Why we’re excited
Sam and Cecily met in a college dorm and promised each other meaningful lives. Years later both are married to tech billionaires: Cecily long settled, Sam a doctor uneasy about her new husband's money. When scandal hits, they may have to pick between their marriages and each other.
Kirstin Chen's Counterfeit, about two friends and a fake-handbag scheme, was a sharp book about money and loyalty, and this sounds like it pushes the same questions into Silicon Valley. A standalone, alternating between the two women. Good for book clubs and anyone who reads the tech pages for the gossip.
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What to know about Tech Wives
We haven’t reviewed Kirstin Chen before, so this would be our first look at their work.
It sits at No. 22 on our April 2027 most-anticipated list, which ranks the month's books by how many readers have saved them.
From the publisher
A stylish, smartly observed story about friendship, marriage, and modern life, this timely novel follows two women married to tech billionaires whose values and relationships are put to the test when public scandal threatens to destroy everything—from the New York Times bestselling author of Counterfeit.
It began in a college dorm room, a promise between two ambitious, young women, Sam and Cecily, to build meaningful lives. Despite their different backgrounds: Sam from an affluent family, Cecily with her working-class roots, the two quickly became inseparable. Decades later, they seem to have it all. Cecily is the polished, influential wife of a tech titan. Sam is a dedicated doctor who has just married the charismatic, idealistic founder of a social media empire.
But from the moment Sam steps onto her new husband’s private jet for their honeymoon, she is plunged into a world of unimaginable wealth that clashes with her deeply held values. Meanwhile, Cecily’s seemingly perfect marriage is a fortress built on unspoken truths and devastating compromises. As their husbands’ ambitions escalate and public scrutiny intensifies, the pair is pushed to a breaking point as they attempt to hold on to all they’ve built together: their friendship, their marriages. But what happens if you can only save one?
Set in the glittering, treacherous world of Silicon Valley, against a dizzying backdrop of wealth, power, and reputation-destroying scandal, Tech Wives is a page-turning exploration of intimacy caught in the crosshairs of our increasingly connected lives. Told from alternating perspectives, it’s a deeply resonant portrait of love and female friendship—and the staggering cost of getting everything you thought you wanted.
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We haven’t read Tech Wives yet. When our review goes up, it will replace this page.
