Twenty years ago three girls go on an escape to visit a chateau in France and were good friends. Fast forward to the current day and all the girls get a random invitation to the chateau for one last time. They all go because the grandmother of one of the girls and the owner of the chateau is dying. After the girls arrive things start to get tense and loyalties are questioned. After Serephina , the grandmother, is murdered one evening the antics start and everyone starts to get suspicious of each other. What really happened?

To start let me just say I was disappointed. The way this was pitched to me was as a locked room type mystery in a french chateau where everyone is suspicious of each other. It wasnt that for me. To me this was more of a drama than a mystery thriller. Yeah there were moments of thrill and suspense but I was in the background to the drama of the story and the relationships of the girls. I felt like this was more about the issues the girls had with each other more than what had happened to Serephina and why. I got bored at times and it took me a little longer to read than what I would have liked. It wasnt horrible but I just wasnt a fan.

This book was really difficult to get into. Most of the time I could not keep up with what was going on with the characters or the storyline, perhaps it was me. Disappointed as I usually super love this author and everything they put out. I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

Thank You NetGalley for the copy of The Chateau. I have never read anything by this author so I wanted to give her a shot. It was def a great mystery thriller and I know ill read more by this author in the future. It is told by multiple POV's which I am not always a fan of but I was able to tolerate it in this one. It had great detail in the writing and flowed really well. Lots of drama for sure which was fun!

Wow!! Twisty and thrilling, The Chateau if bingeable, and keeps you on the edge of your seat. I highly recommend!

If you like stories about complex female relationships and long buried secrets this story is for you!

Four friends reunite in Provence at a French chateau for mysterious reasons. They've been summoned by the Lady of the Chateau who has her own secret intentions. While the friends enjoy the the sights and local culture of Provence, tensions arise and before you know it, a dead body is discovered.

Who killed the Lady of the Chateau? Why? What other secrets are being hid?

This is not at all what I expected. I thought this would be more creepy and thrilling, but this is definitely a drama. Four friends reconnect on a trip to France at one of the girls' grandmothers. Then the secrets start flying after the death of Darcy's grandmother. But be warned death doesn't happen until 30% into the book and it is not a who done it. The Chateau is a drama based off who has the bigger secret and how it affects the group of friends. I kept reading because I did want to know everything, but honestly it was all kind of lack luster reveals. However, if you like reconnected friend groups, big secrets, the French countryside this one could be for you! A big thank you to Netgalley and Atria Books for an early digital copy.

3.5 ⭐️
Four friends are invited back to The Chateau where they used to visit Darcy’s grandmother, Seraphine, on weekends over 20 years ago. They are all surprised by this sudden invitation and don’t know why they are invited. Going into this book I thought it was supposed to be more of a thriller…which it is not. It is definitely more of a whodunnit murder mystery and a lot of family drama. I was not expecting the holocaust aspect either. There was many secrets revealed about each character and overall just a bit too much drama and a lot to follow at times.

Thank you @netgalley and @atria for the eARC of this book in exchange for my honest review

The story revolves around a close-knit group of four best friends: Darcy, Jade, Vix, and Arabelle. They go on a vacation to Darcy’s grandmother’s grand chateau in the picturesque Provence region of France. The occasion is Jade’s 40th birthday celebration, but the trip is also a chance for them to reunite with Darcy’s grandmother, Seraphine, who has called them for a specific purpose.

However, their joyous gathering takes a dark turn when Seraphine is tragically murdered after a night of revelry. While the atmosphere is more steeped in drama than thriller, the four friends are thrust into a quest to unravel the mystery behind this shocking crime. Suspicion begins to cast its shadow on each of them, and as they race against time to uncover the truth behind Seraphine’s murder and the looming threat that now hangs over them, they discover that the chateau harbours numerous hidden secrets.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publishers for sending a digital ARC in exchange for an honest review.

🏰🗡Book Review:
Title: The Chateau
Author: Jaclyn Goldis
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️/3 stars

I liked it, but I didn't love it. The cover made me want it 🤣 I swear I've read so many books about the big house, girls' getaway, and family secrets. I think I'm just over it at this point. It's going to take more than an ominous book cover to receive five stars!

Séraphine Demargelasse extends an unexpected invitation to her granddaughter and her three closest friends for a girl's getaway at her fancy chateau in Provence, France. As they enjoy their time in the wineries, markets, and restaurants, they have an ominous feeling that there is something more sinister in store. Séraphine has many important things she needs to reveal. Secrets kept for far too long. But before she is able to speak to each woman, something tragic happens. In the aftermath, these friends will expose the secrets between them that Séraphine wanted to share. They may have arrived as friends, but it's not guaranteed that they'll leave that way.

Thank you, @netgalley and @atriabooks, for this ARC in exchange for my honest review!

Published: May 23rd, 2023

Thank you to NetGalley for providing a digital copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. Now this, this is a good twist & turn of a book. In the beginning, I was ready to pull out a piece of paper to keep track of all the different characters being introduced, but the story picked up and I got lost in it. Four friends who met in college descend upon the Chateau decades later at the request of the matriarch. Within the first day there is a murder, lies exposed, an attack and everyone to blame. At some point there's a twist I didn't see coming and couldn't put the book down, I needed to know who was to blame in this tragedy. Now that I've finished, I'm ready to reread to see it all unfold from that perspective - something I never do after finishing a book!

The Chateau

Wow wow wow. This was so amazing. I was spinning round and round to figure out where it was all going to go and truly I had no idea.

I thought the audio was amazing and had different narrators that played the parts so well.

I would highly suggest this one. It’s completely bingeable. The ending leaves you up in the air though - which might be the only thing I disliked and why I gave it 4.5 stars instead of 5. The story is a bit longer than needed at parts, in my opinion, but totally worth the ride.

Secrets, secrets, secrets. This book was full of secrets and drama. There are a lot of characters to keep you guessing while reading, but ultimately this book fell flat for me. The plot is a bit unfocused and the ending was a little to soap opera-y for my taste.

This is a great book to read on a vacation or at the beach! Full of intrigue and mystery and that lingering sense that we never truly know who our friends are. I truly enjoyed this book!

I did not finish this one, it was not for me, I couldn't relate to the characters, and just did not care for the story.

Super creepy and atmospheric. Loved the setting and all the twists and turns.

Thanks to the publisher for the advanced copy!

I thought this book had a unique setting, different from others I’ve read. I enjoyed the multiple POV for the most part but at times felt it was unnecessary. The book was suspenseful but jumped a little all over the place at times. Overlap had fun reading this!

This was such a good book! I loved the different perspectives, and how the story unfolded. Highly recommend! Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC in exchange for an honest review! ❤️

It’s been quite a while since I’ve read a psychological thriller that’s also a little bit locked door and I loved this book. So many plot twists that I didn’t see coming and I didn’t suspect the culprit being who it was either. The French countryside imagery, the food, the people really helped bring this book to life.

The four ladies take a bit to differentiate without looking at the chapter titles but I did get there. It is a rare thing for me to highlight passages while reading but there were so many good ones in this book I just had to. These ladies all have their own unique but relatable stories & feelings – none of their history feels like it couldn’t be someone you know. The background details on Van Gogh were something I wasn’t expecting and I love learning bits & pieces from books.

I was not a fan of the ending chapter – I don’t want to give anything away. It was unexpected & I wasn’t a fan of where things were left. That is really the only thing that I would change about this book.

A big thank you to Atria/Emily Bestler Books for the opportunity to read this book. I burned myself out in thrillers a while ago and this book was an absolutely awesome dip back into the genre. I highly recommend picking this one up. All opinions are my own. Rounded from 4.5 stars.

This was quite the interesting read. It took me a bit to get into it because I didn’t like any of the main characters but there was some great redemption arcs as the story went on!

It’s hard to say much without delving into spoilers but I found the whole wwii era plot line to be sad and fascinating, but mainly sad because I’m sure there are many for whole that story could be based on reality. The current murder plot was well done, it kept me on my toes!

Overall, this was a solid thriller for me!

Friends, enemies, lovers---the relationships in The Chateau by Jaclyn Goldis are unpredictable. The novel follows four best friends who return to visit Serephine, grandmother of Darcy and a wealthy widow with many, many secrets. Over the course of several days friendships are destroyed, relationships are ruined, and the truth is finally revealed. Overall, a fantastic novel!