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366 reviews for:

The Party

Natasha Preston

3.4 AVERAGE

cefallert's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

dinosaur2123's review against another edition

4.5

dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

goldengirlbinds's review against another edition

3.75

dark mysterious sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Read this for my YA class. Very disturbing and creepy!

Content Warnings

kaityx92's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Content Warnings

evans_page's review against another edition

3.25

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

chrissypops's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Thank you Netgalley, Bonnier Books UK and Natasha Preston,

A group of older teens go and have a party at an abandoned castle, what could go wrong?!
This was my first book by Natasha Preston and although it took me a while to get into it, by the end, I really felt Id engaged with the characters. The pacing begins fairly slow, concentrating on the dynamics of the friends and a little back story. Even though these friends are close, there are cracks in the veneer and this always makes way for some good twists and a very locked room vibe.

I loved the world building and descriptions of the isolated countryside where the castle is located. We have a lot of small medieval towns here in the UK and I always feel that connected when any author bases their books in these villages. I found it really easy to picture where this castle was and even speculated if Id actually been to said village!

The general premise was good, we had a lot of cat and mouse tension, twists which leads to some nice speculation in your own mind while you're reading. There is some good foreshadowing which may lead you to the killer but even so, doesn't take away from the reveal.

4 stars