The Bridal Party

Fantastic to read!

The story is gripping and full of tense moments. Twists and turns await every page! I really enjoyed reading this a lot and can highly recommend it.

Well this is definitely a hen party from hell! Great little mystery and I loved the parts about witches and cults, very enjoyable.

The Bridal Party is a gripping,intense story of friendships,secrets,betrayals,lies and revenge.

The story centres around a group of friends,Clarisse,Nada,Afreya,Gaia and Elana who have flown out to Jersey for the weekend for Clarisse's bridal party. The weekend had taken a mysterious turn even before they had left the airport when they received a WattsApp message from Tamsyn,the maid of honour informing them that she unfortunately couldn't make it to the party. Confused and upset they decided to make the most of the stunning,isolated seaside house that Tamsyn had arranged for them to stay in. Upon arriving at the house they were surprised to discover that Tamsyn had organised a murder mystery,a game that became more and more intense and sinister as the day progressed. The object of the game was to expose the killer in their midst. As tensions and tempers boiled over,it become clear there are some secrets that won't stay buried.

We follow events in the present day and also in flashbacks to the past as they are told from Nora's point of view. To be honest,I didn't think Nora was a very likeable character, I found her behaviour was often frustrating and struggled to understand her obsession with Clarisse's happiness, Her obsession maybe made sense later in the book but not in the earlier flashback chapters. My favourite character was feisty Gaia,yeah she had a bad attitude at times but she wasn't afraid to speak her mind and fight back whenever she saw an opportunity. The group of friends were a mixed bag of realistic personalities,the sort of group that you might expect to find in a pub or club,getting drunk and having a laugh. I loved the isolated setting,the big house surrounded by a deep forest. Hinting that the house and the area around it had a dark,sinister history added to the creepy atmosphere of the story. I always think that forests can seem sinister and otherworldly even in broad daylight never mind in the dead of night when you can hardly see and all you can hear is your own footsteps that sound so.loud no matter how carefully you tread or maybe it's not your footsteps,maybe it's the footsteps of whoever is pursuing you.

The Bridal Party is a chilling,sinister,intense thriller that had me on the edge of my seat from the first page right through to the unexpected ending that had just a dash of poetic justice. I would love to watch a film adaptation of this book. This is a well written debut psychological thriller and I look forward to reading more books written by this author in the future.

THE BRIDAL PARTY was for me an excellent between books to read. You know, when you need something lighter and fast read? I've been reading pretty heavy stories and this one felt so good to read. I breezed through the story during a couple of hours.

Now, first I want to say that the flashbacks didn't do much for me. I quickly realized what was going on and those flashbacks were hardly surprising. I did find the beginning of the book best when the gals arrived on Jersey for Clarisse's bridal party and the bride of honor is missing. And they are all confused to a lot of things. Like why have the costumes they have said to bring with them been changed...? As I said before I quickly figure out the plot, so I did skim read a bit to get to the end. It's like a murder mystery episode of any TV-series, the beginning, and the end is the best. As for the ending, I was not surprised, until I was surprised. And I liked it. Yup, excellent twist towards the end of the book. So, would I recommend the book? Yup, this is a perfect I-have-a-coupe-of-hours-to-kill-book and I'm alone in a dark house far, far from civilization ... muahahaha

What a book! I had no idea what to expect and had no idea how to guess at the outcomes either.

I read this on holiday in about 2 hours, I just couldn't put it down and found the pages were turning really fast.

I was utterly hooked on this story, that starts off as a group going on a hen weekend, and once they arrive at their destination, events become creepier and creepier.

Interspersed with the present day story we get to know about a specific set of occurrences from that past, that become very relevant.

I can't really say much about the plot, I went into this blindly and I think that may be the best way.

This is the first book I have read by this author and based on this evidence it certainly won't be my last either.

Fast paced, the whole book takes place over one day, there were many times where I paused, looked up and mouthed WTF... as I couldn't believe what I was reading, while hurriedly going back to see just what did happen next.

Unputdownable, gripping, addictive reading, this is one fantastic book.

Thank you to Corvus and Netgalley for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.

One Bride six friends a Bridal Party in a beautiful house in the middle of nowhere, but Sometimes friendship can be murder...

at last It's the weekend of Clarisse's bridal party, a trip that Clarisse and her friends all been looking forward to. but Then, on the day of their flight, the maid of honour Tamsyn , suddenly backs out. now left to find there way and to do the things that Tamsyn organized they find out that its a murder mystery weekend but this one well be truly deadly one game they will live to regret!! As tensions quickly boil over, it becomes clear to them all that there are some secrets that won't stay buried...

the story is told by Nada a close friend of the bride, when i first started reading The Bridal Party reminded me of the Ruth Ware book "In A Dark Dark Wood" as the story is very similar i did like the story a lot at times it was a bit tense and dark. it is creepy at times my only problem with the story is the ending i found it boring i got to the end and i thought is that it is that the end, i was waiting for one last twist to come but i did not the book would of been perfect if the ending was much better .... thank you to Netgalley and the Publishers fo