This was Desperate Housewives meets Stepford Wives meets Real Housewives with drama and thriller aspects I cannot begin to describe! I enjoyed this so much, and I had a lot of fun reading it. It had some interesting plot twists that I did not expect, and kudos to the author for throwing me off.

Thank you NetGalley, the author, and the publisher of this book for the opportunity to read and give an honest review of this book.

This neighborhood is one of large homes and nosey neighbors. The folks that live here are often irritated by each other. Yet, they socialize together and gossip among themselves.

Once a year, this neighborhood hosts a ‘block party’. Everyone turns out and it appears as if all are neighborly enough. This year, however, shots ring out and a neighbor is killed. Because there are so many issues circulating through the neighborhood, it will be hard for the reader to guess the victim and the motive for the shooting. That is exactly what makes this such an interesting read.

It is a little slow at the beginning of the book, yet the characters are all very interesting. That makes this a fun read.

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.

I enjoyed this read, but hoped for more. I wasn't engaged as much as I wanted to be and thought there were too many characters to keep up with. But overall, I enjoyed the storyline.

I’m always all in on a book with neighborhood drama and this didn’t disappoint. There’s a murder the night of the block party and which neighbor is guilty? We go back to a year earlier to learn how all the relationships unravel and I love that tool of storytelling! I really enjoyed this one.

Thank you #StMartinsPress and #NetGalley for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review

Now this is a great summer read guys! The Block Party by Jamie Day is full of suspense and drama of all sorts and I didn't want to put it down. There are multiple viewpoints including Alex's teenage daughter Lettie as well as posts from the online community page. We also have some time jumps, and everything combined made for a very engrossing story. The main viewpoints are Alex and Lettie, and it was interesting seeing certain things through the eyes of a mom and her daughter. There are plenty of twists and turns along the way, and I don't think I saw a single one coming.

The audiobook was really well done, and I highly enjoyed listening to Megan Tusing & Suzy Jackson narrate. I was already a big fan of Tusing, but I thought they both did a great job with the various viewpoints and community page. They brought the book to life for me and made it easy to follow along with what was happening. I was able to listen at a 3x speed as well, which ended up being the perfect pace for this one. The Block Party is a great take on suspenseful domestic fiction and I also liked the way Day handled the heavier themes. If you are looking for something a little different in the best way, I would recommend picking this up at any time of the year!

This book was a drama filled thriller with lots of twists. There are many character, each with their own subplot that makes it hard to follow along with. The beginning keeps your attention, but in the middle it drops off and lets that min wander a bit.

I alternated between the ebook and audiobook. The narrators of the audiobook do a fantastic job of differentiating the vocals for each character.

I want to thank Netgalley, Macmillan Audio for an advanced listening copy, and St. Martin's Press for an ARC of this book..

"The Block Party" by Jamie Day is a quick read with twists and surprises. I would recommend this novel if you enjoy toxic drama, a la desperate housewives.

Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for my digital arc in exchange for my review.

This was a really good book that had many twists and turns and had you guessing who done it pretty much throughout the story. It is about a wealthy neighborhood who have a block party when at the same time someone is murdered. It does get a little bit confusing just because there are so many characters but if you keep track of who's who it's pretty easy to follow. I really did enjoy it and will be looking for what this author does next.

How many Lies, secrets and cover ups can be hidden in one neighborhood. The shocker is someone has died during the annual block party. But who is it and how? The big question is why? The book begins with a story that goes back in time to a year ago, at the annual Memorial Day block party when the newest family to the neighbourhood are all meeting the neighbours. When Emily catches her husband in a very suspicious encounter with one of the newcomers, Mandy, this sets off an investigation that leads her sister Alex determined to uncover further information . The more she learns, the less she understands what is going on with the new neighbours. As things turn up, Alex will also discover things about her own friends, family and maybe herself. There is also a plot that involves Lettie, the 17 year old daughter, and her story involves revenge against her former best friend. The story alternates between Alex and Lettie's perspectives.

This was requested when I first found out about NetGalley and I had requested so many ARCs that I could not get to all of them before they were archived. I really wanted to get to this one, as it seemed interesting. If I can find this somewhere for a reasonable price, I will try to get it! I am giving this book three stars, as I don't want to give it a good or bad rating, since I did not get to it.

The Block Party is quite the party! This neighborhood has a lot of underlying activity going on. The twists, the turns, and the drama - all amazing!!

I highly recommend this book. I love when a story surprises me with things I did not see coming!

Not super interesting so I didn’t end up finishing! Just felt like there were sooo many different characters and subplots to follow that it got too muddy.

I feel as though I have read this before. The neighborhood setting, the drama, and the conflicts all felt familiar and it fell short for me. I see many other ratings for The Block Party are rave reviews so I am in the minority. I will definitely be avoiding any neighborhood mysteries or a while.

I love a good neighborhood drama. What the wealthy do behind closed doors and the secrets they keep is always a good source of entertainment. There were a lot of characters in this. I had to keep reminding myself of who was who. I liked all of the twists and turns.

This is an easy read with lots of drama to keep the reader entertained. I had to suspend reality a little because there is no neighborhood with this much drama. As entertaining and enjoyable as The Block Party was, I was hoping I would like it more than I did. The drama, while entertaining, was too much, a little too far fetched and most of it was resolved with little fan fare or "work". My rating and feelings towards this book are lower than the average so readers might enjoy The Block Party more than I did.
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Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for the copy in exchange for my honest review.

Aims for domestic drama in the vein of Liane Moriarty, yet falls short. That's not to say that there isn't anything to worth exploring here: the mysteries are intriguing, the dual perspectives from a mother and her daughter add texture to the story, and I liked the periodic inclusions of a neighborhood message board to give a wider view of Alton Road and its inhabitants. Unfortunately, the revelations behind most of the secrets aren't terribly exciting, and there is little in the way of plot developments that completely took me surprise. For a while, I thought that all of the male characters were going to end up being awful, and was relieved that there are a few decent ones in the end. This would make a fun vacation read, but not much more.

This thriller/mystery is interestingly set in the backdrop of the neighborhood's annual 4th of July block party. Set in flashbacks and told by looking back at events in the previous year, it provides the backstory to the murder that occurred during the current year's block party. It's an interesting neighborhood drama of secrets, lies, and deceit. It keeps you entertained to the final page.

3.5⭐️ This was a very entertaining read. It was easy to follow and it had a couple of interesting plot twists (I figured out one lol), but I gasped out loud at the other.

I will definitely keep an eye out for this author.

This book has a lot of characters and took awhile to get them all straight. I did find it to be pretty predictable. Sadly this one wasn’t for me.