I love this author. This book was exactly what I needed right now. Loved the dual timelines and the character development.

A remote Island Weekend Escape, What could go wrong?

Ten years ago a group of women went on their annual weekend escape and were never seen again. Tessa has been trying to solve the puzzle in order to save her dwindling TV audience. She had reached a dead end and was about to give up when she was invited to a bachelorette party on what turned out to be the same remote island. Hoping to find clues that will help her solve the mystery, she accepts the invitation and heads off to her fate.

I had a love/hate feeling for this book right from the start. The writing is awesome, the plot suspenseful, and the characters well developed, but I just couldn’t get into the story. Maybe it was the cast of characters that confused me, or the attitudes of some of the guests, but there didn’t seem to be any connection between them.

I received an advance copy of this book from NetGalley and St. Martin's Press. This is my honest review.

WOW!! This was the book I didn't know I needed as an escape! Let's just say I'm glad my bachelorette party was nothing like either of these! Loved the dual timeline.

I was definitely drawn in by the cover and the description. I love stories about uncovering the truth from the past and watching it all unravel and secrets come to light.

Not once did I expect the story to end how it would end. It was really refreshing that it didn’t wrap up so neatly with a pretty pink bow on it. It was gruesome. It was cringe. It was annoying. It was relatable. Trying to meet with high school friends once a year and life keeps happening. Now you’re not the same person you were in high school but you can’t help but compare yourself to your classmates anyway. You’re a grown up and you still don’t have your life figured out (relatable).

I appreciated the gore of the details, the thrill of a good chase and not knowing if we make it out on the other side. Once the story started picking up (about halfway) I didn’t put my phone down that’s for sure.

But there’s something about this story that I can’t give it five whole stars. I think I wish there was more. Some sort of build up to the climax. I felt like it really came out of nowhere and a lot of stuff happened in just 48 hours but nothing relating to the climax. And I also wish the flashbacks actually built more on our foundations. We got that a character was hesitant about growing up and starting a family, which is fine but I didn’t see that really being necessary in the plot. Just some unnecessary story telling I guess.

Overall, it was a fabulous thriller. Gruesome details and all. I just wish the story building was a little more concise and detailed where it mattered.

This is one wild and dangerous bachelorette party! Wow 😮 Dark, intense and creepy but so fun to read. I read this in a day, so addictive.

I do love a dual timeline, locked room mystery. 2012, 4 women go missing never to be seen again. They are presumed drowned. 10 years later, true crime podcaster, Tessa goes to the same remote island for her oldest friend’s bachelorette party and decides to look around and ask questions. She knows there is more to the stories than they have been told.

This was so entertaining. The women were not all likeable which makes it even more fun. I did have an inkling of the who but not the why. It really was a binge read.

Thanks so much to St Martin’s Press for my advanced copy of this book to read. Publishes on June 10th.

I felt completely immersed in the mystery surrounding the disappearance of Tilly, Anna, Linnea, and Evelina. The idea of their annual trips to a secret island was so intriguing, and I couldn’t stop thinking about the eerie circumstances of their vanishing. I felt drawn to the suspense and couldn’t wait to uncover what happened to them. I admired Tessa’s determination to uncover the truth. I felt her passion and frustration as she explored Sweden’s darkest cases through her true crime podcast. Her obsession with this mystery felt so relatable to me, and I loved how her character brought an intensity and urgency to the story. I felt her devastation when her podcast failed, and I was rooting for her to seize this final chance to find answers.

Overall, I thought this book was a thrilling and masterfully crafted story. It kept me hooked from start to finish, and I felt like every clue and revelation pulled me deeper into the mystery. I’d recommend it to anyone who loves a blend of suspense and character-driven storytelling.

An excellent read for any and all readers! Author comes at you with both barrels and knocks you out of your shoes! Great job fleshing out all the characters. I give this book FIVE stars! Definitely recommend!

This is a dual timeline, locked room mystery set on an island, following two different bachelorette parties, one from 2012 and one current. tessa is the main character and she feels like something is wrong but keeps trying to put her feelings down since this is supposed to be just a fun little girl trip. There are several twists and turns and keeps you turning the pages to find out what happens.

All I can say is WOW.

This book absolutely sucked me in and I finished it in a day!

In 2012, four women went on their yearly getaway together and never returned. The police were sure it was a boating accident, but nothing adds up for that to be true.

Ten years later, a bachelorette party is headed out to Isle Blind, the same one where those women met their fate. Tessa is sure something is wrong, something or someone is watching them. Surely that can't be the case, right? It's just a fun little trip before her friend's wedding.

Different POVs and a timeline that skips around, this book will keep you locked in and guessing, feeling the same sense of dread as Tessa.

Thank you, NetGalley, for the ARC!!

The Bachelorette Party is a locked room type mystery set on an isolated island. This one is really two stories about two groups of young women on a remote island. I would have liked more of a connection between Tessa, our narrator, and the rest of her group but overall it was engaging, I just missed the psychological thriller aspect in this book.
Thanks to NetGalley and St. Martins Press for my advanced review copy.

Thank you NetGalley for the opportunity to read an ARC.
Loved this book, enjoyed the twists. Edge of your seat type of book!

Highly recommend!

I enjoyed this book, and the reveal was pretty good. One reveal, at least. The other one wasn’t my favorite. I think I preferred this one over other books by Camilla Sten. It was more “popcorn-y” and kind of fun. There were few pieces left out where I would’ve liked to know more but overall 3.5 stars rounded to 4.

Thank you NetGalley for this arc!!

This book was fantastic! Great writing style, nice twists!

4/5

Thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for the ARC in exchange for an honest review. The Bachelorette Party is a dual time line thriller on a secluded island with a LOT of characters to keep track of. For a plot that is pretty played out this was just okay. There was also a decent amount of gore which isn’t my preference. Overall I was entertained but this isn’t a read I’ll necessarily remember or recommend over other thrillers.

A weekend girls trip meets a brutal U-turn as it unfurls itself into the deadly drama of the past.

When a group of go to a remote island for a bachelorette party, they don't expect the type of celebrating that happens. While the dark history of the island is known, nobody thinks that it's a cursed place. The characters seem to change their opinion by the end of the book. It was creepy and intense. I truly enjoyed the characters and the plot was twisty enough to keep me guessing.

I enjoyed this book. It was a compelling and quick read that had me needing to know what happened next. Twisty and suspenseful in all the right places.

I had the chance to read an ARC of The Bachelorette Party but Camilia Sten. This book was a FAST read. I could not put it down. It was so suspenseful and once this ride started I could not get off of it! Plenty of twists and a quick read and a GREAT story, what more can you ask for? We have 2 sets of women that are in the same place years apart. The main story is of course a bachelorette party, just read and you will see what I mean by twists and a page turner!

What a mystery thriller! The book has 2 sets of women visiting the same place 10 years apart. The stories are told separately. But the main story is of the current visitors to celebrate a bachelorette party. The hotel is new and owned by a sister of one of the women in the group from 10 years ago. The trip is all planned with activities and fancy meals with plenty of booze. But one of the gals goes missing. Where can she be? This is a book not to be missed. It is a page turner.

I'm a big fan of "locked room" style mysteries, where you have a limited group of potential suspects to choose from. I found the parallel stories in this novel fascinating, where this remote island was once the location where a group of young women were murdered, and then years later, another group of young women are there for a bachelorette party. I struggled with the execution though. I didn't feel any of the relationships were developed, and with the story taking the viewpoint of Tessa, it was almost like you're watching things unfold from the eyes of an outsider. I think I would have been more drawn in if I saw more of a connection between Tessa and the rest of the women. So this one was less engaging for me.

Thank you NetGalley for the advanced reader copy of The Bachelorette Party by Camilla Sten.

Wow what a twisty ride! I really enjoyed this book and could not put it down once I started it.