Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the chance to read and review.

I so loved this book! Kept me on the edge of my seat waiting to see what happens. It was very well written with extremely strong characters. A happy firm 5 star on this one!

Girls' Night Out, quite like The Good Widow was a mind boggling read. The ending was absolutely baffling, and it left me on the edge.

Girls'Night Out is the story of three best friends, who've had issues for the past one year. Contrary to the 'besties' label, there's a lot of bad blood among them. Their issues come to light as the story moves forward.

The story begins with Ashley's disappearance and Natalie's lost memory. Natalie was the last one to see Ashley, and now she couldn't remember anything. Was that a coincidence? Or was she lying?

Add a con man who'd been trapping Ashley and you have a suspense packed thriller!

There were a lot of elements in the story, and a lot of suspects too. I spent all the while switching from one person to another, convinced that they'd killed Ashley. Well, as expected, the ending proved me totally wrong!

Girls'Night Out was so full of suspense and thrill that I just couldn't put it down until I finished it. Liz & Lisa did a phenomenal job once again, and I'm glad I had the opportunity to read it!

This was a wild and fun read. When one of three friends goes missing on a girl's trip to Mexico, you are left questioning if it was the guy she met on the trip or worse, could it be that one of the friends played a role in the disappearance. After jumping back and forth in time the surprise ending will definitely leave you satisfied.

These authors are some of my favorites and it pains me to give Girls' Night Out 3 stars.

I loved the setting and have visited that same area myself. The authors did a great job setting the scene, the descriptions are on point and I often felt as if I were there again.

The characters though. Ashley and Natalie are business partners with a huge rift in their relationship due to a major decision that they're split on. Lauren hasn't been part of their lives in more than a year when Ashley decides to invite her along on the trip as a way to mend fences between them all.

Unfortunately things begin to go wrong for these 3 ladies right from the beginning and it just gets worse for them from there. I love the idea of a girls vacation where friends go to chill out and get closer. It would be so fun except....except these ladies were all terribly immature and the petty arguments between them got rather old. And then when one of them meets a man on this weekend, things get worse.

The mystery was well woven throughout the story and definitely offered various people that could be 'the bad guy' and while the ending didn't seem to really fit for me, I did enjoy it.

Overall I would probably purchase this in paperback or borrow from the library, but I'm not sure I'd be thrilled had I spent much money on this novel. The authors did say at the end that this book about tore their friendship apart and maybe it was those disagreements and issues between them that colored their writing. I'm not sure, but I am disappointed that I felt this way about Girls' Night Out.

Thanks to Netgalley for allowing me to read an ARC.

Three estranged friends - Ashely, Natalie and Lauren - decide to take a girls trip to Tulum to heal their friendships and reconnect. When Ashely disappears one night after drinking and fighting, Natalie and Lauren try and put the puzzle pieces together to find out what really happened. Had she been kidnapped? Were Ashley's two "friends" really involved?
This book had me turning the pages as quickly as I could to get answers - it was intriguing and suspenseful! Great read!
Thank you to Liz Fenton, Lisa Steinke, Lake Union Publishing and NetGalley for the ARC of this great book!

Just finished the advanced reader copy of Girls’ Night Out by Liz Fenton and Lisa Steinke. I recently grabbed The Good Widow on the kindle book deal and it was great! This one is even better!!! Three friends head to Tulum Mexico to work on their strained friendship and one goes missing. I really enjoyed this one! Comes out July 24th and I’ll be reminding y’all!!!

I could not put Girls’ Night Out down! Thank you Lake Union publishing for the e-galley in exchange for an honest review! One of the best books of the year so far. Ashley, Natalie, and Lauren head to Mexico to sort out some conflicts from the past year and get back to being close friends. In Tulum, things go from bad to worse when Ashley disappears after a rough night out on the last day of the trip. Natalie has no recollection of what happened. The book goes from current time, back to the beginning of the trip, and jumps around in time and view point. I love books like that, as it builds suspense and reveals information as needed in an organic way rather than through “staged” conversations or situations, I thought it added quite a nice flow to the whole reveal. I also loved that it was set in Tulum. Such a beautiful setting with good food and drinks being discussed, it made me want to hop on a plane! Must be time for another beach vacation for me! The only thing I did not love about the book was Ashley’s character but I’ve had friends like her so she is a character type I love to hate! I am much more like Natalie so it’s no surprise Ashley annoyed me. I flew through the book in two evenings despite it’s length and highly recommend Girls’ Night Out for a summer or beach read. It draws you in, keeps you guessing, and is very entertaining. Publishing July 24/18.

I wanted to like this book, but I just had a hard time getting into it. I kept getting the girls confused, and didn't find any of the characters very likable.

Liz and Lisa take the readers on an unforgettable adventure that will change the lives of three life long friends forever. This suspenseful and thrilling trip to Mexico will have you hooked from the very beginning. When one friend goes missing after a very questionable night of drinking and fighting the other two are left to piece together what really happened. Girls Night Out makes you question friendships that you’ve had for a lifetime. You never know what even your closest friends are completely going through and how ultimately it impacts your life too. With a jaw dropping ending Liz and Lisa have delivered the perfect follow up to The Good Widow.

Three's a crowd.

Girls night out is about a group of friends who had a falling out and are looking to Tulum, Mexico to reunite them and restore their friendship. The trip goes horribly wrong when one of the girls go missing and the other cannot remember what happened.

This is the first book I have read by these authors and while I enjoyed the twists and turns the execution of the ending fell flat for me. It is still worth the read if you like thriller type books, just don't expect to be wowed.

Thank you to Netgalley and Lake Union Publishing for the ARC in exchange for my honest review

Absolutely enthralling, gripping, emotional and haunting story about 3 woman and their broken, grief filled friendship. I could not put this book down! I was sucked in from page one and it kept my mind wrapped up until the end! So so good!

Who doesn't like a book about a girls' trip to Mexico? It has to to be a fun, relaxing time, right? Not really when you're 3 friends who all hold something against each other. Ashley, Lauren, and Natalie bring a lot of hard feelings, secrets, and emotions along with their bikinis to Mexico. Then they meet Marco and emotions run even higher. When someone goes missing, everyone becomes a suspect. This was a great book, although I found each of the main characters to be unlikable at times. Other than that, I'm super thankful to have gotten the opportunity to read and review this book and I will recommend it to friends.

"Girls' Night Out" was a page-turning mystery. I didn't know until the final pages what had happened and I really enjoyed reading a thriller that didn't have an easily guessed resolution. I enjoyed their previous book, "The Good Widow" but I feel like they knocked it out of the park with this one. Plus, it made me put Tulum, Mexico on my vacation wish list! Definitely recommend.

Ashley, Natalie and Lauren, three old college friends get together for a relaxing trip to Mexico to try to reconnect and remember the old days. Everything is a mess and then the last day of the trip Natalie wakes up alone on the beach and Ashley is missing. Lauren went home early and Natalie can’t remember anything, so they decide to get the authorities involved while trying to retrace their steps. We find out they’ve all been fighting among one another and you begin to wonder if the other two had anything to do with it.

I was interested right from the first few chapters, all these woman have their own problems that they seem to be hiding from one another. This book is full of drama and usually that would tire me out, but I actually loved it in this novel. I loved that the chapters go back and forth between the woman and from the past to the present time. I didn’t enjoy Ashley and it made it hard for me to feel bad for her most of the way through, but by the ending I did feel a bit bad for her. I loved that Natalie couldn’t remember what had gone on and that we still got Ashley’s perspective while she was missing from the time before she went missing.

There is so much tension in this novel and the authors leave each chapter so that you have to keep reading and know where Ashley has gone. I loved how much history and sites of Mexico were in the novel and it made it easier to visualize where they were in certain parts of the novel. I also love that as you keep reading, you see that each woman has played a large part in where they are now. I also liked that I found each character relatable in their own way and there were certain parts of the novel where I didn’t like any of them. Overall, I would definitely recommend this compelling novel as a great summer read!

Thank you NetGalley for the free ebook in exchange for an honest review.

Three friends with issues to resolve take a trip to Mexico to try to reconnect.

The issues seemed to compound rather than lessen. When one of the friends is missing the morning after a wild night of drinking, the tension between the two remaining friends continues and worsens as their fears mount.

GIRLS’ NIGHT OUT goes back and forth from past to present bringing with it a bit of confusion as to what is going on for the reader, but revealing that the friends have a lot of secrets they never told each other.

The book actually dragged on for me even though the secrets were interesting, but they were a bit too vague to bring anything to the story for me until around half way through the book when the reasons for the fights and the estrangements started to emerge.

The tension mounted even more when the police arrived, but up until that point, I didn’t think there was that much suspense.

GIRLS’ NIGHT OUT gives wonderful reasons for friendships to repair themselves and for women to support each other.

GIRLS’ NIGHT OUT was suspenseful because of the missing friend, but the majority of the book was about repairing friendships and revealing secrets.

Most of the secrets dealt with domestic abuse which is an excellent topic to get out in the open.

Another issue about being safe and making smart decisions when you are in a foreign country and with strangers was addressed. That is great advice and very frightening.

The tension in the last 20% of the book definitely picked up my interest and my opinion despite the slow read until then. So instead of a 3/5, I am changing my rating to a 4/5.

I received an Advanced Reader copy of this book. All opinions are my own.

I received an eARC from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you!
3.5 stars so rounding up to 4 stars.
Once you get used to the back and forth of days and 3 characters perspectives, the beginning was strong. I read the last half of the book straight through just waiting for the big reveal you usually get with a thriller book that ended up being a small one, that was kinda disappointing. Would have liked more of a punch but that being said it was an enjoyable read.

Thank you NetGalley for my ARC. Wow-this book definitely had me on the edge of my seat. The whole time I was trying to figure out what had happened. 3 best friends come together for a trip to Mexico. Their final evening there, one of them goes missing. Highly recommend this book!

I'm not really sure where to begin with this review. For the record I've always really enjoyed all of the books by these two authors. I always find them surprisingly enjoyable, and I like that. I was super excited to find that I had received their newest book for review.
However, this book left me with more anger then anything. It took me a week to read it, which usually when I enjoy a book it takes me a day and a half. I dreaded reading this book!
At the very beginning it was very confusing between the three main characters. Their voice was the same, so it was hard to tell them apart. Even tho each chapter was titled with which character's head we were in, it was still confusing at first. They sounded like the same character.
Then the big reveal of why Lauren was mad at Ashley in the first place, has got to be one of the silliest things ever. Sure maybe in the moment, when things were fresh and emotions are everywhere, I can see why Lauren would feel the way she did towards Ashley and Ashley's responsibility with Lauren's husband. But after some healing and logic set in she could see how she totally over reacted and was just picking something to be angry about. I was telling my aunt about the book, and about the part where you find out why Lauren was mad, and she laughed. I suppose it could happen, but it just seemed like something petty to hold a long grudge over for a year.
And then Natalie and Ashley who are supposed to be BFF's forever, and they don't tell each other anything? Really? Girls, you are writing this novel and are best friends, really you don't tell each other everything? These two woman work together and have been best friends forever, they practically spend all their time together and nothing? Just because the words say "they were best friends forever, like sisters" doesn't make me as a reader believe it. I've been best friends with my bestie since Grade 7, and we tell each other everything serious going on in our lives, it's more the everyday things we don't say. But I would think, losing everything in your life is a major thing, and she wouldn't tell her best friend?
There was NOTHING in this book that made me believe the three of these girls were best friends. Or that Lauren and Ashley were best friends, or Natalie and Ashley were best friends. This book was completely how much they were NOT friends. Which made them very unlikable. I had no reason to feel for any of the characters or understand why they were best friends to begin with.
When describing Ashley, it was like she was so amazing and everyone wanted to be with her, but not explain why. What was so amazing about her that everyone wanted to be around her? Because having Natalie and Lauren as her friends is not the impression I got.
And Ashley for all her business sense seemed dumber then a brick. It made me so mad. The only part of the book I could maybe feel some emotion was she seemed to dump her friends, whom she begged to come on this trip with, to hang out with a guy name Marco to feel spiritual. But then the Natalie and Lauren going off about him every chapter was just was like, shut up already! It felt very high school like, from woman that were in their 40's. I'm not saying I can't have fun and act immature, but the fights were ridiculous.
Pretty much the whole entire book they were arguing. It was none stop arguing, every single chapter. Then you get to the end and it was like "I can't believe this happened to another person I love." Seriously WHAT??????
I have no idea why these girls were friends, but all I know is that they should not of been friends in the first place. And these girls are bickering non stop with each other, and then Ashley's husband shows up, and his whole situation with Ashley and they treat him as sweet as pie?
It was so far off from a thriller I can't even tell you. There has to be some changes made to this book. Less bickering with the girls, more back story of why these girls were besties in the first place. I should've been able to sympathize with at least one of these characters and pick a side, I just couldn't. I did not feel thrilled, or wonder what is going to happen, and the end....it just seemed like...well we don't know what the end should be so "meh" here ya go.
The idea is there, but it's missing to many elements to make the book a success. It would've been better if the girls had been friends and where just having a trip before they decided to sell their business, to celebrate. And it goes on about how much they loved each other. Maybe they were there for two weeks, and they do all these wonderful things together, maybe with the same guide. And you get to know about their friendship, and you love them all. Maybe along the way there is an argument of some sort. But the twist at the end reveals that maybe one of the friends is not who she has been pretending to be. I don't know, I'm not a writer, but I am a reader, and unfortunately this book was not what I had hoped for.
Thank you for the chance to read your book.

Girls' Night Out by Liz Fenton & Lisa Steinke Book Review
I strongly feel expectations can make or break a read. I don't know why, but I expected Girls' Night Out to be a fun, frolicking ride to Mexico with some petty drama between old friends, and, I was ready for it!

Dark, Twisted & Deep Wounds
I guess I should have read the summary because Girls' Night Out is not what I consider "fun". Girls' Night Out dives head first into the often convoluted world of female friendships. Ashley, Natalie & Lauren have some serious issues; money, business decisions, deceased spouses, hurt feelings, etc.

The three women travel to Tulum, Mexico & surely a little bit of sunshine, sand & tequila can help them heal. They get past their initial tension & are making headway until Ashley is gone. She's a little wild, but after a few hours pass, things are not looking good. Too bad Natalie woke up on the beach & her memory of the previous evening is completely gone. In a hungover haze, Natalie & Lauren do their best to put on their detective hats & get moving. They have to find out what happened to Ashley.

THE VERDICT
I am Into This book. These women have some serious drama & the tone of the book is much darker than I was ready for. While The Good Widow is perfect for a warm day at the beach, get your serious pants on for Girls' Night Out. Lisa & Liz are two of my favorites. They have a talent for writing REAL women & Girls' Night Out is no different.

Special thanks to Liz Fenton & Lisa Steinke, Great Thoughts Great Readers & Lake Union Publishing for providing our copy.

I had loved The Good Widow last summer, so I was excited to read this one. Unfortunately the characters just fell flat for me. They were too similar...similar names, similar marriages, similar kids...I found myself getting confused. I don't need likable characters, but these definitely weren't that anyway. They were privileged and a little petty. I didn't mind the ending, but the overall narrative was just non-believable.