This book felt all over the place. It felt like nothing happened yet so much happened? Such a cast of unlikable characters (with absolutely no development??) and I found the ending pretty unsatisfying and abrupt after what was a pretty long drawn out book.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

What we know: it’s a wedding thriller
What I was surprised to learn: this is a wedding thriller dripping in satire
Who needs enemies with a friend group like this? If you read Hey, Ladies! And loved it, I would highly recommend this book as well.

Thank you to NetGalley for an ARC of You May Now Kill the Bride.

The best thing about You May Now Kill the Bride is the title. I love it.

Sadly, I didn't feel the same way about the narrative.

The story is a common cliche in this genre; a group of frenemies gather together for the wedding of their oldest dearest friend. Until the friend drops dead.

Naturally, all the 'friends' have secrets they're keeping from one another, not to mention the 'big one' they both share but that's not the point.

The point is that all the women are shallow, superficial, one dimensional ninnies who only care about getting married, having the most outrageous wedding, believing their lives are full and happy once they have a man by their side.

As the story unfolds, we get flashbacks into how the friends became a collective group, the personal dramas, and each of them had a reason to kill the bride.

We also get plenty of filler about the ladies' partying at various hen dos (bachelorette parties in the USA) and getting seriously wasted.

Why is there so much drinking in books or is it just me?

There's very little suspense and urgency as the repetitive nature of the ladies whine and catcall and bicker rolls on in far too many pages.

I didn't blink eye as people dropped dead. I didn't care about anyone so I didn't care who remained standing.

There were a few revelations I figured out since I read so many of these books, including Eva's true identity. It was pretty obvious who she was.

Most of the men were deplorable, but then so were most of the women.

Love the title and cover; the story not so much.

Bride-to-be Tansy is murdered at her bachelorette party at Camp Chakra retreat (before the macrame class.). Bridesmaids Saskia, Eva, Lauren, Farah and Domenica are all suspects. The ladies are keeping secrets from the world and from each other. Who is about the be unmasked?

Frothy murder mystery fun. Perfect beach read.

⭐⭐⭐⭐

This little mystery made me chuckle and packed a lot punch !!

Thank you Netgalley , Random House Publishing Group and Kate Weston for this Digital ARC

If you like mystery , murder , very unlikeable characters , hen party's , drama , did I mention murder ?? oh and vaginal beads then this is a story for you!!

This story starts of with Tansy's bridal party where there is no cell service, no drinking and nobody wants to follow the rules ... and the night ends with blood on their hands ,the bride to be Tansy is dead !!!

Based between two timelines the story jumps between present and past . We find these woman who call themselves bestfriends Tansy , Dominque , Farah , Lauren and Saskia are all a bunch of hot mess's that can't seem to tell the truth and ALL have dirty little secrets .

AS the story goes on there is talk of penis straws, vaginal beads , F-bombs and lots of deaths , with a long cat and mouse chase leaving the reader to solve the mystery behind all these deaths .

The story is sarcastic , crude and witty and the author did a great job of keeping me engaged, although I did have my speculations half through who was potentially behind it all , I still wanted to see how the story ended .

I really think Fans of In my Dreams I hold a Knife, It Girl by RuthWare , and The Girls are All so Nice Here will Gobble this one up!!

This book follows a group of close friends and a couple hen-do's. Sometimes those we have been closest to the longest still have so many secrets. These ladies expose each other secrets, hold resentment towards each other, and protect fiercely. When they start dropping dead, it's safe to assume it's someone close to them. Definitely was a surprise ending! Not at all what I had expected. There was flashbacks to give you a more full back story of the friend group. Plenty of moments where you may be questioning the police work. I enjoyed being able to read multiple characters perspective, but maybe felt jumbled to me at moments. Overall, would recommend to read!

You may now kill the bride is a wedding themed thriller with lots of satire and dark sarcastic humour for the reader to devour.

We have five best friends who have known each other since ages 3/4 , still prominent in each-others lives, yet somewhat distanced by growing into fully fledged adults with careers and families of their own.

Two of the besties are engaged to be married soon, one engaged after only 4 months in a rapid fire wedding, the other had to wait more than a decade for the proposal and is now feeling tremendous pressure to out WOW the other with the wedding of the century, causing her to commit various crimes in order to fund all the extravagance.

On the eve of the first hen do, there is an unfortunately death amongst the bridal party. What could easily be chalked up to a tragic accident wins over the police side eye to what now seems like a potential murder.

When the other bride to be refuses to delay her wedding plans, a second bridal shower takes place, leading to further tragic accidents. Except now two deaths seems more than just a suspicious coincidence.

With a race to figure what is actually going on before the big day arrives, we the reader also race to figure out who the culprit could be. Except with the flash backs to the past we catch glimpses of situations revealing that pretty much everyone has a means and a motive to murder.

What originally appears to be a life long tight-nit group of besties is actually a gang of jealous, hateful, shady women who are harbouring secrets of their own. Tensions start to show fissures within the group and we have blackmail, betrayal, secret affairs and all sorts of drama and chaos.

This was a really fun read. I enjoyed the pettiness of each of the characters, all of them pretty much unlikeable but in a way that didn’t ruin the book. I enjoyed the whodunnit plot style. the narcissism and self absorption made for good humour amongst the thriller killer tones. I found this an easy quick read and would recommend for anyone looking for a light not so serious thriller as a delightful palette cleanser.

Thank you to NetGalley and Random House Publishing for an advanced copy! I haven’t read from this author before but I will keep an eye out for more of their books in the future!