, the first black cast member and the oldest, is a successful bestselling author of erotic novels. There have long been whispers about her hot, non-working actor-husband and his wandering eye, but this season the focus is on the rift that has opened between her and Brett, former best friends—and resentment soon breeds contempt. The Favorite Sister explores the invisible barriers that prevent women from rising up the ranks in today’s America—and offers a scathing take on the oft-lionized bonds of sisterhood, and the relentless pressure to stay young, relevant, and salable.

The Favorite Sister

I wanted to like this book more because I loved the other book I’ve read by her and I like her writing style, but the plot dragged out with more catty drama and less gripping thrilling details until the end. 

The constant mention of Brett’s size was annoying and boring, especially considering she was big for TV or big for New York but mid-sized at most. 

The writer did a good job establishing 3 distinct voices. I like her writing style. I wish I liked the book more because she is a good writer.

Antonia Murabito

I wanted to like this book more because I loved the other book I’ve read by her and I like her writing style, but the plot dragged out with more catty drama and less gripping thrilling details until the end. 

The constant mention of Brett’s size was annoying and boring, especially considering she was big for TV or big for New York but mid-sized at most. 

The writer did a good job establishing 3 distinct voices. I like her writing style. I wish I liked the book more because she is a good writer.

Ally Gagliardo

This was rough. It wasn’t what I expected at all. I got damn near the end of the book before anyone even died. Focused way too much on the random stuff that really felt like it didn’t matter then glossed over and rushed the ending? I don’t know. I feel like it had potential and there were some twists and turns, but it just fell a little flat.

Sarahi Flores

scandalous and hungry for success is how I can describe about this book. For more of my review check my blog (link in my bio).

Lauren Attaway

I loved The Luckiest Girl Alive but I can not remember how I ultimately felt about this book overall. There was a lot here I enjoyed, enough so that I think this would make a really great television series.

“Another irresistible thriller” (Entertainment Weekly) from Jessica Knoll—author of Luckiest Girl Alive—the New York Times bestselling story about two sisters whose lifelong rivalry combusts when they join the cast of a reality show—resulting in murder. Brett and Kelly have always toed the line between supportive sisters and bitter rivals. Brett grew up as the problem child, constantly in the shadow of the beautiful and brilliant Kelly—until Kelly tarnished her reputation by getting pregnant while in college and keeping the baby. Now Brett—tattooed, body-positive, engaged to a powerful female lawyer, and only twenty-seven—has skyrocketed to meteoric professional success through a philanthropic cycling business. Untethered by children of her own, she’s fueled by the bitter resentment of her youth. Brett’s become the fan favorite on a reality show featuring hyper-successful, beautiful, and hugely competitive entrepreneurial women—think Real Housewives meets Shark Tank. Goal Diggers’ success means Brett is the object of vitriol and jealousy among her cast mates. Meanwhile, Kelly, penniless and struggling to raise her daughter alone, finds herself crawling back to Brett to beg for a job. When Kelly is cast alongside Brett and her three shameless costars—Stephanie, Lauren, and Jen —shocking secrets come to light. And Brett and Kelly will do whatever it takes to keep the world, and their cast mates, in the dark. The show’s executives expect a season filled with the typical catfights and posturing that makes these shows catnip for the viewing public. But no one expects that the fourth season of Goal Diggers will end in murder… “Engrossing…Deliciously savage and wildly entertaining” (People, Book of the Week), The Favorite Sister is “a twisty, sexy thriller, jam-packed with wit and snark” (Glamour). This “binge-worthy beach read” (USA TODAY, 3 out of 4 stars) offers a scathing take on the oft-lionized bonds of sisterhood, and the relentless pressure to stay young, relevant, and salable.

Ruth Parker 

I found this book really difficult to get into. I must have read the first 50 pages three or four times before I finally made it past them. I was determined to finish it since I loved the author’s first book so much. And I’m so glad I persevered. 

The characters are disgusting, the drama is crazy, their lives are unbelievable and the beginning is hard to get in to. But I LOVED this book by the end, and was glued to it. Push past the beginning and I promise you will be rewarded!

Chelsea White

The twists and turns were gripping down to the last second. Everyone involved in this story was so easy to love and hate in equal measures, and that made for a fun story to get wrapped up in.

Rachel

I lovvved The Luckiest Girl Alive and could not wait to read The Favorite Sister. This novel is a bit different than Knoll's debut, but still focuses on complex women having moments of being likable and unlikable aka acting like an actual person with good qualities and faults. It is a psychological thriller and falls into the unreliable narrator because the characters are millennial women who are on a reality tv show that is suppose to show empowered women being awesome, but succumbs to typical reality tv drama with fights and makeups. We know Brett is killed at the beginning of the novel and the rest of the book is leading up to what is thought of to have happened, how its being explained on the show, and what actually happened. I could of done without the final twist, it felt unnecessary.

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From the author of the bestselling debut novel of 2015 Luckiest Girl Alive comes Jessica Knoll's new thriller, featuring a pair of competitive and uber-successful sisters whose secrets and lies result in murder.Brett and Kelly Courtney are the shining jewels in a New York-based reality TV show called Goal Diggers. One of the most popular shows on American national television, its fiercely competitive cast of five self-made women are defined by their success, beauty and ruthless drive to reach the top by whatever means necessary. The Courtney sisters' rivalry goes skin deep despite the blossoming business they have built together that helps disadvantaged women in Morocco. Harbouring bitter jealousies and dark secrets about their manufactured screen lives they're joined by three other hyper-competitive women who all have their own agendas. And the latest season promises sparks to fly in the quest for even higher ratings.Vicious backstabbing, scathing social media attacks and finely-tuned scripting draw in the viewing public every week, all orchestrated by the show's omnipotent producers. But even they don't know that season 4 will end in murder...

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