The Guilt Trip by Sandie Jones #bookreview #suspense #thriller
Title: The Guilt Trip
Author: Sandie Jones
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Publication Date: August 3, 2021
Page Count: 320
My rating: 3 stars
About the book:
In the vein of the Reese’s Book Club x Hello Sunshine Book Club pick The Other Woman, Sandie Jones’s explosive new novel The Guilt Trip will have readers gripped to the very last page.
They went away as friends.
They came back as suspects.
Rachel and Jack. Paige and Noah. Will and Ali. Five friends who’ve known each other for years. And Ali, Will’s new fiancée.
The three couples travel to Portugal for Ali and Will’s destination wedding. Arriving at the gorgeous clifftop villa, the weekend away is a chance to relax and get to know Ali a little better. A newcomer to their group, she seems perfectly nice and Will seems happy after years of bad choices.
But when Rachel discovers a shocking secret about Ali, everything changes. As the wedding weekend unfolds, the secrets each of them holds begin to spill, and friendships and marriages threaten to unravel.
In Sandie Jones’s explosive new suspense novel, jumping to conclusions can become the difference between life and death.
The Guilt Trip by Sandie Jones is a suspense novel that also reads a bit like a family drama, or in this case a “friend”ly drama. I say this as the story is a group of friends on a destination wedding trip that brings a whole lot of drama having this group together but it does get suspenseful along the way too.
Married couples Rachel and Jack and Paige and Noah have been invited to attend the wedding of Will and Ali. These two couples have been longtime friends with Jack being Will’s brother so of course they all accept the invitation. The couples do know Ali too as she used to work for Jack although she has now moved on. Everyone really considers Ali a hot mess though but only want Will to be happy and Ali seems to be the one that does make him happy. After arriving in their villa in Portugal though Rachel begins to discover secrets that have her questioning not only Ali but her husband, Jack, as well.
First, I will mention that I have read all of this author’s books over the last several years and have always enjoyed her writing so it boggled my own mind I only gave this three stars. I did find the same engaging writing that I always do and I didn’t want to put this one down until I found out everything that happened as usual. However, when I got to the end of this one I ended up reading the ending twice and found that it was rather vague to me and I was left feeling disappointed overall.
I received an advance copy from the publisher via NetGalley.
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Carries Book Reviews 
Well, not even our favorite authors can knock them all out of the park. Hopefully her next book will be back on track.
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Thanks Kim, I’m hoping so as she does write an addictive book this one was just disappointing at the end.
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Sorry this was a disappointment, Carrie. I never get approved for this author, but I keep trying. Better luck with your next read. ❤📚
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Thanks Sandy! Sorry you haven’t been able to try her at all.😕
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One day . . . I will persevere. I think she’s published by St Martin’s, and they don’t like me at all 🤷♀️❤📚
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I have my own publishers that seem to feel that way so I know how you feel Sandy.😕
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Too bad this one wasn’t as great as you expected, but it sounds like this one was just a slight miss.
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It really would have been a winner with a better wrap up, it’s a shame really.😕
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