Thank you Brilliance Audio for the ALC and BookSparks, #partner, for the advanced copy of What’s Yours Is Mine in exchange for my honest review.
Publisher: Lake Union Publishing / Brilliance Audio
Published: August 5, 2025
Summary:
Determined daughters. Controlling mothers. There’s no such thing as friendly competition in a twisty novel of suspense about ambition, revenge, and unrealized dreams.
Valerie Yarnell is a hardworking single mother who’d do anything for her daughter, Kate. Kate is a dancer with dreams of stardom, just like her talented best friend, Colette. Despite Valerie’s sacrifices, it’s Colette’s mother, former prima ballerina Elise, whom Kate adores. And Colette has become like the practically perfect sister Kate never had. How can Valerie not feel frustrated, ineffectual, and a little jealous of the queen bee of dance moms? Not only has she hijacked her daughter, but Elise is married to the man Valerie pines for.
Rivalries are forming. Tension is mounting. In preparation for an elite dance competition, Kate outshines the more promising Colette onstage, and the pressure is on for Colette to keep her position in the spotlight—and especially to keep her demanding mother happy. Who could have foreseen the violent attack that sabotages everything? Anyone who’s been watching closely.
As ruthless and sinister ambitions are exposed, a media firestorm and an explosive town scandal erupt. Before it’s over, two mothers and two daughters will learn just how fierce and dangerous a rivalry can still get.
My thoughts:
There is something very addicting about this book. I was not a dancer, but I find the whole competitive dance world to be a vibe unto itself…and this book captured that angle so perfectly. The rivalries, the betrayals, the angst, the drama – this has a little bit of everything and I was completely hooked right from the get-go.
I loved how this story had Black Swan vibes mixed with Big Little Lies drama…and I was here for it all! This is the type of story that once you start, you are not going to be able to stop until you reach the final conclusion…and what a conclusion it was. I was racing to get to it, unable to guess where it was heading. Dark, thrilling and completely binge-worthy, this is not to be missed!
Audio thoughts:
Ann-Marie Gideon does a phenomenal job bringing this story to life, capturing the characters and all their emotions perfectly.
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