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Raves for the hottest thriller of 2023! "This is wicked fun." --Publishers Weekly “Absolutely amazing. Readers are going to flip!” —Lisa Gardner, New York Times bestselling author of ONE STEP TOO FAR "Like a firecracker on a hot summer night . . . If you like my novels, you’ll love THE BLOCK PARTY.” ―Elin Hilderbrand, #1 Bestselling author of THE HOTEL NANTUCKET This summer, meet your neighbors. The residents of the exclusive cul-de-sac on Alton Road are entangled in a web of secrets and scandal utterly unknown to the outside world, and even to each other. On the night of the annual Summer block party, there has been a murder. But, who did it and why takes readers back one year earlier, as rivalries and betrayals unfold—discovering that the real danger lies within their own block and nothing—and no one—is ever as it seems.
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Very boring. I liked Lettie's perspective more than Alex's but it didn't really read like a teenager and was too over-dramaticized and her emo nature and the love interest's bad boy felt like caricatures. I could not put up with it for another 300-some pages
There's been a murder at an annual block party on memorial day. But who was it? Let's go back a year to see how we got here.
This was a fun mystery that reminded me a little bit of Big Little Lies or One of Us Is Dead by Jeneva Rose. Like BLL, in The Block Party, you know that someone will die by the end, but you don't know who or why. There are a number of affluent families, all with their own secrets, their own problems.
Every new character introduced feels like they could either be the victim or the perpetrator. This is a book with a focus on its women characters. The characters and their journey takes center stage as the mystery is also unfolding. It feels a bit like watching reality TV as all the drama unfolds over a year as things are building up to the murder.
This was a very fun read, filled with flawed characters, and there was really good character growth. I had such a great time reading it, I just could NOT put this down. I read it in one day in practically one sitting.