Vicki Willis’s Comments (group member since Jul 24, 2021)

Vicki Willis’s comments from the NetGalley Buddy Readers group.

40%
(view spoiler)[alternating between being annoyed and liking Katie. Thank goodness she isn't interested in going back to the musician. (hide spoiler)]

End of chap 7
28%

(view spoiler)[ so far what i expected.. I agree with everything said so far. Wondering what Hutch's back story is and why Cole couldn't go.
I find Katie cute and funny.
I hope we get more of the dog and Rue and her Gal Pals.
Curious to see how the actual job goes.
(hide spoiler)]

I can start this weekend.

No, I haven't, but I will need to check it out.

Yes, I check that area too because I don't like a bunch of already published books just lingering there.
I like my shelves TIDY! lol

That is so weird.
I have been waiting forever to hear if I got it or not.
Crossing my fingers.

Edited:
I got approved

How great that we all liked it so much!

Finished
(view spoiler)[ loved Keller and her family. Would want to read more books about her.
What a tragic ending. How messy their lives became.
I was surprised abt Natasha's parents.
I like the update abt each family afterward..
Felt the worst for Felix's mom - what a jerk her boss was.
Was surprised "the four" ended up graduating and staying at that school.
Also happy McCray lived and Annie the Intern got into the FBI.
overall a great read. (hide spoiler)]

64%
End of chap 42
(view spoiler)[love keller. That she is a bad ass. And still a parent.
She is smart and not getting bent out of shape abt the jealously.
Secrets coming out about everyone. Now the judge and his wife - at least she came clean for the sake if the investigation.
None of these parents are likable.
I am still wondering how Felix is fitting into this.
(hide spoiler)]

Wait
I just reread the synopsis - Agent Keller is recurring? From 2 other books?

End of 12
20%
(view spoiler)[ loving this so far too.
Though it is a large cast, they are starting to sort themselves out..
Really shows the rich aren't better off.
Love the creativity with the flaws in the family group.

Curious about the kids. Felix doesn't seem like the others. How did he not end up at the dinner?
How and why did Natasha die?
Blane's Dad isn't at the dinner. Why did he show up and is he involved?

And yes, love Agent Badass Keller already! (hide spoiler)]

I will be starting this weekend.

I finished.
It was good!
Twisty and dark with a little bit of humor!
Review to come

Btw - i had to look up breaking the fourth wall! Lol

May 22 for The Bachelorette Party please

I am at 63%
I kinda wished I had reviewed the first book bc nothing about this character rings a bell for me.
(view spoiler)[I really like Molly. She was just hiding out in the deli bc of the stalker.
Sami just met Victorias family and got $100k to look into this.
I am not coming up with how this is going to connect though.
I almost never do though with this author (hide spoiler)]

Yes, May
How about May 22?

I made a thread.
Do you have a preference in date? I put TBD for now.
Kristie, can you add to schedule?

Join us for a buddy read!
We will read starting May 22.

The Bachelorette Party

Scream meets The Guest List in this wickedly compelling and compulsively page-turning thriller of friendship and murder from the author of The Lost Village, Camilla Sten.

On a remote, craggy island nestled off the coast of Sweden, four friends—Tilly, Anna, Linnea and Evelina—meet every year. Best friends since childhood, the idea is to drink beer, dance by the water, and shake off the weight of life's expectations. The location of the island is a secret to everyone but them. One night of reckless fun and secret-sharing, and then they return to their normal lives.

Ten years later. Ever since she was a teenager, Tessa Nilsson has been consumed by the story of four friends who disappeared on their annual trip to a remote island together. As her true crime fervor turned into a wildly popular podcast, Tessa urgently covered Sweden’s most gruesome cases, but could never find the answers behind what happened to these women who disappeared, leaving a few maddening clues but no concrete answers. Now Tessa’s podcast has crashed and burned, any chance she had at uncovering the truth vanishing with it.

Anneliese is Tessa’s best friend, and before she walks down the aisle, she wants to have a bachelorette party. The Baltic Vinyasa, a sleek, sophisticated yoga retreat on a small island off the coast—one with such similar characteristics to the tragedy years ago that it raises the hair on Tessa’s neck. The idea is to drink gallons of cava, do sunrise yoga, and get in their last chance to bond with the bride. Tessa will not pass this up. It’s her last chance to find out what happened to the four women, once and for all.

And it’s someone else’s last chance to get revenge.

There will probably be others. Do you want to read it in May?

Did anyone get The Bachelorette Party by Camilla Sten?
It publishes in June.