This was interesting from a family drama perspective and less so as a thriller. I was interested, but not enough to feel a need to keep picking it up. I didn't find anything particularly surprising from a twists angle, but I genuinely enjoyed reading it.

Oh My Gosh!!! I loved this book and the author of course. This book was well written and the plot was spot on. I ready this book in one sitting, and I'm not a fast paced reader. I can't wait to read more from her. The characters were so very likeable and I didn't have an ick like I do with some books Nicole knows what she is doing and I am here for it. Again this was such a good book. I will hopefully get approved for more from her.

I truly didn't know what to expect was coming next in this book. That said, it was also slow at points and I found it hard to really get into. When I was about 75% done with the book, it really picked up, and I found it hard to put down. This was an unpredictable thriller, that had so many turns and was a different format than I usually seek out.

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The Day After The Party by Nicole Trope - 4.5/5 ⭐

I was sold by the cover alone. I just knew this was going to be a thriller of sorts and I wasn't wrong. It was absolutely amazing. There was nothing that was predictable in the stort and it kept me guessing the whole way through.

I loved the dual timelines, it really opened up the book from a different perspective and was thoroughly enjoyable. It's the perfect kind of book you want to read in one sitting because you have this dire need to know what's happening and where it's going.

Trope has a brilliant written style and was able to keep me on my toes throughout the book and I loved the twists and turns that kept coming my way.

Thank you to NetGalley and Bookoture for allowing me to read this ARC - this is an HONEST review from my own personal opinion.

Katelyn celebrates her 36th birthday at a big birthday bash at her house but she wakes up in the hospital with no memory of the past 24 hours.

Told in alternating perspectives between Katelyn and her best friend and her husband. Someone is lying and something bad happened at the party but what is it?

I didn't love this novel. I thought it was a big predictable and the ending was a let down.

An interesting slant on an old story. Lifelong friends, betrayals, post natal depression, job loss, marriage, divorce, jealousy etc etc. However this book’s usp is that one friend has an episode after her birthday party brought on by stress and can’t recall anything that happened at the party - and boy many things happened!
I liked that the chapters were written from different povs and different timelines. The relationship between the two girls evolved from age six for thirty years. However I felt the characters were a little two dimensional and some of the most traumatic moments were skimmed over. The tension at the end was well written and overall I enjoyed this book.

Kateyln and Leah have been best friends for thirty years, but all might come to a head the day after Katelyn’s 36th birthday party when she finds herself lying in a hospital bed with no memory of the night before.

With alternating viewpoints and snapshots of Kateyln and Leah’s friendship through the years, we move forward in time and see how Katelyn, her husband, Toby, and Leah deal with the trauma of a surprise event that took place at the party, ultimately causing Kateyln’s memory loss.

This was a fun and fast-paced page turner that kept my attention, but I felt like the ending was a bit rushed. I do look forward to reading other books by this author.

Thank you to Nicole Trope, Bookouture and NetGalley for an advance e-copy in exchange for an honest review.

This one was fast paced and kept me guessing! The action felt like it was nonstop from the start. There was all sorts of lies and secrets I never knew who to trust. The ending was intense and I was nervous how it would all conclude.

Loved the cover, loved the twists, loved the characters, loved this book.
Highly highly recommend reading this book!

I wanted to know what all the hype was re this book and it really didn't disappoint it was such an addictive domestic thriller which kept me entertained for an afternoon. At first I wasn't sure about the two different timelines but then they made complete sense and it worked so well. It didn't go where I thought but that was really good, I find it brilliant when books surprise me and just loved it.

I was given an advance copy by netgalley and bookouture but the review is entirely my own.

Katelyn smiles around at her husband and friends, gathered to celebrate her thirty-sixth birthday in their beautiful home decorated with fairy lights. But the next day Katelyn wakes up shaken and terrified in a hospital bed. She doesn’t remember the party at all..........

Told in dual points of view, this is a gripping psychological thriller with enough twists and turns to keep you guessing throughout. This is one of those books that you just fly through because it has you on the edge of your seat as the tension builds. If you like your books to have secrets and lies, unreliable narrators and a unique plot then this is for you.

Highly recommend!

Deceit, Betrayal, Lies, Cheating, Temp Amnesia, Jealousy... what more could you ask for in 3 decades worth of friendship?

Katelyn smiles around at her husband and friends, gathered to celebrate her thirty-sixth birthday in their beautiful home decorated with fairy lights. But the next day Katelyn wakes up shaken and terrified in a hospital bed...

She doesn't remember the sweet taste of birthday cake icing, or how angry her best friend was at midnight, or the terrible things her husband said. She doesn't remember the party at all.

When she asks her husband what happened the night of the party he says 'nothing'. But her blood runs cold at the way his voice lilts slightly. The way it always does when he is lying.

Did someone at the party harm her?

What is her husband hiding?

Or did Katelyn herself do something terrible?

Only one thing is certain. Nobody can be trusted. And if Katelyn's memories of the party do come back, it will tear them all apart..

I found myself ripping through the pages of this book wanting to know what on earth happened at that party. Definitely a fast paced page turner, but I honestly didn't like a single one of these characters. - I liked the child Harper.

The story is told in third person POV which I actually prefer when executed properly, but with this, I found that I felt very detached from the characters and the writing and story itself felt very clunky to me at times.

Lemme explain what I mean; Third person, alternating between past and present, but also, time leading up to the party and days after the part and then chapters dedicated either from Katelyn or her best friend Leah.

That was a whole mouthful to get out, so for me it just seemed kinda confusing at times.

I felt so much was just glossed over and could have been explored more while other things were literally on repeat.

I think many people will enjoy this, it's fast paced and entertaining for the most part, I wasn't wowed by the twist at the end because as I'm sitting here thinking about it , I'm like - so that was it?





Thank you, NetGalley, Bookouture and Nicole Trope for this ARC in exchange for an honest review- ♥︎

Read this book in 2 days!!! The urge to find out what really happened at the party was a real page turner. Because it is written in 3rd person it did take me a while to understand which characters were who at the start. Overall a great book! Be a great TV adaptation!

Affairs, Marriage, Divorce, IVF, Domestic drama

Psychological thriller of two women who've been best friends since they were 6 years old.
On Katelyn’s 36th birthday she has a party that ends up with her in the hospital with memory loss of the entire party.

The story goes back and forth in time through Leah and Katelyn’s 30 year friendship and the mystery of what happened after the party.

Such a wild twisty ride, I loved it!

I received an arc copy of this book from Net Galley in exchange for my honest opinion of it. I love the books by this author but this one and the previous one were really disappointments to me. With this book. I got to 40 percent and could not finish. I found the storyline very confusing regarding the timeline and also the characters. I had to keep reminding myself who was married to who and who was divorced and there were not many characters. This book did not read like a psychological thriller but more like a women's fiction book. I have loved so many books by this author but I am not sure I would try another one.

If you're looking for a quick little thriller then this book is probably for you. There were moments in it where I was intrigued to know what was going to happen next but they weren't as frequent as I would have liked and overall these characters didn't really surprise me in the ways that I would like for this kind of book. I thought the characterisation of Katelyn and Leah was a bit rushed and so there were things that didn't feel like they were in character just because the history wasn't really there in the characterisation. I also found myself getting a bit lost in the timeline in the chapters that weren't specifically set in the past and therefore sometimes things got a bit confusing and it was easy to lose track. The ending could kind of only go one way but even that felt rushed. I liked it enough to finish reading, but it wasn't a thrilling as I would have liked.

Another twisty, intense thriller from Nicola Trope that kept me turning the pages. The Day After the Party is filled with angst and questions that keep the reader guessing and I found myself keen to find out what would happen next. 5 stars!

Secrets, lies, childhood trauma.
This book kept me turning the pages!
This book is focused on Katelyn’s birthday party. Things happened, and Katelyn can’t remember. We learn pieces of it as the book goes own. It’s told in two perspectives. Katelyn’s and her best friend Leah’s.

Katelyn and Leah have been best friends for 30 years, since they were 6 years old and Katelyn, the daughter of an alcoholic and Leah, seemingly perfect hit it off in kindergarten. All grown up, Katelyn is married to lawyer Toby and Leah’s life is falling apart. At Katelyn’s 36th birthday party, Leah witnesses something terrible and Katelyn loses her memory, but all of their lives are changed forever. Switching between Katelyn and Leah’s viewpoints the story was intense and fast paced, leading up to an unanticipated conclusion.
I enjoyed this book very much and kept turning pages to find out what happened. I may have missed a few chores today!

The Day After the Party tells the story of two best friends and the aftermath of a birthday party. At the start of the book, we learn that Katelyn is in the hospital, with no memory of the last several hours. As the book progresses, we move forward in time, and see how Katelyn, her husband, and her best friend Leah deal with the trauma of Katelyn’s memory loss and an unspecified event that occurred at the party. We also go back in time and see snippets of the friendship evolving between Leah and Katelyn over the years. I thought it was an interesting thriller and kept my attention, although I very much disliked the ending.