Showing posts with label Random House Publishing Group. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Random House Publishing Group. Show all posts

Sunday, May 12, 2024

You May Now Kill the Bride by Kate Weston

Five friends have been tight since they were girls. Now, one of them is getting married. Technically, two of them are but this book focuses on the first wedding, Tansy's. Mainly because the hen party is about to go off the rails. 
It starts off bad enough that Tansy has a new influencer, ahem, "content creator" friend. Plus, she's gone all vegan in the last few years so her bachelorette is at a retreat that has no alcohol, no sugars, and nothing that makes a party fun. Plus, the five friends all have secrets including one big one. Tansy is particularly stressed because she is being blackmailed. She's not sure why. Or, to be more specific, she's not sure which one of her secrets is going to be exposed. Of course, it could be worse. She could be dead. And that's exactly what happens. But she's not the last to die...
There were so many arch comments that were dropped at the end of chapters. I felt like I was reading a serial radio show... but find out what happens in the next chapter! This was definitely fairly clued and the end was a bit over the top but a good story. 

Three and a half stars
This book comes out May 14, 2024
ARC kindly provided by Random House Publishing Group and NetGalley
Opinions are my own


Thursday, September 1, 2022

All Dressed Up by Jilly Gagnon



Blake has picked out a surprise weekend for his wife as a way to mend fences. It should be a no-brainer, a murder mystery weekend away at a private home. Except that he doesn't exactly let her know that it's going to be a murder mystery.. just another in a string of things he hasn't told her. And another couple that they know, Heather and Phil, the perfect couple, are there as well, which just heightens Becca's nerves. She just can't seem to hide her anger. Except that the weekend isn't what anyone seems to think it's going to be and there are more surprises on the books and it might end with Becca losing her life.
I really enjoyed most of this book. Getting into Becca's head was really interesting and I thought most of the characters were well-fleshed out (though there was some reliance on stereotypes.) The ending was a bit rocky and didn't quite seem to fit but I did like that there were breadcrumbs throughout the story (and some hits broadly over the head) to help the reader see where the finale was going.

Four stars
This book comes out September 6, 2022
ARC kindly provided by Random House Publishing Group and NetGalley
Opinions are my own