This was a pleasure to read!

For some reason and I can't say exactly why.. I've always enjoyed books that take place in a collegiate atmosphere. Or a school setting. Or sorority. Whatever. There is just something about them. This book was abuzz with atmospheric tension. I also like books about toxic friendships and psychological enmeshment. This was a fantastic read and I highly recommend it!

DNF. Unfortunately, this was a book I started multiple times but could just not get into. I appreciate having the opportunity to read this book, it was just not a good fit for me as a reader.

In The Girls Are All So Nice Here, author Laurie Elizabeth Flynn tells us the story from Ambrosia's point of view in Then and Now chapters. Then goes back to Ambrosia's (Amb to her friends) first year of college. Now is mostly the 15 year reunion weekend that Amb really didn't want to attend. Ms Flynn brings the reader to a surprising finish. I want to thank NetGalley and Simon & Schuster for an early copy to review.

I read this one via Net Galley several months before Pub Day but I still remember how very brutal the characters were in this novel! It is such a great depiction of the competitiveness and nastiness that can occur between girls. It actually gave me a nightmare!
I told my husband that if he really wants to understand how many (NOT all!) women can be, he should read this book.
I couldn't put it down! I will be looking for more from this author as I always like a suspenseful read.

Ambrosia has a horrible secret. One that haunts her from her college days that had crept back into the forefront of her mind as her university reunion creeps up. Though she thinks she and her friend Sloane have gotten away undetected, someone else knows what they put in motion. And they're not willing to allow those skeletons to remain out of sight.

This was a good mean girl thriller. I enjoyed the jumping from the past to the present, the creepy emails, and all the snarky, awful ways girls can treat one another. The ending wasn't exactly predictable, but I wasn't completely surprised to discover who sent the emails or what actually happened to Flora. I would definitely recommend this to anyone who enjoys a college drama thriller.

This book's pacing and intriguing premise drew me in, and kept me there throughout the story. Though not everything in it that happened was a surprise, it was an interesting and thrilling read!

Thank you to Simon & Schuster and NetGalley for the chance to read this book!

The dedication really sets the tone for this one: "For every girl who got what she wanted at a cost she couldn't afford"

For me, this was Mean Girls meets Gossip Girl and I loved it. The book takes us back and forth from "then," freshman year at Wesleyan University circa 2003 to "now," class of 2007's 10 year reunion. Each "now" chapter begins with an email from the Alumni Committee and I couldn't help adding in "you know you love me - xoxo" because that's the feel I got.

Ambrosia Wellington (Amb) wants nothing to do with her 10 year college reunion. She is married, living a quiet if somewhat boring life in Manhattan with her husband Adrian. Adrian is a good guy, who treats Amb well. He doesn't know what happened during Amb's freshman year at Wesleyan and "Dorm Doom" and she wants to keep it that way. But when he finds out about her reunion he is super excited about hearing all about her college days.

Amb was hoping college would be nothing like her high school but when she gets there she realizes not much is different except for her overtly nice roommate Flora. Desperate to be liked, Amb tries everything to fit in and finally she gains the attention of one of the girls in her hall - Sully. Sully is "insane" according to her roommate and Amb does whatever it takes to keep Sully's attention.

This is full of sex, drugs, alcohol, scandals, bad decisions and suspicious deaths. There were a few twists that I didn't see coming. along with one I was able to figure out. This book kept my attention so well. The timeline switching from then to now told the story is such a way that it was easy to keep track of. I was a little disappointed in the ending as for me it seemed a little farfetched, but overall this was a great read.

Thank you NetGalley and Simon & Schuster for the opportunity to read this!

The Girls Are All So Nice Here by Laurie Elizabeth Flynn is a dark psychological thriller. First let me say all the girls are not nice here some are really mean and dangerous. This book is very well written which is good since I didn’t like most of the characters, but that being said I did enjoy it. This story is about a class reunion where nothing is as it seems and everybody is keeping secrets. It switches from when they were in college to present time. It definitely held my attention and the ending I never saw coming. Thanks Netgalley for this arc.

The perfect title for this read...not at all. There are mean girls and then there are Ambrosia and Sully, aka Sloan. The beginning sucked me into this compelling dark web of a read and I felt as though I wanted to escape, repeatedly cringing as the pairing of Ambrosia and Sully turned truly evil. Neither of them was at all likable, which hindered my ability to relate to them. In contrast, Flora was their polar opposite, a truly nice girl.
The incorporation of emails about the reunion helped set the stage for the devastating conclusion. The .dual time frames of past and present served to thicken the web, drawing you closer. I have to admit it was upsetting to read this one knowing that similar situations happen every day, one of the pitfalls of cell phones and social media.
Many thanks to Laurie Elizabeth Flynn, Simon & Schuster, and NetGalley for affording me the opportunity to read an arc of this fast paced thriller soon to be published on March 9th.

I absolutely LOVED this juicy page turner! I’m a sucker for a mean girl story, whether at high school, college, or as adults. This novel gave me that in spades, but with a twist: the narrator is one of the mean girls! I loved all the twists and turns and the dual timeline. Ambrosia was such a compelling character, even though I wanted to slap her half the time. The twists were somewhat predictable, but that didn’t lessen my enjoyment at all. The writing style kept me on the edge of my seat from start to finish. I can’t wait to read more from this author.

Another new author for me.
I enjoy dual timelines and this one had that. It was interesting and very well written.
I did not like any of the characters in this book. They were shallow and seems kind of petty.
I did like how the story flowed and loved the ending.
This book was filled with lots of chills and had that thriller thing going on that I love.
There were a few things that I disliked but overall it was a good story.

Thank you #NetGalley, #LaurieElizabethFlynn, #Simon&Schuster for this ARC. This is my own true thoughts about this book.

3/5 stars and I recommend you read this one.

4.5 Stars!

This! This is an amazing, well written thriller that will suck you right back in time to your high school/college days of navigating frenemies. I loved how spot on the interactions were and how I truly felt like I was in a time warp.

Ambrosia and Sloane become best friends their freshman year in college. They party like rock stars and treat boys like objects. The story jumps between the past and present. Presently they're 10 years out of college and invited to the reunion. Both Ambrosia and Sloane receive an additional note in their invites saying "we need to talk about what we did that night". Dum dum dum.

I could not put this one down, I was on the edge of my seat the whole time.

A special thank you to NetGalley, Simon & Schuster, and Laurie Elizabeth Flynn for providing me with an ARC.

It’s been awhile since I’ve reviewed a book on here, but here we go! Dennis is BACK. 👏🏻 ⁣
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The Girls Are All So Nice here focuses on a young woman’s journey after making the necessary steps for growth after a tumultuous college experience. Ambrosia Wellington is now married and moving on with her life until she receives emails and letters mentioning a college reunion. At first, she steers clear of joining this meet-up because of the painful memories it brings up. It isn’t until she gets a threateningly sinister letter in the mail that she knows it’s time to possibly confront the past. Ambrosia was a wild child in college and was involved in some shady behavior that she wanted to keep hidden, but her past keeps creeping up.⁣
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Let’s start with the positive, shall we? For a debut, the writing is excellent. Reading this book, I never once felt that the writing wasn’t up to par with some of the great thriller writers. That being said, I was so excited to read this book, but it was more of the same type of story that we’re used to. I knew what was happening extremely early on and if you’ve ever read anything with a similar plot, you’ll figure it out as well. Overall, I’m not disappointed I read this story, but I’m also kind of meh about it. If you are a novice to the genre, definitely give this a try. If you’re not, go in knowing that it’s an easy read.

This was a chilling and twisted tale. It is about something that happened in high school. Was it suicide or murder? The chilling thing is the lack of concern ‘The Nice Girls’ have’. They don’t see others as having value or care.

So, I would say, keep your friends close and your enemies closer. This is going to be necessary if you where part of this HS clique!

Thank you NetGalley, Laurie Elizabeth Flynn for an ARC of this book. I really appreciate it.

Wow! What can I say - this was a roller coaster ride all the way through the book!.

I enjoyed the dual timelines alternating back and forth between freshman year of college and present day at the 10-year reunion. The reader is left to guess for quite awhile what happened freshman year that has precipitated the anonymous messages sent to Ambrosia encouraging her attendance at the reunion. In present day Ambrosia is happily married. But freshman year Ambrosia tells a different story.

I love a book set on a college campus with young adults trying to navigate being on their own for the first time and having ultimate freedom to do as they please. Certainly Ambrosia and her exciting friend "Sully" took full advantage of the freedom, experimentation, and lack of supervision that comes with going off to college.

But for the anonymous letters that Ambrosia receives, she would not have attended her 10-year reunion. See something happened back in college that she has tried to forget, and has never discussed since she graduated, not even with her husband. The letters restart her paranoia, and Ambrosia can't help but think that someone else knows what happened freshman year, and she needs to find out the truth.

The author sprinkles little clues throughout that leave you guessing as to the final outcome. And wow, that ending took me by surprise, and I am still trying to process how I feel about it.

If you enjoy a good thriller, I would definitely recommend this book.

The Girls Are All So Nice Here was such a great read! I could see this book being made into a suspense thriller - the story is that good.

All I can say is WOW!! This book will knock you off your feet!! These mean girls are not nice about anything! Ambrosia Wellington goes to her 10 year college reunion after several notes have been sent to her about something that took place in her freshman year. Her best friend at that time was Sloane Sullivan. (Sully) who Amb though hung the moon! This toxic relationship proved to be the undoing of both girls and negatively affected so many others. I loved the premise of this book but the characters were all unlikable with on redeemable qualities. The ending was especially surprising which always.makes for a good thriller! This is a.great read and I highly recommend.

Thanks to Net Galley for allowing me to read this amazing arc for my honest review.

A thriller that alternates timeline between a ten year college reunion and freshman year. The coverup of a long held secret is threatened to be exposed. Anxiety is at an all-time high, it makes for a fun read.

overall, this book was good. it had a lot of potential, and it just worked, from the outside. but, as we get deeper and deeper into this story and what is happening, it just started to make less and less sense. like in 03 there wasn't that much texting, and it wasn't as mainstream as it is now, and hell even in 07. and i really liked when they were in college, since i just think it is way more interesting, and it was just cool. since in current day it was just kind of boring and i feel like not a lot happened, and it was just rehashing petty drama from college. but, also i didn't really like how we didn't really know how Flora died till the end, since they would keep bringing up how she died, but we never knew. and i mean, i thought they like stabbed her, not a suicide or something. and also the whole epilogue didn't even make any sense, cause it was like in first pov, but it wasn't Amb, so i had zero clue who it actually was, and that was just so confusing.

This is an excellent, fast-paced thriller that jumps back and forth between Ambrosia (Amb)'s freshman year of college at Wesleyan in 2003 and her 10 year reunion in 2017. "The Girls Are All So Nice Here" is a smart thriller and comments well on toxic friendships and lifestyles and the way your those choices haunt you later in life.

OVERVIEW:
With her invitation to her 10 year college reunion, Amb receives a mysterious handwritten anonymous note that says “We need to talk about what we did that night.”

What leads is a thrilling page-turner that follows Amb during her freshman year, forming relationships with her mild mannered, bubbly roommate Flora and titillating, high-octane Sully. During her freshman year, Amb struggled to find herself and was drawn under Sully's spell of drug-fueled sexual experimentation and mind games while balancing her relationship with her well-meaning roommate Flora. In her attempts to find herself, Amb immerses herself in a "mean girl" lifestyle.

In the 2017 chapters, Amb is dreading her upcoming reunion, but feels pressured to go by her husband Adrian and her college friends Hadley and Han. More anonymous notes keep appearing implying that someone knows that she did something horrible during her freshman year. To face her past demons, Amb relents to go to the reunion, but that is just the beginning of the twists and turns.

THOUGHTS:
Overall, this kept my rapt attention. It was interesting to read through the perspective of a "mean girl." Reading the freshman chapters really put forth that Amb knew what she was doing was wrong, but she kept doing it because of the influence and magnetic pull of Sully. In the 2017 chapters, you know that Amb feels extreme guilt for her past actions, but is essentially stifling them to the point of denial.

However, I did have some issues with it that prevent a 5 star rating.
Texting was such a huge theme of the freshman chapters book, but I was so distracted thinking about how little texting was mainstream in 2003. In my life, texting became relevant around 2005/6 and was still not in constantly used until 2007/8.
Additionally, there were parts that were intentionally misleading, like some of the phrasing of the anonymous notes, that I flipped back to reread sections to wonder why the author would have included them.
For all of the mind altering activities Amb was indulging in, she had a great specific memory of the events of her freshman year. Also, I had a hard time believing that 32 year old Amb would still be so caught up in a specific person that was a part of the horrible event that happened her to her during college at 18.

That being said, I will still definitely recommend this book, and I was happy to have read it.

Thank you to NetGalley for providing an ARC for an honest review!

TWs: Rape, Suicide, Eating Disorders