This is a new author for me which I enjoyed and look forward to reading more from her in the future. This is a well written story that brings twist and turns to a new level. The author's use of details not only give the story a realistic feel but also kept it engaging. The characters are relateable and I enjoyed them. They pulled me into the story from the beginning and kept me turning pages to the end. This is a story that is full of action and I had a hard time putting it down. This is a story about six friends and one tragic situation that changed lives for everyone. This is a case where jumping to conclusions could bring apart friendships and marriages. What will the secrets do these relationships? This is a great story that I enjoyed and what the characters brought to the story. An engaging story of frienship, secrets and marriages. I highly recommend this book.

I must be in the minority on this book. It had lots of good reviews but i couldnt get into this book at all The characters and story just fell flat for me.

I finally just read The Half Sister in June and didn't love it. I also didn't love this one. Which is disappointing because I loved her first 2! I gave The Other Woman 4 stars and The First Mistake 5 stars! I don't know if I'm just not into these domestic thrillers anymore or what. I will keep trying because her most recent are by no means awful or bad. Just not quite as good. Maybe I just think she should've gone where my head went instead of where her head went. lol. I want it my way! Whatever.

This book is a destination wedding gone wrong. No likable characters but definitely a beautiful setting, Portugal! And I love the cover! I'm not big on themed covers where even though the books are unrelated, there's a theme. Like Riley Sager's bookcovers. You see one, you KNOW it's Sager. Or Stephanie Perkins' 2 horror novels. Or Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen's bookcovers, though it looks like The Golden Couple is decidedly breaking that mold. I like covers that actually show parts of the story. And this one does.

But speaking of story, I just didn't care for it. I guess there's only so many ways you can go in a domestic thriller but I felt it was weak. So not my favorite but I think I did like it more than The Half Sister.

I couldn’t really get into the book and the main character was just not observant. The ending was kind of confusing and I satisfying. It did have a good summer vacation feel but overall it fell flat to me.

The ending was unexpected, and the events leading up to it were suspenseful. I sped through this book in two evenings, as the characters and their stories were captivating. The author did well to keep up the pace and throw in some curve balls. This is a recommended quick and enjoyable read!

What a trip! From the first page to the very last, I was caught up in who is lying and who is telling the truth. Sandie Jones has written a suspenseful thriller, with many twists and turns. I loved the storylines, the layers of deceit, and the mystique of the Portugal coastline. Thank you NetGalley for my copy. My comments and opinions are my own.

The Guilt Trip by Sandie Jones is a thrilling tale of love, love lost, long lost love and deceitful love. From the moment you start this book you are wrapped up in the world of Rachel, her husband Jack, her best friend Noah and his wife Paige as they embark on a trip to Portugal to celebrate Jack’s brother, Will, and fiancé Ali’s wedding. As we get to know the three couples we find that their past has not been kept in the past and is still haunting them in the present.

Thank you to Minotaur Books and NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This story is full of unlikeable characters, backstabbing drama, and a whole lot of unreliability. While the overarching storyline was good, I found it hard to keep up with the number of characters and all of their sordid secrets. There was literally no one to root for, and it was hard to feel invested in the outcome.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an e-ARC copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review.

Three couples venture off to Portugal for a destination wedding for Ali and Will. There, secrets will be revealed and the friendships and marriages go awry.

This was a pretty quick and suspenseful read. A couple of twists, especially at the end.

Y’all, this was disappointing. I really enjoyed her book The Other Woman so I had high hopes for this one. But no. It was not a thriller. It was a domestic drama with a crazy, unrealistic, action-packed ending. While it was fun to read the last 50ish pages, the end didn’t really justify the means. Unfortunately, I don’t recommend.

This cover is so gorgeous and the premise sounded interesting but this story just didn't work well for me. I'm not a high drama person. I'm not completely opposed to drama in a book, especially if it moves a plot along and fits in well, but this whole entire book is drama.

It's 6 people - 3 couples, all friends and headed off to the wedding for 2 of them. But really, it's a relay of who you think is having an affair. There are fingers being pointed everywhere and, in between each new reveal and blow up is either a food event or other wedding drama. I think if I'd liked a single character in the story, it might have helped, but maybe not. It was just too much relationship drama and not as much mystery for my taste.

<i>A huge thank you to the author and publisher for providing an e-ARC via Netgalley. This does not affect my opinion regarding the book.</i>

I listened to the audio version of this book. Here is my review: Five long-time friends are traveling to Portugal from GB for the wedding of one of them. The sixth person is the bride-to-be, a boisterous young woman who seems rather self-absorbed. Everyone has secrets. Which are true? Which are false? This book focuses on interpersonal relations and suspicions among partners. It was an interesting book, with some surprising outcomes. I'd recommend it!

Two couples, Rachel and Jack, Paige and Noah - go to the destination wedding of Jack's brother Will and his wife-to-be Ali in Portugal, and the backbiting, gaslighting, and buildups of secrets and suspicion begin. Besides Noah and Will, who don't have much personality at all - they all seem to deserve each other. Perhaps this was on me, this was much more of a soap opera focused on infidelities, imagined and real, than the thriller I expected. The "action" was repetitive and a little hard to care about, given the unlikability of most of the primary characters. Nearly abandoned it several times, but powered through, and the ending was a little far-fetched but fairly well-executed - 2.5 stars, rounded down for the first 90% of the book.

Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.

This is a huge and repetitive mess. I kept thinking something was going to shake well and it did not.
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This domestic thriller was like running a marathon. A quick moving dramatic story of couples intertwined lives attending a wedding. Lots of twist and turns. Enjoy this quick read, and the deep personality traits of each character.

What a fun ride! The characters were really well written, the atmosphere was perfectly described and the tangled web of relationships was well explained. There were a few things I'd unraveled, but there were still a few surprises, which for me makes for a great mystery. I will seek more from this author and I would recommend this to anyone looking for a good story about friendship, betrayal and destination weddings.

A promising premise, a stunning setting that fell short.

This was a highly anticipated read for me and unfortunately, it wasn't all that I expected it to be as I was under the impression it would be more of a thriller. Don't get me wrong this is still a decent book but it was difficult to follow at times and the characters weren't very likable at all. This is a novel set in a beautiful Portuguese Villa, packed with drama and friendship betrayal. The story is filled with lies and has the reader trying to decipher the truth between the couples. The ending provides quite a twist but left me questioning if all the build-up was worth it.

Thank you to NetGalley and St.Martin's Press for the ARC Digital Copy of The Guilt Trip.

Intense. Chilling. Twisted. Read in one sitting. I am loving this genre reminds me I’d I have a destination wedding NO CLIFFS

Jones is the queen of subterfuge and the path we start on isn’t always where we end up. When a group of friends go on a weekend trip for a destination wedding, things don’t turn out quite as expected. Ali (the bride) is a ditzy blonde and the stories she tells just might not be true. Jake and Rachel and Noah and Paige have been friends forever, but these friends have secrets, BIG secrets. As the story unfolds so do the secrets, but who’s telling the truth? A soapy fun read with an ending that works perfectly!

A group of long time friends travels to Portugal for a destination wedding. In the process we find they all are lying about something, secrets start to come out, and things get very out of hand.

The prologue starts out hinting at a death and I was invested from that moment. This one is a reaaallly slow burn - that death doesn’t actually happen until almost the very end. Some of the secrets were easy to guess but some were very surprising. This was a fun summer thriller!

Thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for the advanced copy