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3.51 AVERAGE
Amaya is invited to Kaavi's wedding. But when she arrives everyone is surprised to see her which is a shock since the invitation said Kaavi and her family were excited to see her. But then Kaavis goes missing and is expected to be dead. But everything isn't what it seems to be! You're Invited is a suspenseful read! It switches between the wedding and the present and for the most part it's told from Amaya but then it adds in Kaavis. It's definitely a story with plenty of twists to keep you entertained! Great read!
Unsure how I felt about this book. I did enjoy the concepts and the family drama but I thought it felt flat with urgency during the scenes of distress. It almost felt like murder was normal and it was all going to be fine. I did find that the beginning chapter was intriguing and peaked my interest but then it felt drawn out until the end where the view point shifted to Kaavi, the bride. I did enjoy being immersed in the culture, the writing made the culture easy to understand. Overall I liked the concepts but did find it a bit boring until the end.
Pretty good mystery of who did it, like an Agatha Christie style book. Leading you in all directions till the end when you discover all the details. About two Sri Lankan women who were friends but had a falling out 5 years ago and one is mysteriously invited to the wedding of her friend and her ex boyfriend.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Decent plot overall and I liked the formatting of having most chapters end with an investigative interview. The beginning was a bit slow though. Last third of the book moved quickly and had some good twists.
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Really good book! Once I picked it up again, it was hard to put down. Each chapter introduced a new character and gave a little more information. Great build up of characters. Didn’t like how the ending was rushed. An explanation of how everything played out (with key players) was summarized in one chapter. Also, the ending was a little cheesy. Minus the last 2 chapters, this was a great read!
This on the edge of your seat thriller is told from multiple points of view and nothing is as it seems.
Best friends Amaya and Kaavi haven’t spoken in 5 years. When, out of the blue, Amaya gets an invitation to the wedding of Kaavi to Amaya’s ex-boyfriend, she knows she must stop the wedding at all costs.
As the story flip flops during the weeklong affair, between alternating perspectives and timelines, it appears that Amaya was not officially invited after all. After Amaya burns Kaavi’s wedding dress and Kaavi goes missing, Amaya becomes the prime suspect in what authorities believe may be murder. But everything is not exactly how it appears. The plot twist at the end will have you gasping out loud.
Best friends Amaya and Kaavi haven’t spoken in 5 years. When, out of the blue, Amaya gets an invitation to the wedding of Kaavi to Amaya’s ex-boyfriend, she knows she must stop the wedding at all costs.
As the story flip flops during the weeklong affair, between alternating perspectives and timelines, it appears that Amaya was not officially invited after all. After Amaya burns Kaavi’s wedding dress and Kaavi goes missing, Amaya becomes the prime suspect in what authorities believe may be murder. But everything is not exactly how it appears. The plot twist at the end will have you gasping out loud.
dark
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:
Yes
I don't remember how You're Invited ended up on my TBR back in 2022. Because I've been in the process of clearing out that list and making decisions on whether or not I still want to read some of these books, this book landed on the "to actually read" section, mostly because I saw the book at a local used bookstore and thought to myself, "Maybe it's time to read it."
Not knowing too much about the synopsis, except that it took place at a wedding ceremony, within the first chapter, it was made to be a murder scene. A jealous person murders the bride and all the guests get rounded up for interviews in trying to figure out who the murderer is. In the first 17 chapters, you're following the same character from the beginning, Amaya, and you understand what took place three months before the wedding of her ex-best friend, Kaavi, and the day of the wedding. Within those chapters, the reader is also getting a peek at the wedding guest interviews that are being held. As the story progresses, it makes it seem like Amaya was the one behind this murder/missing person, but as the synopsis states, other guests are also speaking ill about the bride.
The turning point starts in Chapter 18, where the perspective shifts from Amaya to Kaavi, and things start to unravel, that being rich and famous isn't always what it looks like via social media.
A few things to mark down, there are some self-harm passages while reading Amaya's perspective (which I'm surprised that there wasn't a trigger warning). But just as a note for anyone who's reading this review before, page 6, page 96, page 135, and page 207.
The second thing I marked down was the "plans" Amaya had, her Plan A, Plan B, and Plan C. Now, if you read the book, you know that there were more than those plans, but it was just interesting to mark them up to see what were her plans.
The story itself was pretty twisted; felt like I was reading something kind of boring, following Amaya's whining perspective that she HAS to apologize to Kaavi, and because her online friend Beth kept pushing her to do the right thing. It seems like every single thing that happened was made to go against Amaya (more information is provided within the interviews), but things got going when we shifted to Kaavi's perspective and the end-all-be-all was when Amaya gave her interview, where every single possible outcome that I thought got thrown out the window and I was trying to finish this book as fast as I can, JUST so I know what happens at the end.
I felt that this was a good read, even though I'm not knowledgable about Sri Lankan customs and wedding traditions, but the author made it easy enough to understand without overbearing the reader with all the lavish terms.
And Alexander? I honesty thought it was someone from the event..
Not knowing too much about the synopsis, except that it took place at a wedding ceremony, within the first chapter, it was made to be a murder scene. A jealous person murders the bride and all the guests get rounded up for interviews in trying to figure out who the murderer is. In the first 17 chapters, you're following the same character from the beginning, Amaya, and you understand what took place three months before the wedding of her ex-best friend, Kaavi, and the day of the wedding. Within those chapters, the reader is also getting a peek at the wedding guest interviews that are being held. As the story progresses, it makes it seem like Amaya was the one behind this murder/missing person, but as the synopsis states, other guests are also speaking ill about the bride.
The turning point starts in Chapter 18, where the perspective shifts from Amaya to Kaavi, and things start to unravel, that being rich and famous isn't always what it looks like via social media.
A few things to mark down, there are some self-harm passages while reading Amaya's perspective (which I'm surprised that there wasn't a trigger warning). But just as a note for anyone who's reading this review before, page 6, page 96, page 135, and page 207.
The second thing I marked down was the "plans" Amaya had, her Plan A, Plan B, and Plan C. Now, if you read the book, you know that there were more than those plans, but it was just interesting to mark them up to see what were her plans.
The story itself was pretty twisted; felt like I was reading something kind of boring, following Amaya's whining perspective that she HAS to apologize to Kaavi, and because her online friend Beth kept pushing her to do the right thing. It seems like every single thing that happened was made to go against Amaya (more information is provided within the interviews), but things got going when we shifted to Kaavi's perspective and the end-all-be-all was when Amaya gave her interview, where every single possible outcome that I thought got thrown out the window and I was trying to finish this book as fast as I can, JUST so I know what happens at the end.
I felt that this was a good read, even though I'm not knowledgable about Sri Lankan customs and wedding traditions, but the author made it easy enough to understand without overbearing the reader with all the lavish terms.
And Alexander? I honesty thought it was someone from the event..