There is Johnno, Will’s best friend and best man who feels out of place and judged by Jules and the other uppity wedding participants. Hannah is dealing with demons of her own, including a straining marriage, and she offers an interesting perspective on the extravagance of the wedding festivities and the ultra privileged guests. Then there is Charlie, Jules’ longtime best friend, and his wife Hannah, who feels that Charlie and Jules have a closer relationship than either will let on, and immediately feels unwelcome and strange upon arriving at the island. Wedding visitors include Olivia, Jules’ college-age half sister and only bridesmaid, who is struggling with depression and self harm after a bad breakup and some other mysterious traumatic circumstances. The other players in the mystery include Aoife, the organized and meticulous wedding planner and owner of the wedding venue, who has given Jules a massive discount on the island as a venue. In Lucy Foley’s bestselling suspense novel, The Guest List, it becomes increasingly clear that Jules may not know her fiancee as well as she thought she did. Jules and Will have only been dating for a couple of months, and their whirlwind romance may not be as perfect as it seems to onlookers. Jules has spent months planning the perfect wedding, befitting of a lifestyle guru like herself, complete with a gorgeous location on Inis an Amplóra, an island off the coast of Ireland, and the perfect husband: the handsome reality TV star, Will Slater.

Jules is a highly organized and driven businesswoman, the founder and head of The Download, a successful internet blog turned lifestyle magazine. Don’t marry him“, reads a foreboding note received by Jules Keegan, just a couple of weeks before her wedding. “ Will Slater is not the man you think he is.

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