Precious You by Helen Monks Takhar

To Katherine, twenty-four-year-old Lily Lunt is a typical “snowflake.” It seems like the privileged, politically correct millennial will do whatever she can to make it big as a writer, including leveraging her family’s connections. To Lily, Katherine Ross, a career woman in her early forties, is a holdover from another era: clueless, old-fashioned, and perfectly happy to build her success on the backs of her unpaid interns.
When Lily is hired as the new intern at the magazine where Katherine is editor in chief, her arrival threatens the very foundation of the self-serving little world that Katherine has built. She finds herself obsessively drawn to Lily, who seems to be a cruel reminder of the beauty and potential she once had—things Lily uses against Katherine as she slowly begins to undermine her, sabotaging her work and turning the magazine’s new publisher against her. Is Katherine being paranoid? Or is Lily seeking to systematically destroy her life? As Katherine tries to fight back, a toxic generational divide turns explosive and long-buried secrets are exposed—with deadly consequences for both. . . . 

A generation divide? Millenial vs Boomer?! Sign me up. Doesn’t hurt that they’re journalists :)
Honestly, though, this premise seemed too good to be true. I dove in the moment that this arrived at my doorstep.
Precious You does a really good job at explaining the generation gap. Katherine thinks that snowflakes are too sensitive (obviously) but then ultimately sees that they are fighting systems that will make them end up like her (ouch). I really like the way that Katherine sees how wrong she was in the end (of course,,). The plot does not actually focus too much on the general generational gap; it’s more about the specific differences between Lily. Namely, the fact that Lily is younger and therefore prettier. Lily is also related to the boss, and she knows that the magazine needs to go high tech in order to survive. Katherine hates her for all of these reasons, and these have nothing to do with why Lily hates her.
In more ways that one, this book really ends up villainizing Katherine. In fact, the more we learn about her, the more we dislike her. It helps us associate ourselves with Lily. But Lily is absolutely vile, too.
However, this book never drops to the level of a petty catfight. Every move is carefully planned, on both sides. Which just makes reading this a delight: two smart and talented women in the fight of their lives.
The plot delivers as well, though some chapters seem to drag on a bit. It’s worth it, though, to answer that ultimate question. Why, exactly, is Lily after Katherine?
Precious You could have been a bit tighter if it dropped some of its efforts at overarching social commentary, but the stroyline holds up. An interesting story of a woman being forced out of her own life by a younger and richer version of herself, Precious You stands out as a look into the minds of two twisted women.