This was a fun read! A 1920s murder mystery party gone wrong. The premise was such a fun one and kept me guessing until the end. But i am not sure if that was due to the volume of characters and storylines happening. There was a lot to keep up with, but still was a good read!

Enjoyed this book. Didn’t really know why to expect. A remote hotel , a murder mystery. A cheating spouse what could go wrong? Everyone is suspicious and Becca finds her self with mystery around every corner. So good and twisty

This is a fun romp! Blake surprises wife Becca with a weekend away at a luxury hotel (more like a mansion) that's a Murder Mystery game that is so popular. Becca is still smarting from Blake's recent indiscretion and is leery about spending the weekend under an "assumed" name with a 1920's flapper theme. But she adores mysteries and is pleased Blake thought of it so...let's give it a try! But of course, appearance is rarely reality, and when one of the hosts actually turns up dead we know something nefarious is likely. Filled with witty dialogue and puns, the novel really is "all dressed up" with somewhere to go! Enjoyed it!
Thanks to NetGalley for this ARC!

Becca and Blake are in the middle of a marriage crisis. Brought on by Blake’s betrayal, Becca is having a difficult time forgiving him, even with the help of a marriage counselor, the pain grips her heart. The weekend getaway, Blake has planned is an attempt to right the wrong. Set in an old manor, the 1920 murder mystery theme may just be the fun they need to remember why they love each other. Becca loves BBC crime dramas and she is intrigued by the mystery, fun clues and role-playing the weekend has to offer. But there is more than just fun going on, and when one of the actors disappears in real life, there is a real mystery to solve.

The story is written like a good mystery should, lots of misdirection, you’re not sure who is the actual villain, clues are dispersed throughout the story, some clues to solve the “fake” crime and some for the real crime but which are true? This was a very fun read, I enjoyed the story inside a story, solving two mysteries for the price of one. I will admit, I did get a bit tired of Becca’s anguish, I understood it, it added to the story line but at the same time, in certain places I felt it did not serve the storyline. The writing is good, characters are well developed, a couple of plot clues were a bit muffled for me but overall the story was enjoyable. How can you not enjoy a fun flapper themed mystery with an additional mystery to boot?

Thanks to NetGalley for the chance to review this book. I was drawn in by the premise and the initial character sketches, but became frustrated with the narrator and her constant internal monologue. And although it felt like the author tried to present plot points at a solid pace, the tension wasn't there for me and I lost interest. I would give this author's other books a try to see if it was a matter of the narrator's POV or that the style wasn't my taste.

Great idea, but for me the story was lacking something. It was very hard to stay interested.

Thank you Netgalley and the publishers for the ARC for an honest review.

I liked the concept and the setting, unfortunately I did not care for the main character and being in her head. I think it just dragged the story down too much right from the start.

3.25 stars
This was a fairly tedious book to read, but also kind of fun. I’m happy to have read it, but it wouldn’t have a permanent home on my shelf.

This book is about a murder mystery weekend at a hotel. The main character Becca and her husband Blake are attending in an effort to save their marriage after Blake is unfaithful. I thought I would like this book given the premise but alas, I did not. Too much description (yes, there could be too much) and uninteresting characters made this read a slog.

I always love a mystery within a mystery and that’s what this book is. Becca is swept away for a surprise 1920s murder mystery weekend with 3 other couples by her husband Blake in an attempt to save their marriage. But Becca has a hard time trying to move on with so much trust lost in Blake due to his office affair. In attendance is another couple whom Becca and Blake know socially and Becca has always thought they had the ideal marriage that she craves. But all is not what it seems in this theatrical murder mystery performance. It keeps getting harder to separate what is real and what is on script. A cast member goes missing, whispers in the hallways, strange things keep happening. As they try to solve the murder mystery, could someone really be a murderer? Some farce and comical moments along with some clichés. But the twists and turns will have you guessing until the end. Hard to put down, I read it quickly and enjoyed the journey as the mystery unfolded and each character’s true form came to light. Just a fun light read.

Many thanks to #netgalley #alldressedup #jillygagnon #randomhouse for the opportunity to read and review this book.

Thank you NetGalley and Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine for the copy of All Dressed Up. This was a cozy mystery and if the book had kept to the mystery and not Becca’s inner turmoil it would have been better. She isn’t a very likable character and I didn’t enjoy her musings about her relationship with Blake. She was so clueless about him until she finally figured some of it out that weekend it was hard to believe they were married. The story had so much potential, a mystery during a murder game mystery, I was disappointed that I didnt enjoy the book more. There was a colorful cast of other characters but I got them confused because they all had real names and game names that seemed to be used interchangeably.

LOVED!!!!! It was so unpredictable and such a unique read! The main character Becca was a little annoying and too focused on her own drama at points that it became a bit repetitive, but that’s okay. I honestly can’t wait to read more of what Jilly Gagnon has to offer in her future books!

Delightful-- reading this was almost as fun as being on a murder mystery weekend vacation myself! A classic whodunit confection.

Thank you Netgalley and publisher for an e-ARC in exchange for my honest review.

This ended up being a 2 star read. I loved reading the synopsis when requesting this book. Unfortunately, this plot moves so slowly and it's bogged down with a lot of internal dialogue from Becca about her personal matters involving Blake and his cheating.

It felt like the author couldn't decide if she wanted to write a murder mystery or a women fiction surrounding a traumatic event. I personally wanted the murder mystery but it takes so long to get there. By then, I had no interest in the plot and the unlikeable characters.

This was such an interesting book. Lots going on in it. It was different from what I’ve read before. There are two different mysteries to be solved. The writing was really good and it kept me guessing. I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced free copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. I received a copy from the publisher through NetGalley.

Get ready for a story, in a story, in a story. There is so much going on in this novel, based over one weekend, where individuals go to attend a murder mystery weekend, where it appears that some real mystery may also be a foot. In addition, we have some drama between couples, old friends and new friend connecting and learning new things about each other, while trying to uncover the mystery they went to solve. Jilly Gagnon did a great job of telling the story and laying out all the different plot lines so the reader remained interested and was also clear on what was happening. There were only a few times where the plots were getting confused but this was intentional as the characters were the ones confusing them. The major players were well fleshed out for the reader and most of them likeable -- except for those you were likely not meant to like and those were also clear and outlined in such a way to engage the readers emotions and desire not to like them very much. I do not think I have ever read a book quite like this one and appreciated the cleaver way the author told the tale. I look forward to reading more of Gagnon's work in the future.

Thank you so much to Penguin Random House and NetGalley for the digital copy of this ARC in return for an honest review. All the opinions expressed within this review are completely my own.

Becca's husband Blake has been cheating on for the past half a year. Becca is having a hard time coming to terms with this reality so her husband tries to make amends by bringing her to a hotel for a 48-hour murder-mystery type event along with three other couples. Although they showed up with the intentions of solving a *fake* murder - to everyone's surprise there is a TRUE mystery unfolding when one of the actors disappears. This book has the potential to be a thrilling murder mystery, but sadly I was disappointed with the execution.

I think that the most exciting part of a MURDER mystery is typically the MURDER part - but the author chose to spend SO MUCH TIME talking about Blake cheating on Becca. We are in Becca's head for most of this novel analyzing their relationship from every angle. She compares her relationship to others, she is jealous quite easily, and she doesn't really develop much past this throughout the entire book. I get it, if this was happening to you in real life you'd be hyper-fixated on it no matter what murder mystery scenario you're placed in to, but man oh man did I want to just say "GIVE IT A REST" to Becca. Blake tries to redeem himself throughout the book, and reminds Becca that he loves her, he's sorry, yada yada yada, I was bored with all that nonsense.

What did I like about this book? There were some parts throughout that made me laugh and there were some interesting interactions that happen with the other characters sprinkled throughout this murder mystery -- when we were actually focused on the murder mystery portions of it... but I feel as though those parts are overshadowed by the repetitive thoughts we keep returning to in Becca's mind. I get it, you can analyze a single situation 10000 times... but does a character REALLY need to do that?

I would recommend this novel to someone who is dealing with infidelity - it may be comforting to be able to relate to a character going through such a hard core trauma, but I felt as though it was overdone and really took away from what had the potential to be a captivating novel.

2.5 stars from me.

I rec'd a free advanced reader copy of this book. I loved the cover and the premise of a murder mystery getaway. It literally made me want to participate in this type of activity at a historic hotel. Essentially, the majority of the book is spent trying to solve the weekend murder while trying to determine if there is actually a more serious real crime that has been committed, so a crime within a crime. I liked the main character but I often thought she could have made some better decisions. My biggest issue with the book is that I thought it could still be a fun story and murder mystery without the overlay of complicated marital relationships. I found the main character's real life drama with her husband Blake and their subsequent interactions and resultant conclusions about relationships and marriage just unnecessary for the plot of the book and quite frankly, I just didn't agree with her conclusions, nor did I respect them.

A real missing person case occurs during a 1920's murder mystery weekend, at a secluded estate turned hotel, in this unique read. Throw in a few suspicious guests, some questionable acting skills from the staff, and a marriage on the brink of failure and you get a tense, sometimes campy, double whodunit. It was fun trying to follow the pretend murder mystery clues and the real clues for the missing employee of the hotel. My only con for this book was the resolution Becca and Blake come to in the end for their marriage.

Thank you to NetGalley and Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine for access to this arc.

I received this book free of charge from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.

I loved the premise for the book. A couple goes on a murder mystery weekend and encounters a real murder. Who really did it? Was there another murder or was it something else?

I found it really hard to keep the alternate names fore the characters straight. I felt like I needed to keep a cheat sheet. Every chapter kept rehashing that Blake cheated on Becca which at one point became a bit much. This was only 3 days and yet we heard about it all the time it seemed. I get that Blake was trying to make amends for his action by going to the week3end but, ugh.

I did like the murder mystery part. Some of the fake clues, who could you trust or not trust. That was all really well laid out and fun to do. I guessed the fake murderer but not the rally murderer