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I do not care what happened to Vanessa and I especially do not care to spend any more time with Emily, Brittany, Paige, and Lydia. I'm halfway in and not only is the story of Vanessa's disappearance 15 years ago uncompelling but the remaining frenemies are all annoying and unsympathetic. Back to the library! Next...

Toxic college friends turn into petty adult acquaintances when they reunite 15 years later after the disappearance of their friend, Vanessa. Soon mysterious things start happening as the truth about what happened all those years ago unravels.

While the plot itself was enough to make me keep reading, the constant bickering & pettiness grated on me. I also felt let down by the ending.

I wasn‘t a fan of the chapters that were told in script form.

This book was absolutely full of toxic friendships but it made for a great story and a great mystery. This novel was filled with twists and turns and I couldn‘t get enough. I really liked it!

Meh. I finished it because I wanted to know the ending. Four friends return 15 years after their friend‘s disappearance to reminisce. Their fifth friend disappeared one day and all of them think they had something to do with her disappearance/death. Im not sure how the four of them didn‘t put the pieces together in 15 years. While it is a good plot line. Im not a fan of the conclusion or the ties that got the characters there. #OUABC #Scarathlon

Yea, toxic “friends” getting together 15 years later to determine how a gravitation pull friend disappears is not my type of book. Finished it simply because it‘s a #ouabc choice. I couldn‘t get into the four ladies. With their posh life and wine obsession. With how they always went out of the way to put each other down. I know the end wraps it up nice, yet couldn‘t feel for any of them. No wonder Vanessa was a mystery to those that “knew” her

#OUABC - September 2023 Adult Box • 4 Stars

This locked-room mystery follows a screenwriter who tries to solve her friend‘s disappearance by re-creating their fateful final girls‘ trip. The novel is set at a remote winery on the Oregon coast, where fifteen years earlier, five college friends threw a booze-fueled party. After an argument, one of them - the vibrant Vanessa - went missing and was presumed dead. ⬇️

#ouabc October book box: murder she wrote.
Screenwriter attempts to solve a friend‘s death 15 year prior by recreating it all at the scene of the crime. Interesting premise, but I‘m not hyped right now for it. I‘m picky on my mystery books, as I like having actual detectives there. If nothing else, excited to have 4 gifts in the box. That‘s a decently good sign.

Set in an OR winery on a cliffside, screenwriter Emily reconnects with the college friends she was once close to- until one disappeared. Looking to revitalize her career, Emily hopes rehashing the past will inspire her to write a blockbuster. With screenwriting interludes, this breaks up the story & adds layers leaving the reader doubting the truth. The friendships here are anything but—but the wine drinking pairs nicely with a glass of your own!

I really wanted to like this one more. Good writing, but I had character and layout format issues with it. 3/5⭐️

My review is rather long, but if you‘re interested, here‘s my GR link:

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5725633391

Another wild one! A girlfriends trip 15 years ago turned deadly when Vanessa falls to her death and is taken out to sea at the fancy winery where they‘ve all gathered. Now producer Emily is writing a screenplay loosely based on these events. But of course nothing is as it seems and the novel alternates in time as the true story is revealed. Friendships, secrets, lies, jealousies…you get the picture!
#NetGalley