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“This is going to be big.” –Entertainment Weekly

“Juicy, clever, and beguiling.”- Cecily von Ziegsar, author of the Gossip Girl novels

A young woman haunted by a family tragedy is caught up in a dangerous web of lies and deception involving a secret society in this highly charged, addictive psychological thriller that combines the dishy gamesmanship of Gossip Girl with the murky atmosphere of The Secret History.

One summer day, Grace Fairchild, the beautiful young wife of real estate mogul Alistair Calloway, vanished from the family’s lake house without a trace, leaving behind her seven-year old daughter, Charlie, and a slew of unanswered questions.

Years later, seventeen-year-old Charlie still struggles with the dark legacy of her family name and the mystery surrounding her mother. Determined to finally let go of the past, she throws herself into life at Knollwood, the prestigious New England school she attends. Charlie quickly becomes friends with Knollwood’s “it” crowd.

Charlie has also been tapped by the A’s–the school’s elite secret society well known for terrorizing the faculty, administration, and their enemies. To become a member of the A’s, Charlie must play The Game, a semester-long, diabolical high-stakes scavenger hunt that will jeopardize her friendships, her reputation, even her place at Knollwood.

As the dark events of past and present converge, Charlie begins to fear that she may not survive the terrible truth about her family, her school, and her own life.

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All These Beautiful Strangers Audiobook Narrator

Caitlin Kelly is the narrator of All These Beautiful Strangers audiobook that was written by Elizabeth Klehfoth

Elizabeth Klehfoth grew up in Elkhart, Indiana. She received her BFA in creative writing from Chapman University and her MFA in creative writing from Indiana University, where she taught fiction writing and composition. She currently lives in Los Angeles. All These Beautiful Strangers is her first novel.

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Narrator Caitlin Kelly
Length 14 hours 9 minutes
Author Elizabeth Klehfoth
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Publisher HarperAudio
Release date July 10, 2018
ISBN 9780062849489

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The publisher of the All These Beautiful Strangers is HarperAudio. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is Contemporary Women, Fiction

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The publisher of the All These Beautiful Strangers is HarperAudio. The imprint is HarperAudio. It is supplied by HarperAudio. The ISBN-13 is 9780062849489.

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Ivana - Diary of Difference

October 12, 2022

Blog | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Pinterest A beautiful story about families, love, betrayal, the difference between the rich and poor, and a girl that tries to discover what happened to her missing mother, while discovering herself. Charlie Calloway has a life most people would kill for – a tight-knit family, a loyal set of friends, and top grades a privileged boarding school. But Charlie’s never been interested in what most people want. Like all Calloways, she’s been taught that she’s different, special – better. So when her school’s super-exclusive secret society extends a mysterious invitation, Charlie’s determination to get in is matched only by her conviction that she belongs there.But their secrets go deeper than she knows.Charlie finds herself thrust into the centre of a decades-old mystery – one that implicates her family in not one terrible crime, but two. Uncovering their past may destroy everything she knows – or give her the answer she’s always craved: Who or what was behind her mother’s disappearance ten years ago?I haven’t heard about this book until I received it as a birthday gift from my sister. The cover is just – gorgeous! You can feel the raindrops on the cover, and the sides are painted black, and you can read out ”I KNOW”. They have been thinking of all the little details. [image error]The story is a bit slow at the beginning. It took me a while to get into it, as they delay the plot for a while, but once you get past that little hill of boredom, it gets better and better. I could imagine myself climbing a mountain with my bike, struggling while climbing, just so I can enjoy the great fast downhill and wind in my face. The story is told by many people’s perspective, and it changes after each chapter. The amazing thing was, the stories go back in the past as well, but the story keeps flowing in one direction, event by event, which I really enjoyed. If this was poorly made, the book would’ve been so confusing, but fortunately, it wasn’t.Even though I didn’t expect, this turned out to be a great mystery-solving novel, with wonderful and unexpected plot-twists, and a cliffhanger until the end. Is the mother dead or alive?Many of the topics covered are very relatable. The difference between children raised in rich families versus the children raised in not-s-rich families. Their thoughts and mindsets, their beliefs, and the people they hang out with. And when a girl like Charlie, who has a father from a rich family and a mother from a poor family, is on the cross-road, it is amazing to see this character develop and make choices for herself, that reflect on both her backgrounds.A lovely read, fast-paced novel, with a beautiful cover and even more beautiful reading material, this is one of the stories that I would recommend for you to read on a rainy day, covered in a blanket, with a hot chocolate – despite the summer theme on the cover, this was a winter book for me.Blog | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Pinterest

Carrie

June 01, 2018

All These Beautiful Strangers by Elizabeth Klehfoth is a young adult mystery that is told from multiple points of view and several timelines. Reading this one I had the thought that the author successfully made a book stew, she managed to combine a couple of mysteries and some drama into an interesting story.First we have seventeen year old Charlie Calloway who is a junior at the prestigious Knollwood and looking forward to joining Knollwood’s secret elite society, the As. Charlie is ready to put her past behind her and step out of the shadow of her family name so when invited to join the high stakes scavenger hunt that begins the initiation into the As Charlie is excited to join the in crowd.Ten years before when Charlie was seven her mother had gone missing and even a decade later there were never any definite answers to what happened. Rumors still swirl that Charlie’s father had murdered Grace but evidence points to Grace having planned to leave the marriage and disappear.And then twenty years earlier there was another mystery that involved Charlie’s family. Her mother had been good friends with a boy named Jake who had attended Knollwood back then and had been said to commit suicide. Grace had never really believed of the suicide and blamed herself for not knowing what was going on with Jake.The story was very easy to follow along even as it changed the point of view and went back in time. Just as much as Charlie’s pledging to join the As was interesting and drama filled in the present time the mysteries of the past were just as compelling. This one became quite the page turner just waiting to see what would happen and how all the secrets and lies could be woven in together and be solved making a very enjoyable read.I received an advance copy from the publisher via Edelweiss.For more review please visit https://carriesbookreviews.com/

Lady Clementina

December 01, 2018

My thanks to NetGalley and Penguin Random House Children’s UK for a review copy of this book.This young adult mystery is the story of Charlotte ‘Charlie’ Calloway, the daughter of a real estate mogul who attends a posh prep school, Knollwood Preparatory. She has just received an invitation to be inducted into the very secret club, the ‘A’s’ at the school for which she (and other initiates) will be given three difficult challenges which will get them to push many boundaries. But Charlie’s life is plagued by another mystery—her mother disappeared ten years ago, literally all of a sudden, and no trace has been found of her. Grace Calloway was from an ordinary, working class background so the Calloways only think the worst of her—her being a gold-digger and such. On the other hand, her mother’s family and friends believe Charlie’s father had something to do with her mother’s disappearance. When Grace’s brother, Charlie’s uncle Hank contacts her with some information about Grace, she decides to start looking into the matter. As the story proceeds, we start to see different events in different timelines from the perspective of Grace, and also of Alistair, Charlie’s father, besides Charlie herself. Going back and forth in time, the different pieces of the puzzle start to come together.While this was a mystery, one of my favourite genres, it was very different from the mystery stories I usually read, with the prep school setting, and Gossip Girl vibes (as the description itself said). But still I found it to be a pretty interesting read. I liked how the story switched between different timelines and viewpoints, which meant that at times, the reader had learnt more about the characters’ (Charlie’s parents and friends and relatives) complicated (very) backstories than Charlie had at that point, and one was waiting to see how she finds out and how it helps her put the puzzle together. Being in a school setting, there are the usual school storylines moving on alongside—escaping curfew, classes, homecoming dance, and even a touch of romance. Though most of the students are the typical prep-school rich kids (a la Gossip Girl), one does like Charlie, even if not many of the other characters. As far as the mystery itself was concerned, it turned out that there was more than one puzzle that needed solving, but about less than halfway into the book, one could more or less work out what the broad answers to the mystery would be and how the two main mysteries were connected. But despite that, I found the book did have me hooked and reading on, both because I wanted to see whether I was right, and how things would turn out for the characters. Also the whodunit I only figured out a little later. Although about 500 pages long (a little over in fact) the book didn’t feel like it was dragging at any point, and kept me interested all through. My rating: 4 stars for this one—for a mystery to get full points from me, it really has to surprise me or have a twist I didn’t see coming, which this one didn’t really. But still, it was a very enjoyable read.This review also appears on my blog: https://potpourri2015.wordpress.com/2...

NZLisaM

August 27, 2018

This had everything I love in a YA mystery.The summer Charlie Calloway was seven years-old her mother, Grace, vanished without a trace from their lake house. Due to her luggage being missing, and a large cash withdrawal by her the day before she disappeared, it is believed Grace left of her own accord. Consequently, Charlie has grown up hating her mother for abandoning not only her, but her father and younger sister as well. Ten years on, she’s enjoying a privileged life at an elite boarding school, and is beyond thrilled when she receives an invitation to join the A’s, an exclusive, secret, co-ed society, that rules the campus. Then, a stack of photos are found beneath the floorboards at the lake house, pictures of her along with her mother and sister, evidence they were being stalked. And written on the back of one are two words, ‘I Know’. What does the message mean? Who wrote it, and why? Charlie is determined to find out, and her actions set in motion a chain of events that is about to bring her perfect life crashing down.Cross Pretty Little Liars with Gossip Girl, throw in some Cruel Intentions, put an original, sophisticated spin on things and you have All These Beautiful Strangers. Then add not one, but two past mysteries to solve, both with ties to the Calloway family, and you have a sure-fire winner. Plus, I’m a sucker for books set at boarding school, and Elizabeth Klehfoth did a stellar job of bringing Knollwood Augustus Prep, and it’s faculty and students, to life.The mystery was a slow-burn, with enough creepy, ominous touches, to evoke that unsettled feeling within you while reading. Moments such as Grace enjoying a late night swim, with her two young daughters asleep inside, when the porch light goes out (it's not on an automatic timer). Or, Charlie on the edge of the school grounds, hearing footsteps behind her, able to see a kitchen light on in her dormitory, but not sure if she can make it there in time before the person behind her catches up to her. Also, the author came up with a couple of ingenious ways to move the mystery plot along, that out of all the mysteries I’ve read, I’ve never seen done before.There’s a large cast of characters so you’ll need to pay close attention, so plenty of suspects to choose from. It’s also a very character-driven, coming-of-age story. At first glance Charlie appears to be a spoiler, self-centred, rich kid, whose only agenda is her own. But it soon becomes clear that there is so much more to her than meets the eye, and I formed a real attachment to her. I actually got pretty emotional at the end, seeing how far she’d come from where she started. And there are other reasons I became emotional, but I’m not going to tell.It’s no secret that I’m an adult who’s a YA crime suspense fanatic, but even if you’re not, I still highly recommend this one – believe that there’s enough adult content to satisfy. Sure there’s a certain amount of teen speak, classes, dances, etc, but it’s not over-the-top. And, even though the majority of the story is told via Charlie (set in 2017), there are adult POV’s chapters as well, narrated by Grace, and Charlie’s father, Alistair Calloway (covering the period 1996-2007). To the teenage readers, read it now!I only have one question – when’s Elizabeth Klehfoth’s next book?Whoops, almost neglected to do a shout-out to the gorgeous, sparkly cover for the paperback edition. And ‘I Know’ is written along the pages as well – love it!

Misty

July 11, 2019

I loved this book, though I wasn’t sure exactly into which genre the author intended it be placed. On one hand, this is adolescent lit, as it tells the story of high school junior Charlotte (Charlie) Calloway as she comes of age in a prep school environment. On the other hand, however, I felt like much of the subject matter (suicide, murder, sex, drugs, etc.) were handled in a way that would demand a certain amount of maturity in order to appreciate. The plot that drives the novel is actually two fold. First is the story of Charlie and her initiation into a secret prep school “club” known as the A’s. Second is the tale of Charlie’s mother, who disappeared years earlier under suspicious circumstances, though Charlie was always led to believe that her mother abandoned her and her sister in search of greener pastures. The story of the A’s and that of Charlie’s mother intersect, delivering a powerful message about the destructive nature of secrets and lies.The writing here is sound, and the characters are exceptionally well developed. The point of view is first person, with alternating speakers from chapter to chapter. The author handled these transitions beautifully, with a separate and distinct voice for each of these characters as they offered facts and background critical to a full appreciation of the work. I always consider a book to be a success when first, it sticks with me, and second, when I can become so wrapped up in the reading that the room around me “disappears”. This novel did both. I still find myself wondering where those characters would have landed had the author written a follow up.

BookNightOwl

May 27, 2020

All these beautiful strangers is a story about a wealthy family filled with lies. Charlie doesnt know what happened to her mother. Did she really disappear from her life? Did her father have something to do with her disappearance? Not only is she dealing with that but she has been invited into the secret elite society the "A's" which she has to complete difficult challenges to be a part of the society. Filled with mystery and secrets this book is told in alternating years and characters.

:¨·.·¨: `·. izzy ★°*゚

September 14, 2018

This book was phenomenal and I still cannot believe it is Klehfoth's debut!!All These Beautiful Strangers follows Charlie Calloway, a 17-year-old privileged, rich teen. Her father, Alistair Calloway, comes from a very wealthy upper-class family who bring all the classic rich stereotypes to life. They are stuck up and full of secrets.Her mother disappeared ten years before the book starts, leaving a lot of unanswered questions and brewing up scandalous rumours. In a short summary, we follow Charlie through her Junior year at her prestigious boarding school, Knollwood. An invitation to join the secretive society of Knollwood causes Charlie to land herself in a web of lies, secrets and costly challenges that question her morals and character. But the secrets could lead her to the answer she's been craving her whole life: What happened to her mother?The other two protagonists in this book are Alistair (her father) and Grace (her mother). Their perspectives provide the missing pieces that would not have been provided by Charlie, and let us dive into the past, collecting much needed information.Grace's point of view is gut wrenching and tear-jerking - I found myself crying at some of her chapters. I really loved how she wasn't just the 'Missing Mum'. We got to know the real Grace and her character was beautifully developed. Her perspectives really made this book a five star read and made this novel heartbreaking but wonderful.I absolutely loved the boarding school setting and the privileged characters with all their secrets. I found all the characters to be well rounded, complex and wonderfully developed. Klehfoth did a brilliant job and I cannot praise her enough. The mystery element to this book had to be well done, since that was the main pitch of the book. Was it well done? YES.We are following Charlie as she picks at her family's past and little clues are given along the way. I had so much fun forming my own conclusions with every new piece of evidence.I did have my small suspicions, but I was not prepared for the ending and it took my breath away.I had so many questions but they were all answered when I turned the page and read the Epilogue, which was the cherry on top of a great ending.As for character development, I really wanted to see Charlie get some well-needed character development, as she was slightly unlikable during the first half of the book. She was very self-centred and judgemental. The character development came towards the end of the book and I was delighted. It was great to see Charlie grow and find herself. I love, love, loved how she changed her perspective on life and changed herself for the better.I also loved how different the two sides of Charlie's family were. The Calloways were your stereotypical rich, stuck-up assholes and the Fairchilds were your cosy, warm family. They were so different but they worked so well together. I would have liked to have seen more from Serephina, Charlie's younger sister, but her absence during most of the book didn't really affect the story.This book is now my favourite of 2018 - absolutely brilliant! The plot, characters, setting all a 10/10 for me.Before going into this book, be mindful of the trigger warnings for sexual assault and abuse.

Gare

July 09, 2018

ALL THESE BEAUTIFUL STRANGERS is a paragon of the perfect summer read. Klehfoth has a voice that dazzles, intrigues, and intimidates. Her writing is razor-sharp and sensational. The plot to this novel is spectacular and inviting. Combine that with dangerously well-written characters, a gorgeous setting, and a novel that teeters on the brink of different genres and you have one hell of a winner in my eyes.This novel is like Cruel Intentions meets Pretty Little Liars meets Gillian Flynn. I absolutely loved the back and forth between different family members of the Calloway family and how the storylines (twenty years apart) blended together so smoothly as this read continued. Similar to the writing style of Flynn, Klehfoth's characters were mostly unlikeable and not to be trusted - just how I like them. I loved every aspect of this storyline. It has drama, a bit of comedy, and a gorgeous cold case mystery. Not only that, but the boarding school setting just adds so much to this novel, then you have the glitz of the city, the ominous setting in a house by the sea...I mean, come on; this novel was meant to be devoured piece by piece. And did I ever. I loved the characters in this novel. They were ruthless, genius, and terrifyingly entertaining. I loved how Charlie Calloway wasn't your cookie-cutter sweetheart who hasn't done a thing wrong her entire life. She was strong, unapologetic, and imperfectly lovable all at the same time. Bravo to Klehfoth for not writing a female protagonist that requires saving, a shoulder to cry on, or assistance in getting to the bottom of this multi-layered novel. My only downfall was that throughout the novel between Charlie's classmates, friends, family, and friends of the family, it was hard to keep track of all of the characters between her perspective and other characters perspectives as well. Granted, Klehfoth does a great job of weeding out the ones that are mention-only by the second part, but it was a little intimidating at first.I cannot say enough great things about this novel. I was completely immersed and this is easily one of the most enjoyable reads I have had in my hands in a long time. Thank you so much to Elizabeth Klehfoth for combining so many beautiful things in a book that I love and cramming it into a 400+ novel that has not one word wasted throughout. Special thanks to William Morrow for my copy in exchange for my honest review.

Sofialibrary

September 14, 2019

ADOREI o livro! Thriller espectacular que me deixou agarrada até ao final! Este livro conta a história de Charlotte (Charlie) uma adolescente da classe alta cuja mãe alegadamente desapareceu há 10 anos atrás e que vai estudar para um colégio interno de prestígio. No colégio, Charlie fica a fazer parte de um grupo secreto onde só a elite pertence e durante o seu percurso para se afirmar como membro do clube vai descobrindo várias coisas que a levam a tentar perceber desesperadamente o que aconteceu à sua mãe. E quando percebemos que a verdade vai magoar as pessoas que nos são queridas? Esquecemos ou vamos em frente e não nos calamos?

Emily

July 04, 2018

I really enjoyed All These Beautiful Strangers! I was immediately hooked by the prologue, and looked forward to finding out what the mystery was. Part of this book is set at a boarding school, and part of it is set at a family lakehouse. I loved both settings. They were tense, intriguing, and it was very easy to get lost in the story. There's also a secret society, which is such a fun aspect of the story. All These Beautiful Strangers has a lot of mysterious flashbacks, and I liked figuring out the mystery as the story went on (I did not solve it before the final reveal, so that's good). This book may sound like it has a YA storyline, but it's told with an adult voice. I really loved it, and I'm so glad that I was able to receive a review copy. If you're a fan of Gossip Girl or Pretty Little Liars, but want something a little different, pick this one up!

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