What a twisty ride - I loved the multi POV and the fact that I could never quite pin down who was doing what, or why. A classic story done perfectly!

I enjoyed this as a thriller but I was expecting a little bit different.

I didn’t get a gothic vibe from the book in the way I wanted. It was a little hard to get into initially but then it flowed nicely. The characters weren’t particularly likeable but that’s sort of to be expected with thrillers about rich people.

There was some nice twists along the way, very classic thriller.

Set around a sweet 16 Birthday Party, first half of the book was thrilling and engaging, with lots of twists and turns, but the plot became a bit unbelievable and ludicrous.

A great whodunnit story with lots of scary characters. Unprepared for this story and really enjoyed second. Highly recommended xx

Thanks to net galley and the publishers for an advance e-copy in exchange for a review.
This book spans across one evening, the evening of Sophie’s sweet 16th birthday party. From early on we know that tragedy strikes, but the who and why kept me turning the pages until the end.
I liked the different characters POV with each chapter being short and sharp. I also loved the language and description in the writing and the twist at the end, that I didn’t see coming!
I will be recommending to others and looking out for more reads from this author

OMG I absolutely loved this book, couldn't put it down. Read it in one sitting. So many twists and turns and things I didnt see coming!

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‘The scream. Just long enough for a body to fall through air.’

Thank you @netgalley for the ARC of this book ✨

A lavish Texas sized sweet sixteen turns deadly..

I wasn’t sure what to expect with this one.
Multiple POV and short chapters which I love and keeps me hooked and the interest going.
But it felt like the longest party ever - so many stories winding in which were all good but it just made it very long winded and I kept thinking ‘just tell me who died’

Your classic ‘who Dunnit’ with a twist.
Loved the ending and how they got what they deserved.

‘We fall asleep. We fall in love. We fall into traps. It’s the loss of control we’re afraid off.’

I enjoyed this book, it kept me turning the pages and had plenty of twists and turns on the way. A surprising twist at the end that I didn’t see coming was a good way to end it.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for the ARC in return for my honest and unbiased opinion.

Sadly I found this poorly written and didn’t enjoy the characters. Another formulaic ‘messed up rich family with a dark side’ story

A Sweet Sixteen goes badly wrong when a body is found at the bottom of the balcony. We don’t know who it is or why it happened, but as we build up to the latter stages of the party we get to know the cast of characters and their situations.
It’s a large group of characters and, at least initially, we are led to see certain characters in a wholly different light to what we eventually understand about them. While this felt a little frustrating, it also built to a satisfying climax.
Best to go into without too much prior knowledge, and thanks to NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read and review this prior to publication.

This book starts on the night of Sophie’s 16th birthday party, with someone falling from the balcony and crashing to the ground. Then we are taken between the lead up to the party and the actual party. Ethan the dad is hosting, along with his young wife who has been having mental health problems since the birth of their baby. There is a bitter twisted ex-wife in attendance and a bizarre character of the Irish nanny who always has a tale of doom to disperse, not to mention the house being rumoured to be haunted by the first tragic owner.
This is a brilliant book. I didn’t know who had died right up to the reveal near the end. I would recommend not reading the blurb because you could work out the victim from that. With great characters, especially the nanny, and so many liars, it kept my mind whirring for hours afterward. A highly recommended read.

This is such an impressive debut novel, I binged this thriller in one day! I couldn't stop reading until I knew what happened.
You don't know who the victim or the killer are until the end of the novel. I have only read this once or twice before and I love this concept as you are constantly guessing what is going on. Every single character had the possibility of being “it” due to their shady vibes and very obvious flaws.
This is one of the better thrillers I've read this year, and I highly recommend it.

This was exactly what I needed after a reading slump! A murder mystery with a splash of paranormal activity and multiple POV's creates this intense need for more information when trying to piece the story together. I had a love/hate relationship with being drip fed a small amount of information from each character and then having to wait for their POV again before finding out more. I could not have predicted the ending at all, which I am usually pretty good at, and it left me questionning my abilities. I really enjoyed this book as it gave something different to most crime/thrillers.

I absolutely loved the ghostly/spiritual theme in this book. It definitely gave me the creeps on more than once occasion!

I thought the characters were all well written, I feel like I understood their personalities and who they were… then came some shocking reveals.

I didn’t guess where this book was going, even though there were some clues it didn’t even enter my head that THAT was what had happened. I’d say there’s definitely multiple twists in this one too that just made my jaw drop!

I enjoyed having multi POV’s, always one of my favourite things about a book. We got a few brief “after the party” moments which gave us little snippets but most of the books is set during the party.

I think my favourite character might have been Orlaith. Loved her Irish ways, the stories she told and just her general overall personality. Especially loved her character arc.

For a debut novel this was a great read!

Thank you to Netgalley, the author and publisher for advance copy in exchange for my honest review.

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It is Sophie’s birthday party and a chance for her family to come together. She lives with her mother however the party is held at her father’s house, shared with her stepmother and baby half sister. The house is supposedly haunted by a ghost called ‘the mother’ and there are lots of secrets. When a body falls from the balcony at the party, the narrative shows how the characters relate to each other and the feelings they hide away.

Party of Liars follows the perspectives of four women during Sophie’s lavish sweet sixteen, thrown by her father, Ethan. The book opens with a bang—literally—as a body falls from a balcony at their extravagant home. What unfolds is a gripping unraveling of years of trauma, lies, despair, and deception.

When I first picked this up, I found some of the character POV choices surprising. Why tell the story from the perspectives of Sophie’s best friends, and not Sophie herself? But as the plot unfolded, I came to see that the author’s character choices were absolutely spot on.

Although it was a little predictable that something darker was going on between Ethan and Dani, I didn’t expect it to take the turn it did. I was still guessing who had fallen from the balcony right up until the last moment.

The final chapter also delivered a great twist that I truly didn’t see coming.

While it took me a little while to really get into the story, once I understood why these particular characters were chosen to share their side, I was hooked. I couldn’t put it down. I’d definitely recommend giving this one a read!

Four stars in the finish. I fluctuated between three and four for a while. It is Sophie’s 16th birthday party, bringing together friends and family, and from the outset the tension is building as we learn about the history of Sophie’s mother Kim and father Ethan, and of her stepmother Dani and baby stepsister Charlotte. Throw into the mix the back story of her best friend and of Charlotte’s nanny, and you will be trying to guess from very early in the book what has caused the tragedy that ensues. The writing is good and the description of the house, frequently repeated, definitely adds to the sense of foreboding. The author skillfully leads us down a series of paths and there are plenty of red herrings. I feel the whole thing is a little bit drawn out but it’s not easy to get the balance between building tension and going on a bit too long. Overall I would recommend this book to anyone who loves a relatively formulaic well-written thriller with all the trimmings. Thank you to Netgalley for the advance copy.

Thank you Hodder & Stoughton and NetGalley for sending me a copy of the eARC in exchange for my honest review.

I rated this book 3.5 stars. Party of Liars is a great debut psychological thriller by Kelsey Cox. It is full of great characters, with multiple layers and everyone is a suspect. There are twists galore and it does really leave you guessing until the end!

The reason I rated it 3.5 stars is probably due to one of the bigger twists towards the 75% mark of the book which was sort of sprung on the reader out of the blue with no subtle hints before hand that makes you think.. hmm that’s suspicious- which felt a bit Frieda mcfaddenly (I still read Frieda so wasn’t too much of a negative, just may be something to be wary of if you aren’t a fan!

I will be reading more of Kelsey Cox work when it is published in the future, and look forward to what she writes next!

Good academic based coming of age almost novel.
texas was an unusual choice of setting but this enthralled me as it felt different and unexpected
plenty of drama and unreliable narration.

This book is set over a really short time period, literally just over a day. I love it when a story is told so quickly, when you expect something else entirely. I enjoyed this one a lot, and even more when the plot twist came right at the end! I never would have guessed that it would play out like it did, and as that final chapter was unfolding, my jaw honestly dropped!