As a person who spends WAY TOO much time reading Mystery/Thrillers, I was quite looking forward to reading this upon receiving the ARC.

The Girls Weekend started very slow for me but once the story got going, I found myself absolutely gripped! I can just picture this book as a TV series or a movie. It has that touch of drama and mystery that keeps you hooked.

I'm usually pretty good at guessing the end of mysteries, but I was stumped till the end in this one. There are just so many motives and means, combined with a complete lack of alibis that really keeps you turning the pages!

It was an enjoyable book. The suspence wasnt as great as I had hoped, but still a nice read.

The concept isn't very new. Something terrible happens and one of the people around did it, but who? It had a nice twist at the end, but not enough to give it 4 stars

The Girls Weekend was basically the locked room version of The Hangover. It was a combination of a wild drunken night that no one can remember and a girl’s getaway at their friend’s mansion. Thank you so much to Netgalley and Crooked Lane Books for this advanced review copy.

I loved the concept of this book. It was a new twist on a classic whodunit plot. A group of five friends get together for a girls weekend after not being in touch for many years. They all have reasons to resent the host, who is rich and controlling. After a drunken night where no one can remember what happened, the host is missing and there are bloodstains on the stairs. The girls each have their own motives and back stories which keeps you guessing what really went on that night.

I liked the way the author kept the reader guessing throughout the book. There were many unique characters who each had their own personal stories. I was able to connect with this book right away and read through it quickly. I found it very interesting and the main character was easy to connect with. I felt that the middle did lag and it lost some of my attention, and the ending wasn’t the huge shock I hoped it would be. Regardless, I liked this book a lot and give it 4-stars.

I give this 3.5/5 stars. The Girls Weekend is a fast-paced thriller with an entertaining storyline focused on five women with complicated friendships who are coming together after years spent apart. The friend hosting the weekend is a wildly successful children's author and perhaps the richest of the friend group, a woman named Sadie whose marriage is perhaps not quite what it appears (and with a man who was once linked to one of the other friends in the group). The story unfolds by detailing scandalous interpersonal conflicts and highlighting some of the toxic traits of each women as well as the negative aspects of the friendships they share. The author does a great job of outlining the different possible motives for each person who is a suspect, and keeps the reader guessing. I found the story to be not wildly unrealistic as many thrillers tend to be, and it had a satisfying ending. I enjoyed this book and would read another by this author again!

This is the type of book you want to read when you don't find out whodunnit until the very end! I absolutely loved this book and stayed up until the wee hours to find out who the killer was. A group of friends get together for a weekend. Some of the women haven't seen each other in many years. Not all of the women get along as well as they used to when they were younger. After one drunken night, they discover that one of the women is missing, there is blood on the wall. All of the secrets and clues are slowly coming to the surface and you don't know who the killer is until the end. Everyone is a suspect! I would highly recommend this book!
I received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Solid story with great twists. Really liked the dynamic of the girls. Kept me engaged and entertained. Thank you publisher and netgalley for this arc in exchange of an honest review

We've all had those moments when trying to decide whether to attend a gathering, of old friends, relatives, even a church gathering. We are anxious and nervous but excited at the same time, wondering what could be the worst thing that could happen? Probably the worst thing would be a murder where you are the main suspect but have absolutely no memory of the night before. Welcome to The Girls Weekend by Jody Gehrman. A really good mystery with a solid backstory and characters that would set your teeth on edge if you knew them. The story takes place on an island where the access is limited, so the murderer has to be one of the group. That is the only real clue you get, the rest are part of the overall story so you must pay close attention. Good solid mystery that my book buddies are going to enjoy.

I have not read anything else by this author, but I will now. I found this book to be a perfect blend of suspense and mystery. I loved the author's descriptions of the scenery and setting. She used surprising similes that were ideal. The characters were believable, with none all good or all bad. The mystery surrounding Sadie's disappearance was complex enough to keep me guessing and surprising me by the end. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and highly recommend it.
I received an Advance Review Copy of this book. All opinions are my own.

The Girl’s Weekend
Jody Gehrman
Publish Date: June 9, 2020

This book had a lot going for it! I am always here for a locked room mystery. This one was a booze fueled, college friends reunited, fast paced thriller. At times the narrator June wasn’t my favorite. I did, however, enjoy her writer’s insight as she worked out the various scenarios going on around her.

June ends up the main suspect in her frenemy’s abduction/murder following a night of drinking with old friends. No one present in the house can remember what happened the night before. Were they all blackout drunk or did something else happen? June wonders if her years of jealousy ended in something violent.

I had a few suspects in mind as I read this one, some of the plot twists I expected. I think this is a perfect beach/vacation read.

I gave it 3 stars because it didn’t surprise me, I didn’t get attached or bond with any of the characters.

Thank you @netgalley and @crookedlanebooks for an advanced copy for my honest review.

The Girls Weekend, by Author Jody Gehrman,

This book takes place in the Pacific Northwest of Washington State - at  a sprawling estate in the San Juan Islands. This caught my attention right away, being that I live on the West coast of Canada, and love this beautiful natural area of the world.

It's a Girl's weekend story, with a group of 5 girlfriends connecting after many years

It kind of started off on a good note for me, but I became quickly bored with the storyline. It just did not capture my attention as the story progressed.

A fair read however, and one that will probably capture many readers

Thank You to NetGalley, Author Jody Gehrman, and Crooked Lane Books for my advanced copy to review

2.5 Stars for me

The Girls Weekend by Jody Gehrman was a pretty solid mystery. Sadie McTavish is a wealthy, celebrated author of a series of books for young adults. She invites her college friends up to her mansion on the San Juan Islands for a girls weekend. They haven’t all been together for 15 years. June Moody, a writer of no fame and a college professor, is one of her friends. June is the main character. June and Sadie have a rough history. They both dated the man who Sadie is married to currently. June has always felt a sense of competition and resentment with Sadie. When all of the girls get there for the weekend old grudges and Issues come out. After a night of partying everyone wakes up and realizes Sadie is missing and no one remembers what happened night before. What follows is a locked room whodunit. I enjoyed that the story is told from the viewpoint of June. It added to the mystery of not knowing who did what. The suspense was kept up at a good pace. The ending felt a little bit rushed but did not take away from the story as a whole. I will definitely read other books by this author. Thank you to net galley and the publisher for the advance copy of this book. All opinions are my own.

Reading the book description, I was really anticipating reading it. This is my favorite genre and I love twisty mysteries. Unfortunately, this fell a little flat. It was a good book but not a great one. The setting was great for me as I love the Pacific Northwest, with the Seattle area one of my favorite places to visit. I just thought the ending could have been better.

Five best friends reunite and their vacation turns into a crime scene.

A very good and edgy thriller, after 20 years 5 friends get together to reunite and celebrate one of the friends being pregnant. But secrets get revealed, blood is on the walls, and people start to go missing. Who could be the killer?

Thank you, NetGalley for my copy of this book. I would love to read another book by this author.

The last event June Moody wants to attend is a reunion with her four college friends at her longtime rival’s luxurious, island estate. Enduring an extra painful piece of literature would be preferable to a weekend spent with the group’s hostess, Sadie, and her husband — June’s former flame. However, a recent breakup sends the English professor scurrying for a place to hide.

The party kicks off with a rocky start when friendly greetings and reminiscing collide with unresolved issues and festering grudges. The weekend festivities take an unexpectedly dark turn when the friends wake up the following morning to find Sadie missing, the house in disarray, and blood staining the stairs. Exacerbating matters, each of them has motives to want the hostess gone from Amy who has lived most of her life trapped under Sadie’s thumb to June who agreed to a secret meeting with Sadie’s husband, Ethan, but none of them can remember the night before leaving them to wonder if they were drugged.

I love a good locked-room mystery, so I jumped at the opportunity to review Jody Gehrman’s The Girls Weekend. Unfortunately, I could not connect with the story or any of the characters. The heroine, appropriately named Moody, is extremely unlikable. She comes across as bitter, self-centered, entitled, and crude. For that matter, all the characters fit this description. For all of them being in their late thirty’s, they piled one bad and immature decision after another. Drudging through the little more than 300-page story proves challenging without a single sympathetic character.

While the five women have become estranged, they supposedly were close during their college years. However, their early friendship feels equally fake and non-existent. The glimpses we see of the past portray the girls more like leeches knit together by their mutual desire to extract what they want from each other instead of true friendship. I cannot say whether this is due to June being an unreliable narrator or the author’s inability to bring their friendship across the page. Either way, the effect remains the same. It places an unscalable wall between the reader and characters.

The setting, one of the story’s stronger components, still remained pretty average and doesn’t stick once the book is closed. Gehrman’s writing itself was decent. She just needed to give readers likeable characters they can rally behind and feel invested in.

The Girls Weekend follows June Moody as she reunites with her college friends for a weekend away after years apart. Personalities clash, jealousy surfaces, and some secrets can't stay hidden. An intriguing thriller that keeps your hooked until the very end.

This is my first mystery/thriller read this year. I don’t normally choose these types of books because I rarely find myself being surprised by the outcome in the plots.
Unfortunately this book was no different. But, I enjoyed it nonetheless and give is a 3.5.
It’s easy to read, the writing is done very well. It did keep me interested the entire time. I think I was just waiting for a big shift in the plot, but either way it was an enjoyable read.
I’d say it’s a perfect “starter” for this genre or for people who are easily spooked.

The girls weekend by Jody Gehrman.
A very good read. Some good characters. I liked the story. Well written. Tense in places. 4*.

June was in love with Sadie’s husband but turned down his proposal. June has become increasingly jealous of Sadie’s successful life over the years and is hesitant to go to Sadie’s luxurious home for a girls weekend, but ultimately decides to go. Sadie is pretentious and condescending. She’s also a control freak. The weekend is going okay until the girls wake up with no recollection of the night before, but Sadie is missing and there’s blood at the stairs. This was a great whodunit with decent character development. This would have been a 5 star read for me, but the ending seemed a bit rushed and for me, was a disservice for the book. 4 stars for this enjoyable read that kept me guessing! Special thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the arc in exchange for an honest review.

Five friends from college get together for a girls weekend to have fun which goes awry. The characters are clearly delineated and their mentalities well portrayed. The human behaviour when pushed against a wall is very true and practical.The suspense is well maintained, but the police investigation is neglected especially for a high profile case. A good read.

June gets invited to her college friend/nemesis house for a girls weekend with their college friends. June was just dumped by her boyfriend via text and she feels her life is less thank Sadie's so does she even want to go? Their mutual friend talks June going and the fun starts immediately! Ethan, Sadie's husband, is June's ex-boyfriend. The girls drink and wake up the next morning and all have zero idea what happened the night before. Sadie is missing! Where is Sadie? That is the question the 4 remaining women are asking each other! So many secrets come out and it takes the reader on a wild ride! I decided finishing this book was more important than sleep but it was so well worth it! I received an advanced readers copy and all opinions are my own.