After reading Hidden Pictures, I was excited to hear that there was another book by Jason Rekulak, The Last One at the Wedding.

Frank is a long-time UPS driver. He lives a simple life. He is estranged from his daughter, Maggie. He is super excited to get a phone call from her. She invites him to her wedding. A few questions Frank wonders - who is she marrying? Is he good for her? Where is the wedding?

He finds out it will be held at a fancy private residence. Frank knows this is not his world. He tries to reconnect with his daughter and figure out his soon-to-be son-in-law. Both families have their own issues to deal with. The story has lots of twists and turns. If you like thrillers, you won't be disappointed with this one!

Thank you to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for the advanced copy for my honest review.

It is every parent’s nature to want your children to be safe. Even when they’re adults! Frank has been estranged from Maggie for 3 years and I surprised when she calls to bury the hatchet and invite him to her wedding. When he finds out it’s to a family with lots of money and power he begins feeling out of place. He also notices several red flags, that he just can’t let go!

I listened to this and I could not stop! I had to know what was going on, and I felt the same anxiety Frank did the whole time! This was a great story and now I can’t wait to go back and read more by Jason Rekulak! There was a lot I didn’t expect, and the character building was a great flow! Aunt Tammy is my favorite character by far!

Thank you to Macmillan Audio for my advanced copy on NetGalley! Opinions are my own!

Fifty-year-old delivery driver Frank is delighted to hear from his estranged daughter, Maggie. She has great news. She's getting married, and she wants her dad to be there. So Frank, his sister Tammy, and her foster daughter Abigail pack up and head to the wedding. What could go wrong?

From the get go, I could not stand sexist Frank, the poster child for the patriarchy. Why did I think I would enjoy a book narrated by a fifty-year-old man? Not only is Frank wildly unlikable, but so is everyone else in this book. In a book like this, who am I supposed to root for? Not only that but I was bored to tears listening to this book. In fact, I zoned out more than once. The tension was very low, and since I didn't care about any of the characters (except maybe Abigail), I didn't really care what happened to them.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for this book. While John Pirhalla was a fine narrator, I did not enjoy this book, and I think I very much am not the target audience for it.

I had seen this one floating around on Instagram and was incredibly excited to see this one available on NetGalley and getting a copy of the audiobook! I really enjoyed the writing, the twists and turns we go on throughout this story. I will definitely recommend this to my friends and followers. The main character is invited to his estranged daughter’s wedding and he finds out more and more about the family she is marrying into as the story unfolds. This is the kind if story that will have you guessing!

Thank you NetGalley and Macmillan audio for the ARC

Loved this. I recently read Jason Rekulak’s Hidden Pictures and when I saw he had a new book releasing, I knew I had to get my hands on it! I received an advanced copy of the audiobook, and nearly listened straight through! Such a great story with intriguing characters. A little different feel from Hidden Pictures, without the paranormal aspect, this is a true edge-of-your-seat psychological thriller with plenty of twists. I couldn’t wait for the conclusion, but didn’t want it to end. This is one of those books that when you finish, you can’t start anything else for several days because you miss these characters! Highly recommend for fans of mysteries / thrillers.

Let me start off by saying the author did a fantastic job of writing the characters to be as insufferable as possible. Not a single one of them is a good person. Well except for the poor little girl Abigail, who got dragged along by sheer luck.

Frank is basically estranged from his daughter Maggie, due to some incident in the past. Maggie randomly calls Frank up one day to say "Oh hey btw I'm getting married to a man i just met, and the wedding is in a few months, hope to see you there!" And Frank of course is like "woah wait what??" and understandably wants to meet the new member of the family.

Maggie's fiancé Aiden Gardner is standoffish and quiet, not really giving much away of himself, or even asking Frank anything about himself. But Frank just wants to support his daughter so he can stay in her life.

So Frank travels to the wedding with his sister, and her foster kid Abigail. Right when he gets into town the locals are already not saying good things about the Gardner's, and something seems very wrong. They arrive at the Gardner's private summer camp estate, where they are hosting the wedding, and instantly Frank feels very out of place. In the days leading up to the wedding, Frank tries his hardest to spend time with Maggie and bond with her. But he still has that nagging feeling that something is wrong, so he starts snooping.

Why do the locals hate the Gardner's? Why is security at the estate so ridiculous? Where is Mrs. Gardner and why hasn't she come to greet anyone? And what's with the random picture Frank got in the mail of an apparently missing woman?

I had the pleasure of listening to this audiobook, and the narrator did a great job of making everyone sound as insufferable as they are written. All together I liked this story, a lot of it wasn't exactly predictable, and I hate that Frank was more of a decent father to Abigail in the end than he ever seemed to be to Maggie. Again, everyone sucked. They were all terrible people that made terrible decisions. Aiden was the closest to a decent person that seemed to get sucked into the drama that was his family. Everyone was concerned with appearances, fitting in, getting their way, and being rich and powerful. I enjoyed trying to string together wtf was going on, because it truly was all over the place between Frank and Maggie's drama, the Gardner's drama, the wedding drama, and the local town peoples drama.

I was intrigued at the beginning of this book but sadly it slowly lost my interest. It's also rare that I'm truly baffled by the ending of a book but that was the case here (and not in a good way.)

Main character Frank is a hard-working UPS deliveryman and estranged father to a woman named Maggie. Out of the blue one evening he gets a call from Maggie, who informs him she's getting married and would like for him to attend the wedding. He soon finds out that Maggie's fiance is the son of a famous tech billionaire. Frank is taking the news all in stride, until the wedding weekend arrives and he starts to believe that things may not be as perfect as they appear on the outside.

I'm not sure what would have helped me enjoy this one more as I just found the whole plot to be a little dull and the "twists" didn't really surprise me. So I'm thinking this was probably a case of 'just not for me,' especially as it seems to have a majority of favorable reviews. So I recommend giving this book a try for yourself. But don't expect a faster paced book like Hidden Pictures was. I listened to the audiobook and I thought the narrator did a fine job.

Thank you to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for providing me an ALC in exchange for my honest thoughts.

Beyond annoying to hear a book from a white mans perspective. He was annoying and rude, very selfish character. Really hard to follow the story, that went on and on and didn't make sense.

Frank Szatowski is surprised when his estranged daughter Maggie suddenly contacts him for the first time in years. The second shock is that she is getting married to the son of a tech billionaire. Frank attempts to get to know Maggie's fiancé Aiden Gardner but finds him to be evasive and uninterested. Frank decides to focus on making his relationship with his daughter better. As the wedding draws near Frank, his sister and her foster child travel to the Gardner's family estate in New Hampshire. Before arriving at the compound they find that the local community is very distrusting of the Gardner family, particularly Aiden. Frank wants to get to the bottom of things but does not want to push his relationship with his daughter.

This was a very interesting book. There were a lot of things that worked for me but was very frustrated with Frank on multiple occasions. Especially when it comes to his relationship with his daughter. It is difficult to get far into the plot for spoiler reasons. There are quite a few fun twists and turns. This was a fantastic audio experience. John Pirhalla did a great job with the narration.

Thank you to NetGalley and Macmillian Audio for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I really enjoyed this book especially the perspective of the main protagonist felt very fresh and not often utilized, there were some aspects that I felt were farfetched but then when I tried to rationalize where the decisions were coming from I was more accepting I would definitely recommend to friends and reading whatever Jason Rekulak publishes next

Frank Szatowski is suprised to hear from his estranged daughter when she called to invite him to her wedding. Her fiance turns out to be the son of famous tech billionaire, Errol Gardiner. While Frank is excited to be back in his daughter's good graces, as the wedding weekend commences, things seem off.

This could be a great fit if you enjoy:
- rich people problems
- parents protecting their kids
- when weddings go wrong

Based on reviews so far, I think I'm an outsider on this one, so take it with a grain of salt. I thought it was good, not great. As much as Frank fit the typical dad role with his protective and skeptical nature, I found myself rolling my eyes at him. There were a few unsettling moments with some creepy-crawly creatures and unhinged characters, but I thought the tension could have been ramped up quite a bit.

This was a quick audiobook with an awesome narrator. He was a perfect match for Frank!

Rating: I liked it! (3)

I'm kind of surprised to see all of the positive buzz about this one -- the plot was a bit too far, and the characterization seemed unnuanced.

Review copy provided by publisher.

3.5 stars. I enjoyed many parts of this story, but also parts that were just off for me. The daughter is a horrible person. I just can't get over how messed up her mind is. I did enjoy the narration.

I liked this one. Kept me guessing until the very end. The daughter of the main character really bothered me which I guess is what made it so much fun. Glad this was fiction.....

I got an advanced copy of the audiobook from Net Galley. This is a spoiler free review.

Narrator - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Plot - ⭐⭐⭐⭐

This is one of those books with a slow start and a exciting back half. For probably the first 40%, I wasn't even sure I liked the main character (which is an issue for first person pov). The story itself was interesting once it got going. However it did feel exposition heavy in the beginning despite there quite a few blanks in the story that were slow to be filled in. Rekulak is a talented writer, so it was an enjoyable listen and I could picture everything very easily. The only thing I would have changed would have been less exposition and more action post climax.

After reading Hidden Pictures I was so excited to see this author coming out with a new book and so excited to get my hands on it early. It took me longer to get into this one, around 37% is when I felt like I really got into it as it was a little slower to get into. This book is about a father getting invited to his daughter’s wedding after 3 years of not speaking to her and trying to figure out all the weirdness going on around the wedding. You start to wonder whether something weird is going on or if it’s all in the dad’s head. Read it to find out!

This is the book for thriller fans Jason Rekulak has written another great one! I loved the narrator of this book Jason Pirhalla gave life to Frank a middle aged father estranged from his only child. We begin this story as Maggie calls her father after a long estrangement to let him know she is getting married and would love for him to come to the wedding. Frank is thrilled to be back in touch with his daughter but his excitement soon turns to concern. The details of the couple’s relationship seem odd to Frank and lots of unanswered questions make him uneasy. All father’s struggle with their daughters getting married but the family she is marrying into lives very different from the place Maggie calls home.
I loved this audiobook and look forward to listening to more from this narrator. A must listen!

The Last One at the Wedding was one of my most anticipated reads of the year, after reading and absolutely loving Hidden Pictures. I loved everything about that book, cover to cover, it was perfection for me.

Unfortunately, this book was a bit of a letdown for me. It is such a slow burn that it bordered on boring and I kind of think that if I had read the physical book instead of listening to the audiobook, I wouldn't have been able to finish it. I found most of the characters to be unlikable, with the exception of Abigail, who was the shining star of this novel for me and the reason I pushed through. A smart, funny, quirky little girl who brought heart and humor and life to the story.

While the audio was the reason I persisted, I didn't love the narrator. I can see that he is incredibly talented, but for this story and these characters, it just didn't mesh right for me and I found myself taken out of it frequently.

It's likely that I'm in the minority here, so I don't want to discourage anyone from giving this book a read! Even though it was slow, the story was interesting and it picked up towards the end and I did find myself wanting to find out exactly what was going on with the Gardner family. I really loved the way the story ended and I even had a little tear in my eye!

“The Last One at the Wedding” is another fine book from author Jason Rekulak.

Frank hasn’t spoken to his daughter, Maggie, in over three years. Out of the blue, Maggie calls to tell her father that she is getting married and she wants him there. He’s skeptical, but will do anything to get his daughter back. He soon finds out she’s marrying a tech billionaire’s son, but there’s something that isn’t quite right about the whole situation. Can Frank figure out what’s wrong in time to save his daughter? Is she even the one who needs saving?

There’s so much to uncover about the mind and why we act the way we do. This story has hidden secrets everywhere. Just when you think you know who the villain is, things get flipped upside down. Nothing is as it seems.

Thank you to Netgalley and Macmillan Audio for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

The Last One at the Wedding is the story of father and daughter and the journey they take together. The father is invited to his estranged daughters wedding last minute. During the events leading up to the ceremony different revelations are made about the family his daughter is marrying into.

This is a very slow burn and not a twisty thriller like his debut book, Hidden Pictures. Nevertheless, the writing was very well done and made you love the characters you should love and hate the others. I listened to this book on audio and the narrator did a fantastic portrayal of the dad. Overall I enjoyed the story and will definitely read the next book published by this author!