The Engagement Party

DNF

No, you cannot take a 1930's Agatha Christie locked room mystery and move it to modern-day East coast aristocracy. Nope; doesn't work.

On paper this sounds like everything I would enjoy- murder, messy rich people drama, confined setting, thriller. However, this was a major miss for me. Despite there being literal murders, everything in this book felt extremely low stakes. I was never very concerned for the wellbeing of any of the characters and ultimately found myself wanting to skip through the chapters. Kass acted like she was very in the know after meeting members of the family literally 24 hours prior. I couldn't handle her stupidity and unrealistic reactions.
I was bored, annoyed with our (extremely naive) main character, and overall ready to move on from this ridiculous storyline.

I hate giving a poor review given the generosity of the author and publisher, but honest reviews are what this is all about, right?

Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC.