I read this book in a couple of days. Honestly it was just okay. I was kind of confused for most of the book. Honestly it was just okay to me.

LAC narrated by the amazing Stephanie Cannon, whose voice bursts out so clearly and is extremely easy and enjoyable to listen to.
The story was about two freinds who had lost touched after a freind had been murdered some years before. However, they decided to get together and work on a podcast to solve the murder that happened at a party some years back. A great Audiobook!
If you like a Good Girls Guide To Murder then you will love this!
Thank you to Netgalley and Bookouture Audio for the opportunity to listen to this audio early in return for an honest review.

Old friends come together under the guise of a podcast to see to talk about what happened to their friend Stephanie 4 years ago the Igbo she was murdered. This story starts off straightforward but found the different character points of view and timelines quite confusing at times.
A twisty thriller that comes together at the end after plenty of lies, secrets and coverups are discovered.

The Girl at the Party is a thrilling mystery that kept me guessing the whole time! It is about a friend group where one friend died after leaving the party early. Now they are fast forwarding 6 years and two of the friends in the friend group are doing a podcast to try and finally solve the murder.

This book definitely kept me guessing. Every other chapter I was thinking that the murderer was someone different!

The ending was a bit disappointing to me after the murderer was revealed.

This audio book had me intrigued from the very first chapter. A girl was murdered and one of the guys starts a podcast to see if he can figure out who did it. It was gripping till the end. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this audiobook. I enjoyed listening to it.

I downloaded this audioARC from NetGalley and listened to it while doing some admin.

On the surface, The Girl at the Party is about a group of university friends who lose touch after one of them is murdered after an end-of-college celebration in 2013. One of them, Chris, goes on to be a successful true crime podcast producer, and re-enters the others' lives again in 2018 when he decides he is secure enough financially and reputationally to make a podcast about the murder of their friend, Stephanie, hoping to solve it or to prompt more action from the police.

He recruits the help of his ex-girlfriend Laura, initially hoping to rekindle a romance with her, and together they embark on the investigations and interviews needed to get to the bottom of what happened that night. Along the way they start to receive death threats which are childish in tone but serious in nature.

The novel is narrated partly by Chris and partly by Laura, with one key chapter narrated by Stephanie herself. It is clear from Laura's narration that she has an ulterior motive in agreeing to help Chris, and we are left wondering whether she is trying to protect her brother, Jake, her friend Marianne, or herself. We also wondering whether this urge to protect comes from a place of knowledge or if she simply thinks she knows who killed Stephanie. This gives us a real sense of tension throughout the book. We want to keep listening / reading to find out what Laura believes and how correct or incorrect those beliefs are.

So far, so teen drama. However, there is a deeper trauma at the heart of this novel. There are hints throughout that Jake and Laura have a strained relationship with their mother and as Chris becomes reacquainted with the siblings we start to see that this outwith the usual parameters of intergenerational conflict. At the same time, their investigation starts to uncover #MeToo issues, and all the men, including Chris himself, and their behaviour and attitudes towards women start to appear less wholesome that Laura, Marianne and Stephanie believed them to be when they were students together. Some truly awful things have happened to Stephanie in the weeks preceding her murder, and Laura starts to be triggered by many of the things she finds out.

Overall, this was a really complex and well-plotted novel with believable characters. I'd say it is really 4.5 stars for me - the ending was a little too neatly tied in a bow for my own personal taste, but I know that lots of people will like that. Indeed, it is easy to picture the Hollywood movie that could be made of this novel. I guess I'm just more of a Channel 4 / ITV / BBC crime drama fan myself :)

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

This was a gripping thriller and I enjoyed the true crime investigation aspect of the story coupled with the flashbacks to the night of the murder. All of the characters in this book were horrible people though and I thought any one of them could have been the guilty party since they were all just such bad people.

2.5/5 ⭐️
Okay so this was semi interesting? Like honestly I didn’t care for any of the characters or what they went through. The only interesting bit was the podcast the two people start.

5 years ago, Stephine was murdered while walking home from her friend's party. The cops never looked deeper into it. Assuming it was another robbery gone wrong. Since a similar incident had occurred before.

Now Chris and Laura, Stephine's college friends, teamed up to find the truth behind her murder. Friendships were put to the test and hidden secrets were finally revealed.

This was a quick and engrossing read, with a couple of twists at the end. If you're a fan of slow-burn mystery/thrillers then this is the novel for you!

***Thank you to NetGalley, Danielle Stewart, and Bookouture Audio for graciously sending me the audiobook to review. As always, all thoughts are my own.***

Dual first person POV / Dual timeline

3.5 ⭐

Narrator: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Setting: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Atmosphere: ⭐⭐⭐
Characters: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Story: ⭐⭐⭐
Pacing: ⭐
Whodunnit: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Ending: ⭐

• Very easy, quick listen. The narrator is great.

• Felt like 80% current day / 20% party - I was ITCHING to hear more about the party. We.Want.The.Party!

• Character driven - the majority of the book focuses on Laura and her brother.

• Verrrry slow - I wrote a note saying "80% still nothing" so the good stuff that you came for happens at the very end.

• Podcast investigation was a good idea but the execution was a little dry, especially when the present day stuff already feels bogged down.

• Whodunnit was GREAT! - but the delivery unfortunately wasn't. Just a character saying whodunnit instead of seeing it through their eyes 😒

• Underused characters: Corrine & STEPHANIE.

This one was a fast paced and engaging listen. It focuses on Chris & Laura as they investigate their friends murder for a podcast. I really liked how the story unfolded through the podcast as the plot and characters came to life through the interviews along with flashbacks to the past. The narrator was engaging and held my attention. Moved at a steady pace throughout but the ending did feel a little rushed for such a build up. I liked Chris and Laura as characters but Laura did annoy me at times. Enjoyed it.

3.5/5 🌟🌟🌟/🌟

Thanks to Netgalley and Bookouture Audio for the opportunity to listen to and review #TheGirlAtTheParty

The beginning of the book was honestly kind of slow. I think that’s why it took me longer to finish it. But I loved the ending of the book. I really liked how there were multiple people who were responsible for the murder. The only thing I would change would be was to cut some of the stuff in the beginning out bc I felt it was repetitive. This book reminds me a lot of A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder and I liked it. I listened to it almost every night before bed and it’s very calming. I finished this on an 8 hour long car ride too. This is the first audiobook I’ve listened to on netgalley and it’s the coolest thing ever. I love being apart of this program & I can’t wait to read more books from it.

2.5 start rounded up. Unfortunately this one just kept losing my attention. I will try another book by this author in the future, but this one fell a little short for me. Not crazy about this particular narrator, and I wish that they had an actual male to read the males POV.

Can you ever really trust those around you after a friend is murdered and the culprit has gotten away with it? That is something that Laura and her college friends struggle with years after the murder of their friend, Stephanie. On one of the last nights before college graduation, the friend group gathered and Stephanie was murdered. What happened? Who knows what? And why hasn't the murder been solved?

Chris reenters Laura's life with a proposition: help make a podcast about Stephanie's death and find out the truth once and for all. Laura agrees and they set out to learn the truth behind what happened that night. However, Chris and Laura quickly discover that shotty police work, in conjunction with secrets being kept by everyone in the friend group, makes determining the truth much more difficult than expected.

I enjoyed that this book was told from various points of view, with the main narrators being Laura, Chris, and Stephanie. I also enjoyed that this book was quick paced and had many twists and turns. The ending I found a little predictable, although it did not take away from my overall enjoyment of the book. Thank you NetGalley for the advanced copy!

College is done and a group of friends are celebrating. One friend, Stephanie, didn't live at the house with them as she is from a religious family and her mom didn't think co-ed living sounded like a good idea.

Something happened that night to upset Stephanie because she leaves to walk back to her dorm and never makes it. She's found murdered and it ripped the friend group at the seams. What could have happened to make her leave alone and so abruptly?

Years later, Laura is still dealing with the aftermath, working as a barista instead of the nurse she should be. She still has lingering questions and decides to start a podcast to get to the truth.

Will we ever get answers for Stephanie?

This was interesting and I liked the podcast aspect but the friend group didn't really click for me. I don't get their dynamic and didn't feel a lot of chemistry to make some of the story make sense.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the chance to listen and review! The narration was fantastic.

This audiobook was quick to draw me in. A group of college friends are having a last house party before final exams and heading their separate ways. Stephanie storms out of the house slamming the door behind her. She never made it back to her dorm. She was found murdered.
Fast forward five years. The story focuses on Laura, Chris and the small group of friends that were at that party.
Chris makes unsolved murder podcasts and he has convinced Laura to join him in investigating Stephanie's murder. After all, they were close friends with her and they were both at the small party that fated night. The story takes off from here and I was so invested in finding out who murdered Stephanie.
I enjoyed the alternating time line and narration from Chris and Laura's perspective. The podcast concept was brilliant.
If you enjoy murder mystery podcasts and psychological thrillers, I think you will enjoy this book. I have rated this book 4/5.
Thank you to NetGallery and the Publisher for the audiobook version of this book.

This is an American book (being a Brit, I hadn't appreciated this until I started listening to the audiobook), It was, as such, appropriately (and very well) narrated in an American accent.

The plot is interesting and incorporates the popular medium of podcasts. Laura, a young woman with a tragic past, is trying to move on from the murder of her friend as they all graduated from college. Life isn't turning out as planned and Laura, who had a promising career as a nurse, finds herself working instead as a barista, still flat sharing with drop-out brother, Jake. One day. Laura finds herself accosted at work by Chris, a college friend who wants Laura to host a podcast with him investigating events leading up to the friend (Stephanie's) murder. This involves re-engaging with a close knit group of friend who utterly broke contact in the aftermath of the tragic death of one of their own.

A good read with plenty of twists and turns. The narration was on point and I found myself getting through it quickly - overall a joy to listen to!

My thanks to Netgalley, author and publisher for the opportunity to review this book in exchange for an advance copy.

A must read for fans of a good girls guide to murder, Danielle Stewart does the murder solving podcast genre well with a fast paced plot and interesting characters. I personally disliked the ending - it left me feeling let down and wanting justice.

Quite enjoyed the listen, the narration really worked. There were different POVs and timelines so I had to concentrate at the beginning but it soon flowed. I know I listen to too many books so I saw the twist coming but it was fun listen and a good distraction. Really enjoyed it and both the author and narrator are on my to follow list now.

I was given an advance copy by the publishers and netgalley but the review is entirely my own.

Stephanie is murdered walking home from a end of college party. The police are assuming it was a random attack and the result of being in the wrong place..

A few years later, Chris, a pod caster, and fellow college friend Laura team up to solve the case themselves.

Told in multiple points of view in the then/now format.

The many people at the party that night and who were all friends have many secrets they don't want shared. When threats start coming in Chris and Laura have to wonder at the possibility that the murderer is one of their former friends.

Lots of red herrings and also little true hints along the way. I guessed part of the mystery but not all of it.

A fun read!

I listened to the audio version of this book. At the start I thought the narrators voice was a bit child like. But as the book went on I didn't notice that anymore.

Thanks to netgalley and Bookouture Audio for the arc.