I always like a good scary story set in a remote location with no way to get away and The Bachelorette Party delivered what it promised! Great characters that I wanted to hear more from, two mysteries that I wanted to get to the bottom of, great writing, unique plot and an ending I didn't anticipate! This is a must read this summer.

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Read if you like:
🍸 LGBTQ+ rep 🌈
🍸 dual timeline
🍸 dual POV
🍸 1st person POV
🍸 creepy island murder scene
🍸 group of friends who-dun-it 🕵🏼‍♀️
🍸 slowww burn

I really enjoyed this book right from the beginning! I was invested almost immediately and I could NOT put it down.
The author did very well with describing the scene and situations; I could very clearly picture exactly what was happening in my head 😁
I absolutely love a dual timeline thriller because it’s like you’re getting little pieces of the story randomly, and it doesn’t all quite make sense until the very end when it all comes together 🩵💙🩵💙 A few times in here I had no idea what was going on (in the best way possible 🤪🤪) and it was so satisfying when it all came together in the end! The ending was shocking and crazy, and I absolutely loved it!
This one was definitely slow to start, but once it did BOY WAS I HOOKED! I could not put it down after the first half!!
Thank you so much to St Martin’s Press and Camilla Stan for this advanced copy in exchange for an honest review 🩷🩷

Once again, Camilla Sten proves why she’s an auto-buy author for me!

This is my favorite book by Sten so far! The Bachelorette Party starts off hard and fast, and keeps the pedal on the gas for the rest of the drive. Tessa, a semi-unreliable narrator who is a recently-disgraced true crime podcast creator, agrees to a bachelorette party weekend getaway for her childhood best friend after hearing it’s taking place where an unsolved case took place 10 years ago. While she isn’t really looking forward to celebrating, she *is* looking forward to trying to crack the case wide open and save her reputation. But what started
as an investigation masked as a celebration turns into a fight for survival when one of the bridal party goes missing.

The action, suspense, and fast-moving plot kept me interested, and — there’s no gentle way of saying this — the gruesome deaths felt like an adult version of R.L. Stine’s OG Fear Street novels I devoured as a kid. The culprit wasn’t really a surprise and this dampened the biggest twist, but the plot was so interesting that it didn’t take away from the story for me. Tessa is a bit wishy-washy at times (one minute she’s tough and bitter, then she’s wilting) but that’s part of her character flaws. Sten never paints her to be likable. (*shrug*) Great story from beginning to end and would make a nicely distracting late summer beach read. Just be prepared for a bit of violence and gore, which Sten doesn’t shy away from in her other books, either.

**Thank you, NetGalley and publishers, for a DRC in exchange for an honest review.**

From the opening scene, this novel is gripping. I wanted to know what happened to these characters.

I enjoyed this story, I think the characters introduced to us are relatable and interesting. I think the story buildup on a single location of an island is a great idea. I ate up every bit of this!

I would definitely give this 5 ⭐️ for the cover. I found the premise of the story to be very interesting but I had trouble keeping the characters straight. I do feel some readers would really enjoy so give it a try.

Entertaining but Predictable

The Bachelorette Party is a fast-paced thriller with all the right ingredients for a twisty ride—secrets, tension, and plenty of drama. It kept me turning the pages, and I was definitely curious to see how it would all play out.

That said, the plot felt a bit too familiar at times. While the suspense was there, some of the twists were easy to spot, and I found myself guessing what would happen long before the reveals. There wasn’t much that truly surprised me.

I also struggled to connect with the characters. They were interesting enough to follow, but none of them really stood out or felt fully fleshed out. I didn’t find myself rooting for anyone in particular, which made the emotional stakes feel lower than they could have been.

Still, it’s a decent read if you're in the mood for something light and dramatic with thriller vibes. Just don’t expect it to break the mold.


Thank you to Netgalley and St. Martin's Press for this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

I enjoyed this and I wish I could give it a 3.5 but here we are.
Tessa and her girlfriends created a fun, realistic group dynamic. It was interesting to see the various types of friendships and how they'd ebbed and flowed over time.

...but, I didn't find myself reaching for this. im not sure what it was missing but it just didn't propel itself along, in my opinion.

This was quite the thriller! I also loved it being set in Sweden. I enjoy reading about other countries through books. This bachelorette party is not what the girls are expecting. Tessa is looking for clues to what happened to the 4 women who disappeared several years ago on the same island. Everything is going ok, until it's not! They are stranded on an island in the middle of nowhere with a murderer!

This one was super slow until about 80% in then all the action happens. You get two timelines - snippets of 2012 when the first 4 women went missing then 2022 when a bachelorette party returns to Isle Blind. I knew who was "bad guy" but how the story played out was a little unexpected and kind of crazy.

This was an interesting mystery, with some twists that I didn't see coming. That's always appreciated. The author is good at setting the mood and describing things in a visceral way. However, I found the pacing to be somewhat slow and some of the characters were hard for me to distinguish from others. Also, an editor should have caught that "sunset yoga in the morning" is not possible. So not my absolute favorite book, and I would probably say it is a 3.5 rounded up. But I would read another by this author. My thanks to NetGalley and the author for an advance review copy. This is my honest opinion.

3.5 stars⭐️
Thank you Minotaur Books and Camilla Sten for this ARC! This book kept me on the edge of my seat and I can truly say I was surprised by the ending. I do think it was a bit too long and dragged at parts, but enjoyed it overall.

4.25 stars!!

This book was good!! I see it’s marketed as Scream meets The Guest List and I feel like that is an accurate description, I haven’t read The Guest List but this is definitely a thriller that gives Scream vibes! This book takes place on the picturesque backdrop of remote island of the coast of Sweden called Isle Blind, where a group of friends are going for a getaway Bachelorette Party. But this island has a tragic history of its own, ten years ago a group of friends, now known as the Nacka 4 went for a girls trip on this island and are presumed dead, drowned at sea after a night of partying.. is that true.. or were they murdered? The even bigger question is why would someone want to go here for a Bachelorette Party if the island has a history like that… or do they have personal stakes for going?

Find all this out and more…. If you read the book 🤣


This was my first book I’ve read by this author and I will definitely check out some more of her work! The characters were fleshed out, there was tension, gore, and great pacing. The big reveal was predictable.. like literally figured out in the first 25% of the book… but the way it played out and all the drama kept me invested!

This was a very interesting mystery thriller. There was action, twists, turns, drama, revenge and a good plot. A very dark, intense, intriguing story.

This was my first book by Camilla Sten, and it won’t be my last. The Bachelorette Party was a fast-paced and engaging thriller that kept me guessing the entire time. I found myself constantly trying to piece together the clues and figure out the big reveal, which made it a fun and suspenseful read. It had just the right amount of tension and twists to keep me hooked without feeling overwhelming. A great pick for a summer read, perfect for fans of twisty thrillers with a binge-worthy feel.

This one was a lot of fun!!! I was actually able to correctly guess the small twist…Which is unusual for me! I thought the characters were really good and I found some empathy for them, even the mean ones. This book makes a great poolside read!!! The suspense in this one was written extremely well and had me FLIPPPPPPING the pages so fast!!!I really had an excellent time reading this twisted thriller!

Tessa is attending her oldest friend’s bachelorette party on a secluded island, well known for the four girls who went missing there ten years earlier.

While this wasn’t my favorite thriller, I definitely think this made a good read for summer, with the island setting and the fast paced, page turning mystery. This is a pretty typical complaint I have for thrillers, but I just could not stand our main character!! It felt pretty cruel that she was using this trip as an excuse to unravel a ten year old mystery to mend her ruined career creating true crime podcasts.

A lot of the characters felt redundant and the timeline of the four missing girls wasn’t nearly as interesting to me as the current day persepctive. The twists were pretty blatant and the end was pretty gruesome. Still made for a quick, thrilling read.

I rarely leave 1 star reviews but this unfortunately fell very flat for me. I could only pick it up for 1 chapter or so at a time because the pacing was slow and the characters fell flat. The concept wasn't new or unique and I expected the twist in the storyline. I wished there was more setting elements to better immerse the reader into the scenes and I craved more growth from the characters. I wished for more set up in the beginning and some pieces of the story felt disconnected or out of place. Once the action picked up at the last 75%, you'd already lost me. I just wanted it to be over,

Thank you to Netgalley & St. Martin's Press | Minotaur Books for this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

There’s something about a remote setting, old friends, and a celebration turned nightmare that instantly pulls me in. I’m a sucker for an isolated setting.
When 4 childhood friends reunite for a bachelorette weekend on a remote island, what starts as a night of celebration quickly turns dark. By morning, one of them is dead and the secrets and lies refuse to stay quiet.
This one gave off major slow burn vibes at first but when things unraveled they REALLY unraveled.

Although this book wasn't really for me, it's not a bad book. I personally had trouble following the different timelines and large cast of characters, but the actual writing itself was very good and easy to understand. This book is more on the slow-burn side of thrillers, and honestly I was a bit bored at times. It's a fun locked-room mystery type of book that's definitely entertaining, but not a literary masterpiece or incredibly unique.

I was able to read the eBook and listen to the audiobook - the narrator Laura Jennings did a good job, but I was so confused about the different timelines and had to really think about what date she said at the beginning of the chapter. This is easier to follow when reading instead of listening, in my opinion.

Thanks to NetGalley, St. Martin's Press, Minotaur Books, Macmillan Audio, and the author Camilla Sten for the ARC & ALC of this book in exchange for my honest review.

A decade ago, four childhood friends vanished during a trip to their favorite vacation spot, a remote island in Sweden. Ten years later, another group of four childhood friends travel to the same island for a bachelorette getaway.
Among them is Tessa, who has long been intrigued by the story of the missing friends. The island is now owned by the sister of one of the missing girls, Irene, who has turned it into a yoga retreat. Tessa is on a quest to uncover the mystery behind the disappearance and why Irene would want to own the island. The tension escalates when a someone goes missing and others begin to act strangely.
Tessa starts to lose hope of ever unraveling the mystery of what happened to the others and begins to question whether they will survive this trip themselves.
Thank you to the publisher/author for the opportunity to listen to this complimentary advanced copy. Opinions expressed in this review are my own.

This is a review of the audiobook.