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The Invitation by Rachel Abbott
3.0
At first, I was a bit confused by the happenings of "a year later," but that was probably me, just not paying attention, lol. We start off at a dinner party for a wedding that is supposed to happen the next day.
We are introduced a bit to the characters, but when it came to the sister, that is where I had gotten confused. Something had happened to her when she was young, but somewhere in my mind, I took that as the "before story" and that the dinner party was "a year later." That's not the case.
Most of the group is aware of what had happened to the sister when she was young, as they had all grown up together, but one of the wives (possibly girlfriend at that time) didn't know what had happened. So you only get little bits of people not wanting to talk about it. Then tragedy hits, again...
NOW, one year later, they are all invited back, but no one expects it's for the reason they are all called there for... The brother who was originally going to ger married the year before thinks someone there is the killer. He sets up a Murder Mystery Dinner where all the guests have to try to retrace their steps and try to recall their conversations while wearing the exact clothes and eating the same food that fateful night.
If they don't follow the game to find out who committed the murder they year prior, the host will start telling all their secrets....
It was a pretty interesting read with some twists I didn't necessarily see coming. I didn't expect the exact ending but did kind of guess who the killer was. I was entertained, though, and things that happened in between kept me interested enough to finish the story.
I do think the ending could have been done a little better... It was kind of left what not everyone found out what actually happened, and some information was left kind of haphazardly in the prologue.
Thank you to Netgalley and Publishers for a chance to read this title in exchange for an honest review.
We are introduced a bit to the characters, but when it came to the sister, that is where I had gotten confused. Something had happened to her when she was young, but somewhere in my mind, I took that as the "before story" and that the dinner party was "a year later." That's not the case.
Most of the group is aware of what had happened to the sister when she was young, as they had all grown up together, but one of the wives (possibly girlfriend at that time) didn't know what had happened. So you only get little bits of people not wanting to talk about it. Then tragedy hits, again...
NOW, one year later, they are all invited back, but no one expects it's for the reason they are all called there for... The brother who was originally going to ger married the year before thinks someone there is the killer. He sets up a Murder Mystery Dinner where all the guests have to try to retrace their steps and try to recall their conversations while wearing the exact clothes and eating the same food that fateful night.
If they don't follow the game to find out who committed the murder they year prior, the host will start telling all their secrets....
It was a pretty interesting read with some twists I didn't necessarily see coming. I didn't expect the exact ending but did kind of guess who the killer was. I was entertained, though, and things that happened in between kept me interested enough to finish the story.
I do think the ending could have been done a little better... It was kind of left what not everyone found out what actually happened, and some information was left kind of haphazardly in the prologue.
Thank you to Netgalley and Publishers for a chance to read this title in exchange for an honest review.