The Goddess Effect

The Goddess Effect

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  • Create Date:2022-09-03 08:21:46
  • Update Date:2025-09-06
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  • Author:Sheila Yasmin Marikar
  • ISBN:B09LVBMWW1
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Summary

All she wants is to be her best self。 Is she ready? Absolutely。 Does she know what to expect? Absolutely not。

Anita is over her life in New York: her dead-end job, tiny studio apartment, self-obsessed friends, and overbearing mom。 So she moves west to Los Angeles in search of a new career, enlightenment, and that nebulous target…wellness。

She discovers an elite workout class called the Goddess Effect, run by a lifestyle guru named Venus who’s the very definition of #goals。 One look at her Lululemon-clad acolytes sweating out their demons while dripping with confidence and Anita’s all in。 When one of the class regulars takes Anita under her wing, Anita’s sure she’s found her people。

But Anita’s not so smitten that she doesn’t wonder about a few things: an inexplicable invitation to a Goddess Effect retreat, a strange tradition of secret sharing, and whispers about “enhancements” that only Venus can provide。 Anita is awakening to a terrifying epiphany: the Goddess Effect isn’t quite what it seems, and it may turn her world—and that of everyone around her—upside down。

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Reviews

Patti Webb

I received an E-Book ARC from NetGalley。This was a good summer read option。 It was nice to see a diversity cast of characters, but there was a lot of name dropping。 It’s in the same vein as Lauren Weisberger or Kevin Kwan。 Not super complicated, a light parody of the wellness industry。

Colleen McKeegan

I finished The Goddess Effect in a single sitting。 Sheila’s assured voice and incisive observations had me laughing out loud one moment and covering my mouth in shock the next。 A stellar debut with the perfect number of twists, turns, and Lululemon references。 Loved it!!

Marianne

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it, click here。 This was surprisingly an entertaining, light women's fiction。 It was a mindless read and I was into it until the end。 The big reveal moment took 95% of the book to get too, then it gets rushed over and you are hit with an epilogue of one year later。 The protagonist and several other characters are Indian, one black character and the rest of white。 Ani, our lead, moves from New York to Los Angeles a few months after her dad dies。 She has one lead for a job and really, desperately clings to it。 In This was surprisingly an entertaining, light women's fiction。 It was a mindless read and I was into it until the end。 The big reveal moment took 95% of the book to get too, then it gets rushed over and you are hit with an epilogue of one year later。 The protagonist and several other characters are Indian, one black character and the rest of white。 Ani, our lead, moves from New York to Los Angeles a few months after her dad dies。 She has one lead for a job and really, desperately clings to it。 In the meantime, she joins a new fitness boutique which reveals itself to be cult-like。 Ani is likeable enough but relatable。 She's a confused thirty-something who rights her friendships gone wrong and mends her relationship with her mother。 In the epilogue, she is super successful a year later, which is very unrealistic。 。。。more