You’re Invited by Amanda Jayatissa #bookreview #thiller

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Title: You’re Invited

Author:  Amanda Jayatissa

Publisher: Berkley

Publication Date: August 9, 2022

Page Count:  384

My rating: 3 1/2 stars

About the book:

What could be worse than your ex-boyfriend marrying your childhood best friend? Getting accused of her murder… From the award-winning author of My Sweet Girl comes a dangerously addictive thriller about a lavish Sri Lankan wedding celebration that not everyone will survive.

When Amaya is invited to Kaavi’s over-the-top wedding in Sri Lanka, she is surprised and a little hurt to hear from her former best friend after so many years of radio silence. But when Amaya learns that the groom is her very own ex-boyfriend, she is consumed by a single thought: She must stop the wedding from happening, no matter the cost. 

But as the week of wedding celebrations begin and rumors about Amaya’s past start to swirl, she can’t help but feel like she also has a target on her back. When Kaavi goes missing and is presumed dead, all evidence points to Amaya. 

However, nothing is as it seems as Jayatissa expertly reveals that each wedding guest has their own dark secret and agenda, and Amaya may not be the only one with a plan to keep the bride from getting her happily ever after…

You’re Invited by Amanda Jayatissa is a thriller novel. The story in You’re Invited is one that changes the point of view between a couple of the characters but also has transcripts of interviews in the story. This one also switches back and forth from the current timeline to one a few months earlier.

Amaya and Kaavi were once best friends but it has been several years of not speaking to one another so Amaya is a little shocked to receive a wedding invitation from Kaavi. Even more shocking to Amaya is the fact that the groom is going to be non other than her own ex-boyfriend.

Amaya becomes determined to stop the wedding before it begins and decides to head to Colombo, Sri Lanka where the wedding is being held. After arriving though rumors begin to surface about Amaya and before she knows it Kaavi goes missing and of course all eyes are on Amaya as a suspect.

You’re Invited is the first book I’ve read from Amanda Jayatissa and of course a good old thriller is always enticing I was also looking forward to spending the time in a culture and place I’m not familiar with myself. Reading this one I found the characters weren’t particularly likable as I find sometimes in thrillers with unreliable narrators but it did have the good old fashion twists and turns one would expect. The format felt a little choppy but overall when finished I would rate this thriller at three and a half stars and would perhaps read another from this author someday.

I received an advance copy from the publisher via NetGalley.

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About the author:

When she isn’t recovering from a self induced book hangover, Amanda runs corporate trainings on Communication Skills Development, and works tirelessly as the Chief Taste Tester at the cookie shop she co-owns. She grew up in Sri Lanka and has lived in the California bay area and British countryside, before relocating back to her sunny island, where she lives with her husband and two Tasmanian-devil-reincarnate huskies.