You know...for a debut novel...this book has got it going on! This is not only salacious, but it's juicy and cunning, all wrapped up in one! Jamie Day is one author that you should keep tabs on, because she's got what it takes to become literary' s next greatest! If she can do what she did with her first book, just imagine how good they will get over time! Gosh...I have goosebumps!

This book was a quick read that you can easily devour in one sitting! And the neighborhood is one that everyone knows exactly what you're talking about...there's one in every town! But someone in town is a murderer, and there are plenty of people that could or should be suspects!

The characters to the story, to the secrets, to the twists all offer the perfect combination of a summer blockbuster hit! I could totally see this being turned into a movie!

The Block Party is narrated by Megan Tusing and Suzy Jackson. Megan Tusing is one of my favorite narrators, but both seemed to be an absolute perfect fit for this book, which makes a huge different in how a book comes across!

Overall, I am incredibly impressed with the likes of Jamie Day and The Block Party! You can't go wrong when choosing this for your next read!

I'd like to thank Jamie Day, St. Martin's Press, Macmillan Audio, and Netgalley for providing me a copy of The Block Party which allowed me to contribute this honest and unbiased review!

This one took me a minute to get really into, but eventually I did and I was glad I stuck it out! It became very intriguing and twisty and fast-paced. So enjoyable as a mystery!

I was excited to dig into this one, but couldn't really get pulled in. Lots of characters to track and I just didn't feel the need to find out what happens next.
Thank you to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for the audio ARC.

I wasn’t sure about this book at first. There were so many characters and so much drama to keep track of. There were a few twists but the big one at the end had my jaw hitting the floor!

This. Book. Is. Fire!!! 🔥

I knew there was murder but didn’t know until the end who the victim(s) and killer(s) were!
I had so many suspicions about the lives of these complicated neighbors. Golly, though, some of them I didn’t see coming.
Jamie Day had me electrified with her writing, the plot, the action, the characters….
I couldn’t stop until I got to the end. It was absolutely electrifying!

This is a tv series waiting to happen!!! It has to!!!

The audiobook is oh so awesomely narrated by Megan Tusing & Suzy Jackson.

Thank you, Jamie Day, Macmillan Audio, St Martins Press & netgalley for my copy & audiobook! All opinions are my own.

This was my first Jamie Day book (audiobook) and I was hooked from the beginning. Great story! Great characters.

The Block Party was a fun summer read! I loved the tension of the neighborhood and the dramatic characters. Even though it was a large cast and hard to keep up with at first, I eventually got the hang of who was who and really go into it! Everyone has secrets but it was so fun finding out who committed the ultimate crime!

This book was NUTS in the best way possible. I loved that we got to experience two different POVs in the mother and the daughter. They were very different and often held polarizing ideas on the situations presented. I think that the classic idea of "everyone is doing the best they can" but you don't know what goes on in other people's heads absolutely applies here.. I would love to see this as a Netflix movie or a mini/limited series receiving the same treatment as Big Little Lies. Honestly... freaking riveting.

I have recommended this book to several bookish friends.

This one could be two stars but also could be four.
My problem with it was the amount of characters and storylines.
I get that it was designed that way to really make the reader think and wonder about the murder and what happened and what led to it, but in the end there were so many separate storylines that I felt like it became too much. The thing was, the storylines were interesting, but so many things happening I just couldn't decide in the end if I liked what was happening. In other words, too much was just too much. It became hard to pay attention and like, or even dislike, any one in particular. And becaused of this, by the end I didn't even care who died or why as the attempt to dramatize the lead up made the climax almost anticlimactic.
I was lucky enough to get the audiobook and ebook. Although I liked the narractors, I actually think this novel is better when read. It felt easier to keep track of characters and their storylines while reading instead of listening.

Thank you NetGalley, St. Martin's Press, and Macmillan Audio for the arcs.

I've started and stopped this one a few times and I just don't think it's for me. Fully believe this could be someone else's fave book and it has a lot of potential! *graciously bows out*

DNF @ 24%.

I tried to listen to this book a few different times thinking that maybe I was just not in the mindset for it or something but I just couldn't get into it. I felt like it didn't grab my attention enough and there were so many characters that it was hard to keep track of who was who and what was going on. The story lines for the characters didn't seem to connect very well so that was difficult to maintain my attention as well. I decided to throw in the towel. It just wasn't for me.

What could be better than a block party? It's an opportunity for the community to come together, get to know each other, and have some fun. The residents of Alton Road–known as Altonites by those who are not one of these “lucky” few–have an annual block party often organized by Alex Fox. She does her best to make sure that everyone is happy and having a good time, but one summer things don’t quite go as planned; one summer the block party ends in murder. ⁣⁣⁣

The Block Party was an okay mystery. I liked that it started with the murder, but you don’t know who the victim is, drawing me into the story before jumping back one year. I also like that there are two narrators–Alex and her daughter, Lettie–along with sections consisting of community social media posts from those outside the Alton Road community. They each have their own unique voice, bringing two perspectives to the story. The story moved too slow for my tastes however, and I found a lot of the characters to be rather annoying. I think that, were I to live in that area, I would be referring to them as Altonites and having the same opinions about them that the social media posters did. There was just too much focus on drinking and social standing. I honestly found Lettie’s story more interesting than Alex’s. I just wanted more from this novel.⁣⁣⁣

The audiobook was one where I could take it or leave it. I liked that there were two narrators, one for Alex and one for Lettie, but I found Lettie’s sections to be much more enjoyable to listen to. Overall the pace was too slow, there wasn’t enough inflection (and by extension suspense), and some of the characters were presented as very whiny. The best part of the audiobook was probably the social media posts; I liked the unique voices given to the numerous individuals included in these sections.

Now this is a great summer read guys! The Block Party by Jamie Day is full of suspense and drama of all sorts and I didn't want to put it down. There are multiple viewpoints including Alex's teenage daughter Lettie as well as posts from the online community page. We also have some time jumps, and everything combined made for a very engrossing story. The main viewpoints are Alex and Lettie, and it was interesting seeing certain things through the eyes of a mom and her daughter. There are plenty of twists and turns along the way, and I don't think I saw a single one coming.

The audiobook was really well done, and I highly enjoyed listening to Megan Tusing & Suzy Jackson narrate. I was already a big fan of Tusing, but I thought they both did a great job with the various viewpoints and community page. They brought the book to life for me and made it easy to follow along with what was happening. I was able to listen at a 3x speed as well, which ended up being the perfect pace for this one. The Block Party is a great take on suspenseful domestic fiction and I also liked the way Day handled the heavier themes. If you are looking for something a little different in the best way, I would recommend picking this up at any time of the year!

This book was a drama filled thriller with lots of twists. There are many character, each with their own subplot that makes it hard to follow along with. The beginning keeps your attention, but in the middle it drops off and lets that min wander a bit.

I alternated between the ebook and audiobook. The narrators of the audiobook do a fantastic job of differentiating the vocals for each character.

I want to thank Netgalley, Macmillan Audio for an advanced listening copy, and St. Martin's Press for an ARC of this book..

I wanted to love this audiobook but I just couldn't get into it!

DNF'd after months of trying to get through it. The narrators were okay, although the younger one tended to annoy me (but also because of her book character). Too many plot points and I couldn't get over how many times they mention the mom who has an alcohol problem. Characters unfortunately felt too flat for me and this resulted in me not being able to finish it :(

I tried this one and then I tried it again. MacMillan Audio was kind enough to grant me access to this title, but it just wasn't for me. Perhaps in the future I will try it again and like it, but I failed to connect to the plot line. I felt it dragged and it never managed to pull me in.

Jamie Day's THE BLOCK PARTY is the exact sort of novel I enjoy. Bougie, catty, dramatic relationships between women, their husbands, and competitive neighbors down the block. The narrative format of setting up the block party year to year is what I enjoy as well, but I will say that this book had entirely too many characters and tried to do too much. The result: stopped caring about any of them and couldn't wait for it to be over.. I think it should have focused on EITHER just the parents, or the teens. To try to build so much intrigue between so many people got absolutely ridiculous. I did enjoy the use of the neighborhood app as a mechanism for reporting the buzz around the emergency.
Good narration.

Every year, the residents of an exclusive cul-de-sac on Alton Road come together to host block parties. However, this year's event takes a dark turn, and as the party comes to an end, the sound of police sirens fills the air instead of the usual fireworks. The residents of the glamorous Alton Road have been keeping secrets behind their dazzling curtains, and now the world is about to discover them.

The Block Party is a scandalous neighborhood drama. I loved the way the spider web connected the residents of Alton Road and their dirty secrets. I enjoyed the story, although it was easy to predict the majority of the twists. Nevertheless, the read was captivating. However, if you know me well, you know that I often dislike many main characters. Let this be the only disadvantage of this novel. Other than that - the book is an exceptional summer read that can be finished quickly.

Thank you, NetGalley, for a free and advanced copy of the novel.

The Block Party is a suspense novel about a murder during a Memorial Day block party on Alton Lane. The story follows two narrators, Alex, a mediator, and her daughter, Lettie, a high school senior. The narrative alternates between previous and current block parties, with some chapters taking place in different seasons. The characters are unlikable, and the plot moves slowly. Despite the unlikable characters, the mystery behind the murder and the identity of the victim keeps the reader interested.

Thank you #Netgalley and #stmartinpress for this free reader's copy for an honest review.

The Block Party is a bit of domestic suspense set in the middle of an episode of Real Housewives of Connecticut. The opening sets up a bit of intrigue: after getting drunk at the annual neighborhood bock party and making a fool of herself, housewife and divorce mediator Alex goes home, passes out, and wakes up to flashing lights and sirens; the next chapter, comprised of a neighborhood chat group, hints that someone is dead. Told in alternating POV (Alex in 3rd person and her 17-year-old daughter Lettie in 1st person), intermixed with some more of the neighborhood chats, we back up a year and progress through all of the events leading up to the current disaster, uncovering nasty secrets along the way. The twists are actually rather decent, if not predictable. No one in this book is a decent person, though. They all have things that make them unlikeable, not the least being the two POV characters. That's not all that terrible given the reality show atmosphere of this story, but I found Alex's POV incredibly annoying and repetitive. Okay, she's an alcoholic. Besides being incredibly cliche in itself, everything she does is predictable and stereotyped as a boozy, nosy housewife. Lettie's POV is a bit more interesting, if not irritating. She's in love with the new older "bad boy" and is a rebel who just wants to get out of dodge after graduation. Again, some ridiculous decisions and actions ruin the ability to suspend disbelief. I was curious enough about the murders alluded to in the opening to keep going to the end, but I kind of wish it had just been a YA story told from Lettie's POV alone, and then it might have been more consistent, if not more entertaining.