Summary: Poppy Greer had a rough childhood and teens coping with intense bullying and harassment from four of the meanest "frenemies" you would never want to meet. Ten years later Poppy is getting married and decides to host a hen party on a remote tropical island, inviting her four childhood "friends" to celebrate. She has quite the celebration in mind and her friends are "dying" to attend.

Thoughts: When I started this novel, it seemed like a straightforward revenge thriller and that was fine. I enjoyed that aspect, after all who hasn't getting revenge on someone for treating them badly? But there was more to the story than that - there are some serious issues referenced in here including drug abuse, family violence, self-harm and suicide. Poppy's perspective on her experiences is told through her journal entries. I think this was rather well done because it contrasts the sadness of Poppy's story against maliciousness of her four tormentors and their inability to face the weight and reality of the harm they had inflicted. Yes, you can enjoy this novel on a superficial level with the women behaving badly theme but if you choose to see it, there is much more to this novel. Congrats to Sian Gilbert, you wrote an excellent novel.