The Business Trip by Jessie Garcia

The Business Trip by Jessie Garcia
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for providing me with an advanced copy of this book in exchange for my honest review!
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Stephanie and Jasmine have nothing and everything in common. The two women don’t know each other but are on the same plane. Stephanie is on a business trip and Jasmine is fleeing an abusive relationship. After a few days, they text their friends the same exact messages about the same man—the messages becoming stranger and more erratic.

And then the two women vanish. The texts go silent, the red flags go up, and the panic sets in. When Stephanie and Jasmine are each declared missing and in danger, it begs the questions: Who is Trent McCarthy? What did he do to these women— or what did they do to him?

Twist upon twist, layer upon layer, where nothing is as it seems, THE BUSINESS TRIP takes you on a descent into the depths of a mastermind manipulator. But who is playing who?
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I have a lot of good things to say about this book. The premise was intriguing, and the first two-thirds of it really had me zipping along, eager to see what was going to happen next. It is told from multiple points of view (many, many points of view), which was initially difficult for me to get used to, but once I did, I appreciated hearing the story from so many characters' viewpoints.

Unfortunately, the characters were just so unlikeable, and so many plot points became so far-fetched that the story fell apart a little bit for me. I once had a beloved English teacher tell our class, "It's fiction; accept it." However, so many events fell into place so conveniently in this book that it was difficult for me to do that in this case. Once we got to the big twist at the end, it was hard to suspend my disbelief enough to find satisfaction in the conclusion of the story. Still, it was an enjoyable read, and I will be interested to see what we see from this author in the future.

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