Do you have
something from your childhood that you wouldn’t want your coworkers to
know?
Ellice Littlejohn has an Ivy League
law degree and is a lawyer at a large corporation in Atlanta. She doesn’t want her co-workers to know about
her troubled childhood or her brother who has spent time in prison. She also doesn’t want them to know that she is
having an affair with her boss, Michael.
Ellice’s world
comes tumbling down when she comes to work one morning early to meet her boss
and finds him dead in his office. Who
killed Michael? Why is her workplace pushing
her into his executive position so quickly? Why does most of the executive team
seem to be hiding something and taking an active dislike to her?
I enjoyed All Her
Little Secrets. It’s a good legal
thriller. It was slow burn at first, but
once I got past a point in the middle, I literally couldn’t put this book down
until I finished it. I really wanted to know what happened. I also really liked the details of Ellice’s
life and her experiences as the only person of color on the executive team. She was also one of the only women in a
powerful position was interesting as well. Keeping secrets comes back to haunt Ellice as
it makes her look very suspicious to the police. I love how she wanted to protect her family
and I also really liked her brother’s friend Juice. It made me laugh that she made assumptions
about him that were totally off base.
Favorite Quotes:
“Just because he
made a mistake doesn’t mean he can’t right himself up. Mistakes don’t make nobody bad. It makes ‘em human.”
“Every lie you
tell, every secret you keep, is a fragile little thing that must be protected
and accounted for. One misstep, one miscalculation,
and your safe little treasures can topple the perfect life you’ve built around
them.”
“I had to believe
that I was more than my worst mistake.
Every one of my secrets had been a painful lesson that I should have
been learning from instead of running from.”
Overall, All her
Little Secrets is a riveting legal thriller while also being a great discussion
about being a black woman in corporate America.
It’s also a great look at the side effects of telling lies, even what
you believe to be harmless ones.
Book Source: A Review Copy from William Morrow. Thank-you! I received a complimentary copy of
this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.
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