The Last Party
Ratings21
Average rating3.7
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Ratings21
Average rating3.7
"Wicked fun, devilishly clever, with echoes of Agatha Christie." —Patricia Cornwell, #1 New York Times bestselling author At midnight, one of them is dead. By morning, all of them are suspects. It's the party to end all parties....but not everyone is here to celebrate. On New Year's Eve, Rhys Lloyd has a house full of guests. His vacation homes on Mirror Lake are a success, and he's generously invited the village to drink champagne with their wealthy new neighbors. But by midnight, Rhys will be floating dead in the freezing waters of the lake. On New Year's Day, Ffion Morgan has a village full of suspects. The tiny community is her home, so the suspects are her neighbors, friends and family—and Ffion has her own secrets to protect. With a lie uncovered at every turn, soon the question isn't who wanted Rhys dead...but who finally killed him. In a village with this many secrets, murder is just the beginning. "Brilliant, so atmospheric....I fell in love with the courageous, complicated detective Ffion Morgan and I think readers will too." —Ruth Ware, New York Times bestselling author of The It Girl
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I spent some time trying to figure out what to write for this review, because I dont know where to start it:(
Soo hmm lemme see firstly it took me more than a YEAR to finish itt because it was so slow paced and it wasnt intresting enough to keep my attention, secondly there were so many povs and it was harder to distingusih some of them from each other because they sounded so similar, thirdly the ending....im not sure what to make of ittt.
The book started off strong, was very meh in the middle, thenn it picked up and i was intrested in wanting to know what happened next but I was so underwhelmed by the ending:(
It's been a while since I've read one of Clare's books and this was the greatest reminder as to how she hooked me in the first place! So many interesting characters, many you just want to hate, but I love Leo and Ffion's chemistry.
The New Year's Eve Party at The Shore turned tragic when one of its founders turned up dead. Meant to be somewhat of an olive branch to the local residents of Cwm Coed on the opposite side of the lake, something to help squash the ongoing tension between the Welsh residents of Cwm Coed and the new English wealthy residents of The Shore.
But it turns out that everyone has a reason to want to kill Rhys Lloyd, so who was the lucky one to pull it off..? I promise you... you'll never see this one coming!
This book was a slow burn that kept me engaged and wanting more. As an American, I had fun trying to pronounce the many Welch phrases and names (& Im sure I slaughtered them lol). The POV alternated between characters and jumped around in time, yet while I typically struggle with that in some books, I found this one very easy to follow. Full of twists and like most small-town drama, you get one bit at a time and the pieces slowly start to emerge until they all fall into place...
So glad this this the start of a series as I loved Ffion's character and can't wait to see what she gets into next!
It was not awful, but honestly, someone so horrid and who had literally everybody in for their death is not such an interesting murder investigation...
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2 primary booksDC Morgan is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 2022 with contributions by Clare Mackintosh.
