Also known as The Holiday. I had trouble finding it on Goodreads and it was originally titled The Holiday. Excellent book. At first I thought I was going to have trouble keeping all of the best friends straight. I thought it was going to be a bit much as they included in their spouses and their children for a one week getaway. But every character was well written and fleshed out with unique quirks and personalities so I caught on pretty fast. This had so many twists and turns that I never would have guessed and it was a fast and suspenseful read. I definitely recommend it and I'm going to try to reread it again to look for the clues along the way since I know how it ends. The ending was fantastic and this was a well planned story. I will definitely be reading all of this author's upcoming books. That you Netgalley!

My face right now is the GASP emoji 😱 and that’s honestly how I looked the entire freaking book.

I have read TM Logan before, and I should’ve remembered to trust zero thoughts while reading. But nope, he sucked me in again and I got lost in the story, gullible and loving every second.

Kate and her 3 best friends from college go on a week-long trip with their spouses and kids to celebrate turning 40. I mean, come on—a beautiful trip to France in the Mediterranean while staying at a gorgeous, luxurious house with your family and closest friends—can you think of anything more fun? Turns out, yes—the whole week is filled with tension, anxiety and despair. And 30 minutes after finishing the book, my heart is still racing.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I just could not find my way into this one... I was so excited at a new T. M. Logan. I loved Lies and 29 Seconds - with both books I fell into the story from the opening pages and the tales held me from beginning to end. With this one, I just never found my way in...

I found the characters irritating and petty and utterly unsympathetic. I may be full up on long-time friends who are all hiding horrible secrets from one another LOL... It seems like every other book uses this as the backdrop for a mystery these days - or at least every other book I seem to be picking up. It's possible that I'm just burned out on this as a premise, but I found the back-and-forth revelations to be uninteresting and uninspired. I honestly just didn't care what Sean was hiding or what Terrible Things Kate had done to each of her friends in the past. The drama felt overblown and contrived and it was completely unbelievable to me that these women would have stayed friends given everything that has happened to them and that they've done to one another over the years... The kids felt like stereotypes and their plot lines didn't told me either. It felt like two books cobbled together into one when the focus shifted to their stories/points of view.

All in all this one just didn't work for me and frankly I never even made it to the big reveal at the end. I couldn't gin up enough interest in the characters to even skim chapters to get there... This one just didn't do it for me. A lot of people have enjoyed it though, so as I said I may just be done with "old friends with secrets" as a storytelling concept. If you haven't been down this path multiple times already, this one may work better for you than it did for me... I still consider myself a Logan fan and will definitely check out his next book, based on the success I had with the first two. But this third one just didn't have that "grab me and hold me" factor of the other two...

The opinions of this book are my own. Thanks to netgalley, for the early copy.
This is the first book I've read by T. M. Logan. I enjoyed it a lot. I'd heard lots of good things about this author and I was not disappointed. At times I did feel as if it were trying too hard to be suspenseful but overall a good read.

This was a little on the slow side for me. It didn't really pick up until about 80% into the book. For most of the book, you don't know what happened, only that one or more of them did something bad. I think the setting was good, the overall idea was interesting, but the characters were just so unlikable that I really didn't care what happened to them. I'd just as soon call the cops on the lot of them.

Thank you so much to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press

Another great thriller by T.M. Logan!

First, I always have had a thing for stories that deal with Friends who have maintained a bond for years despite the different directions their lives have taken. The premise of this book is that four friends from college get together to celebrate them all turning 40 this year but things are not always what they see. In the first part we find out that one of their husbands is having an affair and it looks like its one of the three other girls. Of course, she begins to find out who is sleeping with her husband and why..

Vacation is a great read that will keep you guessing! Each family has its own issues and at times puts the fun fack in dysfunctional!

Kate, Izzy, Jennifer and Rowan have been friends since university. The 4 of them plan a dream vacation with their families to a vineyard in France to celebrate their 40th birthdays. While there, Kate will try to determine which of her besties is having an affair with her husband!
I had a very difficult time trying to rate this book.. On the one hand, I HAAAAAAATED these characters. All of them. Every single one of them. Even the kids.. On the other hand, these characters were all very well written, as was the book. Lots of twists and turns, 95% of which I didn't see coming. The first half of the book is mostly Kate trying to figure out who her husband Sean is cheating with. She can make a case for each of her friends being the culprit. The 2nd half of the book really picks up steam, and I found I couldn't turn the pages fast enough! I've never read a book by this author before, but now I will actively search his book out!
I received this ARC from NetGalley and St. Martin's Press is exchange for an honest and unbiased review

I am so glad I've found the author T.M.Logan. His previous books, Lies and 29 Seconds, were both great page-turners, and Logan's newest book The Vacation is just as good.

A group of friends goes on vacation together, but each family seems to be hiding things. The book jacket promises that one husband is having an affair, but are things really as they seem, or are they much, much worse?

I went into this book thinking it would be a simple family drama, but it is so much more complex. And, while our main character Kate aggravated me with her hesitancy to act, the characters were all well-drawn and diverse. In total, this story was a great surprise, serving up a tale that was not at all what I anticipated, and delivering a satisfying ending.

Thank you to NetGalley and T.M.Logan for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

Four women who met in college try to get together every year but with marriages and children it's been 5 years since they last met. One of the women arranges for them to meet up with their families for a holiday week in Italy.
What could go wrong? When overprotective mothers pretend their children are perfect and women suspect their husbands of cheating, all kinds of things can happen. And they do in this suspenseful story.
This is the third book I've read by T.M. Logan and I've become a top fan. His writing is clever and the characters as well as their stories ring true. The plot is intricate and I'll admit I didn't figure it out until the very end.
I received an advanced copy from Net Galley in exchange for an honest review and I'm glad I had this opportunity. Now, I'll be waiting for Logan's next book. Well done!

Wow. I couldn’t wait to read this. The title, the cover, and the author drew me in. An ending that no one will see coming.

Trouble in paradise? that is just the tip of the iceberg for this novel! The way the author tells the suspicions of the wife is so realistic. Anyone who has ever been suspicious can relate...and then it gets even worse! Definitely pick this up!

Beautifully written! So creepy and I was obsessed with it. I really enjoyed the characters and loved the ending. Go ahead and read this one!

Four women who have been best friends forever decide to go on a vacation with their families together. On the vacation though Kate suspects her husband is having an affair with one of her best friends but finding the truth might be more than she bargained for..

The Vacation is a domestic thriller by T.M. Logan. Unlikable characters, secrets ,lies   and betrayals with some twists made it an interesting read for me though I did feel the ending was a little  rushed. 

I would like to thank St. Martin’s Press & NetGalley for providing an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest and fair review.

I received this book "The Holiday" from NetGalley (although on NetGalley it is called "The Vacation" and all opinions expressed are my own. This book started off slowly. I basically read it to see what happened at the end. Other books by this author were much better - this one was okay.

I didn’t love this one unfortunately. It was fun to read at times and I wanted to know how it ended, but it was also painful. The poor communication among characters is not a theme I particularly enjoy, and it drove me NUTS how the characters spoke in incomplete sentences, without subjects or pronouns. The letter I doesn’t take much space but sure adds a lot more realism to a conversation. I’ll read this author again but think he can do better than he did in this book.

Four college friends now approaching 40 and their families gather at a luxurious and palatial house in France for a vacation. However, a text found on a husband’s phone on the first day of the trip causes one woman to suspect he is having an affair with one of her oldest and dearest friends. With her background in criminology, she attempts to follow clues to discover who the mystery texts are from. The ending had a helluva twist, but I felt the first half or so was a little draggy and repetitive - she talks to a friend, suspects it may be her, then has lunch or goes for a swim or some vacation-y thing and pretends everything is fine. Then onto the same in the next chapter with a different friend. I skimmed until the last third of the book when it picked up with the revelations and twists.

A slow-burn of a mystery involving 4 best friends vacationing together.

I had high expectations for this one after enjoying Lies (2017) by this author. I really wanted this one to be a winner. The beginning was intriguing as one of the wives suspects her husband of having an affair with one of the "friends".

The second half involves the couples teenagers and this story line totally lost my interest. These are not the kind of people I would call friends and certainly not a dream vacation. I was frustrated with the pace and it didn't pick up until the last chapters. I was expecting more tension and thrills throughout the novel.

Another great book by T.M Logan!! I read this book in just 3 days!! Great story teller with lots of twists and turns!! I have also read 29 Seconds by T.M Logan, just great books!! Thanks to @Netgalley for a great opportunity to ready this book early with a ARC!! Make sure you put this book on your "to be read" book list for the summer. Your poolside reads will thank you!!

This was an excellent thriller that really made me think. Impressive character development along with a fascinating storyline make this book a success. Kudos to T.M. Logan!

I received a copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for my honest opinion. TM Logan might just be one of my most favorite new authors to read. I absolutely loved this book and found it to be addictive and thrilling! Keep ‘me coming TM as you are amazing!