The husband-and-wife writing team known as Ellery Lloyd follows up their smart and savvy debut thriller, PEOPLE LIKE HER, with THE CLUB, an all-expenses-paid, eye-opening trip into the world of celebrity clubs.

I found Emmy to be insufferable, there wasn’t anything she wasn’t willing to exploit for the sake of the gram, including miscarriage. How that whole situation was handled was insensitive and horrible. The agent and the whole business side of influencing. I LOVED this part. The Insta support group of fellow mommies who give each other visibility and grow together, Emmy’s desperation to climb up the ladder and be on TV/talk show etc and how her agent does her best, scheduling posts at least a fortnight in advance, having parties to ‘appeal’ to the audience etc. I also loved how Emmy says she is too tidy that she has to mess up her house a little or not get a new hairstyle to be ‘relatable’ to other moms. Also nice touch with how the party invites are made/given out based on ‘influence’. ALSO Emmy’s agent is literally a genius. She knows how to save her client in every way possible. She becomes more vulnerable and gets herself into a real danger closer to her family, whom she cares about. The author has raised critical questions about social media, technology, and celebrity life in this novel. I really dug People Like Her, but this one was just crap. The premise here is about – you guessed it – a club . . .The Home Group is a glamorous collection of celebrity members’ clubs dotted across the globe, where the rich and famous can party hard and then crash out in its five-star suites, far from the prying eyes of fans and the media. The story follows the fictional Home Group, a producer of exclusive celebrity clubs found across the world. This gives celebrities the chance to party hard without fear of the media or social media watching their every move. LOVED it!! I have already found what will definitely be a favourite book of 2021. Writing about social media and making it a convincing piece of work is surely difficult and Ellery Lloyd duo have certainly pulled it off. Also what a clever play of words on the title! People Like Her. They own luxurious suites, and the most fascinating of it all is Island Home, a costly project that the group’s CEO pushed beyond limits. There is a temper in the air as the budget exceeds, and there’re numerous delays. Will the owners succeed in ensuring the club’s smooth running?

The Club seems to be receiving fairly positive hype, so you might just take my review and opinions with a grain of salt and give this one a shot. Everything being said, I'm still cautiously a fan of Ellery Lloyd, and may give their third novel a read before I make a final decision on them. Perfect for readers of twisty novels and star-studded casts, THE CLUB is a glitzy, glamorous thriller with a dark and deadly mystery at its heart. If you’re ready for an escape from domestic suspense, plan your next trip to Island Home." Emmy is an Insta-mom. She is famous, has a million followers, and a group of Insta-pod friends—fellow influencer mommies. Her husband Dan is a writer and not v keen on the children’s pics being on social media. She has got two kids—Coco and Bear. Someone seems to be obsessed with her life and activities—spelling danger for her life. This reads like a very contemporary Insta novel that morphs into a thriller.It was the club you’d kill to join; the launch event to which the A-list were dying to be invited. What no one could have anticipated was how tragically things were about to go wrong. People Like Her is an addictive and fun read. The main character of Emmy is not particularly likeable and her decisions are questionable. But it does highlight the dangers of putting your life on social media and tweaking the truth. This is a British book so I think whether you're going to enjoy this book depends on whether you like and understand British humor, which is subtler than a lot of American humor. I actually prefer it and watch a lot of British mysteries, which tend to feature these unlikable, hit-too-close-to-home sort of protagonists. If you don't like unlikable protagonists, you probably also won't enjoy this book. Personally I do, as long as they are the fun kind of unlikable, in the "love to hate them" sort of way, especially in thrillers where that dislike can remove the emotional stakes and make the book feel less intense. The Home Group is a collection of ultra-exclusive private members' clubs and a global phenomenon. So the opening of its most ambitious project yet – Island Home, a forgotten island transformed into the height of luxury – is billed as the celebrity event of the decade.

I know for a fact that being triggered by this book plays a big role in my mostly ambivalent but overall negative take on it. Being in the throws of my own fertility battles, this book was a difficult one to read without getting choked up in anger and in sadness. The Club’s head of membership, Annie Spark, who knows everyone and their business, has been tasked with keeping the guest list at a small but exclusive number, which means playing her cards right and keeping the right people happy. And then there’s the Club’s new head of housekeeping: hard-working but totally out-of-her-league Jess Wilson, who has more than one good reason for taking this highly coveted but equally demanding job. Followed by millions, stalked by one" really does sum this book up so well. I had heard such great things about this book and I couldn't wait to dive in. The hype is real people, this is one book that you do not want to miss. It is a clever story, told from multiple points of view that ramped up the suspense. Emmy has one dangerous and obsessive follower who’s a woman with everything in life. When Emmy’s marriage starts to go under the drain and her success grows, her moral direction goes off the rail.It shows the dark side of influencer life and the dangers of online parenting. The novel also explores the desperate urge for people to be seen and the lengths they can go just to be liked by people they’ve never met.