The Guest List by Lucy Foley

Reviewed by B. Ullsvik, March 2022

It’s her wedding day, and all Jules can think about is having the absolute perfect day. She has everything set up the way she wants it. No exceptions. Guests from all different pasts come together for this one day, yet it doesn’t go as picture-perfect as planned. As usual with gatherings, the guests don’t know each other, and almost no one there likes anybody. The guests just put on their acting faces, trying to make this day as perfect as possible for Jules. With many things, there is always something that has to go wrong. Something that wasn’t planned enough. Something terrible. Told in reverse, this story tells the tale of a “supposed to be perfect wedding” gone bad. When the lights go out, and the guests all hear a scream, that's where the mystery begins.