A storm has hit the island, the power is out, and there is a blood curdling scream from outside. Right from the first chapter these sections tell us that something very bad has happened on the wedding night.

The present sections take place the night of the wedding and are told in the third person. The book is split between first and third person narrative, as well as past and present. Jules, Will and the small wedding party will stay on the island while the rest of the guests will arrive and depart by boat the day of the festivities. Jules and Will are getting married on the remote Irish island of Inis an Amplóra. The book is set during the weekend of her wedding to Will Slater, a survivalist and reality TV star of the show Survive the Night.

Jules Keegan is a successful, driven woman who started and runs an online lifestyle magazine called The Download. It’s fast-paced with lots of carefully timed reveals, and it’s told from multiple viewpoints. The Guest List has the atmosphere of a Gothic, but reads like a thriller.

I just want to shove it in people’s hands and say, “read this right now!” It’s feminist. The Guest List is one of those books it’s a thriller that is so superbly plotted that I’m afraid to say anything about it because I want other readers to enjoy every reveal as much as I did. It’s difficult to review a book that is so, so good, but you don’t want to reveal too much for fear of ruining it for others. CW: Self-harm, suicidal ideation, abortion

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