"The Bachelorette Party" was an interesting thriller, and I liked the serial killer investigation. The setting was done really well. The pace was a bit slow in places. It was an okay read.

The narrator's Australian accent for the boyfriend was not good at all. It was distractingly bad.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for a free audiobook in exchange for an honest review.

I couldn't have asked for a more twisted story than "The Bachelorette Party." Alex's passion for serial killers adds thrilling excitement to the audiobook experience. Her friends deserve applause for infusing this eerie element into her celebration. As for the party itself, you'll have to wait and see how it all unfolds!

Sharing Alex's fascination with serial killers and haunted houses, I was as thrilled as she was about her bachelorette party. It's one of the most original and gripping ideas I've come across. The audiobook narrator's skill at building suspense and sending shivers down my spine at all the right moments is commendable. The ending, as twisted as a mountain road, is full of unexpected twists that keep you engaged. However, there was something that didn't quite click with me, and I'm still figuring out why it fell short of a five-star rating for me.

Thanks to Sandra Block and HighBridge Audio for gifting me this audiobook through NetGalley. Rest assured that all opinions expressed here are my own and given willingly.

#HighBridgeAudio #SandraBlock #NetGalley #Audiobook #TheBacheloretteParty #RBMedia

Alex lives and breathes true crime and wants to be a crime reporter. She goes on a get away bachelorette party with her best friends to the Catskills and they stay at a cabin where a gruesome murder took place.

When Alex wakes from a nap, she is covered in blood and her friends are missing. What happened? Who's blood is out? Will Alex find her friends, can she find anyone to help her?

I enjoyed this book and gave it a strong 3 stars.

I received a copy of this book from Netgalley.

The Bachelorette Party was an absolute wild ride of a book.

In this duo timeline story, we follow Alex, a true crime reporter. In the past she investigates an old murder case where she thinks the convicted killer may not have done it. In the present she goes to celebrate her bachelorette party with her friends and wakes up in the middle of the night to find them missing.

This story had some interesting parts, I enjoyed the true crime enthusiast part of it, as well as the investigating an old case storyline. There were a lot of red herrings in the story, which felt a bit like lazy storytelling. Also, the end was so twisted and not in a good way.

The audiobook was ok, but I did feel like some of the voices were grating, particularly the bad Aussie accent for the fiancé.

3 stars

I tried my best with this and gave it about 40% of the way in before I stopped listening. The plot was too outlandish and too much time was spent having the MC wander the woods. I did then find a plot synopsis and am glad I didn't continue reading because I definitely wouldn't have been a fan.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC.
I have mixed feelings on this one. The summary gave me really high hopes. However the book itself was a bit confusing and hard to follow for at least the first half. I found myself re starting it several times.
I will say the ending was a surprising turn of events for sure and not expected.
Great narration.
Overall an ok book.

This was a wild captivating story- full of twists I didn’t see coming. The girls said it would be an adventure for Alex’s bachelorette party and I can say it was a terrifying adventure!! It was not scary just thrilling, mystery, twisty. The book is told in dual timeline of present and 6 months earlier. If you love true crime, mystery podcast, murder mysteries or a good engaging thriller this book is perfect.

I enjoyed THE BACHELORETTE PARTY. It was told in dual timelines which kept me entertained. The story had some surprises that I didn't see coming and it had a pretty good twist at the end. I would recommend it to those you enjoy a mystery that keeps you thinking until the very last page. This is the second book I've read by Sandra Block and I really like her style. I'll be reading more from her in the future.

Many thanks for my gifted audiobook.

I will be sharing my review next week to my Instagram account (@coffee.break.book.reviews).

Alex, an intern on an investigative news program and true crime enthusiast, goes on a bachelorette weekend with her friends to a haunted hunting lodge connected to a famous serial killer. After a blizzard traps them in, Alex wakes up to find her friends murdered and fears the killer from her recent prison interview is responsible. Cut off from help, Alex must rely on her knowledge of true crime to solve the case and uncover a shocking truth.

This book had a slow pace, alternating between past and present timelines. The constant back and forth made it challenging to follow, and I found it difficult to stay engaged. There were several plot holes, which left me feeling unsatisfied. However, I did appreciate the intriguing premise of the story and the eerie, isolated setting of being snowed in without cell service.

The ending was particularly strange, especially the events that unfolded in the cabin. I was shocked to discover that everything had been intentional. It was a bizarre twist that I never saw coming.

Despite its slow flow, the audiobook was well done. The narrator did a commendable job considering the complexity of the material. However, I believe a more dynamic narrator could have brought more life to the story and kept the audience more engaged.

Thank you, HighBridge Audio for an audiobook ARC copy. I am leaving this review voluntarily.

ℝ𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ | 𝔽𝕠𝕣𝕞𝕒𝕥: 𝐸-𝐵𝑜𝑜𝓀 & 𝒜𝓊𝒹𝒾𝑜𝒷𝑜𝑜𝓀

ℝ𝕖𝕧𝕚𝕖𝕨: 𝐈 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 (𝐢𝐟 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭) 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒚 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠! 𝐀𝐬 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 “𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐒𝐎 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞” 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒚 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬, 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲. 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐮𝐳𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭.

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒚 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐱—𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 “𝟔𝟔𝟔 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫.” 𝐒𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐬𝐨, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 “𝟔𝟔𝟔 𝐊𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫” 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐦𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐬 (𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫). 𝐎𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐲 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐮𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐱 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨’𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫.

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐭!

𝒯𝒽𝒶𝓃𝓀 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓉𝑜 𝒮𝒶𝓃𝒹𝓇𝒶 𝐵𝓁𝑜𝒸𝓀, 𝒫𝑒𝓃𝓏𝓁𝑒𝓇 𝒫𝓊𝒷𝓁𝒾𝓈𝒽𝑒𝓇𝓈, 𝐻𝒾𝑔𝒽𝐵𝓇𝒾𝒹𝑔𝑒 𝒜𝓊𝒹𝒾𝑜, & 𝒩𝑒𝓉𝒢𝒶𝓁𝓁𝑒𝓎 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒜𝑅𝒞! 𝒜𝓁𝓁 𝑜𝓅𝒾𝓃𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓂𝓎 𝑜𝓌𝓃.

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I listened to this entire audiobook in one day! It’s addictive. I wish the prank ending didn’t happen as I felt it took away from the story. The timeline jumps were easy to follow and makes for mini cliffhanger moments throughout.

Alex, the bride-to-be and true-crime lover, is researching the 666 murderer for an upcoming episode of Crime Line. Her besties, Melody and Lainey, take her to stay at the ranch where the murder took place a decade ago for her bachelorette! Then things take a turn for the worse.

Thank you NetGalley, High Bridge Audio, and Sandra Block for this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

This is a seriously creepy book, as a young woman decides to spend her bachelorette weekend had at an isolated lodge where a violent murder once took place. It’s all fun and games until Alex wakes up and discovers. Her friends are missing. Their sleeping bags are covered in blood and so are Alex‘s hands. Has the time she’s spent interviewing the actual killer changed something fundamental in Alex? Is she to blame for what happened to her friends? Intense and impossible to put down

I listened to this as an audiobook. I must admit, I had a hard time keeping focus on this book while it was playing. I’m not usually a harsh reviewer, but struggled through this one. Usually I can’t listen to thriller audiobooks fast enough, but I feel like this one really drug. The alternating time frames did help a bit though.

Additionally, several parts of the audiobook didn’t make much sense to me. In terms of the narration- I really disliked the narration of the old woman. I think it was fine for Alex though. The main character wasn’t very likable and I found her to be quite foolish. Her solution to her dreams, interviewing the killers, her fiancés son.. all of it had me wondering what on earth Alex was thinking. Also she has the worst friends ever. Thank you to NetGalley for the opportunity to listen and review.

The Bachelorette Party by Sandra Block and narrated by Lexi May. The story begins with Mel, Lany the bachelorette Alex all heading to a surprise location which winds up being the murder cabin of the 666 killer. Alex is engaged to perfect Jay and is an intern for prime time a true crime show I believe it’s a TV show. She’s researching the killer Eric who claims to be innocent and despite being an intern she even has a shot at interviewing him on the show, but it’s all up to her manager Toby. The story goes back-and-forth between the bachelorette party and her in the recent pass researching the killer and life with perfect J. The night of the party they smoke a little weed just like the original murder victims did in the next morning when Alex wakes up big tall Mel and little short Lany are missing. For a brief moment Alex sees the blood on her hands and slumber bags and believes she may have even been the one to kill her two best friends but she gets all her wits together and her True Crime knowledge and sets out to see if she could find her friends or at the very least help. It’s around this point that me and the book started to part ways it got so very ridiculous although the twist do come and trust me when I say they do have twist there just not the kind that leave you going OMG but instead you’re going WTF? I knew in the beginning of the story when they tell us that 4 foot 11 Laney was a working actress that they were going to be stretching reality for the reader but the whole thing with her friends and then when she’s reminiscing about Mal and the good times she says remember the week Mel satin her room and we got her therapy… Yes because that sounds like a blast. This book was just out of the box and although the narrator Lexi Mae had a nice voice I don’t think it’s one made for audiobooks. #NetGalley,#HighbridgeAudio, #SandraBlock, #TheBacheloretteParty, #LexiMay,

The Bachelorette Party is an entertaining popcorn thriller with multiple twists and turns. It was a fast paced read, filled with action from start to finish. There's definitely things that kept me guessing until the end while others were pretty predictable.

Now the characters were a little all over the place for me as the plot. I felt like I was missing some resolution for certain plot points to get the full excitement. Although it is still a fun ride through and through, it will definitely keep you entertained from start to finish.

The final twist or conclusion was not what I was expecting, I wished it did go in a different direction, but that's just me !

🎧 The narration by Lexi Mae was good. I just would've liked more of a direction as to the characters, since there were a lot, it was sometimes confusing to follow, and I had to listen again. But her performance was good.

✨️Thank you to @netgalley, @booksparks, @highbridgeaudio & @sandrablockauthor for my gifted copy & ALC in exchange for an honest review.

Sooo I actually liked the book, for the exception of the ending. I felt like it was really underwhelming and I was disappointed honestly. I got confused at times but I still have it 4/5 because it was still good imo!

The bachelorette party

Alex is getting married to Jay and per tradition, a bachelorette party is in the works. However, this party is just with a few friends. Her friends Laney and Melody plan a true crime themed event, centered around Alex’s obsession with the 666 serial killer.

But do they go too far when they plan a night at one of the lodges where the 666 killer murdered one of their victims?? The weather takes a turn and they get snowed in.

The story jumps between present day and 6 months previously leading up to the party. There is also back and forth between I think a podcast ? Or true crime show. You see Alex in action as she interviews the 666 killer who swears he is innocent and the killer is still out there.

Back to present day, Alex’s friends question if she’s sure about the wedding and if she is sure it’s the real thing. It was a whirlwind romance. The first night it’s revealed from Alex’s perspective that she has tendency to have horrible nightmares, sleep walk, or perform injurious tasks when she sleeps.

Alex wakes up to her friends gone and blood all over the lodge, which makes her wonder- is the 666 killer still out there and targeting her? Alex has to survive the weather, the threat, and use her true crime skills to try and discover what happened to her friends and save them if she can.

I found the narrator to be was expressive and did a nice job switching voices, listened at 2.5 x.

I got a bit confused between timelines and characters. For me, the story was exciting but just okay. Didn’t expect the twist, liked the unreliable narrator perspective and mystery. The plot was pretty disjointed to me, I would read more from the author and give another chance, this one just wasn’t my favorite.

Thank you to NetGalley and RBMedia for the ARC in exchange for an honest review. Release date 9/3/24!

This struck me as a young adult book. The writing was subpar, the characters unlikeable and the narrator sounded like a teen. Was expecting a lot more from Sandra Block.

I listened to the audio version of this book and I just want to know who decided to hire a narrator that did such horrible accents. One of the main characters is Australian and she BUTCHERED his accent. It was so distracting that sometimes I had to go back and listen again because I missed what was going on. There was also a Long Island accent at one point that was equally as awful.

Also, there were online conversations that were a little hard to follow in audio version, so I think this would have been better as a physical read. That isn't saying much though, because the story wasn't great either.

I loved the idea of the "did he or didn't he" with the man arrested for the 666 killings. I could have seen it going either way, so I was on board. Other than that, the only other thing I liked was the cover.

The entire ending was so ridiculous. I can't really say much without spoilers; even talking around the spoilers will give some stuff away. It was so over the top and dramatic and some of it was super predictable.

Overall, I feel cheated.

The story itself was fast paced. There were some things that felt spooky throughout the book. I wasn’t a big fan of the ending.
Narration was good.