A great twisty thriller that I finished in a day and would make for a great beach read. At times I felt the story line was a bit repetitive but the unexpected twists and turns more than made up for that. If you like celebrity culture and the toxic undercurrents of fame this is for you. Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC in return for an honest review.

This Home is an exclusive celebrity resort club with multiple locations. The newest addition, Island Club is hosting a 4 day A- list celebrity party. The story is told from 4 points of view describing the weekend escapades. The events take an ominous turn and several end up dead. This mystery kept my interest and was a quick read. I really enjoyed the book.
Thank you NetGalley for the opportunity to read this ARC.

There was something about this book that just made it hard for me to get into. There were so many chapters with tons of details, but barely any dialogue. I felt my mind wander several times throughout. The first half is quite slow, but I will say it does pick up.

There were SO MANY characters and narrators, at time it was really hard to follow. I love multiple POVs, but it has to flow seamlessly and in my opinion this one did not. Unfortunately several of the characters were very unlikeable, which makes it hard for me to enjoy the story. I feel like this book could have been very good with a few less narrators.

Thank you Harper Booms for this e-ARC in exchange for an honest review.

A thank you to Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

Serviceably entertaining, but not so much so that I would feel like I missed out had I missed it, which was essentially my reaction to their first book. Fine if you're looking for a no brainer beach read, but if you want something a little similar, I would recommend Lucy Foley's The Guest List or Liane Moriarty's Nine Perfect Strangers (although I enjoyed the mini series with Nicole Kidman a lot more.) As others have mentioned, it was slow to start and it did pick up a little, but only a little.

This mystery-thriller set on an isolated island follows several wealthy elite and the owners & employees at Island Home, just one of several exclusive clubs that caters to the 1%. The chain of resorts is cleverly called "Home" as they fulfill each member's needs in the lap of luxury - a Home away from home. And anyone who is anyone awaits an invitation to become a member and to attend the launch party of Island Home. Lots of time is spent laying the groundwork and introducing the many characters, while hinting at the horrible events that will transpire. It's at the 75% mark that the novel really hits its stride when the long-awaited evening finally arrives, and everything leading up to it is finally explained. If you love reading about rich people behaving badly and a "locked door" mystery (since the island can only be reached at low tide), then this may be the book for you.
Thanks to #Netgalley and #HarperBooks for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.

This was ok. That’s as far as I’m going. It had a TON of buildup that was almost anticlimactic. So many characters that alternated POV so I wondered if I needed a chart to keep track. The idea of the Home is a different setting premise and I liked that part of it. Thanks to the publisher and netgalley for this copy for review

I do not review thrillers often and I am not sure how to do so without spoiling, but this was just not the thriller for me. There were too many characters, the plot was a bit convoluted, and the twist was just NOT IT for me. I think that the author has writing talent, but I did not enjoy this book much.

This book was so tough to get through with such a slow build. It was extremely wordy, too many characters and I almost DNF. The ending shocked me a bit, but not enough for me to love it.

It took me quite awhile to get into this book, there were lots of characters and lots of details that didn't feel important, but then it took off and captured my interest. Who was killed and why, lots of suspects, lots of motives and revenge. Who will come out the club unscathed?

A story featuring fictional "celebrated people, none of whom are likeable, most of whom we luv to hate.
Well-plotted with lots of twists & connections. Lots of descriptive writing--really sets the mood, location and surroundings.
With great thanks to NetGalley & HarperCollins for this ARC!

I enjoyed People like her so i was excited for this one and im happy to say i actually enjoyed this one more! Reading about the rich and famous is a guilty pleasure especially those with secrets! This gave me a very "knives out" agatha christie vibe. I will say this was a slow burn, the payoff being the last 1/3 of the book.

Def recommending this to my friends

4/5

Full review closer to publication date!

I'd like to thank the publisher,Harper and Netgalley for providing me with a copy in exchange for an honest review.

It was really slow to get interesting and it was a slow burn.I didn’t connect to characters and it reminded of an Agatha Christie locked room type novel . There are some twists and turns so it’s not all predictable. I think many people will like it .

Home is the club to be a part of. It only accepts the most famous of celebrities, and even if you are a member, the kick off parties for their new locations only allow for a small fraction of their members to come. This is their biggest launch yet, the entire Home island. The party doesn’t exactly go off without a hitch however.

Ahh celebrities behaving badly at an exclusive club with no phones or cameras allowed. What could possibly go wrong? Well, just about everything, I suppose! I could not put this book down, I needed to put all the puzzle pieces together, and there were plenty of puzzle pieces to connect! I found this to be an enjoyable thriller!

This book is so much fun for any fans of things like the White Lotus or just celebrity culture. I loved how the book is told through shifting characters and news reports. Ellery Lloyd continues to not miss.

I was hooked from the start with the faux Vanity Fair article setting up the murder mystery to follow. Of course one half of the writing duo is a former content director of UK Elle and editorial director at Soho House. This book is OK Magazine meets Agatha Christie meets Soho House Mustique Island - in all the juiciest can't-put-down-this-page-turner ways you can imagine. Its March 1 publication is a little early for 'beach read' season, but this a perfect vacay thriller.

I received a digital pre-publication copy of this book in exchange for an honest review, and I'll be featuring it in a round-up of Murder Mystery Weekend Reads.

What an utterly delicious novel showing the precarious position one may find themselves in even in the most glamorous of surroundings! A treat!

The Club is a locked-room murder mystery taking place at the exclusive grand opening of a new location for Home Group, a thinly-veiled fictional version of Soho House.

What I liked:
-I enjoyed trying to guess who each celebrity was a real-life composite of.
-While this is a story about the excesses of the ultra rich and famous, I felt it poked fun at the concept of celebrity and the ridiculous obsession society oftentimes has with unremarkable people (i.e. The Royals, Housewives, The Kardashians, etc).
-The fake Vanity Fair article was a nice touch. The inclusion was reminiscent of one of my favorite novels, Night Film, which also included news' publications.

What I didn't like:
-I didn't mind the numerous narrators but there were way too many secondary characters. I would often forget who I was reading about and had to read a few paragraphs in order to remember who was who and how they were tied into the plot.
-It could have been more condensed as I was getting bored with the overly descriptive and repetitive parts.

TW: statutory rape, murder

This book is really a series of mysteries heightened by frequently shifting perspectives, making it feel fresh in the saturated mystery/thriller genre. I'm wary of thrillers that feel too formulaic and utilize tropes because there are so many around right now, but The Club managed to set itself apart for me.

The eponymous club is an island retreat for the ultra rich and ultra famous, so exclusive that the competition to be invited to it's opening weekend is fierce. Once on the island, the accommodations are luxe and booze and drugs abound. Things start to go sideways pretty fast.

Structurally, I thought the book was really well done. The use of 4-5 narrators could have been disjointed, but I thought it kept the pacing fast, and each perspective gave different clues about what might have happened. In addition, the story is interspersed with news articles about the events, which always provided some interesting puzzle piece. Maybe some might guess what happens before the end, but I really wasn't one of that group. It kept my attention the whole way through.

There is also some good commentary on celebrity, violence, and justice, and readers who follow celebrities on instagram or read about them will absolutely not want to pass this book up.

I received an eARC copy of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

Welcome to Island Home, the most exclusive club in the world. Island Home caters to the rich & the famous, the celebrities of the Arts. Artists, musicians, movie actors, TV actors, you can find them here. Whatever one desires, they will get it for you. Your happiness is their pleasure.

The launch of Island Home will be spectacular. Ned Groom, the owner, has invited the best of his clients: a famous artist, a movie star and his starlet wife, and a well-known talk show host, to be the first to enjoy the pleasures of the remote island. Nothing is going to ruin this weekend for Ned. Nothing. He has a fabulous surprise for each of his favorite celebrity clients, something they will remember for a long time to come.

The weekend starts off with a bang, lots of drinking and drugs. Ned takes each of his guests one at a time aside to present them with their surprise. And what a surprise it is! Ned is not only increasing his rates astronomically, he expects each of these men to pay up. Ned is cold and ruthless with his guests; likewise, he treats those in his inner circle of employees with disdain. At the height of the evening, Ned is elated while everybody else wishes him dead. But does anyone have the gumption to do it?

As I read this book, a song kept going through my head, The Hotel California by the Eagles …” you can check in anytime you want, but you can never leave. “ The beginning of this book was a bit slow but then it takes off like a rocket. Stick with it, you won’t be disappointed. The characters are so deliciously decadent and selfish.
I felt like I was reading a Jackie Collins novel.

Robyn Heil, Buyer for Brodart Co.