The Guest List

 Lucy Foley has figured out the perfect setting for a psychological thriller.  The Guest List is the ultimate wedding list to be on.

Everyone loves being invited to a wedding.  A wedding that is scheduled for a weekend of endless socializing at a destination is one of the best kind of invitations.  So the game is afoot when all the guests arrive on this island that can only be accessed by boat.

Foley has really captured the imagination as she describes the scene leading up to the island.  The members of the wedding party coming across on a little boat to this deserted island.  The desolation on the island and how the party is cut off from everything while they are there.  Of course there is the storm coming in off the coast that will churn up the waters so much so that they cannot leave the island.

The bride is described as very narcissist, only focused on herself and her career.  The groom is similar and they are a perfect match it seems because he is a TV personality that is very concerned about his appearance and how he comes across to the public.  They are involved with each other because of how it looks to the outside world, them as a couple.    But also because each is so focused on themselves that they are really not looking too closely at each other.  

So many  secrets can be kept in a relationship when you are not looking or listening to the person you are going to marry.  The wedding party is made up of the bride's sister, the bride's best friend and his wife, the groom's  group of friends from boarding school.  As we meet each of these people, we learn a little more about the bride and groom and their past.  Then there is the wedding planner who has created the scene for the perfect wedding.  

Foley lures the reader in and makes them feel apart of the wedding party.  Slowly she reveals each of the secrets that will lead to a thrilling ending... This is going to be a wedding to remember!!