Please Join Us by Catherine McKenzie -> Starting June 21st, 2022

[Aly]

At thirty-nine, Nicole Mueller’s life is on the rocks. Her once brilliant law career is falling apart. She and her husband, Dan, are soon to be forced out of the apartment they love. After a warning from her firm’s senior partners, she receives an invitation from an exclusive women’s networking group, Panthera Leo. Membership is anonymous, but every member is a successful professional. It sounds like the perfect solution to help Nicole revive her career. So, despite Dan’s concerns that the group might be a cult, Nicole signs up for their retreat in Colorado.

Once there, she meets the other women who will make up her Pride. A CEO, an actress, a finance whiz, a congresswoman: Nicole can’t believe her luck. The founders of Panthera Leo are equally as impressive. They explain the group’s core philosophy: they’re a girl’s club in a boy’s club world.

Nicole is all in. And when she gets home, she soon sees dividends. Her new network quickly provides her with clients that help her relaunch her career, and a great new apartment too. The favors she has to provide in return seem benign. But then she’s called to the congresswoman’s apartment late at night where she’s pressed into helping her cover up a crime. And suddenly, Dan’s concerns that something more sinister is at play seem all too relevant. Can Nicole extricate herself from the group before it’s too late? Or will joining Panthera Leo be the biggest mistake of her life?

[Trisha]

wow, what an intro (view spoiler)[ I mean, the blood, I thought it was hers. but no, someone else
yikes (hide spoiler)]

[Trisha]

Through Part 1

ooooh this one is so good so far!

(view spoiler)[ I don't know how I feel about this club. don't get me wrong, I think women need to band together - it's the only way
but yikes, the prick for blood was weird right

and why did Athena kill someone and why does she seem like she's been drugged?? what is going on. . . (hide spoiler)]

[Trisha]

Through Part 2

I think (view spoiler)[ they set that up well. I thought it might be "the test" but woah, what a test. she put her whole world, her life, on the line

although they pulled her in under sketchy reasoning
I'm not sure they will let her go

and her husband changing the game on kids is awful. but so is the mom. she's treating them just awful (hide spoiler)]

[Trisha]

I'm done

what a disapointment

(view spoiler)[ this book. . .I mean, way to play in to the trope that a group of woman can't work. there always has to be petty aggressiveness, blackmail and petty revenge. We can't just simply want our seat at the table.

the worst line was when she said she needed help, she needed "Dan."
of course she needed her husband to save her. Ugh (hide spoiler)]

[Vicki]

OH NO!!! Now I don't want to read it! lol