Murder in the cul-de-sac! Who was murdered? Who is the murderer? With all the drama, secrets, and lies involving all of the wealthy families on Alton Road it could be any of them! I very much enjoyed this gossipy, crazy clan! I also liked how I wasn’t able to guess the ending.

This is the first book by Jamie Day I have read. It deals with very dark and disturbing secrets. I read it in one sitting and then could not sleep afterwards. The book is well-written and is a page turner once you get through the preliminaries. Whenever I thought something was moving slowly, I just skimmed forward.

The people of Alton Road have plenty of secrets and somehow their secrets connect to several families. This is a train wreck that you can’t put down.

The topics of this book are: Bullying, rape, friend and family dynamics, over drinking, and human decency.

I was given an advanced copy and am NOT required to leave a positive review.

Where do you live? A neighborhood? Out in the country? An apartment? In The Block Party by Jamie Day, the characters all share a cul-de-sac on an exclusive street. On the day of the Memorial Day block party there's a shooting. The reader is taken back a year to see what led up to the shooting. Everyone has secrets - but which secrets are strong enough to kill over?

The story is told through the POVs of Alex and her daughter, Lettie. It intially feels like a story of adults behaving badly, but there's more to Day's story. There is some terrible behavior but there's substance to the story. There are several storylines but it's never overwhelming. It did take a bunch of pages to keep the names straight and who goes with who. Day keeps adding to the narrative until we finally find out the why. And you won't guess.


The character and interactions reminded me of Big, Little Lies. Great debut from Jamie Day.

Every Memorial Day the residents of Alton Road have an epic block party. They have everything, food, games, music, booze. When a new family moves in across the street, they find out things aren’t always what they seem. Add in revenge, stalking, blackmail, cheating and lies and you get a perfect recipe for disaster. Next Memorial Day will go out with a bang.

Thanks NetGalley for this opportunity to read The Block Party.

The Block Party is a debut novel by Jamie Day. While I didn't know a whole lot about the story or the author prior to picking this up, I was very intrigued by the synopsis. Books about dysfunctional families set in perfect little towns are some of my favorites. I love the contrast in the characters and settings. Unfortunately, this one didn't really cut it for me. I listed to the audiobook for this story and quickly found that I didn't enjoy the characters or much of what was happening. I thought about DNF'ing the story many times, but because I needed to write a review, I gave it my best chance and completed the story. I honestly think my biggest issues with this story was the lack of transparency with triggers written into the story. There's very little to go on in the synopsis, and while read this, there were incidences of infidelity, rape, drugs, suicide, guns, and so much more. Additionally, there were too many side plots that I was confused and couldn't ever truly stay connected.

A block party gone awry. The story starts at the end and then takes us back a year so we can see the progression and events leading up to the murder. The families are wonderfully wacky and full of secrets and betrayals. I did feel like the pace slowed down in the middle, but the ending had a delightful twist and I enjoyed it overall. The audiobook is a fun way to read this novel and the narrators do a great job.

This was fun, twisty and kept me guessing. This is a perfect summer read. I read it on the beach and had such a good time with it!

There was a lot I liked about The Block Party. It had dual POVs, the yuppie neighborhood setting was well done, the plot combined the adults and their teenage children nicely, and it included social media posts which was a clever touch. However, I could not stand the main character, Alex. She grated on my nerves the entire book! She was not the unlikeable character you often encounter in a book that gives the story some zest and vitality; she was a character I wanted to tell to put the stupid and, quite frankly, unnecessary wine bottle down and get on with the drama. Honestly, at times her teenage daughter was the more mature one of the two.

There were lots of secrets on this one street and they came out very slowly until the explosive end. The author did a good job keeping me interested throughout the book and wondering just who would get shot and why.

My copy of this book was provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. My thanks to the the author, the publisher, and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review it.

Wow. This book was a wild ride! Kind of like reality TV that you just can’t turn off. Could anything else happen to these characters?! So fun to read!

Ah, this book was just another story line of neighborhood drama and scandalous behavior. The characters weren’t really like-able. They have two narration characters, which maybe it easy to follow, but the downside was a lot of characters being mentioned, that never really fully developed. Then they had drama / issues that needed to be kept track of.

It’s a quick read, however the story is just mediocre. It was not a book I would have stopped reading it held me in there to carry it out. To me, there is way too many books out there to read with different settings, experiences and not unoriginal…if you like unique stories this one probably won’t be for you.

It’s just super hard to love a story when you can’t like the characters and it’s just another story repeated in a little different way.

However, I did enjoy reading it and I do truly appreciate the work put into making a book possible.

Thank you Netgalley and St. Martin’s Press for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I loved this story of a neighborhood and their residents. Not finding out the victim until towards the end was a great idea. As I read the story I kept thinking it is this one then no it is this one. I highly recommend.

The annual block party is the unofficial start to summer on the exclusive, upper-class cul-de-sac of Alton Road. It’s always an exciting day full of grilled food, drinks, fun and fireworks, but this year the festivities are interrupted by police sirens. There’s lots of speculation on the online neighborhood forum, but rumor has it that a dead body has been discovered!

I absolutely love a gossipy neighborhood thriller, and The Block Party definitely fits the bill! Secrets, affairs, and suspicion abound when the neighbors come together. The story starts with the incident, then goes back in time to the previous year’s block party and moves throughout the year to the present date. The juicy excerpts from the online forum are a fun touch! Jamie Day’s debut novel is thoroughly entertaining and a perfect poolside read for summer!

Many thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for providing me an advance copy of this book.

The Block Party was a soapy domestic suspense novel about a group of wealthy neighbors with LOTS of secrets. If I could tell the characters in this book one thing it would be, "STAY IN YOUR LANE"!

There are nosy neighbors and then there are the these people. These women (and men!) are serious drama queens but the plot actually ended up being a little more troubling than I expected. There are some discussions of sexual assault and suicide that were hard to read.

I didn't necessarily enjoy this story but I did stick with it because I had to find out what happened. If you're looking for a Desperate Housewives-esque read, this might be something to check out. As for me, I would rather watch reruns of Desperate Housewives.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for allowing me to be an early reader. All opinions are my own!

Everyone on Alton drive has secrets. This book combines themes from lots of different sub genres. There’s a little bit thriller as there are some mysteries meant to scare the reader a bit and there’s murder and plenty of mayhem. However, I don’t think this is best classified as a thriller; it’s more domestic suspense. In the same vein of “the last thing he told me “, there’s more diving in to what families project to the world and what’s going on behind closed doors. Throw in a teen character for some coming of age angst and it was a very readable book. I will recommend this to friends.

Thank you Netgalley & St. Martin's Press for an eARC of The Block Party by Jamie Day! I was so excited to be approved for this one, as its premise is truly the perfect way to kick off the summer.

This one kicks off with the annual summer block party on Alton Road, and there's been a murder. Jamie instantly takes us back to one year prior, unraveling the secrets and scandal that leads up to the big event.

I really enjoyed this one, great tension and a fun suburban suspenseful read. There's two major types of storylines here - the adults (parents) on the street - and their children, the teens. Seemingly separate, the two find themselves weaving together to provide the perfect plot. LOVED the ending, major big little lies vibes. I absolutely cannot wait to see what Jamie Day comes up with next. Fantastic narration, too, for audiobook lovers :)

This was a juicy, entertaining domestic thriller! Perfect for summer! It reminded me a lot of Big Little Lies / The Husband’s Secret. I enjoyed the multiple POVs and was surprised by the twists/ending.

I enjoyed this so much that I got the audiobook on NetGalley when it came out just so I could listen to it. It was surprisingly good!!

What’s better than neighborhood drama? In classic suburbia fashion, the residence of Alton Road each have their own secrets their hiding. Now, which of their secrets ended with one of them being killed?

A multi-view story from both a mother and daughter as they deal with revealing the secrets of their neighbors and working through their own over the course of the year. How much really changes in a year? This story proves a lot. From the beginning of the story, we know someone is dead... but who? We then are transported back in time as we learn about what brought them all to the moment and helps leads us towards who may be dead and perhaps who did it.

I wouldn’t call this book a thriller necessary- but it was a fun mystery!

Thank you NetGalley and St’ Martin’s Press for the ARC!

One of the wealthy residents of a suburban cul-de-sac ends up dead at the annual Memorial Day gathering. Jumping between Memorial Day a year ago, the current Memorial Day, and Memorial Day a year from now, secrets are slowly revealed in this snarky telling by the women of the cul-de-sac. Rather evil fun.

It was slow going neighborhood drama book. I struggled with the first half of the book but couldn't put it down in the last 1/4. The community forum foreshadowing kept me interested.

Thank you Netgalley for the ARC