Anon Pls.: A Novel

by Deuxmoi

Overview

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"Dazzling, propulsive, and delightfully juicy, Anon Pls. is the digital age’s love letter to The Devil Wears Prada. Sexy, suspenseful, and so good you won’t want to put it down—not even to check on the latest stories in Deuxmoi’s feed. What an incredible debut." — Christina Lauren, New York Times bestselling author

When Cricket Lopez, assistant to one of the most notorious celebrity stylists, revamps her old fashion Instagram account and turns it into a source for celebrity gossip on a drunken whim, she never thinks it will become anything. It's just a way to blow off steam after a terrible, terrible day at work where her nightmarish boss screams at her and blames her for some 18-year-old influencer's screw-up. But when the account grows overnight and, even wilder, when she starts getting gossip from fans and insiders —juicy gossip—she has to face facts: her Instagram is now famous. She is now famous.

Though no one knows that she is behind the account, its newfound success quickly wreaks havoc on her real life. Her boss wonders why she’s disappearing on the job, her friends are increasingly irritated by her dedication to the account, and she has celebrities, investors, and journalists approaching her nonstop. Plus, there's a steamy new love interest who she meets through her online persona—except she has no idea if she can truly trust his motives. 

As the account grows and becomes more and more influential, she has to wonder: is it—the fame, the insider access, the escape from real life—really worth losing everything she has?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780063257825
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	11/08/2022
Sold by:	HARPERCOLLINS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	288
Sales rank:	557,667
File size:	737 KB

About the Author

Deuxmoi is one of the most followed and re-shared celebrity pop culture accounts on Instagram. With a following of 1.5 million and counting, it is the Internet’s foremost source for celebrity pop culture and gossip. Cowritten by Jessica Goodman, this is DeuxMoi’s debut novel.

Editorial Reviews

09/26/2022

The evocative if underwhelming debut novel by the creator of celebrity-gossip Instagram account Deuxmoi, cowritten with Goodman (They Wish They Were Us), delves into the gossip and toxic culture of fashion and media. Cricket Lopez, assistant to celebrity stylist Sasha Sherman, has dealt with routine abuse and humiliation at her job for eight years. But when an influencer client reneges on a deal, ruining Cricket’s prospects for a promotion, she takes to Instagram to rant, and, in a drunken stupor, calls on followers to dish on other big names, with Sasha in the crosshairs for her toxic behavior and enabling of sexual predators. Overnight, her anonymous style account morphs into a celebrity-gossip blog called Deuxmoi. Cricket’s DMs fill with celebrity sightings and juicy Hollywood scoops. Soon, investors and journalists want to collaborate amidst growing curiosity about who runs Deuxmoi. As the Instagram handle gains notoriety and Cricket has a virtual romance with the editor-in-chief of a popular magazine, she starts slacking at work and neglecting friendships. And when a journalist starts connecting the dots between Cricket and Deuxmoi, she realizes social media could make or break her. While the authors examine important themes—sexism, power imbalances, and enabler culture—there’s often too much exposition, and Cricket’s character development feels forced. It offers some insights on what makes an influencer tick, but not much else. Agent: Eve Attermann, WME. (Nov.)

Publishers Weekly

"Compulsive, propulsive, and every bit as juicy as its Instagram account." — Jenny Mollen, New York Times bestselling author of City of Likes

"Dazzling, propulsive, and delightfully juicy, Anon Pls. is the digital age’s love letter to The Devil Wears Prada. Sexy, suspenseful, and so good you won’t want to put it down—not even to check on the latest stories in Deuxmoi’s feed. What an incredible debut." — Christina Lauren, New York Times bestselling author of The Unhoneymooners

"A sharp page-turner that’s utterly of-the-moment but also a timeless story of love and self-discovery. Anon Pls is so much fun to read you won’t check your phone even once!" — Jamie Brenner, bestselling author of Blush and Gilt

“Anon Pls. has better gossip than Gossip Girl. It's a wild romp through the assistant trenches, a glitzy peek at the lives of the rich and famous, and a page-turning tale about what happens when one impulsive decision spirals out of control.” — Hannah Orenstein, author of Meant to Be Mine

"The novel does a good job of exploring the motivations and land mines that come with running an account as popular as Deuxmoi. While holding A-list celebrities accountable is fulfilling, it’s a great power that comes with great responsibility." — NPR, Books We Love

“This new novel is a juicy rendering of the life of an assistant to a high-profile celeb stylist who decides to channel her workplace rage into something very closely resembling the real life Deuxmoi.”
— The Hollywood Reporter

"While we still don't know who the mysterious person behind it the iconic DexuMoi account is, we still can't help but get excited for this wild tale." — Cosmopolitan

"A spectacularly spicy read." — Popsugar

“From its creator comes a fun debut novel that promises to be… everything you might expect from DeuxMoi... Basically, if you love Gossip Girl, this one’s for you.” — Literary Hub

“For deuxmoi fans, this novel will be a solid extension of the brand's coming-of-age story, and they'll especially enjoy the inside jokes and liberal quotes from the real-life account, which helps create the tantalizing-yet-relatable tone. For nonfans, this autofiction is reminiscent of other of-the-moment bad-boss books like Leigh Stein's Self Care. A candid, unexpected critique of celebrity, hanger-on, and enabler culture.” — Kirkus Reviews

“Written by the brains behind the real @Deuxmoi, this roman à clef and debut novel has an addictive story and strong Devil Wears Prada (2003) vibes...Peppered with news clippings, Instagram posts, and a whole bunch of brand-name dropping, Anon Pls. will appeal to readers looking for a dishy, juicy ride.” — Booklist

From the Publisher

So much fun to read you won’t check your phone even once!”

author of Gilt Jamie Brenner

2022-08-31
Both an ad for the real deuxmoi, a pseudonymous celebrity-gossip Instagram account, and a surprisingly good read.

For eight years, Cricket Lopez has been the abused assistant of Manhattan celebrity stylist Sasha Sherman, the former queen of reality TV. After one particularly humiliating day and very boozy evening, Cricket restarts her anonymous Instagram account,deuxmoi, airing the dirty laundry about her firm's new influencer client and asking fans to spill the tea about their celebrity encounters. The account goes viral, and soon everyone is talking about the unverified blind items detailing celebrity sex habits and restaurant sightings as well as guessing who the anonymous creator is. Cricket navigates the tidal wave of secret notoriety alongside Leon, her snarky but sweet co-worker, and Victoria, her BFF since high school who married out of the fashion industry and into the country-club world of the Upper East Side. But as the account grows in its influence, Sasha's firm flounders, and their main A-list client may be the next to fall prey to his own history of sexual misconduct and predatory behavior. Sasha grows even more out-of-control, an internet tycoon wants to buy deuxmoi, a reporter is ready to out her, and Cricket and her friends can lose even more than they thought possible. And then there's Ollie Snyder, the editor-in-chief of a Billboard-type entertainment magazine, who is as hot as Hollywood and slides into Cricket's DMs, offering advice and very steamy sex. For deuxmoi fans, this novel will be a solid extension of the brand's coming-of-age story, and they'll especially enjoy the inside jokes and liberal quotes from the real-life account, which helps create the tantalizing-yet-relatable tone. For nonfans, this autofiction is reminiscent of other of-the-moment bad-boss books like Leigh Stein's Self Care.

A candid, unexpected critique of celebrity, hanger-on, and enabler culture.

Kirkus Reviews