DNF - I attempted to start this book and it just did not hold my interest. This may be a book I come back to in the future.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with an advance copy of The Guests by Margot Hunt in exchange for my honest review and opinion. WOAH - buckle up as a hurricane is coming and won't let go until you finish the very last page. So many twists and turns. Loved every second of this!

I cannot seem to get into this one. I like the premise, but it isn't engaging me like I'd want it to.

I need to preface this by saying i LOVE Margot's books. I have thoroughly enjoyed every book of hers.....until this one. i feel like someone else wrote this and published it under her name. i'm not sure what happened here. there was zero character development. The plot was very ABC. Meaning....it was so basic....it was so easy to figure it out. which was a huge disappointment. I was very disappointed and bored with this one. It was not her usual. But i will look for her next one because i do normally love her books!

Have you ever read a book that’s equally suspenseful and eye-roll-worthy? Like, the kind where you’re rolling your eyes at the events but still completely hooked? That’s exactly how I feel about Margot Hunt’s books. They’re the ones I always intend to read but somehow put off, and then—boom—end of the year rolls around, I finally crack one open, and I’m flipping pages like my life depends on it.

So, yeah, nothing groundbreaking here—there’s a hurricane, a family stuck with strangers, secrets spilling left and right, and those well-loved-but-maybe-a-little-overdone tropes I can’t get enough of.

But what really makes this a page-turner is Hunt’s talent for ratcheting up the suspense. There’s danger, stakes that feel huge, and that delicious “what’s-going-to-happen-next” tension she nails every time. It’s cliché in the best way possible.

I’ve loved Hunt’s books in the past but this was definitely my least favorite from her. Not sure if it was the locked room mystery aspect but it just didn’t work well for me, the drama was petty and uninteresting and the character work wasn’t as strong as I expect from this author

This story was very intense!! I flew through the pages so fast, it was great!!! If you're looking for an edge of your seat thriller look no further!!!

I love the premise of this amd what it wanted to accomplish but the delivery wasn't there for me. I found myself hating the choices the characters made and not caring about them because of it.

A family finds themselves trapped in their Florida home as a Category 5 hurricane barrels down on them. When three mysterious strangers show up, seeking refuge from the storm, the family is left questioning: can they be trusted? The atmosphere was thick with tension, making for an intense, edge-of-your-seat read. Fast-paced and filled with twist after twist, this made for a gripping locked-room thriller that kept me turning those pages!

It would be hard to find a book that is more tense than this one. I read The Guests right as Hurricane Milton made landfall. I might not have been a wise decision, but certainly made for an atmospheric reading experience. This book is fast-paced, tense, and fun. I loved every minute of it.

As a Louisiana native, I know how scary and deadly Category 5 hurricanes can be. With a storm already intent on killing you, you don’t need to add nefarious people to the mix, but that is exactly what happens in Margot Hunt’s new novel, The Guests. This tense and gripping book, perfect for the summer season, combines the terror of riding out a life-threatening hurricane with the horror of inviting strangers into your home who you are not sure that you can trust.

The uber-wealthy Davies family were not supposed to get this hurricane. Hurricane Celeste was not supposed to come to their coastal town of Florida. But a last minute shift in the path has Celeste headed straight for them. As the Davies family prepares their home to take the brunt of this massive storm, a boatload of refugees pulls up to their dock, seeking shelter from the storm. These two men and one woman were not able to make it to safe harbor before Celeste’s bands started moving ashore, and they quickly learned that you cannot outrun a hurricane. The Davies don’t want to leave these boaters stranded in the storm, but is it really safe to let strangers shelter with them during a hurricane? With only minutes to spare, the Davies make a snap decision to let the boaters into their home, but as the storm escalates outside, tensions rise inside. Just who are these three strangers, and what do they want from the Davies?

I love a good survival story, and Margot Hunt’s The Guests takes the cake! When the threat is twofold, from both mother and human nature, it makes the story all the more tantalizing. Although this story is generally predictable, I found it to be highly enjoyable, with an intriguing cast of characters and an ominous and atmospheric plot and setting.

Thank you NetGalley for allowing me to receive this book for an honest review.

Being from Florida, I could relate to this book especially reading it now during hurrican season.
A family and some guests are stuck in a hurricane’s path and there is no way out. The family invites guests to their home to avoicd the danger but the danger is not just the hurrican. The family finds out their guests are more dangerous.

It was a good read and and had me on the edge of my seat.

The Guests by Margot Hunt is a thriller set in Florida in the midst of hurricane season. A family and some guests are stuck in a hurricane’s path with no option of escape. But the guests they invited into their home pose even more danger to them and secrets are revealed. This is a solid book and readers of this genre should enjoy it. I received a digital copy of this book from the publisher with no obligations. These opinions are entirely my own.

I'm so late to reading and reviewing, and I'm sad I waited so long to start this.

Right off the bat I was hooked. It was almost like a locked room mystery but not-- forced to stay inside due to a hurricane was refreshing and new and a different kind of thriller. And June was such a fantastic character! Marlowe was a bit too naive and "dumb" for me, but it's okay. I still enjoyed learning the build up to the finale.

THE SUSPENSE!!!! Margot Hunt is an auto-read author for me, and this was definitely entertaining. While it went off the rails a bit at the end, I still really enjoyed reading it all. I was sooooo sad for Mick and Zack. I kept hoping one of them--ZACK--would come back and miraculously be alive. So sad.

Altogether a solid read and one that is perfect for a summer thrill.

Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC! Enjoyed this story. Fast paced, likeable characters and a great ending.

3.75 stars

This story was a wild, (melo)dramatic adventure with high stakes and an interesting setting. I’m not sure I’ve read many books that have such vivid hurricanes/storms as their backdrops, and it worked well to help push the story along. Bits and pieces of the ultimate reveal were somewhat predictable, but over all, I enjoyed the journey to get there. It was a fun, fairly quick read that I’m happy to have experienced.

This was a fantastic read. Margot always weaves together a clever story. I will admit I jumped in blind, as always I will read anything Margot writes. This was full of the right amount of suspense and drama to make this book fly by way too fast. I didn't want it to end. Amazing book.

Natural disaster + thriller is SUCH a winning combo. This was my first Margot Hunt read, and it won't be my last! I read it fairly quickly and found the pacing to be tight and propulsive. Between the storm and the tension between characters, there was plenty to nail-bite over! Really enjoyed this one and will recommend it to friends.

Thank you to Netgalley for the ARC!

Thank you Thomas & Mercer, Margot Hunt & Netgalley for the ARC of this book.

This book was such a GRIPPING read. It was suspenseful and I was hooked on every chapter that made me keep turning the pages until I found out what was going on. This was a brilliant plot of unexpected visitors/ home invaders who are not whom they seem and people in the house who harbour secrets.
It had a great mix of action and twists and I feel this will satisfy all the thriller lovers out there.

What to do what to do??
A hurricane is barreling toward southern Florida and residents are bracing for impact.
However one household is besieged by a different kind of storm.
I thought the plot was creative- a crisis within a crisis.
I had no idea how things would end up.
I think the perps got exactly what they deserved.
Think twice before executing a hurricane heist.