4.5 ⭐️ Rosalee is getting married and her bridal party consists of her best friend (Mara); her cousin (Tinsley), her mother-in-law (Elizabeth), her sister-in-law (Bri), and her fiancé’s best friend (Georgia). There’s tension, there’s secrets, and there’s murder. Who will not make it to the wedding? And who did it?

This was such a fun read!! It was multiple POV and I appreciated the variety of personalities and secrets presented. I didn’t know what to expect from the reveal, and I liked how it ended. This was a super quick read, I could’ve done it in one sitting if I hadn’t been busy. Would def read this author again!

A bachelorette party in an old New Orleans mansion ends in murder. Who is the victim and who is the murderer? Was it the bride-to-be Rosalee, her timid cousin Tinsley or her overbearing best friend Mara? Or was it her disapproving future sister-in-law Bri and judgemental mother-in-law Elizabeth? Or maybe it was the groom's best friend Georgia?

Carissa Ann Lynch effortlessly builds suspense as each chapter is told from each person's point of view as the weekend wears on. At first you will judge each character, but slowly Lynch strips back why they may behave the way they do. The second half of the book is then switched to third person narrative of Detective Nina Smalls interviewing each attendee.

There were enough clues and a few red herrings to keep me guessing along the way. I'd read one chapter and think 'yup you are the victim and X murdered you'. The final twist was also a lovely touch. Just when you think you know everything you don't! The Bachelorette Party is a solid and pacy mystery that had me hooked right until the end - exactly the sort of murder mystery to devour.

Thanks to Harper 360, One More Chapter and NetGalley for the ARC.

This book had a really great sounding synopsis. However, honestly, the people in this book were so vanilla and not as interesting as I wanted them to be. The plot was ok but it just didn't hold my interest.

This book was so amazing! And the ending???? I did not see that coming! It was so well written and will definitely keep you guessing up to the very last page.

The Bachelorette Party by Carissa Ann Lynch is an excellent psychological thriller with well developed characters and lots of secrets and twists and turns .A well written fast paced plot that does not let up makes it an entertaining read

I would like to thank Netgalley & Harper 360 for providing an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest and fair review

The Bachelorette Party by Carissa Ann Lynch is a fast paced well written book which is made even more interesting due to the unlikable characters and a surprise ending that I didn't see coming .

I would like to thank Netgalley & Harper 360 for providing an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest and fair review

When I say this book has twists....I mean twist that could cause injury!! The final twist OH MY!!

I read The Bachelorette Party in less than 2 days!! It is unputdownable!! There is a ton of action and you are never quite certain who is good or who is bad!

Bonus it is set in New Orleans which is one of my favorite fun yet creepy places. It was literally the perfect setting for this book!!

You need to read this trust me!! Thank you Netgalley, Harper 360, and Carissa Ann Lynch for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Title: The Bachelorette Party
Author: Carissa Ann Lynch
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Six very different women attend a bachelorette party at an old house in New Orleans and one doesn’t make it out alive. The attendees include Rosalee (the bride to be), Tinsley (the cousin), Mara (the best friend), Elizabeth (the mother of the groom), Bri (sister of the groom), and Georgia (the groom’s beautiful best friend). The story is told from the points of view of all six women. It starts with a murder scene but we don’t know who was killed and who did it until the end. They all have secrets they are hiding from eachother and more information about each character is revealed as the story continues.

This was a fast-paced page turner that kept me hooked from the very beginning! I loved getting to know each of the characters while trying to figure out who was behind the murder. I will definitely read more books by this author in the future!

Thank you to @netgalley and @harpercollins360 for a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

The Bachelorette Party lived up to its name: light and easy reading with a fun twist yet shockingly light on the spice. That was even tamer than bachelorette parties I’ve been to and my friends and I are not exactly known as wild. The many different narratives helped put together the mystery well, but there was very clunky exposition and I wish I had a dollar for every ellipses used. It began getting silly and I started hearing dun dun DUNNN in my head when they’d appear. Nonetheless, it was entertaining and I read it in a night.
Thank you to NetGalley and Harper 360 for the opportunity to read this in exchange for my honest review.

This is a hard one for me to rate. While I didn't finish the entire story, I read enough to provide feedback. I finished roughly 70% and then skipped to the last 5-10%. I didn't enjoy the opening chapter, as the writing style was a bit odd, but I continued on despite not feeling lead to pick it up. It started out fairly slow for me, and at the MIL's chapter, I considered giving up. I felt that she was written as your stereotypical judgey and unpleasant MIL, and I began to dread reading her parts. The pace picked up, however, and overall, the book was very fast paced and short.

One of the biggest things that impacts my rating of thrillers/mysteries is whether or not the story is predictable. While I felt that quite a few of the girls were stereotypical/predictable in general, I wasn't able to guess how things went down, and the epilogue really blew my mind!

Overall, I felt that this was a pretty middle of the road read and wasn't one that would stick with me.

Thank you to Netgalley for this arc. All opinions are my own.

3.5 rounded up. Thank you NetGalley for giving me a copy of this book. I have such mixed feelings on this book. I loved the mystery all the way through. I loved how the author had each chapter told by a different characters point of view so you slowly started to learn secrets about each one and who knew what. The book also flipped to the detectives point of view which I loved seeing how the detective worked to price together all the clues. The biggest downfall to the book was the ending!!! It was not a bad conclusion to how it was unraveled but it was just so abrupt! I ended the book with so many questions and we don't know if the "bad guy" was brought to justice or not. If there were a chapter or two more to tie up loose ends it would have been a much better read

**Thank you to NetGalley and Harper360 for the eARC of this title*

This one was definitely a quick read, and I'd consider it a good read for a plane, car ride, etc. With that being said, it was an easy read with unlikeable characters, and the need for the reader to suspend a lot of disbelief.

I've seen this similar plot in a lot of books recently, and the ones that are done well try to be relatable so the reader can get behind the characters and plot. The Bachelorette Party did not attempt that, which made it a bit too far fetched for me.

I personally could just never invite 1 person let alone 5 people to a party that I didn't like AND trust. Why put yourself through that?! This reminded me a lot of She Started It which was a DNF for me.

Check this one out if you like quick, easy thrillers with multiple POVs and twists.

Bonus points for the witchy vibes of NOLA.

This was a classic case of “Who dun it?” with plenty of finger pointing, lies and blatant hate for one another. The multiple POVs give you a great insight to the character development, along with the plot development. I was definitely shocked at the end of the book when the truth about the murder was told. It was a good, quick read full of catty behavior and jealous women.

Thank you NetGalley, Harper360 and Carissa Ann Lynch for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

A perfect mix of mystery and suspense -- think Clue: The Bachelorette Version! The book kept you guessing the whole time who the victim and killer would be. Throughout the beginning, the author sprinkles eerie foreshadowing for all the characters, keeping you on your toes while revealing their own worries or insecurities. The description of New Orleans and Bourbon really took you there and made you feel like you were on the trip with them, which she also got the accuracy of bachelorette trips spot on. The story and banter between characters kept you drawn in and I liked how each chapter was a different character, but I found the plot twist a bit anti-climatic and almost had it figured by the time it was revealed. I was not affected, but there should be trigger warnings for some of the topics discussed. Overall., this was a great, fall thriller and I thoroughly enjoyed it!

WOW! Finished this in one day, I could NOT put it down. The story is told through the POV of all 6 characters in each chapter attending a bachelorette party in New Orleans - lies, suspicions, a murder, a twist - AMAZING! I loved seeing the story unfold from different views and VERY different personalities of each woman. AND the ending?! Just WOW!

THANK YOU to the author, Netgalley and Harper 360 for this amazing ARC in return for my honest review :)

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A few life lessons

💀 Don’t sneeze when someone is cutting your hair.
💀 You can’t trust dogs to watch your food
💀 Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.
💀 If your want the book, buy the book

And I promise you, you want this book:

The Bachelorette Party

I mean come on, a group of women away for an overnight? Cue the female drama chimes.

Grab your popcorn, this book is quite a show.

There is no shortage of jaw gaping twists and wide eyed moments. At times, I found myself holding my breath while flipping the page.

The ending ?

Oh hey now, I can’t spill the beans! I will tell you it’s one you won’t see coming .

Check out this teaser :

The locked-room thriller that will keep you up all night. Perfect for fans of Ruth Ware and Lucy Foley.

New Orleans: live music, endless drinks, brightly-coloured attractions, the perfect place for a party…

The bride-to-be
The best friend
The cousin
The mother-in-law
The sister
The groom’s friend

The bachelorette begins on a Friday night; all six women are excited for a chance to escape their everyday lives. But then friendly rivalries turn vicious, and a game of truth or dare turns deadly.

By the end of the weekend one of them will be dead…

With the number of books I've read about bachelorette parties that have gone wrong in New Orleans, I will most definitely NOT be making that a destination if I ever get married.

Rosalee and Archer are set to be married soon, and in celebration five of Rosalee's esteemed guests head to a mansion in New Orleans to celebrate the marriage. There's Tinsley, her cousin with a jealousy problem; Mara, her college best friend with a money problem; Georgia, her husband's childhood best friend who he may or may not be cheating with; Bri, her soon-to-be sister in law with a drinking problem; and Elizabeth, her future mother in law who believes Rosalee just isn't good enough for her future son.

Each of the women have issues with Rosalee and with one another, and when one of them is found hanging on the final night of the trip, detectives have to determine who had the most hate to commit such a crime.

If you love thrillers, drama, and bitchy characters, this is the book for you. I absolutely flew through this one too which is always a good sign. It's fast paced, a quick read, and full of characters you absolutely love to hate.

The story rotates through each of the six characters perspectives, as well as the detectives investigating the crime scene towards the end. I often find it is hard to develop that many characters POVs in one story, but the author managed to do this in a succinct way and I didn't feel like any of the story lines suffered because of it.

That being said, while this is well written and held my attention throughout (lots of good plot twists and suspense points that had me turning well past bedtime), it felt sort of similar to many of the bachelorette-gone-bad stories I've read this year. A good read for sure, but nothing groundbreaking, which led me to settle with a somewhat above the middle review.

ARC Review ~ The Bachelorette Party~

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I have a love for thrillers and when I read that this one was set at a bachelorette party in New Orleans I was excited to see where the story went. The formatting of this book is my favorite, part one being the build up, part two the interview of the suspects and part three the sum up. The build up gave me lots of questions, hinting at a secret each character had and I liked how the secrets were revealed and explained in the detective’s interviews. Even the victim’s identity is yet to be revealed until toward the end. It does make it hard for the reader to solve the mystery along the way as many reveals happen later in the book but I did enjoy that surprise twist of it all.

Thank you NetGalley and Harper 360 for this ARC

A great and thrilling mystery with lots of twists and turns. What was supposed to be a fun weekend celebration quickly turns into a whole lot more when no one can seem to get along. The future bride and her new in-laws, the best friend and even her own family. When the going gets tough, these girls put up a fight! Lots of drama, back stabbing and more in this addictive new thriller!

Thank you to Harper 360 and Netgalley for an arc of this story in exchange for my honest opinion. I had high hopes for this story but was left with a bad taste in my mouth with almost every aspect of the story. All of the character's points of view were exhausting to be in and felt more like middle school drama than adults with real issues. The conflict was not believable and the writing had the potential to become high quality. Still, the arc I read felt like a first draft that had been edited for grammar (but not punctuation, it felt like there were a million ellipses in this book and it killed any tension the author was trying to create). I would be willing to read another one of this author's books in the future when their writing has matured a bit.