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Well, I have to say, the description really had me interested. However, it honestly did not live up to my expectations at all. I get the idea, I really do, it just left so much to be desired with this one.

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I loved this one!!!! It had a great plot and excellent character insight at it is written from alternating point of views. Imagine working at one of the most exclusive clubs for the most rich, famous, and powerful individuals in the media. Their exorbitant fees for membership are meant to provide them with not just over the top accommodations but also complete privacy to do as they like.

At another over the top club location grand opening, people die, people lie, and mayhem ensures

This book is perfect if you love a juicy story with a plot line that keeps you guessing.

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I really enjoyed the prior book from this author duo so I was excited to read The Club. Unfortunately, it was not as good. The first part of the book was slow, about 50% through, it finally started to pick up and the pieces came together. The ending was okay, not particularly satisfying. Overall, it was an okay book! 3/5 stars. Thank you NetGalley for providing an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

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This book was an interesting concept for a thriller but unfortunately just did not fully land for me. I felt that the book started too slowly with it hard to follow the many points of view. When it came to the ending, I almost felt like it wrapped up a bit too quickly. I will say the setting was great and there were interesting character dynamics that made me keep reading.

Thank you to the publisher via Net Galley for an ARC of this title.

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๐Ÿ„ด-๐Ÿ„ฐ๐Ÿ…๐Ÿ„ฒ @netgalley ๐Ÿ…๐Ÿ„ด๐Ÿ……๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„ด๐Ÿ…†

๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ช๐’๐’–๐’ƒ
๐™ฑ๐šข: @ellerylloyd_author
๐™ถ๐šŽ๐š—๐š›๐šŽ: Mystery, Thriller, Suspense
๐™ฟ๐šž๐š‹๐š•๐š’๐šœ๐š‘๐šŽ๐š›: @harpercollins
๐š๐šŽ๐š•๐šŽ๐šŠ๐šœ๐šŽ๐šœ ๐™พ๐š—: March 1, 2022
@๐š๐š˜๐š˜๐š๐š›๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š๐šœ ๐š‚๐šŒ๐š˜๐š›๐šŽ: 3.55
๐™ผ๐šข ๐š‚๐šŒ๐š˜๐š›๐šŽ: ๐Ÿ›Ž๏ธ๐Ÿ›Ž๏ธ / Hotel Bells

Thank you @netgalley for the gifted E-ARC of this book in exchange for my honest and unbiased opinion.

๐Ÿ…‚๐Ÿ…ˆ๐Ÿ„ฝ๐Ÿ„พ๐Ÿ„ฟ๐Ÿ…‚๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ…‚

๐˜ˆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ด.

๐‘ฌ๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’š๐’๐’๐’†'๐’” ๐‘ซ๐’š๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’•๐’ ๐‘ฑ๐’๐’Š๐’...
Welcome to ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ฏ๐’๐’Ž๐’† ๐‘ฎ๐’“๐’๐’–๐’‘ where a glamorous collection of celebrity member clubs are dotted across the globe. Where the rich and famous can party hard and then crash out in its five-star suites, far from the prying eyes of fans and the media.
Things are about to get sinister and the body count is piling up, some of Island Homeโ€™s members will begin to wish theyโ€™d never made the guest list.
๐‘ฉ๐’†๐’„๐’‚๐’–๐’”๐’† ๐’‚๐’• ๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐’„๐’๐’–๐’ƒ, ๐’Š๐’‡ ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’๐’‚๐’Ž๐’†๐’” ๐’๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’๐’Š๐’”๐’•, ๐’š๐’๐’–โ€™๐’“๐’† ๐’๐’๐’• ๐’ˆ๐’†๐’•๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’๐’–๐’•.

๐Ÿ„ผ๐Ÿ…ˆ ๐Ÿ…ƒ๐Ÿ„ท๐Ÿ„พ๐Ÿ…„๐Ÿ„ถ๐Ÿ„ท๐Ÿ…ƒ๐Ÿ…‚

I've read that under this author name Ellery Lloyd it's actually a husband & wife duo team writing together. Kudos to them. Although I own "๐‘ท๐’†๐’๐’‘๐’๐’† ๐‘ณ๐’Š๐’Œ๐’† ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’†๐’Ž" (their debut novel) I havenโ€™t picked it up just yet.

However with "๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ช๐’๐’–๐’ƒ" I wasn't that impressed. The book rotates POV between Jess, Adam, Nikki, and Annie. Additionally, there are a lot more characters on top of thatโ€”too many characters to the point that they were difficult to keep track. My biggest pet peeve in books. The story moved too slowly with too many stories to follow.

There were many times I'd lose interest and have a hard time engaging into a story when the half page is wasted by describing an object or a surrounding. Overall, it missed the mark for me.

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The Club by Ellery Lloyd took some timeย to get into the plot, but once it did, you couldn't put it down. Great plot twists and a satisfying conclusion. If you haven't already I highly suggest that you go out now and purchase yourself a copy. Thank you to NetGalley and Harper for this copy.

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What goes on at this private, elite and very exclusive "club" might surprise you as you follow these privileged and devious characters. The Club is a quick read with some surprising twists that will keep you entertained and guessing.

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I really liked the premise of this book. There were some execution issues though. It felt like too many characters to keep track of and there were so many individual stories and sub plots it got a bit muddied. Overall a good concept and fairly good read.

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Home is an ultra exclusive club with locations around the world and reserved for only the wealthiest celebrities. The opening of the newest location, Island Home, is sure to be the event of a lifetime. When people start disappearing, there are many people who could be responsible. What secret is Home really hiding?

I liked the plot, but I didn't love any of the characters. I was intrigued by the premise and enjoyed how the storylines unfolded. I wish there had been a few more likeable qualities to some of the characters so that I could root for them to find happiness. I didn't dislike them, but there wasn't enough compelling character development to get me to love them. Fans of The Guest List by Lucy Foley will enjoy the twists and turns in this one.

Thank you to NetGalley and Harper for the free digital copy to review.

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So I'm sitting here trying to write the review for this one which I read last week and honestly....I can't remember anyone's name. I know there was an exclusive club called Home on an island. There was a couple of murders. And someone did it.

Yeah, that's about it. And it's not my fault I can't remember the characters because I remember other books. It was just that forgettable. And there were far too many characters as well. There were a couple of good twists and it was a fast read, but those moments didn't push it past a three star read for me. Oh, and I liked the setting. That was well done.

This thriller? There are better ones out there.

Thanks @netgalley for my copy in exchange for my honest review.

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The Club ~ Ellery Lloyd ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ

This barnburner starts with a black Land Rover speeding down a causeway before the tide comes in. Something terrible has just happenedโ€ฆ

Welcome to Home, a collection of glamorous celebrity members only clubs spattered across the globe. A place where the rich and famous party and retreat to 5 star suites. Island Home is the newest addition for illustrious owner Ned Groom and his team. Behind schedule and over budget Island Homeโ€™s opening weekend is to die for. Everyone has secrets the question is what are they willing to pay to keep those secrets from spilling out.

This book was beyond fantastic. Short yet sinister chapters. Told from the pov of multiple characters. And storylines so twisted.
This is a must read of the season.
#TheClub #NetGalley

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I really enjoyed this book! Told from the perspective of four different characters, this mystery is set in an exclusive celebrity club on an island, where weekend launch party goes horribly wrong. This is a fun rich people book, with a lot of parallels to celebrity culture.

While nothing mind blowing, this book really held my interest and unraveled in an interesting way. I would definitely read more from these authors!

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I can honestly say Iโ€™ve never wanted to be a celebrity, and, after reading The Club, it sounds like thatโ€™s been wise! This story is filled with so many interesting characters - the owners of the exclusive clubs (brothers), their staff (Nikki the PA, Annie the membership manager), and the celebrities themselves. I enjoyed this roller coaster ride!

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I enjoyed this suspenseful story. This is a new author for me which I enjoyed and look forward to reading more in the future. This is a well written story about joining a club but the only thing about this club is that you cannot leave it. You don't want to miss what happens in this club. A story that is full of action and twists and turns that you won't see coming. I enjoyed being pulled into the story from the beginning. They kept the story engaging and supportive of each other. They bring the story to life on each page and made the story entertaining to read. I also enjoyed how the author's use of details made the story realistic. It has great growth throughout as well. This is a great story that I truly enjoyed and how the characters just made the story for me. I highly recommend this book.

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Great story line but I feel there were too many characters/stories to keep up with. Lots of twists and turns. Thanks to NetGalley for the privilege to read and review this book.

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Rating:

4.0 stars

Quite a page turner. A story about betrayal and revenge. The bad guys get their comeuppance. the beginning was slow then it built up to a starling conclusion. I thought the ending was perfect.

THE CLUB is the most exclusive of the exclusive clubs where few people are accepted as members. Not anyone, even "the celebrated people" as one character says or "celebrities" can become a member. Think about all of the gossip magazines that the public often love to read. The characters are straight out of TMZ type of celebrity news.

Fans of Lucy Foley's The Guest List may like it.

Thanks to NetGalley and Harper Publishers for giving me a complimentary copy in exchange for an honest review.

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This book was a bit of a disappointment to me. I was highly intrigued by the concept, a very high-end getaway for those on the A list, where people suddenly start disappearing and turning up dead. I pictured a celebrity And Then There Were None.

This was not a bad book by any means. It kept my attention, and I wanted to know what was going to happen next. But the story moved slowly, and there wasn't a real heightened sense of danger. No one really seemed to know what was going on while it was happening, and so there wasn't any of that tension and fear that really make a book like this exciting and gripping.

I'm not against recommending this book, just know going in it's a lot tamer than you're probably hoping for.

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Thanks to NetGalley for an advanced copy.

What can I say? I really didnโ€™t like this book. I was bored

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This was a hard one for me to get into, I didn't love the characters and felt that the pacing was off. The writing was well done though.

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This book blew me away! I was unable to but it down. Perfect, dazzlingly, very well written. The details the author described throughout the book was so amazing. The characters and storyline were fantastic. The ending I did not see coming Truly Amazing and appreciated the whole story. This is going to be a must read for many many readers. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! No spoilers. Beyond amazing I enjoyed this book so very much. The characters and storyline were fantastic. The ending I did not see coming Could not put down nor did I want to. Truly Amazing and appreciated the whole story. This is going to be a must read for many many readers. Maybe even a book club pick.

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