I zipped through this read and really enjoyed it. It was an engaging story of what happens behind closed doors-and what happens when those doors open. I appreciated the multigenerational aspect of it.

Told third person through Lettie and Alex with some conversation from the neighborhood page. Apparently Alton Dr is the place to live. Sloooowwwww and not that entertaining. It starts with present then jumps back to explain the past year. Alex involves herself in everyone’s life, while ignoring her drinking. She is a mediator for couples going through divorce and will use that as an excuse for drinking. Lettie is a senior doing the college application thing, tries to get revenge but learns some hard truths.

An alcoholic who has it “under control,” secrets in marriages, infidelity, a stalker, underage drug use, an overdose, adult drug use, underage affair with married man….basically a train wreck you can’t look away from.
Seriously wish I DNF’d this. Argued with myself through half the book. There was enough of an interest to tell myself I was intrigued

I saw someone describe this as a blend of Desperate Housewives with Big Little Lies, which is what caught my eye! I absolutely agree and would throw Pretty Little Liars in the mix as well. This was a twisty book filled with that neighborhood gossip you can’t resist. Made for a fun read with some important messages woven in. I’ll definitely be recommending this one to my circle!

Thank you to NetGalley, St. Martin’s Press, and Jamie Day for the chance to read this digital ARC in exchange for my honest review. Publication date is July 18, 2023.

This book gave major Desperate Housewoves vibes and kept me interested and guessing from page one!

Lots of twists I never saw coming or would have guessed!

It will make you wonder exactly who is living in your cul-de-sac.

If you are looking for a book to escape to that's fun, full of dysfunctional characters and twists and turns, then this is what you want to read.
The story's point of view comes from Alex and her teenage daughter Lettie. Alex is that person who organizes all the gatherings in the neighborhood and knows everyone's business. Her daughter Lettie is the senior in college who is ready to be out from under her parents' control.
The book opens right up with police sirens and gunshots. Then the story goes back to a year earlier and we meet all the rest of the characters in this affluent subdivision. Lies, infidelity, betrayal, drinking, drugs, stalking, murder, secrets.... this neighborhood is involved in it all.
A fun read, but not much more for me. The characters were too dysfunctional for me to connect with any of them. I received a complimentary e-book from Netgalley

Thank you Netgalley for the opportunity to read and review this title.

A great summer mystery. Reminded me of Desperate Housewives or a novel by Liane Moriarty. Neighbors whose lives are intertwined, keeping secrets, spreading gossip, making assumptions. Entertaining and fun. Surprise ending too!

This book gave me major Desperate Housewives vibes and I enjoyed every single second!! It’s a delicious story that I couldn’t put down, eagerly awaiting the next dramatic event, but equally thankful this was not my life. It took me a few chapters to get the characters straight but they were each so unique, I quickly realized who was whom.

The story centers around a street in an exclusive neighborhood, otherwise known as Alton Road. Everyone knows everyone and the story kicks off during an annual block party. Before you know it, gunshots are fired and the police have been called. Who was murderer..& why?

I absolutely adored both the mystery and neighborhood secret vibes, a great book to wrap yourself into!

Thank you NetGalley for this arc in exchange for an honest review. This book comes out 8/1/23

Thank you Netgalley for this ARC. This book was so damn good! It was page turning from the beginning and the plot was very interesting. I loved the twists and turns that it had and I can say that this is a perfect thriller!

During the Alton Road annual block party, rumors start flying on Facebook about why the police have arrived. Rumors are saying that someone is murdered, but who, and why? This book did not end the way I expected, at all. You learn about each family, and discover that any one of these people could be killed, or the killer. I was guessing right up until that twisted end.

The Block Party started off strong, with the first couple chapters reeling the reader in with the death of a main character. The page turner is that though we know there’s been a murder, we don’t know who died, how it happened, or who did it. It was off to a promising start that had me turning the pages to try to learn about each of the characters and the secrets of their lives. About halfway though the story though, there were so many different subplots and little secrets the reader is trying to figure out, it’s almost like that mystery in the beginning is forgotten. The story becomes so focused on the past leading up to the present day that it all becomes a confusing and jumbled story. By the time the last few chapters brought us back into present day, I had forgotten what had even happened in the first couple chapters that set this whole story off. Overall, the idea and concept was good. The characters however were a bit obnoxious and there were so many sub-stories it lost momentum and become confusing.

I love a good neighborhood drama and this book had plenty of it! Lots of storylines, lots of twists. There are some heavy topics covered but nothing that isn’t around the corner in reality. This book was engaging and I didn’t expect a murder mystery to be narrated partly be the teenage daughter, so that added another fun aspect. I enjoyed this book!

This book unfortunately fell really flat for me. There was absolutely no need for so many chapters and so much information that did not add to the plot. I feel as though it was a bit messy without any true ‘wow’ moments. It was so slow paced that at some points I didn’t want to keep reading. The overall story was okay but truly lackluster.


Thank you to NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this arc.

There is a lot of scandalous stuff happening on this block! Alton Street had a lot going on. It goes into the happening of several neighbors with lots of secrets.
If you like an action packed, keep you guessing book book this one is for you. It almost seemed too much with the secrets and twist. But I was very entertained.
Thank you

OMG this book he so many twists and turns. I rate it four out of five stars! I will recommend this book to others to read.

Great story, a little outside what I normally read, but I really liked it. Kept me guessing until the end which I liked.

Thank you to Netgalley and the author for this Arc.

This story was awesome. The residents of Alton Road throw the annual block party, and usually, all is fun and games. This story brings to you a different view of these residents. Brings to light their secrets. The secrets that hide behind closed doors, the ones that seem to seep out to everyone. Will anyone on Alton Road make it out unscathed at this years Block Party?

I found this book to be a good mystery read. It kept me guessing from page one. The characters were dramatic and fun to watch. The book was filled with drama and had so many crazy things that it's hard to explain. It was written very well and will definitely keep a reader on the edge of their seat. It makes you want more. I have never read this author, but having this Arc makes me want more.

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This book is about a neighborhood that seems more like a family. It felt like a complicated family with a whole lot of secrets. It was fun to see how all those secrets and mayhem played out by the end of the book. I liked the way the book was written. You are hooked in the beginning with what is happening from the beginning of the book, then you get the background. It was fun seeing the message board comments from outsiders as well. There are several hard things in this book, but overall I liked this book.

Thank you to St. Martin's Publishing Group and NetGalley for the advanced readers copy in exchange for an honest review.

Robert Frost said, "Good fences make good neighbors." That was never more true than in the upscale Massachusetts neighborhood of Alton Road where the boundaries between neighbors and friends has been completely blurred-and now the consequences have been deadly.

Alexandra Fox is the consummate planner and has taken the helm of the annual Memorial Day neighborhood block party yet again. As she sets out tablecloths, organizes food and drink, games, and entertainment, it helps her to deflect on the strain of her marriage to Nick, her rocky relationship with her only child, teenage Lettie, and her drinking which has ventured beyond social and is fast becoming a serious problem.

But Alex isn't the only one grappling with serious issues. Her neighbor and sister Emily suspects her husband Ken of infidelity. Fellow neighbor Brooke has a stalker-and a popular Only Fans account that has attracted a few neighborhood admirers. Willow and Evan's bitter divorce rages on as the neighbors take sides and the collateral damage is their daughter Riley. Finally, the mysterious and elusive new neighbors, The Kumar's, may be keeping to themselves for a serious reason.

As the police are called to the block party when someone is murdered, anyone can be a suspect.

This twisty domestic suspense was engaging and entertaining. Spanning a year from block party to block party, we get to know the neighbors' backstories and try to figure out what went so desperately wrong.

Prepare for some true surprises! It's the perfect summer thriller-and you'll never look at your neighbors the same way again (wink).

I appreciated whole heartedly getting this from Netgally.
So the premise of this was pretty intriguing: open the boo with a murder at a block party, then flashback immediately to a year prior to build up the mystery of who could be offed. With a plethora of characters, each with their own skeletons and demons, the 'who' and 'why' was kept off the table until the very end when we caught back to the present. I enjoyed that premise.
This was also told from dual POV, with the main character Alex (who has a drinking problem) and her daughter Lettie (who loves the enviroment).

I'm only giving this two stars because the omniscient narrator voice, which I typically enjoy in multi-POV, multi-character story lines, was TOO knowledgeable. All the characters were very understanding, very quick to narrate-out their emotions in a way that wasn't quite human, and their acceptance of the events unfolding was just illogical. It made it clear that these characters needed to TELL the reader where the story was going, instead of the reader being able to connect the dots themselves.
It made it hard to keep my interest or my investment. Most of the characters, who had compelling storylines, just came off as really flat.

It's an ok read, one I finished, but not one I'd jump to recommend.

This was a fun read full of lots of neighborhood drama and disfunction. The novel begins with the annual neighborhood block party on Alton Rd. But this year, there is a whole new level of drama besides the usual excessive drinking and eating…this year there is a murder! The novel then flashes back to the year before and all of the events leading up to the present day festivities. The neighborhood consists of a wide cast of characters who all seem to have their own dark secrets. Tensions rise and tempers flair all leading up to this one fateful event among the tightly knit community. This was a darkly fun and quirky story with a lot of twists thrown in as well.