I really liked this book. A diverse cast, a strong intelligent woman as the main character - what's not to like! The story follows Mia, a Wall Street trader, after she gets wrongfully terminated from her job. There's a romance but it isn't the main plot, which was refreshing. Instead we get to see Mia figuring out what she wants and learning from her difficulties. I was so glad that she gets her redemption in the end! Also, I was amazed that the author does not have a finance background - the world of Wall Street and investment banking was set up pretty well. Definitely recommend this!
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC.

Mia’s story snagged my attention and I was hooked from the beginning.
I thoroughly enjoyed the author’s writing style and would love know how Mia's life turns out.

I really enjoyed this book. It had romance, treachery, and white collar crime. It was an eye opener about how women are treated on Wall Street. Mia, the main character goes through some hard times, beginning with being fired from your job. But Mia is strong and every time she gets pushed down, she always gets back up. The book held my interest and was hard to put down. The characters were brought to life. I'm glad the author wrote about such a strong woman. We need more books like this. I received this ebook from NetGalley for an honest review.

3.5 stars for this one. While I enjoyed this book, it took too; long to solve Mia's work issues. And not enough on the relationship between her and Oliver. It felt rushed to me when Oliver reappeared so the ending could be tidy. And there was nothing shown between Sophie and Oliver, just that she returned to Oliver and their son's lives. The lawyer? wasn't all that helpful and dragged out the process with lots of dead ends. Thought I was glad to see Mia vindicated and get her mojo back. And especially happy to see Tripp get his comeuppance.. I would have liked for Peter to get his as well. I felt most of the book was dealing with Mia being uptight and trying to find her new place in the world. But she couldn't seem to let go and let people in. I guess I was hoping for that sort of epiphany from her. But then it ended. I voluntarily read this book via NetGalley in exchange for my honest opinion.

I had no idea what this was about going into it, but I enjoyed it more than I thought I would. Our main character gave me major Olivia pope vibes, kick ass and the strength to pick herself back up when life knocked her down was a joy to read. The romantic element fell kind of flat for me, but the friendship between our main character made up for that. The ending seemed a little rushed, and some things were left to open ended. It could just be my own personal taste, but I prefer more information in my epilogues! The flow of the story got a bit slow through out and I found myself skimming parts, but overall I enjoyed it and give it a solid 2 and a half stars!

Powerhouse! This book, let me just say that Mia as a character gave me all the "Olivia Pope" feels. Such strength, intelligence, drive, sacrifice and love. I enjoyed reading this book and more that there's a strong female lead who is not afraid to go after what she wants and needs. I got this eARC off NetGalley and it made my Friday evening.

Mia Lewis is head of Equity at a small bank, when she is suddenly fired by her boss and mentor. After she realised that she hasn't been as much on top of her own finance as well as she thought as she was, she rents out her Manhattan flat and moves to the Hudson valley where she learns how to overcome her failure. I enjoyed this book as it shows the struggle of women in a tough, man dominated industry. Mia is a flawed character and she shows us that fighting back is not always easy and admitting your failure to others can be daunting, but she is also very likable.

Every once in a while you read a riveting book that you just cannot put down and Lagging Indicators is one of those.

Mia Lewis had it all- an exicting job on Wall Street, a house in the right zip code a flasy car and desinger clohtes and then it all comes crashing down. Set amid the exonomic turmoils of 2008/2009 makes a comeback even harder so Mia retreats to a small town to beting rebuilind her life.

I enjoed the inside look at Wallstreet and trading and an interesting look at the life of the rich and glamourous. We definilty don’t get many African American women in fiction who fit the bill, which I enjoyed as well.

The story was a age turner as I wanted revenge and redemption for Mia as well as to know what really happened. The author even added a nice romance in there to keep those pages turning. I really enjoyed this book and would recommend to anyone looking for a great summer read!

There were two issues I did have- where was the apology from Liz!!!! I wanted to hear from her one more time. Also, one of the characters said that a salary of $200K isn’t enough for a 2nd vacation home?!?!

Her story is not her own life story, but you could have fooled me. Several pages in, I stopped reading the novel to learn more about the author. I was sure that she was writing an insider view into the financial world that few of us know, but imagine that we can imagine and judge. 
In her novel Lagging Indicators, Jennifer Anglade Dahlberg tells the story of Mia, a tremendously successful woman with fifteen years of experience on Wall Street, now heading up the equities trading desk for a small investment firm. She is smart, focused, worried at all times about her positions on stocks, wrangling with a newcomer gunning for her job. Mia does not have a personal or family life; she is a single, black woman in a rules-bound free-for-all world where the stakes are high along with the rewards.
What could possibly go wrong?
Everything. In a stunning series of events, all well-done and perfectly described and possible, Mia is out of work, a pariah known and judged by her former colleagues, Wall Street, and the larger world. 
Mia finds her way. And she does so magnificently, believably.
How did the writer do this? She never participated in the financial world in this way. She grew up in suburban New York and graduated from Columbia University where many financial types are educated. None of this is direct experience in the heart, the mind, the life of a character I was rooting for within the first few sentences.
Dahlberg lays out the phenomenally tough way of life, the unending demands and expectations of a woman such as Mia - and she does so with insight, compassion, and detail as rich and precise as Drago, Mia's onerous personal trainer and charity events requiring huge checks. 
How did she do this?
I don't know, but I can guess. I can guess that Dahlberg knows people who live and work in this world. I can hypothesize that she researched financial services firms and the overall industry including the unwritten rules and scandals, delving into what she could find about women of color in the financial world. The myriad settings are likely ones that the author experienced for herself or could easily research. 
Maybe that's what she did to get the information right. Believe me, she gets it right - I do not have direct personal experience with the world of Wall Street, but know many who do and keep an eye on the industry myself. 
However, Dahlberg's genius is what she did with what she learned. She made all these facts a part of the fabric of the universe that Mia inhabits. 
Mia moves in her world and we move through it along with her, inside her head as she struggles to figure things out, to be realistic and to dream. She is likable, believable, an incredible point of entry into that tiny, powerful universe.
Facts are interesting, spiky little entities until you think them through and feel them as your character would. A character inhabits their head, their body, their world as a fish does water. They don't have to think about it; they're living in it. 
That's the way that this story feels. There are no punches pulled, no sleights of hand that you catch if you keep your eyes on the right place. 
I felt the story, rode through it with Mia in the lead, swooping up and crashing down, all of it. It was an incredible ride - a truly wonderful novel by an accomplished world builder.

What a great book! Super inspiring about a person who never gave up despite hardship. I read it in one sitting. Really enjoyed it.

One of the best books I have ever read! Ten stars!

This author draws you in and I finished the book in one sitting. Couldn't put it down. Loved the plot, the writing, the characters, everything! Checking to see if she has written any others. Do NOT miss this one.

Wall Street phenomenon Mia has it all. A cushy apartment, a high salary, until she is not. Mia takes a sabbatical to her friends country house to find herself. Will she? Will she find love? Will she finally get revenge? This book was fantastic.

Thank you Netgalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.