One of the Girls
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4.1 • 146 Ratings
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
The latest twisty psychological thriller from internationally-bestselling author Lucy Clarke, One of the Girls is the delicious story of a bachelorette trip on a stunning Greek island... that ends in murder.
It was supposed to be the perfect weekend away. Six very different women travel to a sun-soaked Greek island for a bachelorette trip, to celebrate Lexi’s upcoming wedding. From the glorious ocean views to the quaint tavernas and whitewashed streets, the vacation seems too good to be true. But dangerous undercurrents run beneath the sunset swims and midnight cocktails – because each of the women is hiding a secret. Someone is determined to make sure that Lexi’s marriage never happens – and that one of them doesn’t leave the island alive.
Gripping, twisty, and full of sun-soaked suspense, this timely thriller examines the joys of female friendship…as well as the deadly consequences when a relationship goes wrong.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A trip abroad for six 30-something British women leads to tragedy, in this decent if flawed psychological thriller from Clarke (The Blue). Professional dancer-turned-yoga instructor Lexi Lowe is getting married to Ed Tollock in a month, so her close friend and maid of honor, Bella Rossi, throws a bachelorette weekend on the Greek Island of Aegos. Bella's girlfriend, Fen, has an aunt who allows the women to use her secluded villa on the island while she's away. Ed's quirky sister, Eleanor, accompanies them, as do a childhood friend of Lexi and Bella's, Robyn Davies, and Lexi's yoga student turned friend, Ana. Alternating chapters explore the innermost thoughts of the women, each of whom has juicy secrets involving the others in the group. Gradually, jealousy and resentment surface, and someone ends up taking a fatal tumble. The plot, which takes several colorful if farfetched twists, builds to a rushed conclusion followed by an epilogue that wraps up things a tad too neatly. Clarke keeps the pages turning, but this character-driven story focuses more on the relationships among the women than the whodunit aspects. Liane Moriarty fans may want to check this one out.
Customer Reviews
What a wild ride!
What a wild ride! What’s supposed to be the perfect bachelorette weekend turns into a nightmare, and it takes the entire book to find out what exactly the nightmare is! Lexi is set to marry Ed, finally settling down after her party-girl days, but her friends feel that something is up and decide there’s no contact with Ed throughout the weekend. All the girls at the villa have ties to Lexi in different ways, and as they spend time with Lexi, they are also getting to know each other, but as we continue to read, we find out not everyone is there to celebrate, and they have ulterior motives. Bella’s relationship is crumbling, Robyn is trying to figure out what to do with her life and is fighting her true feelings, Eleanor is grieving the loss of her fiancé, and Ana is struggling raising her son as a single mother. The twist is that some of these women know each other outside of their relationship with Lexi, and they have their own issues to work through with each other. Every time I thought that I figured out what happens, I was proven wrong and given more information on these women. This was a crazy, wild ride of a book, and I was on the edge of my seat at the end figuring out what actually happens and how it changes everybody’s lives. While I wasn’t expecting to enjoy this book as much as I ended up doing, I was surprised that I loved it after being confused in the beginning!
I voluntarily read and reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book.
Great for lovers of “Big Little Lies”
Solid 3.5 stars.
I very much enjoyed reading this book, especially the writing style of Clarke - cliffhanger endings to chapters that left me wanting to stay up all night reading, The perfect beach or rainy day read following a hen party on their excursion to Greece. Everyone is a suspect, everyone may be the one who ends up dead, The shocking outcome won’t at all be what you expect.
The only reason I didn’t rate the book higher is because it reminded me too much of “Big Little Lies.” Otherwise, I definitely recommend adding this to your summer 2022 TBR!