This was awful.

Five friends meet up 20 years after college for a weekend of fun. Raj and Rachel Ranjani, excited to show their friends their new winery, are falling apart beneath their glitzy façade. Working mother Anjali’s life is also falling apart, in a non glitzy fashion and everyone is just trying to hold on.
Through bottles (and bottles) of wine, backhanded comments and a whole lot of background, we end the weekend with a surprising and unexpected death.
This was not a thriller but not....not a thriller. The only thing thrilling about it was the last 20 pages and even then it wasn’t super shocking with what happened, and the aftermath was lackluster.
But, I still enjoyed reading the book, it was a quick page turner for me. And I enjoyed reading about places close to home, they even had a shoutout to one of my best friends wedding venue (where you at MadB).
Anywho, it’s out today, quick lil’ read.

Thank you Net galley and publishers for this arc in return for an honest review.

6 college friends reunite 20 years later for a weekend at one of their wineries for good times. They all have secrets, and tensions are rising as they rehash old memories. One of them ends up dead on the night of the grand opening. What are they hiding? A weekend trip of finding themselves, of starting over, of wanting what the others have, and jealousy. How far would they go for happy ever after? This was a quick read for me as I couldn't put it down. It was an easy thriller that I didn't have to think to much about who done it. None of the characters were likable. All catty, and fake towards each other, but that made the story all the more better. You loved to hate them. A very good weekend read for me.

This book was ROUGH to get through. Not a single likable character, and all were so pretentious. I kept reading to get to the “thriller” aspect, but wish I would’ve just DNFed it, because this isn’t a thriller, even if First Reads called it one. The only interesting thing happened in the very last chapter, and there were absolutely no consequences or fallout from it.

Ride or die friends who are really just a bunch of a**holes and shallow people. Overall I was not really invested in this book, it fell flat for me.

The characters act like they are 15 years old, when they are clearly not.

This book just made me not like that this is now the new 'generation' of thrillers, making Gen Z seem more self centered and lack of perspective or care for anything or anyone but themselves. Just left a sour taste to be honest.

Thank you NetGalley and Mindy's Book Studio for my DRC in exchange for my honest review.

Perfect read for summer, or when you're in the mood to gossip. The cover is *chef's kiss* and perfectly visualises the vibe of the book.
I loved all the little details about the characters, their fashion sense, what objects they buy, what restaurants they pick. I think for some, all of those details could be overwhelming, but I loved googling the names of fashion items and restaurants. It really draws a picture of who these people are. Each character probably has hell of a moodboard.
In the last few chapters, there were just a few too many coincidences that lined up perfectly for my taste. Still a very fun read!

I usually try not to DNF to give a book a fair chance, but I cannot get past the atrocious writing. I solely got this book because of Mindy Kaling's recommendation and this book alone has made me question her recommendations in the future.