Guests are gathering on Cormorant Island for the wedding of Will, the handsome, magnetic star of a reality survival show, and Julia, the driven, ambitious publisher. Every detail has been attended to in order to make sure the first wedding in this new place will be unforgettable.
Everyone is there for the wedding—Will’s boarding school friends, serving as best man and ushers; Charlie, Julia’s best friend (and perhaps more?) and his wife, Hannah; Julia’s troubled sister, Olivia, and many more. Once the alcohol starts flowing, old memories and hurts and jealousies are brought up and have the potential to put a damper on things.
But all of the melodrama is no match for the weather. In the midst of the reception, a storm hits the island. The electricity goes out, leaving the guests in darkened, wind-whipped tents. And then a scream cuts through it all, as someone found a body.
Who was killed? Who was responsible? It seems like everyone had a motive, so who was the killer? Was it the bride? Her sister? The best man? The wedding planner? The guest of someone in the wedding party?
I loved the concept of this story and the drama that flowed through it. The story shifts back and forth between the events leading up to the wedding and the discovery of the body, and is narrated by multiple people. The plot moved a little slower for me than I would’ve liked, and there were a couple of coincidences that made me roll my eyes a tiny bit.
In the end, though, I needed to know what everyone’s secrets were, how they’d be revealed, and who would get their comeuppance. I was hooked on The Guest List, even though I didn't love it.
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