3.5 stars up to 4! This was a really fun read that follows the "And Then There Were None" template. You are introduced to seven people at a mysterious dinner party during which they find out the age they will be when they die. Told from alternating points of view of each of the seven characters - it is a fun ride through the end!

Thank you NetGalley and Sourcebooks Landmark for the opportunity to read and review the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Seven strangers meet for an anonymously hosted dinner party. As the evening winds down, seven cards appear, one in front of each of the guests. On each card is a number - the age at which the guest will die. Spooked but skeptical, the guests disperse into the rainy night with the hope of forgetting the morbid turn of events.

Two weeks later, one guest is dead. At exactly the age the card predicted.

More guests begin to die as the years go on, each one dead at the same age as their card. It soon becomes clear that something much more sinister is abound. Now, it's up to the quickly dwindling group of dinner guests to figure out who (or what) was behind that fateful dinner party all those years ago, before their numbers catch up with them too.

Told from the perspectives of each of the seven guests, which span from hilarious to hateful, Seven Reasons to Murder Your Dinner Guests is a spellbinding and mysterious exploration of mortality, begging the how would you live your life if you knew your number was up?

Loved it. This really needs to be a movie or tv series. Cannot wait to read more from the author. Will recommend to everyone

Full disclosure, I liked the book and I did anticipate part of the ending, but I loathed almost every character in it. Seven people show up to a mystery dinner and reveal themselves to be pretty awful in a variety of ways. At this dinner, all of them receive a tiny card, and that card determines their future. By the time every character is more thoroughly explored, I ended up genuinely not caring if they lived or died. I’m hoping that’s how I was supposed to feel, what with putting some of the worst traits of humanity on display in human form. Jerry Springer would have had a field day. One of them has a kind of redemptive story arc, but a lot of it isn’t explained until the epilogue. It was definitely a unique story and well written, it was just odd to read an entire book where I despised almost everyone in it.

Three courses. Seven guests. One card.
It's a deadly evening they'll never forget.

Seven Reasons to Murder Your Dinner Guests is another rendition of Agatha Christie’s famous novel And Then There Were None. I thought this book was a good take on the original, but not anything ground breakingly different. The chapters were very long, but included sections on each character from the book so that helped to break them up. I thought the first chapter was rather boring because it just introduced every character, the book did pick up a little bit after that. If you read And Then There Were None, then you can sort of figure out how the story will unfold, so there weren't too many surprises.

Thank you Sourcebooks Landmark and Netgalley for an advanced copy of this ebook in exchange for an honest review.

Overall, an entertaining murder mystery. Enjoyed the different POVs although it felt like it was a lot to keep straight with the different characters, but this made for an enjoyable read. Surprising ending, didn't expect it.

There have been quite a few books lately with a storyline of learning when you will die. This was an interesting take on it and quite the mystery.

A mysterious dinner party invitation for 7 very different people. All take the bait and turn up to what looks like an abandoned restaurant only to be served delicious food and wine. At the end of the meal they are all presented with an envelope that will tell them their age when they will die. Surely not right? well, it isn’t long before the first envelope comes true.

This really was a surprising story with an ending that was not predictable. Was a quick and fun read, even if I didn’t particularly like any of the characters.

Thanks to Sourcebooks Landmark for my copy of this book to read. Out on September 16th.

I have to admit the beginning of this was really slow/boring and I didn’t really get into it until about more than halfway through. The chapters were sooo long however, in the chapters were the pov of each guest which helped make the chapters “not feel as long”. As the guest died their pov obviously wasn’t included. I enjoyed everything unravel trying to figure out the host/killer, but the ending was a little lackluster and I honestly was disappointed.
If you’re a mystery fan and need something to read it’s worth the try but there is no hype behind it.

Thank you NetGalley and SourceBooks for this ARC

A point of view for every character and a bit of a slow burn. This was entertaining, but wasn't a favorite.
Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for access to this eARC.

This was another great whodunit dinner party mystery. When each of the seven guests are presented with an envelope that shows the age they will die, they all think it is just some funny joke. But when one guest dies, and the card happens to be right, they all panic and try to unravel the mystery behind the envelopes. I’ve read a lot of these types of books this year, and this one has the most unique storyline by far. I really enjoyed it and would recommend it if you can get passed the long first chapter.

the killer's identity was so blatant, and this story really didn't have that much hunting for the killer, in favor of some character studies, but i really liked the characters. 4 stars. tysm for the arc.

Seven strangers are invited to a mysterious dinner party by a host who remains anonymous. We expect them to be murdered one by one because we've seen this plot so many times before. Instead, they all receive envelopes telling them the age they will be at their time of death, and everyone tries to play it off as a joke until two weeks later, one of the guests dies by a seeming suicide at the predicted age. The book follows each character in turn over the next months and years as they die one by one according to their numbers. This ended up being much different than I expected, not the typical kill-your-guests plot at all, and I enjoyed it a lot. 4 stars.

To say this book is a slow burn is an understatement. I read a lot of reviews about how it was and so I was prepared for it. But you aren't meant to like these characters and as such I really didn't care. Even 50% of the way through the book, I was still trying to understand why this was all happening and why it was important.

3.5 ⭐️s rounded up to 4 ⭐️s

The title of this one had me excited for a fun cozy mystery! 🙌

While it was fun, I do have to say it was a bit predictable. A lot of unlikable characters to keep track of, but I did enjoy the Vivienne character! Recommend checking this one out if you like mysteries! 👏

Thank you to NetGalley and Sourcebooks Landmark for the opportunity to read the eARC in exchange for my honest review! ❤️

Seven strangers are invited to a fancy dinner party with amazing food and wine and each receive an envelope with the age at which they will die. When the first dinner guest dies a couple of weeks later at the age listed on her card, the guests gather again at her memorial. As time passes, the guests continue dying at their predicted ages. Each time, the surviving guests gather and share their theories and the changes (or not) in their lives since they last met.

The book begins with the dinner party, told from the perspective of each guest. Each section afterwards is at or around the place where the deceased guests' memorial is being held and the surviving guests meet. It continues to be told from the surviving guests' POVs so you get a look at each person's backstory and how they approach the mystery of the dinner party's host. While I suspected the host's identity about midway through, I wasn't completely sure until closer to the end and still enjoyed the story's unraveling.

Thanks to Sourcebooks Landmark for gifted access via Netgalley. All opinions below are my own.

Seven seemingly random people get mysterious invitations for an upscale dining experience. When they arrive there are unusual clues around the room, curious conversations and cards which reveal their age at death. They disperse thinking it was all a hoax until they start dying just as predicted.

I liked the idea of this one more than the execution. I liked the beginning and the end but the middle was a bit too choppy for me. I don't personally love when a story has huge jumps in time and this one does mainly to serve the fact that their deaths are quite spread. I think the plot could have been a little tighter and more fast paced. The clues are all there in the snippets of life we get as they meet for various funerals so I did figure out the who but not the why. That was quite an info dump at the end, it did make sense but I felt it could have been eased into the story a little more tactfully.

Seven strangers are invited to a lavish dinner party by a mystery host. As they arrive, they meet the other invitees, seemingly unrelated with no known connection among them, ranging from 23 to 60 of various genders, social status and employment. At the end of the dinner, when the host still has not made their presence known, they each receive a card. Listed inside is the year of their death.

The ensuing story circles around several questions. Who was this mystery host? Is the death year accurate? Why did they get invited to such a bizarre party?

And each character struggles with what they do with the time they have remaining if in fact, the card is accurate.

The story is very Agatha Christie inspired (she’s even name dropped early in the book). Like many locked-room / closed-circle type mysteries, there were several characters to keep track of… seven as the title might suggest, and it took me a minute to really understand who was who. But don’t worry - these very unlikeable characters start dropping like flies, so it narrows down your focus rather quickly.

What I liked about it:
- Fast read - the pacing kept me interested
- Redemption arc for one character in particular allowed me to invest in her to a degree.

What I didn’t love:
- The characters are VERY unlikeable that I really didn’t care much about what happened to any of them. I do love flawed character, but these were a bit one note.

Overall, I recommend. Thank you Sourcebooks Landmark and NetGalley for an early copy. This review is honest and my own. It’s due out September 9th.

Seven Reasons to Murder Your Dinner Guests is an entertaining, atmospheric, and super creative thriller filled with quirky characters and unsuspecting twists. A group of seven strangers, who could not have less in common, are invited to a secret dinner party. As the evening winds down, each guest receives a card with a number - the age in which the guest will die. While none of the guests take their numbers seriously at first, once members of the group start dying (at their predicted ages), the remaining members are forced to work together to solve the mystery.

Seven Reasons to Murder Your Dinner Guests has all the vibes of a classic murder mystery. The story is told through the POVs of all the dinner guests. The author did a fabulous job developing the characters both within their own POV chapters and within the other characters' POVs. I absolutely loved how the author organized the book (by event and then by character) - this formatting truly added to the overall feel of the book. Seven Reasons to Murder Your Dinner Guests uses dark humor and suspense to dive into themes of morality and mortality. I cannot say enough about this book. Easy 5 stars! One of my favorite books of 2025!

Long after I finished reading this book, I kept asking myself "would I want to know the age that I was to die?"

This is a super creative twist on the class "Then There Were None" trope. Not taking place over one night or in one isolated location, the story starts with 7 rather unlikeable people gathered together for a mysterious dinner. Nothing is revealed until after dinner when they all receive a little envelope that includes the age they will die at. Then the rest of the book (in the most basic sense) tracks them until their deaths. The story is very predictable, especially if you've read any other book in this trope, and I could have done without the last chapter where everything is explained. But, like a good puzzle, just because you see the finished picture on the box doesn't mean you aren't going to have a good time and a few missteps putting it all together!

I really enjoy reading and sometimes find myself diving into books at a fast pace, which can make keeping up with my NetGalley reviews a bit tricky. Honestly, I sometimes have a tough time finding just the right words to share my thoughts.

This book definitely achieved its goal and had a unique concept, which I appreciated. However, I found it a bit challenging to stay engaged with the plot and connect with the characters.

I thought this book had an interesting premise, but I thought the ending was somewhat disappointing when the killer goes after one of the main characters, even after we learn what motivated them to do away with each of the characters, and that character no longer fits the mold. That part of the plot didn't add up for me. The characters were written somewhat as stereotypes - they were fairly formulaic, but the overall the story was interesting enough to keep me turning the pages. I think the premise of what we would do with the information if we knew the exact expiration date of our lives and what we might do the same or differently going forward would be a great topic for a book discussion.