I had a hard time getting into this book. I thought it moved rather slow and the murderer was rather obvious. Also, the ending left a lot to desire. Hopefully the author's next book will be more appealing.

Years ago six friends spend a holiday together, until something goes wrong. 10 years later a body is found and everything is brought up again. A thriller you can't, and won't put down.

Excellent suspense...well written characters...could not put it down.

This suspenseful, atmospheric story had me hooked from the first page to the last. It was filled with a strong sense of place, a plot full of twists and turns and strong women characters who you will remember long after you have finished the book. I highly recommend it,

The French Girl is about six college friends who rent a French farmhouse for a week next door to a mysterious French girl named Severine. A decade later, her body is found in a well behind the farmhouse, and the friends question everything they remember about that fateful week.

This engrossing thriller succeeds at keeping readers pleasantly off-balance as they try to figure out the whodunit. Even though the killer is somewhat obvious, other suspects have plausible enough opportunities/motives to make readers question their hunch right up until the reveal. This book is fast-paced and entertaining, with enough romance and friend drama to make it appealing to YA audiences as well.

This is a unique mystery with some very interesting plot and character elements. I read a lot of mysteries and it's always nice to be surprised by a new approach to the genre. I enjoyed seeing the who, how, and why develop, as well as the relationships between the various characters. There are a few first novel flaws, but overall, this is amazingly good for a first book. I'm looking forward to reading more by Elliott.

This will be the hit psychological thriller of spring 2018! The plot is filled with atmosphere, complex friendship, a great deal of suspense and an intriguing mystery. Told only from Kate's POV, six friends spent an unforgettable getaway together. Ten years later, a body is discovered connected to their time in the past. With several flashbacks to that fateful weekend and a present day where the past is catching up to them, it is nearly impossible to put this book down. Highly recommended to readers of psychological thrillers or mysteries.

Good, fast plane/beach read. Loved that this book did NOT have a meek narrator (I'm getting a little sick of that in my thrillers), and though I expected a past-and-present storyline based on the plot, it was a little refreshing to not have the mystery revealed that way.

I rate this book a 4.5 out of 5 stars.

First and foremost, a HUGE thank you to Berkley Pub #prhpartner for sending me a free copy of this book. 

I saw this book pop up on Berkleys Instagram feed a few months ago, the red sunglasses and red scarf press kit was so intriguing, I knew at once I needed this book. So of course after a little bit of "stalking" Berkley agreed to send me the book. HaHa!

Now on to the actual book. I found it to be phenomenal. I loved the pace, it fed you little tidbits of the past, and the present, just enough to keep you wanting to turn the pages just to see what happens next, and I swear guys, this is a "Just One More Chapter" book. I do want to state, that this book does not build to a huge plot twist, and then just ends. This book is more of a slow build, to the whodunit, and than a few more chapters of the aftermath. It is a very.

I really enjoyed this book. It wasn't fast paced, it wasn't over detailed, or over the top dramatic. It was written well, and it was consistent. There was not a time while reading this book that I became bored, or disinterested in it. It was an easy read, with characters you love to love, and characters you love to hate, and it's pretty clear early on, who those characters will be. I did bounce around on what I thought happened to Severine, but in the end, it was who I thought it was. It really made the most sense.

Very boring. This French girl seemed to be the epitome of beauty. How can one simple girl cause so much internal havoc? Was she a goddess or something? And who killed her? One of them six out of utter jealousy? I really didn't care.

This story is mainly told from the viewpoint of Kate, the main character. Several years ago, Kate and her friends spend a week at a farmhouse together. She is with her boyfriend Seb and her other group of friends from Oxford. Fast forward ten years and an inspector is knocking on Kate’s door telling her that the girl who lived next door to the farmhouse all those years ago has been found at the bottom of a well after excavating the land. As the police dig at Kate and her friends, Kate starts to question her relationships and realizes who her true friends are. I enjoyed reading this book but felt that it was a little too long for the storyline. I enjoyed reading about the relationships between each of the characters, however, some of the characters in the book were a little unnecessary. For example, Caro’s father who is the head of a law firm. That whole part of the story is so irrelevant to the main storyline that it really could have been removed because it wasn’t very interesting in my opinion. This book was a fairly quick read with a decent plot.

Thank you to Netgalley, Lexie Elliot, and Berkley Books for my ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Elliott deftly handles the well-tread premise of friends with a dark secret from a vacation in their past. A pleasant read for fans of friendship mysteries.

Ten years ago Kate Channing and five of her friends had spent the week together in a French farmhouse. The trip was supposed to be the perfect getaway for the group and that was when they met Severine, the girl next door. For Kate Severine was an unwelcome presence among the group and after that week she went missing.

Now ten years later Severine’s case has been reopened when her body was discovered in a well nearby the farmhouse that the group had visited. With a detective investigating the case old memories shift and suspicions mount. Kate is sure she had nothing to do with Severine’s murder but the detective seems to be suspicious of her all the while she questions whether what she thinks happened with the rest of the group is true or not.

The French Girl by Lexie Elliott is a very slow build mystery/thriller read. The story within was an interesting one as it unfolded but for me the pacing is what set my overall rating for the book. I’m not a huge fan of a slow pace and this one took quite a bit of time leading the readers into what had gone on all those years before leaving me to rate this story at 3.5 stars.

I would say though that for those that enjoy a more slow build or for those with a tad more patience than myself that this one just may be more of a favorite. There were plenty of different possibilities for an outcome with this one that kept my interest until the second half when it picked up the pace and suspicions a bit more than the start.

I received an advance copy from the publisher via NetGalley.

I love psychological thrillers, so I was very intrigued by the premise here. It is a more atmospheric thriller than action-packed, but I think that really works. To me, the most captivating part of the story is the premise that the people who were once as close to us as family have possibly changed into strangers over the course of years. Or, perhaps, that we never really knew them at all. I felt for Kate, trying to make her place in the world. Looking back on your college years with more experience and a fresh perspective changes everything sometimes. Will recommend for psychological thriller fans, particularly those who enjoyed The Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll.

The French Girl by Lexie Elliot is a fast paced page turner. This thriller follows Kate, a legal recruiter in London, as she and 4 college friends are drawn back into the disappearance of a French Girl, who was last seen the day before they depart a French holiday. When her body is discovered in a well 10 years later, they are requestioned, which leads them to reevaluate their friendships as well as the final day of the long ago vacation. Interwoven with the case facts, we learn of their relationships and their lives since then. I found the book a very quick read and not that predictable, exactly what I want in a mystery.
Recommended for fans of Tana French, Ruth Ware, and generally of psychological thrillers.
With thanks to NetGalley for the advanced reader copy.

Six college friends spend a week together in a french farmhouse and by the end of the week the girl next door is missing. Fast-forward 10 years when the girls body is found and shows signs of foul play. How well did the friends really know each other? Could one of them be responsible? Will they stick up for each other or is it everyone for themselves? This story kept me guessing till the end!

A body is found in a well bringing suspicion upon the group of friends who had last seen her a decade earlier. This was a so-so read--the writing was fine but it was pretty slow going and rather predictable in the end.

10 years after a trip to France that ended with the breakup of a relationship and the disappearance of a French girl the police find the body and reopen the case. Kate and her friends lives are turned upside down with the discovery of the body and the questions of the police. What really happened on that long ago trip? was it really as they remembered or did something sinister happen? Their friendship, their businesses, and even their lives may be at risk. A story of friendship and life and truly seeing what is going on. I could not put this down! I needed to know what had happened to the French girl and if Kate would survive the discovery.

I loved this book! Not your typical whodunit... With constant flashbacks to the night of the French Girl's disappearance, as well as current interaction with the main suspects, it kept me guessing right to the end. Highly recommended.