The Party | ✔

Since the death of her husband three years ago, Elodie Delacroix has lived a doleful and lonely life as she sulks in the hallways of her deteriorating winery. As the only person of the Arnette family left alive, Elodie is left to care for the Arnette Winery herself. Though she hasn't had anyone over since Felix's passing, she finally decides to invite over four friends for a small dinner party.

When Lucien, Camille, Fiona, and Victoria arrive, Elodie plans to have a peaceful dinner and send her friends on their way. However, her plans get turned upside down when Camille is mysteriously murdered. Next to her body is a single word written in her blood: jealousy. Suddenly, Elodie is thrown down a dark and confusing path as more of her friends are killed, each with a single word next to them. The longer the murders go on, the more it seems they aren't even real. As if her psychological well-being isn't already skewed with her mourning, the murders only add on to the crowded jungle in her mind.

Set in France on a large, aging plantation, The Party takes the overused idea of a murderous party and adds a dark and confusing twist. It takes an unwell and mournful widow and plays with her mind, making her thoughts and the characters unreliable to the reader.

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