This was a fun read. Drama-filled short chapters that are told in alternating POV's. Overall, it was a fun read.

Thank you to NetGalley and Harper 360 for the E-ARC

All thoughts and opinions are honest and my own.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for an advanced reader copy of this book! Extremely intense multiple points of view narrative made this a particularly gripping read. The characters were so compelling and were rotten enough in very believable ways. I didn’t feel like characters were unreliably drawn into actions and situations that wouldn’t have made sense for them, which made this such a great story!

Thank you Netgalley, Carissa Ann Lynch, and One more Chapter for allowing me the chance to read an advanced readers copy of The Bachelorette Party due to be published November 14th 2023.

I see a lot of reviews that people really didn’t like this but for me I loved every minute of it and the characters were so believable and I couldn’t wait to find out the end!! This is my first book by this author but it will definitely not be my last!!

Rosalee and five others go to an eerie, creepy mansion in New Orleans for her bachelorette party. Weird things happen and everyone has things to hide and Someone winds up dead 💀

I really enjoyed this psychological thriller. I finished it in one day because the story just grabbed me and didn’t let go until I found out what was going on. It really picked up during the second half which was when the murder investigation was happening. I enjoyed this writing style from this author and definitely look forward to more.

As an overall story this is not bad a locked room whodunnit. But there were some issues in the storytelling and character development. The writing was over-descriptive to the point at times it felt like someone was just trying to up the word count. There were elements that felt unfinished and other elements that made you question if they were at all relevant.
I didn't hate it but I don't know if I would be inclined to read another book by this author.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.

The Bachelorette Party will hook you from the first page and will never disappoint! What should have been a wonderful weekend party, turns into a weekend from hell with a dead body added to the mix. The animosity the group feels towards each other is palpable. The reasons, unknown. And when the secrets are exposed well, the explosions can be heard all around New Orleans! But who is killed and why is frustratingly saved for the reader until the jaw dropping ending!

Rosalee is marrying Asher Beake, who she feels is the love of her life. A lawyer, he comes from a very wealthy family. Rosalee can’t help but wonder, why her? So as a group of family and friends organize a bachelorette party, to The Big Easy, with most of them not really wanting to be there it seems to go downhill beginning at the airport. The cast of characters, one of which will be dead by the end include:

Rosalee, the bride to be. A bit insecure due to the fact she knows her soon to be husband’s mother and sister don’t care for her thinking he could do much better. She has no family other than a cousin named Tinsley as her parents died when she was young in a car accident. She hopes everybody can just get along. But she is a bit concerned about one thing. She thinks perhaps Asher is cheating on her with one of the wedding party. And that is only one of Rosalee’s secrets.

Elizabeth Beake is Asher’s mother. She cannot particularly stand Rosalee and does not understand why her son would pick this mouse. She had always hoped he and his best friend from childhood, Georgia would finally see they were made for each other. Something Elizabeth continually says! She is still recovering from losing her husband last year and between this wedding and her daughter Bri’s antics she just wants the weekend to go quickly. Although Elizabeth herself does not share everything with her family.

Bri, the soon to be sister-in-law, does not care for Rosalee and tries to embarrass her whenever she can. She too doesn’t want her as a member of their family and will perhaps attempt to make some waves. But Bri is a drinker and sometimes is an embarrassment to herself. Why does she drink so much? We will find out!

Mara, the best friend, does not like either of Rosalee’s soon to be family. And she plans on showing them just how much on this trip. She wants to make their lives miserable. Yes, she’s a bit jealous and yes even though she planned the trip she has no money, but she adores Rosalee and knows how they have been treating her.

Georgia is Asher’s childhood best friend and doesn’t really know why she is here. She can’t imagine Rosalee wanting her here, but Elizabeth insisted she come. She was a nurse but left her position to start a yoga studio. She feels Rosalee has the wrong impression of her. Worst of all, someone is threatening her and could ruin what is left of her new career.

Tinsley is Rosalee’s only relative, the cousin she went to live with when her parent died. At first Tinsley resented Rosalee’s presence as she and her mother had always been best friends. Tinsley, a bookworm who kept to herself always had to work hard for what she had whereas Rosalee was the life of the party and was able to go to college because of the money she was left when her parents died. She still lives paycheck to paycheck and oh, by the way, she’s paying for everything because Mara is waiting for her “windfall”.

Just remember this…they all have secrets and bitterness towards each other. Anyone of them could be pushed to the limit and accidentally, intentionally kill! And the anticipation of the who, what, where how and why will kill you!

Thank you #NetGalley #OneMoreChapter #TheBacheloretteParty #CarissaAnnLynch for the advanced copy.

I read this book on my flight to Rome where I would be staying in an old mansion which added to the suspense. It was your typical locked room whodunnit. I liked the layout of the book with the opening scene starting with the detective examing the crime scene then jumping between the POVs over the weekend. I figured out who the victim was midway based on some hidden Easter eggs in the opening scene but you don't find out until midway through the interviews who it is.

Is it bad that I wasn't rooting for any of the characters and I was hoping all of them didn't get a happy ever after?

Rosalee - Pathetic; Needs to grow a spine; Why get married to Asher when you don't trust him?

Mara - Villian; Typical mean girl

Georgia - Only added for the plot; We all know she didn't write the note because it would've been way too obvious

Tinsley - Needs to grow up and accept that Rosalee has moved on and they're no longer 10 year old girls

Bri - I still have no idea what was going on there

Elizabeth - Momster in law; Why was an 80 year old lady on a bachelorette trip with 30 year olds?

I feel like the cover could have looked better.

This fun premise and pretty good pacing is undermined by poorly edited writing and fairly clunky dialogue- with a second pass this book could be a fun read with some enjoyable, if predictable, twists. I don’t think the reader is meant to like any of the characters too much, but I disliked them so much that I was muttering “yes!” when the murder finally happened, which I felt a bit bad about. The New Orleans setting is fun, although I wish the author had spent more time weaving it into the story beyond referencing bourbon street, because it feels like an untapped well. Overall this book has a lot more promise than it manages to deliver on.

Thank you to NetGalley and One More Chapter for the chance to read this book. Frome the very beginning it holds your interest as a body is found hanging at a party in a landmark New Orleans mansion. There are six people at the party and all of them have resentment with one or another of them. There is Rosalee - the bride to be, her BFF Mara from her college days, her cousin Tinsley who at one time was more like a sister, Bri he future sister-in-law, Elizabeth her future mother-in-law and Georgia, her future husbands long time best friend. As secrets each has is revealed the party becomes chaotic and a dead body is discovered. But whose body is it??
Through interviews with each person the detective in charge pieces the story together and solves the case. There are some big surprises but the best part was the descriptive atmosphere of New Orleans. The food, music, bars, beads and Bourbon Street put you right there with the cast of characters. I enjoyed the book and spent some time trying to figure who the body was and who killed her. Very good story and I recommend it.

First, the premise of this book is like catnip to me. A bachelorette party! In NOLA (where I had my own)! A mystery! And the first half was, in my opinion, a 5-star book. The tension between characters, the layered backstories, the gothic atmosphere -- I loved it all.

The story fell a bit off to me once we got to the investigation. Tonally, it felt like a new book. It was still good, but personally, I'm not a huge fan of police procedurals, so I'm not sure I would have picked it up if I'd known how it was set up. I did appreciate how the reader doesn't know who died until the very end! I found the reveal - not whodunnit, but how we found out whodunnit - to be a bit flat though, unfortunately.

Rosalee is engaged to Asher and her best friend, Mara, wants to give her a bachelorette party to be held at an old mansion in New Orleans. Also invited is her Elizabeth, her mother-in-law (to be) who doesn’t approve of Rosalee. Also, Asher’s sister, Bri, who is unmarried and not very feminine. Add to that, Tinsley, who works at a bookstore and loves books is coming. When Rosalee’s parents were killed when she was a young teen, she went to live with her aunt and cousin Tinsley. Last, but not least, we have the lovely Georgia who runs a yoga gym and who Elizabeth wants Asher to marry. A number of characters but all of them have secrets and some have grudges against others in the group.

As they arrive, they are feted with great food catered for them and endless alcohol. As tensions build and tempers flare secrets and grudges are released ending in the death of one of the attendees. Who died and why?

This is one of those good whodunits that makes you feel like it’s a slam-dunk as to the guilty party. Oh, but I was wrong. It’s a good story and one that keeps the reader guessing. Do enjoy!

Copy provided by NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review.

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Read How: 📱
Setting: New Orleans, Louisiana
POV: 8

The Bachelorette is such a fun popcorn thriller that will keep you up all night because every chapter ends on a cliff. If it wasn't for my responsibilities I would have finished this book in one sitting. 🙄
This story is told by the bride-to-be, best friend, cousin, future mother-in-law, future sister-in-law, and the groom's best friend. I know it may seem like a lot of characters but the way the author wrote this book it was seamless. Trust me when I say, that everyone had something to hide, and it drama on of drama.
This book is perfect if you like drama, New Orleans, and a bit of murder. 😂

Thank you so much Netgalley and Harper 360 for a copy of The Bachelorette Party in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you to NetGalley for the advance review copy in return for an honest review.
This book was a little too fast paced for me. I wish it had more time to explain things and paint the picture. But I did not see the eventual twist at the end.

Our bride is one of those endlessly sweet girls who is so kind that she even invites her enemies to her bridal party. They are celebrating in a historic New Orleans home with a dark story and it is gorgeous.
No one trusts anyone here at all. So we have Mara, the bride's best friend, Tinsley, Bride's cousin, Georgia, the grooms hot girl bestie, Bri, the grooms sister, and Elizabeth, The groom's super bitchy mom. Plus our bride, Rosalee. Right at the beginning of the trip these groom's people are causing havoc for Rosalee, and apparently mean pranks are totally their thing.
They even put mean nots in the basket of well wishes for her to read at dinner.
I LOVE the history of the home and the drama.

So someone gets murdered because of course someone does.
Once it gets to the police stuff I lost interest, more or less, because I don't do cop books but it was okay. It was twisty enough.
The ending is good.

The Bachelorette Party is the first thriller in forever that has managed to surprise me. However, it was not the mystery or the ending that surprised me, it was the characters. I usually find myself absolutely detesting nearly every character in a thriller, but this was not the case with The Bachelorette Party. While I wouldn't say that they were one hundred percent fully fleshed out, they managed to capture my imagination and I could find myself rooting for most of them. The story was made so much better by having glimpses into each character, without so many perspectives making the story feel overwhelming. It truly is a testament to Carissa Anne Lynch’s story telling.

The characters were enhanced by the beautiful setting of New Orleans. The rich atmosphere of the city and the wicked house elevated The Bachelorette Party above many other same-y thrillers. Spending most of the book not knowing who was killed also added to the atmospheric effect. My one complaint here is, though the house was beautifully described and drips with atmosphere, I would have loved for it to be even more connected to the actual story.

The tension that led up to the conclusion of the story was beautifully done. The story was added to by leaving each chapter on a bit of a cliffhanger. This made it very easy to devour the entire book in a day, because there is always information being provided. The actual conclusion was the only part that felt like the novel was missing some finesse. While I appreciated the conclusion, the ending felt too fast for something that had been building for so long.

Overall, I would recommend this book for anyone who is looking for a quick, atmospheric read as the days are moving closer to a new year.

⅘ stars

Thank you to Netgalley and Harper 360 for the opportunity to read this eARC in exchange for my honest opinions.

I know I’m in the minority here, but I had to DNF this book. I just could not get into it and the characters really lacked any redeeming qualities. I usually like a good mystery/thriller but this one was just not for me.

***thank you Netgalley and Harper Collins for an ARC copy in return for an honest review***

This book is definitely an interesting thriller that was an entertaining read. I love that it was set in New Orleans and the culture was tied into the experience. This was absolutely a who-dunnit book that also was a who-was it done to? The secrets that continued to pour out of each guest at the bachelorette party was enjoyable to try to piece together who had motive and who could've been the one to have perished. I did not feel there was too much time spent on dull topics, instead it was a rather quick read that got right to the point.

The story starts with a murder in a New Orleans mansion during a bachelorette party weekend. The group of women are mostly unlikeable characters, with secrets in their past and not much depth. We don't find out who has died until more towards the end of the book through alternating POVs. This theme has been done quite a bit and this didn't have anything particularly interesting to add to. It was quick read and on the shorter side.

Very entertaining and a quick read but nothing special. Told from different perspectives as a weekend bachelorette party turns deadly. Everybody's secrets are laid bare by the end of the book but some seemed forced just to try to throw you off. Fun read but not memorable.

This was a fun and super fast myster.thriller. It cycles through the perspectives of all of the characters which I love because it lets the reader collect all of the pieces and put them together like a puzzle. From the start it was clear this bachelorette party was going to be a bit of a nightmare.. The bride to be only really likes two of the invitees and two of the guests appear to actively dislike the bride to be. Rosalee, the bride to be, is a very sweet, if not more than a little naive, woman who has invited her best friend from college Mara, her cousin who is more like a sister Tinsley, her soon to be sister in law Bri who drinks too much, her soon to be mother in law Elizabeth who doesn’t think Rosalee is good enough, and Georgia who is her fiancée’s best friend (and the woman her mother in law wishes her son had chosen). IT’s a recipe for disaster and it doesn’t disappoint. Full of drama and eventually a murder this is one party no one will ever forget.