This book is thrilling, chilling, and incredibly binge-worthy. Set on a spooky, remote island haunted by past tragedies, it features a cast of characters whose intertwined lives unfold throughout the story. I thoroughly enjoyed it! If you’re a fan of mystery, true crime, crime podcasts, or whodunit stories, I highly recommend picking this up. I can’t wait to read more by Camilla Sten in the future!

This is the first book I have read by this author and I'm still not sure what I think about this one. This one gave me that eerie, "on edge" feeling for most of the book. I just didn't know what was going to happen from one minute to the next. This was a 3.5 star for me.

Four friends—the infamous Nacka Four—embark on their annual trip to a remote, deserted island off the coast of Sweden, owned by one of their fathers. Matilda, Anna, Linnea, and Evelina spend their days camping, partying, and enjoying each other’s company—until one fateful year when everything goes sideways. The group had always kept their destination a secret, but after that last trip, they never returned. Presumed drowned, their bodies were never found, leaving behind only unanswered questions.

Then the story flips to about ten years later and we are back on the island with a slightly different crew of people. The island is now home to a high class yoga resort and Lena is able to book a bachelorette party there before it opens. It will be just the bride, Anneliese, and her bridesmaids, Lena, Mikaela, the maid of honor, Lena’s sister Tessa, who has recently had her life turned upside down, Natalie and Caroline. Things start off in a strange way as they are all forced to do a technology cleanse, eat clean, and wake at the crack of dawn for sunrise yoga. (so this isn't your typical drunken bachelorette party!)

One of the guests, Tessa, is there to do some investigating. The island is currently owned by one of previous victim's sister and Tessa is convinced that something sinister happened on that island. She is there to prove it. She tries to befriend Irene, the manager/yoga instructor and the chef, Adam to see if they could be of any help to her. But when one guest goes missing and another starts behaving suspiciously—brandishing knives—Tessa realizes that uncovering the past may cost more than she's willing to pay.

Overall, this book delivered an eerie, unsettling atmosphere that kept me on edge, never quite sure what would happen next. While the premise was intriguing and the tension was well-executed, I found myself feeling a bit uncertain about how I truly felt about the story as a whole. The mix of past and present timelines added layers of mystery, but some aspects didn’t fully land for me. Still, if you enjoy a slow-burn thriller with a chilling setting and plenty of secrets, this one might be worth a read.

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press/Minotaur Books for providing a digital review copy of this thriller in exchange for my honest thoughts.

A very unoriginal and predictable story. The story became very repetitive with all the friends against Tessa. There are tons of books out there with a similar make up, and unfortunately, this one did not differ from them, making it extremely predictable and boring. Found myself skimming parts to get to the end.

Overall I really enjoyed the book. I appreciated how two separate time lines were weaved together without feeling jarring or in your face. There was a good amount of suspense and questioning that made me want to pick up the book and see what happens next.

Calling all true crime podcast fans, this book is for you!! I loved how this book felt like solving a crime from the past, but it also ties into the mystery of the present with some great slasher vibes.

I didn't love the info and character dump right out of the gate. It was a lot to take in and pretty confusing without much character development. Another reason for my review is that I felt it to be a little predictable.

Overall it was a quick paced read and I would recommend giving it a go!

OK, I have to start by disclaiming something: I am really sick of the whole “true crime pod-caster uncovering the truth” trope in modern thrillers. I personally don’t listen to podcasts, I don’t like them, but this trope has been used in so many books lately and I’m just over it.

So that fact alone is going lower my rating for this one. But I recognize that that is a personal preference. If you like the podcast spin, or you don’t mind it, then you’ll probably really like this book.

All of that to say, I didn’t hate the book. I liked the other elements, and I think the pacing and buildup was very good. Overall, this was a solid thriller. I like how Sten adds in the supernatural elements to her books.

This one just had too many characters thrown at you right away. I could not keep them straight. We go from the past when the first group of friends stay at the island to the present when a new group of women are at the same place. The different timelines was also confusing being about totally different people. I didn’t like it as much as I wished.

This was a great thriller!! I felt like we had a lot of characters introduced pretty quickly, but I was able to follow them through the story and enjoyed this read!

Thank you so much, NetGalley! If you are into slashers, this is for you. While I wasn't crazy about the amount of characters introduced at once, and the slightly flat ending, I had fun reading this. It caught my attention right away. Look forward to trying more books by Camilla Sten.

The Bachelorette Party is a fun, drama-filled read with plenty of wild twists and messy characters. The buildup kept me entertained, but some of the plot points felt predictable, and a few characters were hard to connect with. It’s an enjoyable escape if you’re in the mood for something light and chaotic, but it didn’t fully deliver the depth or surprises I was hoping for.

A bachelorette party on a remote island, what could go wrong?? Well a lot if the island is the spot where 10 years earlier 4 friends mysteriously died and it was never solved.

This book had the twists and turns oh my. It was very fast paced and easy to read. Good luck guessing the ending cause i didn't see it coming!!!


Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for the chance to read this ARC!

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Thank you NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review The Bachelorette Party.

This review contains spoilers…..

What I liked:
The changing timeline and opposing perspectives
The plot twist of who the killer really was in both timelines
The setting and description of the setting

What I wasn’t crazy about:
A few plot points seemed thin to me- why Irene went through all that trouble and waited that long to seek her revenge was a stretch for me. I also didn’t see why she would involve the others if it was truly about her sister.
Secondly, there was a buildup to the big bad thing that Tessa had done. When it was finally revealed, it kind of gave me a feeling of “that’s it??”
Lastly, I didn’t think there was enough character development to round out the idea that Carl would kill the Nacka Four.

Overall, a good quick read that kept me turning the pages! I would read another book by this author.

The Bachelorette Party follows two different groups of women and what happens on a small island out in the Baltic Sea off of Sweden. Tilly, Anna, Linnea and Evelina are friends that have gone on a once a year girls trip ever since they were young. One year they go missing and are never found again.

A decade later, Tessa comes to the same island on a Bachelorette trip for her old friend Annelise. She’s been obsessed with the story of four friends that disappeared for as long as she can remember and the lore in her own mind of what happened to them. While she is still reeling from a personal trauma related to her true crime podcast, she thinks she may be able to solve the mystery of the missing women.

Part slasher, part locked room mystery, this is a fun summer read for any thriller lovers. I got through this pretty fast and it kept my attention. The ending fell kind of flat for me and another reader mentioned that certain elements of the story didn’t end up making sense and I agree. While this was a fun read, it’s not as strong of a story as some other isolation trope mysteries that I’ve read.

Overall would rate this 3.5 stars but rounded up to 4.

Let me just say that I hope my bachelorette party is this exciting and thrilling but for very, very, different reasons! This was my first book by Camilla Sten, and I have to say I will definitely be checking out some more! This was a very entertaining, locked-room (island) thriller/murder mystery with a bachelorette theme, that I have to say was engaging and page-turning for me.

We follow Tessa, a true crime podcaster who seems to be down on her luck, as she attends her oldest friend's bachelorette party. I think there were some predictable twists and turns, and I was able to figure out the murderer pretty quickly, the plot and writing were great that it was still engaging and entertaining. Camilla Sten created a dual timeline with past and present that culminated perfectly and it gave us a good view of what happened "before" and what led to Tessa searching for the answers during her friends bachelorette party

Thank you to NetGalley, St. Martin's Press, Minotaur Books and Camilla Sten for the eARC of The Bachelorette Party in exchange for an honest review. Publication date for The Bachelorette Party by Camilla Sten is set for 10 June 2025 (around the time of mine, I hope! Oh boy!)

Great read albeit someone predictable twist. I do enjoy me an island thriller though and this fit the bill. Good characters, good plot, well written. Overall a very good read

Totally entertaining locked-room mystery that deserves a spot in everyone’s beach bag on publication day! It has those 1990s horror movie vibes. I loved all the twists and did not see the end coming!

Thanks for the opportunity to read! I’ll be recommending this closer to pub day!

Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin's press for this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

I enjoyed the plot… I mean who doesn’t love a classic “locked room” murder mystery coupled with a bachelorette party?!

The story follows Tessa, a true crime podcaster who has hit rock bottom, on a one-woman mission to revive her career. Once she realizes the destination of her childhood friend’s bachelorette party, Tessa makes it her mission to do everything in her power to bring justice, to her career, and to a ten-year-old unsolved case of four women who seemingly disappeared off the Swedish archipelago coast.

Although I detected the real murderer, literally immediately after the character was introduced, Sten expertly crafts a dual timeline that beautifully connects the past to present day. I enjoyed the past timeline because it gave you a glimpse into the lives of the four missing women, which, if you didn’t detect the murderer before, will leave your head spinning and pages turning!

If you enjoy the aesthetic scenery of a remote island, murder, revenge, and locked room mysteries, take this book to the beach for a wild ride!

3.75/5!! (rounded up)

I thought this was a thrilling, albeit somewhat predictable, fast-paced read. The connections between all of the characters that set the plot in motion seem a little too convenient and I found the antagonist ready to predict. However, I found the climax of the storyline to be action-packed and suspenseful. It is a much more enjoyable book if you don't overthink it and just enjoy the ride.

This book was really good. I enjoyed the 2 timelines and wish I would have gotten more on the past time line. A group of friends, a remote island, and a murder.. what more can you ask for. This was a suspenseful story that had my heart racing from the beginning. I will definitely read more by this author!

First I would like to thank NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC for my honest review.

The Bachelorette Party is a fast-paced thriller set on a remote island spa, where a group of friends gathers for a bachelorette trip—only for their getaway to intertwine with a decade-old unsolved mystery. The eerie island setting creates a great atmosphere, and the book is an easy, quick read. However, while it keeps the pages turning, it lacks truly shocking twists, making some plot points feel predictable. The dual timelines and multiple characters can be overwhelming at times, and the friend group dynamic often feels more antagonistic than authentic. Additionally, the protagonist’s backstory, tied to her defunct podcast, takes up a lot of space without adding much to the central mystery. While it doesn’t reinvent the genre, fans of locked-room and girls’ trip thrillers may still enjoy the suspense.