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She Started It

Written by: Sian Gilbert
Narrated by: Sarah Ovens, Anne-Marie Piazza, Ione Butler, Billie Fulford-Brown, Sarah Cullum, Ella Lynch
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A hot, twisty summer debut thriller about a Caribbean bachelorette party that takes a sinister turn. It’s Lord of the Flies meets And Then There Were None...but with Instagram and too much prosecco.

The party of a lifetime is nothing like what they expected...

Annabel, Esther, Tanya, and Chloe are best friends—or were, as children. Despite drifting apart in adulthood, shared secrets have kept them bonded for better or worse, even as their childhood dreams haven’t quite turned out as they’d hoped. Then one day they receive a wholly unexpected—but not entirely unwelcome—invitation from another old friend. Poppy Greer has invited them all to her extravagant bachelorette party: a first-class plane ticket to three days of white sand, cocktails, and relaxation on a luxe private island in the Bahamas.

None of them has spoken to Poppy in years. But Poppy’s Instagram pics shows that the girl they used to consider the weakest link in their group has definitely made good—and made money. Curiosity gets the better of them. Besides, who can turn down a posh all-expenses-paid vacation on a Caribbean island?

The first-class flight and the island’s accommodations are just as opulent as expected...even if the scenic island proves more remote than they’d anticipated. Quite remote, in fact, with no cell service, and no other guests. The women quickly discover they’ve underestimated Poppy, and each other. As their darkest secrets are revealed, the tropical adventure morphs into a terrifying nightmare.

Endlessly twisty, sharply observant, and deliciously catty, She Started It is sure to shock listeners until the very end.

©2023 Sian Gilbert (P)2023 HarperCollins Publishers
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REALLY like this book!!! 😊👍🏻😊👍🏻

VERY realistic characters. Their complicated psyches are quite consistent within themselves, in my view as an Abnormal Psych expert.

Also, plot kept me guessing, which is fun :-)

Be prepared to ride on a HUGE roller coaster of emotions, though.

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Predictable from the beginning

Within the first few chapters I knew exactly what this book was and how it was going to end. Too long, too whiny, too repetitive imo.

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Depressing and predictable

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My main problem with this was that a story focused around bullying someone until they commit suicide is a dark place to ask your readers to follow you to without anything more than a revenge story to hang all the trauma on. Found it upsetting.

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Unrealistic. But still enjoyable!

From the get go, I thought “gimme a break” . The whole premise is not relatable at all. But you put yourself in the scenario of some kinda Hollywood movie or reality tv show.
It fails in so many places. But you start to root for certain characters. I figured out the main plot twist pretty early. But was willing to see where it went.
It’s a good, mindless listen. You’re not going to recommend this book to anyone, but you are going to say “oh, I also read that. It was ok” it’s not going to stick with you unless someone else mentions it.
It’s a listen worth a good walk, and a car ride.

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