Not overly impressed with this book unfortunately. Characters were two dimensional and it felt very flat and predictable

After the Party was a quick but engaging read. I finished it over a 24 hour period and was engrossed in it from the start. The characters of Lizzie, Dean, Marie and Rebecca were all intriguing and unreliable and it was hard to know who to trust.
The story follows the disappearance of Rebecca and it was difficult to work out what was going to happen next. The setting and descriptive writing were brilliant and added to the creepiness of the story. The ending took me by surprise, wasn't expecting the outcome at all.
Good thriller if you are looking for a quick and easy read.

I wanted something quick and fun and this hit the spot! Twisty, fast read, maybe a tad predictable but didn’t take away from the enjoyment.

After the Party by Georgina Lees is a psychological thriller. It is set in a small town and revolves around a group of work colleagues and their relationships. When one of them goes missing after the Christmas Party, no one really knows what happened but everyone has their own secrets.

While I enjoyed this book, I found the ending frustrating. It just didn't seem believable to me for many reasons not just the who dunnit.

This was a fast paced, quick read and I enjoyed every second! I didn't particularly care for any of the characters but that didn't take away from the book at all, if anything it made it even better!

Loved this thriller. The storyline was solid and the characters were well done. The twists and turns were well planed and made sense in the story.

This book fell flat for me. The characters are so dull and one dimensional. The twists are so predictable. The ending is terrible. Not for me

This is the first time I have read anything by this author. I found the plot and characters in this book hard to connect with. I found that it didn’t hold my attention easily.

Many thanks to Netgalley and Georgina Lees for the advanced copy of this book. I agreed to give my unbiased opinion voluntarily.

A very good thriller with a surprising twist but a disappointing prologue.
I kind of had guessed the twist but the prologue hugely let this book down as you’re left quite underwhelmed and disappointed.
I also couldn’t find the character of Lizzie appealing at all as she is over consumed with her ‘love’ for Dan and it makes her look weak and silly.
The main story is good though hence the 4 stars.
Thank you to NetGalley and HarperCollins for letting me review this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Lizzie has been in love with her work colleague Dean for years. She had planned to tell him at the work's Christmas party, but he confesses his secret relationship and love for fellow worker Rebecca and admits he is upset as she is moving to London.

Lizzie is devastated and ends up calling her mother to collect her from the party as she is drunk and has been sick.

The next morning Lizzie discovers Rebecca has gone missing, everyone is a suspect. What did happen after the party?

WOW this was a great whodunnit, with lots of clues and red herrings to keep you guessing. I did not see the ending coming and had to re-read it just to make sure my eyes were not deceiving me!!

Thank you to Netgalley for my copy in exchange for an honest review.

A slow domestic psychological thriller. The first person, present tense was a bit off putting and I did not engage with the narrative.

Lizzie has been in love with Dean for years on the night she plans to reveal all he confesses his secret relationship and love for fellow workmate and casual friend Rebecca leaving Lizzie devastated. But the morning after this discovery Rebecca is missing and everyone’s a suspect in the small community they all reside.

This was an engaging easy read it was slightly predictable as in I guessed or at least had a strong inkling quite early on who the protagonist was and it turned out I was right.

It’s all told from Lizzie POV and has decent pacing but Lizzie was somewhat of a doormat and I wanted to give her a big kick up the backside and tell her to stop being so passive about everything. In some ways I even thought her behaviour encouraged people to take her for granted as she constantly rolled over and turned the other cheek. I can’t imagine myself ever being so compliant and forgiving.

Lizzie also had a massive vein of selfishness to go along with her passiveness this was showcased by her eventual actions and willingness to let the status quo be if it meant she’d now get what she wanted all along. Even her sheer determination to discover what had happened to Rebecca was fuelled in most part by Dean’s approval whatever she told herself otherwise. She was one of those people who appears a benevolent saint and actually believes her own hype and pure motives when the truth is far different.

And then there’s Dean who was hardly the prize of the century. He really didn’t come across at all well in all of this and because of that I totally didn’t like the ending we arrived at here Lizzie should definitely have chosen differently.

In conclusion, though this was well written and I did mostly enjoy it just don’t be expecting to be enamoured by the characters involved as they were to be frank a pretty unlikable bunch and yes that included the perfect Lizzie. I voluntarily reviewed a copy of After The Party.

What happens after the party will keep you reading late into the night. This psychological thriller combines work and family relationships that may be deadly and dangerous. The suspense and anxiety is high as this gripping mystery unfolds. This is the first book I have read by this author, but definitely won’t be the last. Thank you NetGalley for my copy.

A great read, tense and sometimes dark. It's not a light-hearted read but it's gripping nonetheless.

Thank you for providing me with an advance review copy of this book. Enjoyed reading, would recommend....

The book was enough to keep my interests but not enough that I cared too too much.

Suspicion arises, where is Rebecca? What could have happened to her?

I didn’t see the hype about Dean and why Lizzie was so obsessed.

HarperCollins UK, One More Chapter, One More Chapter and Netgalley thank you for this oportunity. I was really interested what happened and why. I would love a little more secrets but anyway a solid read, I loved more then her previous

An ok story but not the best. I struggled with this as to be honest I found it a bit boring! Not one for me.

This was an interesting story with characters that I didn’t really like. I just could not engage with them. Surprise ending for me.
Many thanks to HarperCollins UK and to NetGalley for providing me with a galley in exchange for my honest opinion.

After The Party was a very middle-of-the-road thriller novel for me, it had all the right ingredients, however, it didn't fully grab me. The concept was interesting, but I think more could have been done in terms of pacing to keep the reader interested and engaged.