Emma Rosenblum seems to have her finger on the pulse of the affluent in New York City, as demonstated in her enjoyable novel Mean Moms . Centering around a group of parents who have their children enrolled in the exclusive private school Atherton Academy, Mean Moms amuses with its hilarious and scathing portrait of the uber wealthy. Belle, Morgan, and Frost are the "it" moms at Atherton, revelling in their top positions as the popular parents. New mom Sofia appears on

Liann Zhang's Julie Chan Is Dead is an imaginative tale of a fictional (I hope!) dark underbelly of social media. This novel was wickedly fun and a quick read. Julie and Chloe Chan are twins that were separated at age four when their parents died. Chloe was adopted by an affluent white family and Julie was taken in by their evil, vindictive aunt. Twenty-something Julie now has a dead-end job at a supermarket while Chloe is a highly paid, massively influencial social

Young Fools by Liza Palmer entertainingly explores the literary world over a span of thirty years. Funny and astute, this novel lays out an erudite hierarchy that only one on the inside could know about. Thank you, Liza Palmer! Two young women meet at a writing conference. Prickly Helen Hicks has never had a friend before. Cherry Stewart is there on a scholarship, being the only attendee who has no college or advanced degree. Easy and open, Cherry befriends Helen

We Are All Guilty Here by Karin Slaughter opens on a fourth of July fireworks celebration in small town Georgia. Fifteen-year-old Madison Dalrymple is waiting to meet her friend Cheyenne; they have a plan to carry out. But when Cheyenne doesn't show on time, Madison knows something went wrong. She doesn't know how wrong until a man knocks her unconscious and her world goes black. Emmy Clifton and her sherriff father are the law-enforcement team who are tasked with fin