Sometimes there comes a book that blows you away. You expect one thing, but the author has a completely different story to tell.
A few years ago, I read a Molly Fader story like that called The Sunshine Girls. That story made an impact on me, and so did this one I am reviewing.
Similar in the setup, this one tells a passionate story from a lifetime ago – or is it? Check out my thoughts below.
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Lady X by Molly Fader
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Publication date: July 14, 2026
ISBN-13: 978-0593983669
OVERVIEW:
Los Angeles, 2024. After learning that her A-list actor husband sent explicit photos to multiple girls on social media, Margot Cooper runs away from the world—and the paparazzi—by fleeing to her childhood home with her teenage daughter in tow.
But home isn’t the sanctuary Margot was hoping for. In a cardboard box in the corner of the attic, she finds damning evidence of an infamous urban legend, the mysterious vigilante “Lady X”—including a blurry newspaper photo of a woman who looks an awful lot like Margot’s mother.
New York City, 1977. In the midst of an infamous summer, Ginger Daughtry and her two beloved roommates are able to shield one another from the chaos—until one of them is assaulted. Astounded by the lack of response from police, the young women decide to engage in some light payback, signing their handiwork as “Lady X.”
Soon, copycats appear, and a movement inspired by acts of vandalism against terrible men spirals out of control, with criminals running amok under the guise of the enigmatic Lady X. When a body is found fallen—or pushed—from five stories high, the hunt reaches a boiling point.
Lady X by Molly Fader Review
It has been many years since the feminist revolution occurred in the US. The late 1970’s was a hotbed for women who were tired of being treated as lesser than… underpaid and treated with disregard and disrespect. Here we are almost 50 years later, and sometimes it seems not much has changed.
Fader dives into the pool of feminist history to tell a story about a mom and her past that her daughters have accidentally discovered. Could their mother be famous? Lady X delivers a valuable history lesson and a passionate story we need to remember.
The author blends the past with the present through dual POV’s and that brings high interest to this book. Lady X is a powerful figure who empowers women and fuels a city. The characters and the mystery as it unfolds are suspenseful and so critical for the time. Today, this story sparks the memory of women who walked before us and stood up for what is right.
I love how the daughters are caught up in discovering the truth and the layers upon layers of detail and mystery they must muddle through. Page after page, Fader empowers the characters and the reader.
If you love family ties, family drama, fiery hotbeds, and exposing the truth, this is a book for you! Memorable, unique, and addictive!
5 STARS!!
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