The Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley is a decent mystery with an atmospheric setting. The multiple perspectives create a sense of intrigue, but some characters felt underdeveloped. The plot unfolds at a steady pace, with a few twists to keep readers engaged. While it's not Foley's most gripping work, fans of the genre will likely find the book enjoyable.

The isolated setting and eerie atmosphere contribute to the overall suspense, but the resolution could have been more satisfying. Overall, it's a solid read that provides a few hours of entertainment.

Loved, loved, loved this book!! This is Lucy Foley at her very best! The atmosphere was perfect, the twists and turns surprising and thrilling, and the story was so captivating. Definitely one of my favorite thrillers, and my favorite by Lucy Foley!

Short chapters, multiple POV, dual timeframe, and lots of depravity made this an unputdownable thriller. With a creepy atmosphere and unexpected plot twists, this is my favorite Lucy Foley to date!

Thanks for the opportunity to read!

This book was gripping and hard to put down. It didn't feel like everything else you see out there, it felt very fresh. I really enjoyed this book!

I can’t really blame Lucy Foley - this is just not my type of book. I don’t like her characters, I don’t like the deprivation and shallow behavior and the plot didn’t win me over to the light. But she writes well and it is a tight, well constructed story with the most obnoxious, hedonistic people populating the pages. Told in multiple POVs the story builds to a dazzling and devastating crescendo and no less than what is deserved. But maybe that was the point of it all.

Thanks to Lost and Found Books Ltd / HarperCollins and NetGalley for a copy.

Thanks to William Morrow, the author, and NetGalley for the free gifted copy in exchange for an honest review.

This was one of the weirdest thrillers I have ever read, it was almost like a trainwreck I could not look away from. The start is very slow and confusing at the beginning and immediately the birds creeped me out and I truly could not get on board for that kind of plot line.

The last 25% of the book makes up for the beginning in terms of action and gets you hooked on all the twists, so I did enjoy that part.

This book will take you through twists and turns with lots of creepy stories and have your jaw dropped with the drop at the end.

The characters have come together on the first night of the grand opening weekend at The Manor, a luxury retreat on the Dorset coastline created by Francesca Meadows, along with the help of her husband, a designer named Owen.

This is told from a lot of POVs: Francesca, the founder; Owen, the husband; Bella the mystery guest; Detective Walker and Eddie the local kitchen helper. It also includes diary entries from a long time ago that slowly reveal the backstory. Foley does a great job, as usual, unravelling the story with the multiple POVs, although it did seem to take many chapters to finally get into the action, causing the pacing to feel a bit more like a slow-burn domestic thriller versus a typical psychological thriller.

The characters were all incredibly flawed, which made it fun. What I enjoyed most was the tension between the locals who live in the area year-round and the wealthy tourists who are visiting this posh getaway in which everything is curated and manicured to perfection in celebration of the summer solstice, which is rather ironic.

Fans of Lucy Foley and short-chaptered, multiple-POV reads will likely love this. Thank you William Morrow for the ARC!

Thank you to NetGalley, Lucy Foley and William Morrow for access to this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I feel like I should start by saying that I have not read Lucy Foley’s other books and that might be why I had such a hard time with this one. I was unprepared for how slowly this story would roll out. It took me a solid 7 days to read this. If you know me at all, you know it was hard for me to get into.

I almost gave up around 65 pages in but I persisted. Around 100 pages in, something is mentioned and it started to get slightly more intriguing. I continued on. A few of the twists and turns toward the end were very predictable but I can see how someone else might enjoy it more than I did.

I was very fortunate to receive an advanced reader copy from NetGalley but all thoughts are unbiased and my own!

I enjoyed this book, but it took me awhile to get into (I wasn’t hooked until 60%) and honestly it did put me in a bit of a slump. To be fair, I’m not a huge mystery reader and I thought this would be the book to get me into them. Spoiler it was not the book for me to get into mysteries.

It was interesting with the multiple perspectives and timelines happening all at once, but because of that if I found it difficult couldn’t sit down and read the book for a long chunk of time (like 20 minutes or so). At times it felt almost horror/paranormal/ haunting vibes because of the elements of paganism, but the whole birds thing wasn’t really for me (but I think other people may enjoy it!)

I think more seasoned mystery readers will enjoy this as I thought the plot and the writing style was unique. There were also certain parts that did have me at the edge of my seat. Overall I don’t think it was necessarily a great fit for me.

This book was such a ride and the perfect mid-summer read. It gave Fyre festival meets Nine Perfect Strangers vibes and in true Lucy Foley fashion, kept me on the edge of my seat and trusting nobody.

I loved all the twists and turns, then gentrified country, cliff-side ocean retreat setting, and the fact that despite not trusting any of the characters you kind of loved (and hated) them all? I also loved how the lore played into the story - is it real or urban just legend? - and was so well written I was convinced it was regional lore in real life.

Foley had always been a go-to author for me and this book continues to solidify her as a modern day Agatha Christie, a queen of closed circle mysteries.

The book’s premise was intriguing, and the cliffside manor setting was beautiful. The story had many characters which made it confusing at times, and the journal entries filled with teenage angst were somewhat off-putting. Sadly some of the major folkloric elements / plot points were predictable.

I am such a huge Lucy Foley fan and this book did not disappoint. Her talent for creating the perfect whodunit is unmatched! The elite hotel setting, the cast of guests/staff, and the old town tales are the perfect ingredients! Thank you, NetGalley.

I’ve always been a fan of Lucy Foley so I was so excited to get my hands on her latest book. Honestly it did take me a minute to truly get into the book, but about 1/3 of the way in it picked up and I was turning pages trying to see what happened next. This book goes between past & present so the beginning takes a lot of time to lay out the storyline. A “who did it” novel that that is easy to get through with short chapters and several character points of view! Thank you NetGalley for this copy!

This book had lots of twists & turns that I enjoyed! It also was set in an eerie isolated manor which gave you that ominous feeling while reading.

I had a very hard time getting into this book and it was kind of hard to follow. This was my first book from the author so I’m curious if this is just her writing style or this specific book.

Lucy Foley's books have a way of tempting me back, even after a couple of "did not finish" experiences. "The Midnight Feast" was no exception. This NetGalley ARC arrived a bit late, but I was determined to give Foley a fair shot.

And boy, was it a close call! The slow burn and multiple POVs, while usually enjoyable, almost had me throwing in the towel again. With so many characters vying for attention, it was hard to form any real connection.

The saving grace? The tantalizing storyline kept me hooked, even when the characters didn't.

The Verdict: 2.5 stars. "The Midnight Feast" had the potential to be a feast for the senses, but ultimately left me wanting more.

Aaah… I loopove getting these advanced reader copies, but man I’m falling behind on my reviews 😳 I don’t stop reading/listening just sitting down to jot my thoughts is taking a bit 😬 I like Lucy and have read lots of her books. Some I love, some are more meh.. this one was great! Multiple POVs (turns out I really like that style), a mystery, old vendetta, people that seem random get connected at the end. Not many twists, but perfect pacing! I liked it lots :)

I've been a huge fan of every Lucy Foley book I've read and the Midnight Feast was no exception. The author is the absolute master of making you think you have the mystery figured out only to have it all turn on its head, twice. I'll admit, while I got a few bits right in the Midnight Feast, I could have never actually predicted the ending. I absolutely loved the setting as well. With two parts of society clashing together, the haves and the have nots. It was a great example of the privilege (and attitude) that comes with wealth, and how it effects those around you. I also liked the mystic element the author added in with the birds. This may have been my favorite novel by Lucy Foley so far.

The beginning of this book was very slow. This was at times, hard to follow. There were so many characters with two different lives. It did pick up around the middle but the end confused me again. It wasn’t terrible but not the best I’ve read.

THIS is what you call an impeccably written thriller. I can genuinely say that I saw none of the twists even remotely coming, but also they were right there in front of my eyes. As everything begins to unravel, you slowly see all the foreshadowing you missed earlier in the book. The attention to every detail was just perfect.

Foley also knows how to write multiple POV’s so well!! The reader isn’t confused and the pieces slowly, perfectly come together.

This read was everything I loved in her book The Guest List!