A slow-burn, ripped from the headlines story of a woman who promises it all, but is actually full of nothing.

Anna Bright - an Elizabeth Holmes character - is the entrepreneur making waves in the public and corporate world. Full of promises, her business is soon to go public, but the truth behind her eye implant is all fake.

A young journalist, seeking the truth being Anna Bright, is on the track and eager to speak to Anna. After being pulled every which way, she is finally granted an interview time and with the knowledge of other women and their time with Anna, she knows that she holds the power. However, when Anna finds out that she knows...she will do anything to stop the truth from coming out.

I think this was an easy read because the topic is fairly recent history. It's fast, it's interesting, it's amazing how far some people will go.

I enjoyed this book. I thought the characters and the narrative structure were very interesting. I would recommend this book to those interested in this genre. I would be interested in reading more from this author.

Anna Bright is definitely hiding something and journalist Jamie Roman from BusinessBerry is going to get to the bottom of it. This is a great story of very strong but very different women and the way they choose to support women in their industries. It is also a tribute to the women who lead the way even when the playing field isn’t always fair.
Many thanks to NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.

I picked this up having recently watched the Dropout but it is painfully derivative. It is so closely "inspired" by Elizabeth Holmes that there is no tension. Jamie is a lacklustre main character and the pacing is all off. Jamie instantly stumbles on people with nothing good to say about Anna and builds her story with such minimal effort that it becomes increasingly unbelievable that Anna's house of cards hasn't crumbled already.

Anna Bright IS Hiding Something, and journalist Jamie Roman is out to uncover the truth. After a chance encounter leads to the opportunity for Jamie to interview powerhouse Anna Bright, the female founder of BrightLife, Jamie leaves the experience with a much different point of view than she expected. What follows is a back and forth journey as both strong, intelligent, and resourceful women do their best to protect their interests. I really enjoyed Jamie's character, she is tenacious and determined, but also can appreciate the path other women around her have paved. While Anna's character is a vast contrast to Jamie is many aspects, they also have a lot in common and I enjoyed those parallels as well. Anna Bright is Hiding Something is a fast paced, entertaining read that takes us behind the scenes in a male dominated field and I think especially female readers will enjoy this story. Thank you to Spark Press and NetGalley for an advanced copy of this book, all opinions are my own.

In a story that seems inspired by Elizabeth Holmes and the Theranos fraud case, Schnall examines the price that women pay for positions of power, and the ways in which they are perceived as successful entrepreneurs.

Anna Bright is the successful, ambitious startup founder whose company is about to go public. Despite the fact that Bright herself knows that their product is flawed, she is determined to go ahead with the IPO.

When a young female business journalist realises that something is amiss, she sees it as an opportunity to break what will be the story of her career to date - and possibly the making of her reputation. But Bright has not come this far to let that happen, and Jamie Roman is not about to get in her way without facing consequences for it...

A compelling read, the book examines many of the social underpinnings of a system that is not always well-inclined towards women's success, as well as the compromises that some women make - not least wrt to their ethical standards - in the pursuit of success.

I received a free copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review

This was an interesting story about an up & coming entrepreneur, loved by (almost) everyone, who will stop at nothing to make her company successful.

Jamie is a reporter who has been dazzled by Anna, like so many others, and jumps at the chance to interview her.

All that follows was drama at its finest. So much talk about female founders, misogyny, racial bias, etc. Many things had me nodding while others had me wondering, "WTF?!"

The book was good, albeit a bit more technical than I'd prefer, but all in all a good book.

Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.

Wow! I did not know anything about the founding of companies or venture capitalist world and how being a woman factored in, but I sure do now, and in such an entertaining way! I devoured this book! It is told through Anna Bright's and Jaime Roman's alternating POVs. It was like trying to watch a fast paced tennis match as Jamie tries to find out the truth that Anna is trying to hide about her company BrightLife's new product, BrightSpot, that is days away from going public on the New York Stock Exchange.

This is probably one of the most gripping and interesting stories that I have read in a while! As a woman there were so many emotions that this book wrung out of me, but indignant anger was usually at the top of the list.....and not always at who I thought that it would be at. Don't even hesitate to put this at the top of your TBR!

If you enjoyed the stories of Anna Delvey and Elizabeth Holmes, this book is for you. Told through alternating POVs, Anna Bright is Hiding something tells the story of two women who will stop at nothing until they win. I was kept on my toes the entire time and could not wait to find out how this story ended. I thought this book was extremely well written and is the definition of gaslight, girlboss, gatekeep. I can't wait to read more from this author! Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for an eARC in exchange for my honest review.

3.5
Anna Bright is indeed hiding something. She is the CEO of BrightLife that is in the process of making and soon to surgically provide chips that go in peoples eyes/face to help aid them in life. (I wasn't totally clear on what and how this worked and it was obviously not the plot point, I wished more had been said on this out of interest.) Anna is a mean girl boss (let's be a hater on those words) and leads really poor office morale.

Jamie Roman is a reporter for a NYC based fictional paper. She is given the opportunity to get close to Anna and in the meantime learns some insider info that people really ought to know about.

Based in Silicone Valley I was all in having lived in Palo Alto and being familiar with the streets and locations mentioned.

This book literally felt like a fictional version of the nonfiction book, Bad Blood based on Elizabeth Holmes, but Bad Blood did it better. The book read super fast and I was super intrigued reading it even though it felt like a re-read.

But, by the end, I was left wanting. A few things I wished that had been handled differently. I did not like how it ended, the plot or the final info on the characters. I wanted more science info with skin in the game to understand the true concerns of said product. I wanted more office specific details. I wanted more blood ;) It felt repetitive and the number of times I read IPO and SEC it felt over the top in usage for the plot points.

Thank you to NetGalley and SparkPress for the gifted e-copy of this book.

I'm familiar with Elizabeth Holmes and this story seems directly lifted from her life. I always enjoy books with dueling POVs, however this story fell flat for me. The constant harping on "female founders" and misogyny really was overly hammered into the reader. Anna was not at all likeable, but I also found Jamie not that likeable. I DNF'd this book.

It took longer than I think necessary to finish reading this.
Very Theranos/Elizabeth Holmes (which is referenced and compared to towards the end)
It got more interesting after 65/70% in which imo is too long.
However, I enjoyed the split chapters between the two main characters which gave it an easy read feel.

An upcoming journalist, Jamie Roman, becomes interested in exposing Anna Bright, founder of a multibillion dollar company about to launch public.

I love stories about women in the workforce. The workforce was heavy on this one and I had to ask my husband a lot about how companies and stocks work. Anyone interested in journalism and investigating the man (in this case the woman) will like this one.

“Maybe the person she needed to live up to, the person she needed to prove herself to- the only person- was herself.”

Anna Bright is Hiding Something comes out 6/4.

This was a really well done read, it had a realistic feel to the book and I enjoyed getting to read about Anna's journey in this book. The plot has everything that I was looking for and though the story was interesting and how the characters worked. I enjy9oed how Susie Orman Schnall wrote this and it was a fascinating story. I can't wait to read more from Susie Orman Schnall as I really enjoyed reading this.

Super well done book that keeps the reader on their toes the whole time. Loved how well this one was laid out for the reader and it was a perfect story.

I received this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This is definitely one of my favourite read of the year, the characters were very well- estabalished, and in some twisted way, I was rooting for Anna.

This novel is perhaps intended for younger readers, especially women who are just starting out in their careers. There’s almost a hyper immaturity to the writing, but I think it’s probably on purpose to convey the satirical tone.

The dual points of view – Jamie and Anna – work well. The author definitely wants the reader to come away with the idea that neither woman will stop before they reach the top. At times we are beaten over the head with this (and other points throughout the story), and I wish the author trusted the reader more. Again, perhaps this was on purpose because it’s satire and meant to be, on some level, funny or super obvious.

The tension ratchets up with Anna learns what Jamie might expose.

This is a quick and enjoyable read, even if it’s over the top at times.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the advance e-galley; all opinions expressed in this review are 100% my own.

** A copy of Anna Bright is Hiding Something was provided by the publisher and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review **

Anna Bright is Hiding Something is Bad Blood x The Dropout x She Said! The best way to describe it is to say Elizabeth Holmes walked so Anna Bright could run! I devoured this book in a week and while I wasn't reading it, I was thinking about it. It's a page-turner about 'gaslight, gatekeep, girlboss,' female entrepreneurship, misogyny, and the lengths someone can go to succeed.

this was a really interesting and unique read that i think did a great job at capturing female relationships, especially when it comes to the business side of things. as someone who isn’t very involved in business, it could be a little dense and hard to understand that angle of the plot.

Witty ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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Anna Bright is Hiding Something by Susie Orman Schnall

AaaaAAAaahhhhhhaaaah. That's how I feel after finishing this book. It was a rollercoaster of emotions the whole way through and I came away from it feeling annoyed and not surprised. It was a great read!

The misogyny, oh the misogyny, so obnoxious, so real. I liked the duality of positions though where some women love to be viewed as a girl boss where others just want to be a boss without gendering it. Although I know the latter is Anna's position and meant to be presented as negative and blaming the victims, I feel like both positions are valid. What is NOT valid is putting down other women and not helping build them up just because *you* didn't have the same experiences.