Thank you to Netgalley and Head of Zeus for the eARC! 

Told from 3 different character POVs-2 in first person and 1 in third person-we follow a group of characters celebrating an upcoming wedding but everyone is hiding something. I was intrigued by the mystery with the first chapter but it did take me a little while to feel fully engaged.

While I do usually enjoy unlikeable characters, I need them to be complex and have depth to them. These characters were so cliche and over the top dramatic that they were just completely unlikeable and I rooted for no one 😂 Repetitive in terms of character’s actions and inner dialogue-we learn no new information about most of them so I can’t say there was any development or depth to anyone; and at times in the middle I started to feel annoyed at their constant inability to make a change or communicate.

The writing could be a bit cliche and oversimplified, not to mention I choked on my water when the author seems to imply that calling someone a Viking is “racist” bffr 🙃 And there was one minor plot point that was never resolved and it has been bothering me ever since I finished the book.

Fiona was working with Jason and she was threatening to expose him but what has kept her from doing all this time? Was he paying her campaign money? Helping things get pushed through the council? She had to have something to gain for keeping the SA of Sophie a secret for a decade! Also really the SA was the only secret she had on him-it was alluded to that there were multiple complaints against him so what else did she know that she threatened him with? If it was “only” the SA from 12 years ago it seems unlikely Jason would stoop so low to stop Fiona as it’s something that can be labeled as “he said she said”

However all that being said it was still an entertaining, easy, and quick read! While the plot and characters were cliche and the writing could be a bit over the top, I still had a good time. Plus the plot twists were so surprising for me (as someone who guesses 99% of the twists in the first quarter of most thrillers)!

I’d recommend if you want an entertaining domestic thriller that’s easy to read, and don’t mind unlikeable rich people 😄