A review by bookbenderwitch
Such a Lovely Family by Aggie Blum Thompson

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

𝑺𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝑨 𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝑭𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒚

𝒷𝓎: 𝒜𝑔𝑔𝒾𝑒 𝐵𝓁𝓊𝓂 𝒯𝒽𝑜𝓂𝓅𝓈𝑜𝓃

𝓐𝓫𝓸𝓾𝓽: The cherry blossoms are in full bloom in Washington, D.C., and the Calhouns are in the midst of hosting their annual party to celebrate the best of the spring season. With a house full of friends, neighbors, and their beloved three adult children, the Calhouns are expecting another picture-perfect event. But a brutal murder in the middle of the celebration transforms the yearly gathering into a homicide scene, and all the guests into suspects.

𝓕𝓪𝓿𝓸𝓻𝓲𝓽𝓮 𝓒𝓱𝓪𝓻𝓪𝓬𝓽𝓮𝓻: Trey. I love his wittiness, and I feel so much sympathy for him. 

𝓦𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓘 𝓵𝓲𝓴𝓮𝓭: The DRAMA! This book has so much of it, and I loved that part. Family secrets, affairs, death, deception! The banter between the siblings was great and the secrets really kept me going, I HAD to know what the heck was going on! 

𝓦𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓘 𝓭𝓲𝓼𝓵𝓲𝓴𝓮𝓭: One of the characters truly annoyed the crap out of me the entire book. She at times took away from the terrible reality they were facing, and for me it gave a lot away. 

Overall this book kept me very intrigued, and had quite a few twists I didn’t expect. 

Thank you, 

 𝒜𝑔𝑔𝒾𝑒 𝐵𝓁𝓊𝓂 𝒯𝒽𝑜𝓂𝓅𝓈𝑜𝓃, NetGalley and Tor Publishing Group for this advanced copy