I really wanted to love this one. The premise was good but I thought the storyline was a little chaotic making it hard to follow especially with the amount of characters in the book.

This is a gripping, atmospheric thriller with a strong locked-room/cold case vibe. If you enjoy stories where the setting is just as suspicious as the characters, and clues unfold at just the right pace, this one’s worth watching out for! Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the ARC.

Love a good thriller! This was a fast read that kept me interested the entire time. I felt there were a few loose ends/the end was a little rushed but overall really enjoyed. Thanks so much for the early free copy!

Thanks to #NetGalley for the ARC of #TheBacheloretteParty. This book started off well for me and I thought it was going to be one of those “stay up reading all night” books, but unfortunately it wasn’t. I enjoyed the dual mysteries presented, but I struggled with keeping track of all the characters and what was going on. Often I would read several pages and completely forget what I read. I’m certain this book would be a better read for someone that has more patience for a drawn out storyline. It was good, just not great.

Great read. An easy, quick, page turner full of twist and turns that kept me wanting to read more! Would highly recommend!

Thank you to Netgalley for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review!

This was a fast paced book and it really kept me going throughout the story. I wish some details and characters were a little bit more fleshed out, but I loved both Tessa and Matilda! They were strong characters, and I really did feel for them. I thought the plots were predictable, but some of the goriness was genuinely unexpected and I kind of loved it! This book would get an easy 4 stars for me had characters outside of Tilly and Tessa been developed more and if the podcast subplot was tightened up a bit, but I still had a great time reading it!

Happy pub week and thriller Thursday!!

Tessa is headed to her childhood friends bachelorette party on a remote island with a group of girls she hasn’t seen since high school. Seems weird for Tessa to want to go to a bachelorette for a girl she hasn’t really stayed in touch with, but she has ulterior motives. Ten years before a group of girls disappeared on Isle Blind and no one knows what happened to them.

Tessa has a failing career in True Crime and figuring out what happened that night ten years ago is just what she needs to kick start her career back up!

The story is told in duel timelines flashing back and forth between the past and the present on Isle Blind, starting to piece together what happened the night the nantuk four disappeared.

This book kept my interest and I enjoyed the story development! I love a “locked door/cold case” thriller where you know something isn’t right about this island, you just need to figure it out. You’re not sure who you can trust but clues slowly start to formulate!

👀You definitely want to keep your eye out for this one!!

Thank you SO much for my advanced copy! @authorcamillasten @minotaur_books @stmartinspress

🥳pub date: June 10/2025

my rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

What starts out as a normal bachelorette party, takes a turn for the worse as one by one secrets are revealed and the disappearances begin.

I really liked Tessa, the FMC. I felt for her, and thought the author did a good job developing her character.

The story got darker and darker and when the truth was revealed I was shocked!

A good summer read- dark but fun. I enjoyed it.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (4/5 stars)
A twisty, tension-filled getaway gone so wrong—in the best possible way!

What do you get when you mix old friends, a remote mountain lodge, and secrets that refuse to stay buried? The Bachelorette Party by Camilla Sten! This gripping thriller had me flipping pages late into the night (with all the lights definitely on).

When a group of women reunites to celebrate a bride-to-be in the Swedish wilderness, what’s supposed to be a relaxing weekend quickly unravels. The isolation, the buried resentments, the chilling setting—it all creates a deliciously claustrophobic atmosphere. And when things start going wrong? Buckle up. It’s so good.

Sten’s writing is sharp and cinematic. You can feel the cold creeping in through the walls, hear every crack of a twig outside the lodge, and sense the growing distrust between the women. There are secrets, flashbacks, and the kind of slow-burn dread that thriller lovers live for.

Perfect for fans of Lucy Foley and Ruth Ware, this book is a cocktail of suspense, friendship drama, and wilderness horror—with a twist that totally caught me off guard.

Thank you to NetGalley and Minotaur Books for the advanced copy in exchange for my honest review. This one would make a fantastic book club pick—just maybe don’t read it right before your next girls’ trip. 😉

I received an arc of this title from NetGalley for an honest review. I tried to get into this book a few times and it just wasn't for me.

The Bachelorette Party was an atmospheric, remote island thriller that was fast paced, although also a bit predictable. The book starts with a bang with four friends on their annual trip to a remote island that ends with none of them ever making it home. Then we jump forward a decade and are following another group of friends as they embark on a destination bachelorette party to a yoga retreat on a remote island. Tessa has been consumed by the story of the 4 women who disappeared, which leads her to create a wildly popular true crime podcast. Until decisions she makes lead to her podcast and her life going up in flames. She's not in the mood to go celebrate her best friend getting married, but the island that the retreat is on seems eerily similar to the one the women may have vanished from. This could be the opportunity she needs to turn things around and follow one of Sweden's unsolved mysteries.
There was a lot about the book that I enjoyed, but also a lot that seemed a bit far-fetched. Some of the plot twists were extremely predictable, but it had a great group of characters and showed some wonderful aspects of strong female friendships.
Thank you to Netgalley and St. Martin's Press for sending a copy my way. All opinions are my own.

Thanks @stmartinspress for an ARC and @macmillan.audio for an ALC.
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Dark secrets, a remote island, and a vanished group of lifelong friends? YES PLEASE. I’ll follow Camilla Sten anywhere, and this twisty thriller did not disappoint. If you’re like me and love your crime fiction with a dash of true-crime obsession and a lot of eerie atmosphere, this one should be on your TBR, like yesterday.
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Tessa is a fallen podcast queen chasing one final lead: the decades-old mystery of four best friends who vanished without a trace from a secret island hideaway. When her bestie’s bachelorette party ends up taking place on an island suspiciously similar to the one from the cold case? You know things are about to go very wrong.
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Sten builds tension like no one else. You feel the isolation, the anxiety, the not-so-quiet unraveling of everyone involved. There were moments I had to pause the audiobook just to breathe. Laura Jennings’ narration is absolutely chilling in the best way. Her voice brought every layered emotion to life, especially Tessa’s inner unraveling as she digs deeper into the past.
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If you’re a fan of:
✔️ Cold case mysteries
✔️ True crime podcasters
✔️ Girl-gang dynamics turned dangerous
✔️ Atmosphere so thick you can hear the fog rolling in
✔️ Audiobooks that keep you up at night…
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then The Bachelorette Party needs to be your next read/listen.

First off, I would like to thank St. Martin's Press|Minotaur Books and author Camilla Sten for allowing me to read this novel, The Bachelorette Party, via Netgalley. All opinions following are my own.

This novel bounces back and forth between two main time frames and one smaller one that comes into play later in the novel. Ten years before the present time the novel is taking place, four women disappeared on Blind Isle, a hidden, remote island off the coast of Sweden. They were four friends who had come to the island since they were teens. They would spend one drunken, carefree night together, and then they would go back to their busy lives. Except in 2012, that didn't happen.

Fast forward ten years to the present. Tessa is down-on-her-luck. She went from famous, true crime podcaster to infamous, FORMER true crime podcaster. However, her oldest friend is getting married, and she, along with the other bridesmaids, are going to Blind Isle for the bachelorette party. She doesn't want to go, but she feels obligated. Plus, no one knows what truly happened to those four women who disappeared ten years ago around, if not on, Blind Isle. It was assumed that they drunkenly crashed their boat and were swept out to sea. However, Tessa has never quite believed this explanation. She hopes in going to Blind Isle, she can solve the mystery once and for all, and rise from the ashes of infamy.

Will she be successful, or is she going to be another victim of Blind Isle?

This book was a fast read. While I didn't predict everything that happened, I was able to see some of the twists coming. While it all did come together, I felt it a bit far-fetched. I also felt like it took awhile to set the premise of the story up. It seemed to drag for the first 20% or so. Therefore, I gave it ⭐️⭐️⭐️. That being said, it was a fun, entertaining read. Readers who enjoy locked room mysteries may find themselves enjoying this one.

A twisty dual timeline mystery about two separate girl trips gone awry. Unfortunately, I found the characters very flat and hard to connect which distracted from the story. At times, I was a bit confused about which timeline we were in. Thank to NetGalley for the chance to read and review this one.

The Bachelorette Party is an atmospheric thriller set in a remote island in Sweden. The story opens with 4 murders then zips ahead 10 years.

In 2012, longtime friends Matilda (Tilly), Anna, Elvina, and Linnea meet on Isle Blond for their annual getaway. They are murdered one by one by an unknown assailant.

In 2022, disgraced podcaster Tessa is joining her sister Lena and old/new friends for Anneliese’s bachelorette island. Tessa, being a true crime podcaster, is eager to attend once she finds out the location…a newly constructed hotel on Isle Blind owned by none other than Irene, the big sister of Matilda, one of the 2012 victims. Could this be her opportunity to revive her career?

Once on the remote island, the yoga retreat/bachelorette party is going smoothly until someone goes missing and the crew realizes they are in danger. Tessa can’t help but put her true crime junior brain to the test and try to link the past murders to current events and she doesn’t realize the truth is right under her nose.

The setting is described in detail and the tension and stress of the characters is felt in this locked room mystery. I did guess the ultimate culprit but that did not take away from the book.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. All opinions are my own.

I’m a big fan of @authorcamillasten and her Scandinavian thriller novels. Her newest, The Bachelorette Party, is a locked door murder mystery.

I recommend this book if you love:
💙 remote settings
💙 dual timelines & POVs
💙 strained friendships
💙 true crime podcasts
💙 plot twists

Also, the cover is stunning and pictures don’t do it justice!

TW/CW: Language, drinking, unwanted pregnancy, toxic friendships, blood, violence, blood, gory scenes, violence, death by suicide, cheating, death of baby

*****SPOILERS*****
About the book:
On a remote, craggy island nestled off the coast of Sweden, four friends—Tilly, Anna, Linnea and Evelina—meet every year. Best friends since childhood, the idea is to drink beer, dance by the water, and shake off the weight of life's expectations. The location of the island is a secret to everyone but them. One night of reckless fun and secret-sharing, and then they return to their normal lives.Ten years later. Ever since she was a teenager, Tessa Nilsson has been consumed by the story of four friends who disappeared on their annual trip to a remote island together. As her true crime fervor turned into a wildly popular podcast, Tessa urgently covered Sweden’s most gruesome cases, but could never find the answers behind what happened to these women who disappeared, leaving a few maddening clues but no concrete answers. Now Tessa’s podcast has crashed and burned, any chance she had at uncovering the truth vanishing with it.Anneliese is Tessa’s best friend, and before she walks down the aisle, she wants to have a bachelorette party. The Baltic Vinyasa, a sleek, sophisticated yoga retreat on a small island off the coast—one with such similar characteristics to the tragedy years ago that it raises the hair on Tessa’s neck. The idea is to drink gallons of cava, do sunrise yoga, and get in their last chance to bond with the bride. Tessa will not pass this up. It’s her last chance to find out what happened to the four women, once and for all.And it’s someone else’s last chance to get revenge.
Release Date: June 10th, 2025
Genre: Thriller
Pages: 304
Rating: ⭐

What I Liked:
1. The idea of this creepy island
2. Adam seemed like a chill guy

What I Didn't Like:
1. Book became so confusing so fast
2. The writing style felt silly and plain
3. Characters are so ridiculous

Final Thoughts:
You know what's confusing? Having two sets of 4 friends in two different timelines going to the same island. Then add more random characters into the mix. I tried to keep track but I felt like I was having to build a whole world/map to know who was who and when this time was. Why??? Remember books that didn't do this? It becomes confusing and frustrating as a reader.

I think at this point I am calling my relationship with this author dead. I read two other books from her and they've all been 1 and 2 stars. I did finish this book but what did I really get in doing that? Just annoyed with the ending. All these people getting away with murder and not just one person but 4 or more people.

The storyline in this book is so paper-thin it's see through.

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Thanks to Minotaur Books and Netgalley for this advanced copy of the book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

For years, four friends have held annual weekend treats on a remote island--drinking, commiserating, enjoying one another's company. Until one year, when the women disappear.

Ten years later, another group of women is planning to spend the weekend on the island. This time, it's a bachelorette party for Anneliese and she's accompanied by a group of friends, including Tessa, whose true crime podcast is on hold after a tragedy. Tessa is eager to investigate the disappearance of the four women, especially when she learns the island is owned by the sister of one of the women who disappeared.

When one of their party disappears the first night, there is a quick explanation. And the fact the boat is cut loose is also dismissed. But the women begin to fear the worst.

This book was impossible to put down and even if I forgot major portions of the plot line soon after finishing it, it did not detract from my enjoyment. #TheBacheloretteParty #NetGalley

The Nacka Four—Linnea, Evelina, Matilda, and Anna— disappeared from an isolated Swedish island called Isle Blind without a trace. Their story captivated a generation of true crime aficionados, including Tessa Nilsson. She grew up to have her own podcast, delving into stories of murder and mysterious disappearances.

Tessa’s podcast soon becomes a hit. Then Tessa makes a big mistake, tragedy strikes, and it all goes off the rails. Given the opportunity to attend a bachelorette party at an exclusive resort that has been built on Isle Blind, Tessa jumps at the chance to redeem herself, and perhaps to recover some of her fame by trying to solve the mystery of the Nacka Four.

The author does a good job with the remote island setting. The mood at the brand new hotel in the middle of nowhere is slightly off just enough to make it foreboding and creepy. Clues are doled out in a way that keeps the tension going and propels the story along, and the dual timeline helps to keep the reader invested in learning more. One point of order: the terms “rifle” and “shotgun” are not interchangeable. Shotguns and rifles are different things. However, in the big picture that is a minor quibble. Overall, this story is a very entertaining and fast moving entry in the stranded-on-an-island-with-a-murderer genre.

3.5 stars, rounded up to 4, for The Bachelorette Party by Camilla Sten. Thanks to Minotaur Books/St. Martin’s Press and NetGalley for the chance to read this thriller.

Four friends meet every year on a remote island to blow off steam. The location of the island is a secret to everybody but them. It’s just one night of reckless fun before they return to their normal lives.
Ten years later…
Ever since she was a teenager, Tessa was consumed with the case of what happened to the 4 friends who went on vacation every year to a remote island and disappeared never to be heard from again. Her once wildly popular podcast about it has crashed and burned and she’s worried she’ll never uncover the truth.
Tessa’s best friend is getting married and she wants to take a trip to a small island for a yoga retreat. The island similarities are eerily similar to the island. The missing women disappeared from. Tessa is not about to pass up this opportunity as it may be the last chance to figure out what happened to those women.

✨My thoughts: The pacing was good. The plot was written well and quite good.
What I didn’t like was the fact that it was blatantly obvious from the start to me and that took away from the book sometimes I can figure it out, but I’m still not sure or sometimes it’s obvious, but I still have fun reading it and this…I don’t know. I just didn’t connect with it. I also really really didn’t like how it ended. It took it from popcorn thriller to overdramatic soap opera status. That on top of the lack of suspense, I found myself more entertained by Tessa and what had happened to her.
I would still recommend this though! I’m also interested in checking out the Author’s other books as well.