Loved this thriller! Camilla Sten really did a good job with the characters and she had me guessing the entire time.

I haven’t read a thriller in a while, and I enjoyed my time doing so with this book.
Although this was decently predictable there were a few twists I didn’t see with how the ending would turn out.
The characters were interesting enough. I just wish there were more things happening in the first half of the book. It was a tad slow for my liking. I wish there were more creepy vibes.
It just felt like Tessa was being annoying and paranoid.
Overall I did enjoy my time reading this and I’d probably read this author again!
Thanks netgalley for allowing me to read this in exchange for my honest opinion

Atmospheric and good vibes in this one for a pageturner of reading fun. I hadn't read this author before but will keep and eye on for more by her. Great cover, too. A bit slow in bits but overall most enjoyable for this thriller reader. I always love when a girl thriller comes to light.

The beginning of the book was very promising, it had me really engaged into the story. About half way through the book it started getting a tad bit boring. About 20 percent toward the finish line it was a bit underwhelming.

Thank you to Netgalley for an ARC in exchange for my honest review.

While this book had a great plot and was paced well, I didn't love this as much as I wanted to. While I did appreciate the dual timelines, I found the characters very similar and it was hard to remember who was who. The middle of the book dragged on, and the ending felt anticlimactic and rushed. Camilla Stens' "The Lost Village" was one of my favorite books of 2024, and unfortunately this just did not live up to the hype for me.

Tessa Nilsson has been consumed by the story of the four girls who disappeared while on their annual trip to a remote island. When one of Tessa's friends Anneliese has a bachelorette party at the Baltic Vinyasa located on the same island the four girls disappeared on, Tessa knows this is her chance to find the proof and salvage her once successful podcast.
This was a quick paced read that had me intrigued until the end. The author did a great job of weaving past and present together and laying the pieces to get us to the end. The end did feel a bit predictable, but overall I thought this was a well written thriller. The characters were likeable and I enjoyed reading this book. Thank you to netgalley and the publisher for a copy of this ARC in exchange for a honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

The Bachelorette Party
By: Camilla Sten
Arc Read

Theirs nothing better than a getaway with your old friends on a remote island. That’s what Tessa thought when she was invited, just the thing she needed. Little did she know what that trip would entail. Great book, great story, definitely worth reading.

I think this was really interesting, the two timelines, the writing, & the setting were great. I was hooked from the very beginning! I just felt like I didn’t know what was going on for a lot of it… for some reason it was hard for me to connect the dots on some things. Maybe I read it too fast? The ending went out with a bang, maybe a little unbelievable for me, but still surprising & dramatic for sure. I liked all of the main characters & felt so sad reading about them knowing that the first set of friends were going to die!

I liked it. I didn’t love it. 4 friends go on a Bach trip onto an island that has some gruesome stories to tell. This book reminds me of slasher movies! It all takes place in Sweden but the names are American. It’s good. It’s fast paced but i was hoping for more of a scare!

Let me start by saying that I love Camilla Sten and I loved her previous books. Needless to say I was beyond excited to get a ARC of this one!

While I enjoyed this book it was not her best and seemed a bit off from her others. Can't quite put my finger on what made it different.

I loved the short chapters and dual-timelines. Pacing was also good.

The middle of the book was a bit flat and some characters fell flat for me as well. The climax was anti-climatic and felt rushed.

I am still a fan and will read her next books!

While some of the plot points were predictable, others kept me guessing because I enjoy a good murder mystery. A fun, short book with lots of unexpected turns in the plot! This thriller is entertaining. The twists were fun. I therefore saw coming, but not a couple. Overall, a positive contribution to the genre!

Tessa A true crime enthusiast/former podcast host gets the chance to attend a bachelorette party of one of her old friends near the site of a decade old mystery involving 4 missing women. Tessa has gone in search of clues to figure out what happened to the original four but now it could be happening again.
This was a good quick read for me and over all enjoyed. Thank you NetGalley for the arc!!

A fast-paced thriller you won't be able to put down! Overwhelmed at first with all of the different characters but quickly was able to relate to them all. Quick chapters kept me wanting to read more! Devoured the book Although some parts were a little predictable, I still enjoyed it to the very end! Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press | Minotaur Books for this arc!

The Bachelorette Party by Camilla Sten

3.5 / 5 Stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (rounded down)

I wouldn’t say I was necessarily disappointed with this one but ultimately I had higher hopes. I haven’t read anything by Camilla Sten prior to this one but was excited because it had comparisons being made to ‘The Guest List’ by Lucy Foley which I really enjoyed. This book had all the foundation for an amazing thriller—remote island with a haunted past, drama-filled group of women, and no access to the outside world. It just fell a little short for me and could’ve benefitted from some additional layers of character/group development and a greater air of mystery.

The pace of this book was really good, I finished in a span of about 24 hours. I also really enjoyed the parallels between what happened on the island a decade earlier to what was transpiring in present day. The backstories of some of the characters were also an interesting added twist but needed a little bit more rounding out overall. I think my biggest gripe was how obvious they made the only male on the island out to be the suspected killer when it was clear that wasn’t the case. While I totally understand the motives behind the actual killer, the actions they took to rectify things seemed a bit drastic. I guess we wouldn’t have a book to read if they weren’t? I was satisfied with the ending and the way everything shaped up to give us a solid mystery read. Definitely recommend for a quick, nicely paced and overall satisfying mystery.

Thank you to Net Galley and the publisher for this ARC in exchange for my honest opinion!! The Bachelorette Party is out June 10th, 2025 ⭐️

The Nacka Four disappeared after a reunion on a remote island. Did they drown, or did something more sinister happen?
Ten years later, a yoga retreat has opened on the same island. Tessa, a longtime true crime fan with an obsession with the Nacka Four, decides to join a bachelorette party so she can explore the island and uncover the mystery surrounding the missing friends. What ensues is madness and a fight for survival.

This story was okay-ish. I liked the present-day narrative with Tessa. It kept me engaged and wanting to know more about the Nacka Four. Unfortunately (and I find this true with Camilla Sten's other books), the past timeline wasn't strong and bogged down the story. Some parts of the past narrative were disjointed and confusing. I would've rather had in unfold in the present timeless (and much of it did).
There was still something missing within Tessa's narrative that left the story feeling underdeveloped in places. And the ending was both predictable and too over the top all at once.

There are great moments, but overall, this isn't a strong contender in the locked room mystery genre.

Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

4 friends went on an annual trip to an undisclosed location and were never seen or heard from again. Fast forward 10 years, and true crime podcaster Tessa is invited to go to a bachelorette party on the little island she believed was the scene of the crime, Determined to revive her career, Tessa goes to the island and is skeptical from the start. Hoping she can find some clue that was missed, she begins to dig.

This one kept my interest in the beginning, but definitely fell flat for me. the last bit of the book I just found too much and the dualing time lines and narrators I found to be a bit confusing. I feel like it had a lot of potential, but the way it ended wasn’t for me. I found the twists not very twisty and a lot of it predictable.

thank you to NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Four women go to a remote island resort for a bachelorette party weekend, where ten years ago four women went missing. This book weaves between past and present, intertwining the journeys of both parties as it reveals the events that unfolded a decade ago.

I love a good murder mystery, and while some of the twists and turns were predicted, others kept me on my toes here. A good, quick read with lots of plot twists along the way!

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Publishing Group for the early read!

You're invited to a remote island for a Bachelorette Party but there are rules- only bring clothes for the activities listed on the itinerary and no cell phones or form of outside communication. Oh, and there's only a dinghy in case of emergencies.

Your gut instinct tells you something isn't right but you go along with the flow. You're trying to find clues and solve a case that was never truly investiged 10 years ago of four friends that "went missing".

When a member of the current party goes missing, your instincts start to prove true. Odd things are happening and you're sure there's someone out to get each of you. Will you make it off the island alive or will you succumb to the twisted chain of events that are starting to unfold?

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You are going to love this thriller with multiple timlines and intertwined characters. There are twists and turns I didn't see coming and completely proved me wrong. Be sure to grab this psychological thriller when it releases June 10, 2025.

Thank you to St. Martin's Press for the opportunity to be an ARC reader.

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This is a fun thriller. I enjoyed the twists. So I saw coming, a couple I did not. All in all a good addition to the genre

3.25 out of 5 stars

This book is about two groups of friends, multiple murders, an island, and a bachelorette weekend gone wrong.

This book started out strong for me. I was pulled into both timelines and really felt the unease of the characters- great writing by the author to convey that creepy feeling. However, about halfway through the book started to fall flat for me. I think the plot got a little outlandish and although it moved quickly, I think I was reading more to finish than because I needed to know what happened. Overall, I enjoyed this as a quick read.

Thank you again to St. Martin’s Press and NetGalley for the opportunity to read an advance copy of this book!