Book of The Month discussion

The party of a lifetime is nothing like what they expected...

Annabel, Esther, Tanya, and Chloe are best friends—or were, as children. Despite drifting apart in adulthood, shared secrets have kept them bonded for better or worse, even as their childhood dreams haven’t quite turned out as they’d hoped. Then one day they receive a wholly unexpected—but not entirely unwelcome—invitation from another old friend. Poppy Greer has invited them all to her extravagant bachelorette party: a first-class plane ticket to three days of white sand, cocktails, and relaxation on a luxe private island in the Bahamas.

None of them has spoken to Poppy in years. But Poppy’s Instagram pics shows that the girl they used to consider the weakest link in their group has definitely made good—and made money. Curiosity gets the better of them. Besides, who can turn down a posh all-expenses-paid vacation on a Caribbean island?

The first-class flight and the island’s accommodations are just as opulent as expected...even if the scenic island proves more remote than they’d anticipated. Quite remote, in fact, with no cell service, and no other guests. The women quickly discover they’ve underestimated Poppy, and each other. As their darkest secrets are revealed, the tropical adventure morphs into a terrifying nightmare.

Endlessly twisty, sharply observant, and deliciously catty, She Started It is sure to shock readers until the very end.

through 9 chapters

wow, it's hard to keep them straight lol

Chloe (view spoiler)[ influencer, may be stealing things?, not nice and seems to have secrets with Tanya (hide spoiler)]

Tanya (view spoiler)[ previous BFF with Poppy but turned on her when they were 11. um, I don't even remember what she does or if she's married lol
got the orange juice thrown on her and told she smelled (like the first bad thing they did to Poppy) (hide spoiler)]

Annabel (view spoiler)[ married but she says she's happy, I don't like her hubby. Is he sleeping with Chloe?
anyway, she's rich, doesn't work but has a psychology degree
she is also the one Robin thought was the bride (so is she the only one alive in the end?
she was left out of the Morocco trip (not sure why) and seems to have a secret with Esther?
Annabel is the one that poppy chose to pretend to push off the cliffside. yikes (hide spoiler)]

Esther (view spoiler)[ got the job from her parents, it seems high stress. boyfriend is weirdly possessive and she has bruises she's covering. yikes. Esther is the runner (hide spoiler)]

and I'm done
(view spoiler)[ I had this one called way to early! I figured out the green hut had something going on and around the time that Poppy kept that mirror shard, I knew it wasn't Wendy and not poppy on that island

interesting, I thought it might be Annabel at the end, based on Robin thinking she was the bride. I found some of the plot points a bit far-fetched - I don't believe the teachers wouldn't have believed Poppy and that they didn't know she was having issues with other students. Teachers notice that stuff.

and it was hard to really root for any of the girls, they were all pretty awful! lol anyway, interesting story but just I've read too many like this one (hide spoiler)]