This was an addictive read for me. I am glad, however, that this is a block party I will never be invited to attend. There are several characters and storylines to keep track of. Thanks NetGalley for the audio eArc.

If you are looking for drama - this book has it in spades! And it's the juicy kind ;-)
The Block Party features many characters and side characters but Jamie Day introduces them and weaves them into the mystery flawlessly. It is a fast-paced, tension filled, who done it... and it left me guessing until the very end. Definitely recommend! Thank you NetGalley and St. Martins Press or the ARC of this book in exchange form honest review.

This is a scandalously delicious summer read!
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Family Drama, Neighborhood Drama, Childhood Drama…SO MUCH DRAMA! I loved every tasty and juicy tidbit. Jamie Day is an awesome author that I’ll be keeping my eye on!

Everything comes to a head at the annual Alton Road Block Party. Long-buried secrets have been clawing their way to the surface and when they mingle with the new secrets on the block, it’s like adding vinegar to baking soda.

“The Block Party” is a volcano of betrayal, obsession, and scandal that has been simmering just under the surface. It erupts and everything (well, almost everything 😈) spews out on a Memorial Day that will forever be memorable!

Alton Road is an exclusive cul-de-sac that is like a world of its own. Wealthy residents seem to live carefree lives in their gorgeous houses. But behind their manicured lawns and picture-perfect windows are scandalous and shameful secrets dying to get out!

The story literally begins with a bang. A murder right out of the gate but we won’t get the details until the end of the book. The story switches between past and present, building suspense, with multiple narrators! I enjoyed piecing together my predictions! I could have done without so much rambling from Alex. Does she have a drinking problem? Hell YES! Do something about it so we can focus on the story, lol.

I received complimentary ARCs of both the ebook and audiobook, thanks to St. Martins Press and Macmillan Audio. The audiobook had incredible narrators and I highly recommend it. All opinions are my own. This is a scandalously delicious summer read!

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The Block Party is a mystery; a who did it. I could not figure it out until the end which is great because who wants to read a book when you guess what is going to happen. The story centers around one street and the neighbors in the town of Meadowbrook. Both teens and adults are part of the story with several different strands of the story but in the end it's all connected.
This is a fast, easy read; one you just don't want to put down. One can identify with the characters in the story.
This is a great, enjoyable story.

Thank you to Netgalley, Jamie Day, and St, Martins Press for an advance copy of The Block Party in exchange for an honest review. I feel like I say this on repeat but for me, theres just something about listening to drama when individuals are rich. I enjoyed following along with the great assortment of characters throughout this story. There were many different storylines in this one that flawlessly came together as the book went on. I definitely found myself rooting for certain characters while I judged other characters harshly. This is definitely full of suspense and I found myself questioning alot of the characters motives. I was very happy with the ending and I thought the author did a fantastic job creating this story. You can pick up this one on July 18th! 4.5 Stars!!

Oh my all the secrets that this neighborhood is keeping! Could have all the troubles been avoided if people would have just been honest and not kept the secrets?

Alexandra (Alex) was the one that was in charge of getting the annual block party organized for the Alton Road neighborhood. There were games, food and drinks. Alex’s husband Nick was concerned with all of Alex’s drinking. Lettie was Alex and Jay’s daughter and she stayed to herself for the most part until she discovered the new neighbor Jay. Jay was Mandy and Samir Kumar’s son that had just moved into this neighborhood and their real estate agent was Alex’s sister Emily. Emily and her husband Ken also lived in this neighbor with their son Dylan their other son Logan was away at college. Logan was the golden boy. Willow and her husband Evan and their daughter Riley were also a part of this area. And, Brooke the single lady that was beautiful and the guys were checking her out on her photo site!

The women are strong and do have each others back throughout all the problems. There is alcohol abuse, mental and physical abuse, drugs and cheating in this book and failed relationships. One of my favorite laugh out loud quote was when Lettie referred to Jay that was constantly using his Vape pen called him Puff the Magic Dragon. I promise you will absolutely love this book and will not put it down until you figure all the lies and deceit out.

I received this ARC from Netgalley for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

I love a good neighborhood drama thriller and The Block Party does not disappoint!

Alton Road is an upper class neighborhood with an annual Memorial Day party and someone was murdered. Chapters rotate between Alex and her daughter Lettie. As secrets come out and drama unfolds we discover who was murdered and why.

The story was fun and I enjoyed reading the neighborhood message boards throughout. I couldn’t put it down! If you enjoyed Big Little Lies then The Block Party is for you!

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for an advanced copy in exchange for my honest opinion.

Let's get this party started!

The story is told in 2 POV's, Alex, a mom, and Lettie, a 17 year old girl. A handful of characters and ages to keep up with, but I didn't hard to keep up with them.

The book starts present day Memorial Day Block Party in Meadowbrook on Alton Road that ends in a cul-de-sac. All is going great except Alex has already had a bit to much to drink and Nick, her husband has discovered she's already had one too many and takes her in the house, where she winds up passing out and wakes up to a bang!!! Didn't take long for gossip to get going on the local community facebook page of who's dead and who did it.

It's dual times, present day and last years Memorial Day Block Party leading up to to the current party, going a few months at a time.

To me, the story was slow, drags and gets a bit repetitive. I wasn't fond of Alex being narrated as a third person, while Lettie is a first person, she also explains way to may things. In all honesty, part of me wanted to dnf it, but didn't because she kept me wanting to know who was dead, who did it, and why.

There were a few jaw dropping moments and that's why I kept going. I was excited to be allowed to read it and I really wanted to like it a lot more than I did,

Thank you St. Martins Press and NetGalley for allowing me the opportunity to read this for an honest review.

Although this book started out slowly for me, I ended up really enjoying it. I look forward to more from this author. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the advance copy.

The families on Alton Road all have hidden secrets and the secrets turn into murder at their annual block party. But who is hiding what? This was such a fun read and I did NOT anticipate the ending at all. It was an easy binge read

The Block Party was a fun summer murder mystery read. The residents of Alton Road find that there are a lot of secrets. Over the course of a year those secrets start to come out. Throughout the story we know that someone dies at the annual Memorial Day block party, but it is not until the end that who and why is revealed. We learn through the story of Alex's drinking and marriage problems, Emily and Ken's marriage problems, Brooke's secret job and stalker, the mysteries of the new neighbors, and Willow's divorce. The high school students in the story also have their own issues that come to light. This was a fun read to figure out what happens to all the characters.

I received a digital advance copy of The Block Party by Jamie Day via NetGalley. The Block Party is scheduled for release on July 18, 2023.

The Block Party is happening on an exclusive cul-de-sac. The annual event is put together mostly by Alex, but her neighbors (some of whom she considers friends) contribute. This year, something goes terribly wrong, and one of the guests is murdered (we don’t know who or how). From here, we are taken back to last year’s block party, and follow the secrets and scandals that unfold from that night that lead up to the murder.

The story is told from the point of view of Alex as well as her teenage daughter (Lettie). The two points of view give us different pieces of information and different perspectives on the events, which helps us get a more complete picture. As a character, Alex is more complete, although I did have some issues with consistency in her character. Lettie was not as complete for me. While Day does manage to differentiate her from the adults around her, for me she was not always believable as a teenager.

We do get interruptions of a third point of view throughout the novel. This perspective is messages from a neighborhood chat group, made up of residents of a street a couple of blocks away. These messages start when they hear sirens on the cul-de-sac, which starts up speculation and the rumor mill. The people in the chat are not involved in the events of the main story, and do not seem to interact with the characters in the main story in any way. I think the novel would have been stronger without these chat excerpts, as they did not give us any new information about the events or characters of the story.

In the end, the murder is revealed, pulling together several threads that have been laced throughout the novel, and involving most of the people living on the cul-de-sac. The final resolution was logical and satisfactory, but not particularly surprising.

Overall, The Block Party was a well-crafted mystery/thriller. While it did not hold any surprises or major revelations for me, it was a solid read.

This book was a wild ride and was reminiscent of Desperate Houseswives!

Synopsis:

Alex is always the glue that holds her family together an the annual block party thrown in their upscale neigborhood where there are plenty of secrets behind closed doors. Lately Alex has been relying on wine to help her cope with life a little too much. Her husband Nick is concerned but she is confident everything is under control. Their daughter Lettie is dealing wih her own drama from her ex-best friend, the cute new mysterious boy next door and her unstable cousin.

Emily is Alex’s sister that also lives on Alton road She has two sons and a philandering
Husband who has notice .


There’s been a murder the night of the annual summer block party on the exclusive Alton Road. The residents of the exclusive cul-de-sac are entangled in a web of lies, and scandal that utterly unknown to the outside world or thee residents themselves. The story is tolld in a dual timeline of the previous year leading up to the murder and present day block party.

My thoughts:
I’m so glad Suz chose this for the literary lovelies discussion this month! It’s definitely a wild ride with many unlikable characters that are like a train wreck but you can’t look away. Most of the story is told from Alex’s point of view but about halfway through it was mostly through Lettie’s eyes, her eighteen year old daughter who was probably my favorite character in the book. She wsn far from perfect but ha many redeeming qualities compared to the parents and relatives that raised her.

Interesting and well written I just personally couldn’t get into the story. New neighbors. An annual summer block party. Hidden secrets that will eventually come to light. Difficult to follow at times and a little slow. I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

I really liked the concept of this book, and the inclusion of the social media posts and comments from people outside of the neighbourhood.

Overall, I found it to be a slow read, and it was sometimes difficult to keep up with all of the characters.

It was a good book, but I wouldn’t say I was wowed by it.

An ARC was provided by NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press in exchange for an honest review.

Overall I enjoyed this book, but there was a lot going on. Not a ton of characters, but enough that I struggled to keep track of who was who and how they were connected. 3.5 stars rounded up.

The story was easy to follow - the neighborhood block party ends in murder and the author takes the reader through a number of scandals, secrets and multiple sub plots amongst many characters. The story kept me engaged and held my attention and did give me vibes of Big Little Lies. I don't see any other books by this author so if this is her debut novel it was very well done! I would love to see this come to life in a Lifetime movie or something. Thank you St.Martins Press and Netgalley for my honest review.

Thank you to Netgalley and St. Martin's Press for this ARC!

What a ride! This must be the wildest Block Party Ever! this is definitely one of those books that you cannot put down, from the characters, to the never-ending shock of finding out a new secret and seeing how it tangled with the others was just amazing. I did NOT see that twist at the end coming but it honestly tied everything perfectly together.

5/5, tis is definitely a MUST read and I cannot recommend this enough.

Time for the annual block party! Every neighbor has their secrets, but which one is actually a murderer? 🤫

2.5 ⭐️ This one seemed to work for so many people, but sadly, not for me. 😕 The writing style felt a bit simplistic (all telling, no showing) and I wasn’t a fan of the chapters from Lettie’s perspective. As a high schooler, her chapters were full of angst and whining, which I never enjoy. There were a lot of characters and details, but nothing caught me for most of the book and I had to force myself to pick it up day after day. The action all happens in the last 15% and while I was curious how things would wrap up, I wasn’t as surprised as I expected to be based on reading other reviews. (I expected the biggest reveal and I think a lot of other readers will too.) There were some smaller reveals that did take me by surprise, but I wasn’t wowed enough to even tip my rating to average. With all of that said, there are plenty of great reviews on this book, so take mine with a grain of salt.

My thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for a complimentary advance copy of this eBook, out 7/18/2023.

One of the things I personally very much enjoyed was the alternating point of view between Alex and Lettie. Allowing the stories of both the younger members of the block (high school/college aged and the stories of the parents/adults on the block to be told simultaneously was crucial to this story. This is especially true because of the way their drama is interconnected and how it unfolds pieces of the mystery for the reader. This was a book filled with intrigue and kept you wondering who was going to be a goner in the end. I also liked the bickering and gossiping that was going on in the town message boards, because although it felt true to what goes on in certain communities. I definitely would not want lo live on this block, but I sure had no problem reading about the people who do!