{"id":5742,"date":"2026-09-17T01:00:03","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T01:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firstcluereviews.com\/?p=5742"},"modified":"2026-10-30T06:35:06","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T06:35:06","slug":"girls-will-be-girls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firstcluereviews.com\/?p=5742","title":{"rendered":"Girls Will Be Girls"},"content":{"rendered":"

After Mallory moves to Herldsburg, MA, with her family, she\u2019s desperate to make friends with the Sweet Hill Moms, a group of women who walk the neighborhood every day. That is, when they\u2019re taking breaks from their successful Instagram accounts that document their perfect lives. Mallory feels far less glam, looking after two small kids and barely making it financially while her husband doesn\u2019t lift a finger at home. When she\u2019s accepted to the exclusive friend group, it\u2019s more bitchy than she expected, and it seems like this will be a takedown of wealthy suburban moms. But Stava\u2019s absorbing thriller turns into something quite different, offering unexpected characters and motivations and a satisfying and detailed story of what happens when girls will be girls. This has the tone of Big Little Lies<\/em>, and Stava\u2019s Count My Lies<\/em> will soon be a TV series of its own; a screen adaptation of Mallory and her neighbors’ shocking-in-the-best-way tale can\u2019t be far behind.<\/strong>\u2014Henrietta Thornton<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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