<b>Read Completed 7/30/24 |</b> 2.5 stars

This was a pretty disappointed read for me. I've definitely read quite a few books like this and sadly, this one didn't do it better. My intrigue came from a blurb that was in the description on Libby that said "not since Gone Girl has an unreliable narrator been this fun" and why did I listen to that... No, no it was not. It was pretty standard and typical of an unreliable narrator and it wasn't very exciting. 

I barely even remembered Abby's name because the story was really all about Gia. Abby was a boring character who didn't hold up the story well. Everything kind of happened TO her, even the "big scary thing" she didn't want to tell the reader in the beginning. Gia was the typical enigmatic and attractive best friend. Abby was beholden to the family because they put her through college and she didn't have any money, blah blah. 

Gia's memoir really took over the book, though. It's from her POV so she gets to control the narrative and this is our unreliable narrator. I really wanted more time with Abby's POV and for something interesting to happen there considering she was really half of our book, but it just didn't really do much aside from taking the POV away from Gia. All of the happenings in Greece were really boring to me as well. I couldn't care less about mysterious couples, a random celebrity who crashes the party to be this sexual divider and instigator all at once, and cheating and blah blah blah. Eh, just not my vibe. 

The ending was highly unsatisfying. There's lots of hinting and alluding, but really it could go either way. Gia could be totally normal and just wanting Abby to think she's more than she is, or she could be a killer. I think we're supposed to think she's a murderer, but eh. A little bit of an open ending didn't work here for me. I would have rather had something more explosive. 

I can't imagine recommending this one. I feel like it made a lot of promises and the answers to most of the mysteries were a let down.