Four women, friends since childhood until a mysterious falling out two years before, are due to be reunited in Botswana at a birthday gathering to celebrate a 30th. With all expenses paid, all the invitees are keen to attend - for different reasons. Why did they call out and why has the birthday girl summonsed them now?

I read this book in a day - the 3 main characters that we are introduced to all caught my attention for different reasons, just like how bad why they had previously fallen out and cut each other out of their lives. It is a compelling and rollercoaster read that kept me guessing, right until the end. Would recommend.

Thank you NetGalley for this copy of The Wild Girls and introducing me to an new author - one for me to watch out for!

It should be a time to celebrate – four friends, who used to be unbelievably close but fell out of friendship – have agreed to meet up to celebrate one of their birthdays. This is no usual party though, it’s to take place in a luxury resort in Botswana. They haven’t met in a few years but it’ll be fine, right? After all, there’s no one who knows them better. But when three of the former quartet arrive at the safari lodge, it’s no long before unease sets in. Where is the host? The party girl is nowhere to be seen, never mind any party accoutrements. Suddenly the trio feels very lonely and soon, it’ll be very clear as to who wants them there and why. I liked the premise of former friends trying to rekindle their relationship and think it’s something so many readers can relate to, and wonder what they would do in similar circumstances.

This was just not for me. I'm more than willing to suspend disbelief when it comes to a thriller, but in this case there were too many one-dimensional characters, cliche upon cliche in the storylines, plenty of plot-holes and factual inaccuracies galore. There's a good story in there, but this was disappointing.

I hugely enjoyed Phoebe Morgan’s last novel so was extremely grateful to receive an advance copy of this book.
I love the writing style, the was little crumbs of information are trailed, the suspension hanging in the air and the way the story is crafted. Great read.

Four friends.
A luxurious retreat in Africa.
A deadly reunion.


My first 5-star book of the year, yay!
What can I say? This book was as wild as the title suggest.
It was fast-paced, full of suspense, and it had me madly turning the pages, keeping me on the edge of my seat all the time.
I literally had to force myself to put it away when life got in the way of reading.
I usually find multiple perspectives confusing, but fortunately, this wasn't the case. However, the narration was constructed in a certain way, and for me, it gave the identities of the victims away.
Apart from this, though, it was a brilliant read with a great twist, and I highly recommend it.

Great read & my first by Phoebe Morgan - loved the characters and was intrigued to find out what was going to happen next - fast paced and kept my attention all the way from start to finish,hard to put down!

Felicity has invited Grace, Hannah and Alice to her birthday party in Botswana.
They had a falling out two years ago and the girls think that maybe Felicity wants to make up.
This is a story about revenge that has a duel timeline and is told by multiple characters.
I failed to connect with the characters and I found the story unbelievable in parts.
Thank you to NetGalley and HQ for my e- copy in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you to Netgalley and HQ for providing me a copy of the Wild Girls to review.
I really liked the book. I read it within 24 hours of starting it.
I loved the idea of a group of friends being invited to Botswana for a Birthday Party was unique. I would love for someone to give me an all expenses trip to Botswana.
I enjoyed the way the chapters were written with each friends perspective being told. I did feel like I didn't particularly form a bond with any of the characters. Saying this I didn't like Felicity's character.
I don't want to spoil the story for anyone.

This was a very fast paced book which had me not wanting to put the book down until I finished.

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Well this was a thriller of a read!

I just love books like this one, no messing around, just straightaway you are brought into the characters world, the settings are set and action is put into motion.

I found the book to be really easy to read and follow. The author tells the story from multiple perspectives; depicting the complicated and fractured friendships of the characters while subtly dropping clues and twists along the way. In doing this, it makes the story move along at a rate of knots, twisting and turning and doesn’t let up even down to the last page. The characters were stereotypical of girly friendships but this worked well within the narrative of the story and I found them all to be relatable.

I liked how the author used a more unusual setting for the story but did feel I would of liked just a little bit more in the way of detail and had more time spent there to build up the tension and mystery of what was going on.

Overall an excellent rollercoaster ride of a read! Not to be missed!!!

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Out April 29th

-Emily

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(4.5 Stars)

This is a great thriller and a super easy read. I got through this quite quickly. It sees a group of four friends reunite after they fell out of contact 2 years earlier due to the events of one night out. They all are invited to Felicity’s birthday in Botswana for a weekend of fun and a reunion, with hopes of fixing their broken friendship. But things don’t go as planned.

The characters in this are very interesting and all have different lives. I particularly liked the main character, Grace. I felt like I could relate to her. She feels like the outsider of the group, feeling like she is the one looking in and left out of the in jokes. The book is told through her first person perspective and third person through the perspectives of her friends.

It’s a lovely piece of escapism and I found myself invested in the characters and the story. The pace is well done and we get just enough subtle hints to keep the reader wanting to know more. There’s a dual timeline going on here - we switch between present day in Botswana and the night out in London 2 years ago that started it all.

My only wish was that we got more of the setting in the book. It’s set in Botswana, Africa, but we don’t get to hear much about the culture or the location.

The Wild Girls will be published on 29 April 2021.

Thank you to Net Galley and HQ for my advanced reader copy in exchange for my honest review.

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I was quite excited to read this book after seeing other reviews. However, I didn’t enjoy it as much as I thought I would. I liked the description of Botswana and the lodges. The characters were interesting but not very likeable. Parts of the book were very unrealistic and unbelievable. The ending was a complete let down. I was just hoping for something more sinister but it failed to deliver.

A great tale to take you away from these bleak January evenings! Grace, Alice, Hannah and Felicity have been a tight-knit group of friends for as long as they can remember, sharing school secrets and drunken nights out. The story begins as all 4 of them have come adrift from one another, though we don't find out why for a long time.

Grace Alice and Hannah unexpectedly get plush invitations to Felicity's birthday party in Botswana, is it time for them all to let the past go and come together again? The book opens with the discovery of bodies in the luxury lodge in Botswana, so I think its safe to say it didnt go as planned

I really enjoyed reading it, a great way to escape - well told and with plenty of details being dropped in to keep you captivated

Thanks to Netgalley and the publishers for the chance to read it

A Perfect Getaway.....?
A luxury lodge in sun drenched Botswana is the setting for this engaging suspense. Four friends, a celebration and what seems a perfect getaway. Or is it? Tension mounting read with well drawn characters, a good sense of atmosphere and impending doom! The plot base is, perhaps, a well trodden path particularly at present but that doesn’t detract from the entertainment this book provides. Some great escapism.

Four friends were close, once. They were inseparable, but now they are disant memories of incidents that they choose to bury deep. Out of nowhere an invitation has arrived for an extravagant birthday trip that has three ladies guessing at the motive of the sender. Are they forgiven for their secrets? With the hope that they can remake their bonds of friendship, The Wild Girls reunite but not all is what it seems?

With the different perspectives of the friends, Morgan has created a suspenseful drama that unfolds at a breakneck speed. It’s cleverly paced with the characters slowly peeling away the layers of their destructive secrets that tore their friendship apart versus the quickly evolving demise of the party, in more ways that one!

It’s imaginative and keeps you guessing right to the end. I loved it.

Phoebe Morgan’s latest book takes us on a trip to Botswana, where four friends are to be reunited.

The book starts in the present, but as the story unfolds, the timeline switches from past to present and is told from the viewpoints of Hannah, Alice and Grace.

The book is a real page Turner and the author creates a lot of suspense in her writing.

I enjoyed the way the book unveiled lots of secrets, twists and turns and the ending was fantastic. I did not see it coming!

This book is perfect for psychological thriller fans

Loved this book! Such an interesting premise for a story and it kept me gripped all the way through. I really wanted to know more about the characters' lives and how they all intertwined and loved the way it was told from the different characters' perspective.

A great book and one I would thoroughly recommend.

My first book by Phoebe Morgan and not my last (in fact now reading The Dollhouse!)

I have loved each of Phoebe Morgan's previous books and The Wild Girls is no exception. Set in Botswana, I really felt the heat and dust and the spooky atmosphere that was conjured up.

Three girlfriends, Grace, Hannah and Alice, are invited to the fourth, Felicity's, 30th birthday celebration in a game reserve. It's an all-expenses-paid trip and they decide to accept even though they haven't met up for two years, since Felicity introduced her boyfriend to the group. But when they arrive Felicity is nowhere to be seen.

Told from the point of view of each of the girls, this book has all the twists and turns expected from Ms Morgan and I'm sure her fans will enjoy it as much as I did. Many thanks to NetGalley and HQ for the opportunity to read and review The Wild Girls.

I was looking forward to reading this book - a friendship group that has fallen apart coming together for a special event , a special event and an exotic location!

The book is written from the viewpoints of all of the female characters and in my mind, they're all unreliable, and if there's nothing I love more, it's an unreliable narrator!

The book is tense and switches between present day and past events giving you an insight into the relationships in the novel.

I really enjoyed this and read it quite quickly, the short chapters are really pacey. I finished the book feeling very uneasy - but in a massively good way!

Such a great thriller. I read this quickly, it's one of those stories that you have to keep reading to unravel the story.

When estranged friends, Grace, Hannah and Alice receive and invitation to Felicity's birthday party in Botswana they aren't sure at first. But they all decide to go...... Is this a big mistake?

The four girls were always close, the 'wild girls' who went through everything together. Until that night when they all fell out. Now Felicity has invited the others to her birthday party in Botswana, and everyone hopes that this is the perfect opportunity to get their friendship back to how it was, as well as escape their everyday lives for a few days. But when the three girls arrive at the lodges in Botswana, Felicity is nowhere to be found and things don't seem right. None of the lodges have locks on them and strange notes appear. What is going on? As the girls realise they have no idea where they are or how to find help, things get worse... will any of them get out alive?

This was another brilliant book by Phoebe Morgan. The plot was thrilling, exciting and tense, all of the characters interesting, and the ending shocking. I like how we have chapters that explore that fateful night where the fall out happened and slowly see how it all led up to the current moment. With lots of secrets, shocks and twists and turns, I can't recommend this book enough.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an advance copy of the book in return for my honest feedback.