I have read all of Sandie Jones's books.
I think this is my new favorite.
It does start slow but WOW what a ride.
It has many twist and turns and a great story line.

Three couples are heading to Portugal for a wedding. Rachel and Jack; and Paige and Noah are heading to the wedding of Will and Ali. Will is Jack's younger brother. Rachel and Noah have been best friends for over 20 years. Both deep down know that they have feelings for each other, but being married to others it is just not possible to act on those feelings. As the couples are settling in for the vacation, Rachel discovers a secret that could destroy her marriage as well as another relationship. Rachel is trying to spend the remainder of the vacation getting to the bottom of what she believes is an affair between her husband and the Bride to be, Ali. Does she tell anyone? Is she wrong and just paranoid? What is going to happen as she digs deeper? Who is going to try to stop her? Is Rachel going to stop someone herself? This book was actually pretty good. The twist was quite the surprise that I did not really see coming. Great beach read for the summer friends. Thank you NetGalley and Minotar books for the ARC. #NetGalley #theguilttrip #sandiejones

This book had more twists and turns that a switch back on a Colorado mountain! Just when you thought you had something figured out, the exact opposite happens. I truly love and enjoy reading novels that keep me guessing. At times, you can predict what's going to happen, and that is not always a bad thing. However, when you think you know and discover it is something else, that just adds to the excitement of the read!

The Guilt Trip unloads some seemingly unsavory characters. There are three couples all staying in a villa for the wedding of Ali and Will. The wife in one couple believes her husband is having an affair with the bride to be, and she's not sure she wants to find out if this is true. Circumstances open doors she did not expect, and she learns much more than she bargains for.

I highly recommend reading this and sticking with it, because you'll find that what you think is going to happen just does not happen that way.

I received this book thanks to NetGalley and Minotaur Books. The reviews expressed are my own opinions.

Three couples headed to Portugal for a destination wedding. When one of the wives suspects her husband of having an affair with the bride to be, she confides in her best friend, and the two of them work together to try and catch the cheating couple in the act. But not everyone among the six is being honest, and when the truth finally comes out, more than just feelings are going to get hurt. Fast read; don’t want to say too much that might give anything away, but when the secrets are finally revealed, it definitely made me wonder how that were able to keep them as secrets for so long.

Special Note: Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for allowing me to read this book in exchange for an honest review.

I absolutely love Sandie Jones and this one was a wonderful psychological thriller. "The Guilt Trip" was a fun romp.

This book started a little slow but really picked up. I enjoyed the 3 couples on this trip together and the dynamic all the characters had together. The flashbacks weren't hard to follow which is always appreciated when the author is jumping back and forth. There were moments in this book I caught myself asking why Rachel just couldn't talk to her husband!! This book was exciting and kept the pages turning, there were a few bits that I felt were unnecessary to the storyline and the reason I am giving this four starts instead of 5 is because towards the end I felt it was rushed and a key fact of the whole story was just sort of skimmed over! Overall love Sandie Jones and the way she writes, cannot wait for the next one!

This was a very good book with lots of twists, turns, and drama. This book will have you wondering what’s going to happen up to the very end. The main setting is a bunch of friends who went on a trip for a friends wedding. The characters are very relatable.

I highly recommend this book to lovers of mystery and suspense. This is a good one and I enjoyed every page.
I enjoyed the twists and the turns and getting to know the characters. I thought this story was so unique.
And the writing was great.
I felt this was a slow burn.... Which some slow burns I usually DNF. But this was I stuck with and I'm so glad I did!
This is my first book by Sandie Jones and I will be looking out for her others.
Thank you so much NetGalley, Minotaur Books and author for this awesome ebook copy!

The Guilt Trip is what you'd call a slow-burn thriller novel... Which initially I didn't know if I liked about it, but appreciated it later on.
One of the strengths of The Guilt Trip is the character development. Sandie Jones artfully crafted each character's personality in a way that made them seem as real(in both good and bad ways) as someone you would know in real life.

Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review of The Guilt Trip. @Netgalley @theguilttrip @sandiejones

I have read all of sandie jones’ books and will continue to do so, however this one wasn’t my all time favorite. It started out quite promising but the relationships, supposedly so strong between the main characters, devolved so startling quickly that it lost the ring of truth for me. Rachel the true main character is led to mistrust everyone in turn, with her suspicions veering wildly and turning on a dime. The ending is punctuated by a traumatic event that also comes rather out of nowhere. The book is a quick read and it’s not un-enjoyable in the moment of reading it, but the pacing felt rushed and the series of unfolding events were a hailstorm, not a slow but realistic build from one to the next. I would like to give this book 2.5 stars but since I can’t, I am forced to give it just 2.

I have to say, this book just didn’t do it for me. The characters were all horrible. Nothing really surprised me, and the ending felt very rushed and confusing.

This book was an amazing ride of suspicion. It shows how if you look at a situation one way you see one thing but take all you know shake it, put it under new lighting and a whole new image appears.
This is exactly what Sandie Jines has done again. As in her past books you truly believe what is layed out before you then suddenly blinders are removed and everything you thought you knew is completely different.
Her characters are created so that you as tge reader can relate. We all have people who fit the roles....type A personality, stay at home mom, young vivacious woman and the husbands that come with them..
Be prepared because once you start this book you won't want to stop.......laundry dinners and cleaning will all be ignored as you go with Paige, Rachel, and Ali to a destination wedding with catastrophic conclusion

I hate to write that I really didn’t enjoy this book. I had high hopes for this anticipated summer release, but I felt like it was a little all over the place with the writing. While I was reading I found myself skimming paragraphs at a time as I wasn’t overly invested (which is not really like me). I appreciate that this was a quick read otherwise I would have been even more disappointed. I appreciate there were a few twists here and there that kept up some intrigue without spelling out the whole story, but unfortunately it wasn’t enough for me to rate it much higher than a 2.5.
Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for the opportunity to read this ARC!

Wow! I did not see that ending coming at all. I enjoyed the twist on antagonists at the end of the novel, as Ali was portrayed as such a bad character. Definitely worth a read.

The Guilt Trip kept me guessing! Three couples head to Portugal for one wedding. But how many will leave? This book is an addictive page - turner that you won’t be able to quit! This keeps you guessing up until the very last sentence, and even then, you don’t know what might happen! If you want a book that will keep you on the EDGE. OF. YOUR. SEAT. I highly suggest this read!! Thank you to Netgalley and the publishers for an advanced review copy in exchange for my honest review.

Three couples head to Portugal for a wedding. One character ends up dead and one in prison. Is Ali really that flirty? Is Paige really that controlling? And is Rachel really that naive? They will all keep you guessing in this fast paced, twisty read. One reason I wanted to read this book was that it was set in Portugal, a place I visited just prior to the pandemic. Sadly, this book could have been set in any seaside resort town and did not give me the sense of Portugal I was craving. Still a great read though.

Sure to be a major summer blockbuster, grab this book and prepare for a wild trip in this fast-paced destination-wedding-gone wrong thriller! Three couples set off together to attend a dream wedding, but there are bumps along the way from the very beginning. There are hidden secrets among these wedding guests that connect and threaten those around them. This was a thrilling page-turner with lots of surprising twists that kept me guessing until the last page.

This was yet another quick, engaging thriller by Jones (I’ve read them all). She is the master of characters acting one way, but then making your realize that things are not always as they seem, and thus those actions may have a different purpose than the obvious. I enjoyed the setting and the unique ending. If you liked any of Jones other novels, I think you’ll enjoy this one too. READ: The Other Woman first, if not!

3.7 🌟

Sandie Jones, you have done it again! I have just finished reading The Guilt Trip and my heart is racing! If you are a fan of Sandie Jones (and if you’re not you should be) you will want to jump at the chance to read her latest. She has given us readers another exciting novel! What starts as a group of friends heading out to a destination wedding, ends with nothing as it was before they left. I don’t want to give any details away because that’s half the fun seeing as each truth is brought out to the open. And just when you think you believe someone and what is happening, you soon find out nope, wrong. Just wait! Grab your copy August 3rd!!! Which also happens to be my birthday!! Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press, Minotaur Books for the ARC!!!

This book drew me in at the beginning but as it went the drama was too high for me and it felt like everyone was just concerned about cheating. It seemed to take awhile to get into the thriller aspect and their was a lot of character building filled with drama.

Thanks to St. Martin’s Press and NetGalley for a copy to honestly review.