Anissa's Reviews > The Bridesmaids

I attended a lovely beach wedding a couple of weeks ago and I'm still all fizzy over the day so when I was looking for something new to read and came across this on Netgalley, my interest was piqued. It's wedding season and I love a good "sequestered group with secrets and it's all going to go off the rails" story so I requested it. The approval came through and I dove in. It was a great time,

It's a party of six plus one on Holly's hen weekend do and seven is not a lucky number for this group. There's a super posh converted barn out in the wilds with all the amenities: luxurious suites, a fabulous kitchen and a spa complete with a pool and sauna. It's all spectacular except for the intermittent Wifi and cellular signals. The rager of a snowstorm adds to the atmosphere and foreboding. There's also the not-so-small matter of secrets within the group. And I don't mean one or two, these ladies have decades of secrets in tow and it comes out in this weekend trip (well, not all of them but the reader gets it all). Drinks are had, jealousies and slights come out, tempers flare, affairs are exposed, there's stuff posted on Instagram and before all is said and done someone's dead.

The story opens with the fact of the body and is told in POV chapters in the hours leading up to it to reveal who it is and whodunit and howdunit. Motive abounds for every character so it made for a good puzzle. I very much enjoyed it. It felt a bit slow in the first third but picked up in the second and finished strongly in the third.

Recommended.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Bookouture for the Advance Reader's Copy.