Super addictive from the very first page & definitely kept you ping pinging back and forth between the two MC. It was hard to tell who was the protagonist and which was the villain.

I also think this book does a great job with outlining the whole “the grass isn’t always greener on the other side” prospect that so many of us get blinded to.. especially now with the age of social media it’s hard to tell what of people’s lives are real and what’s just for show.. so the evil green monster in us can read it’s ugly head for no reason at all.

It took literally took getting 87% into the book for the “thrilling” parts to come.. up until then it’s more of a mystery/ domestic drama type of a story.

I loved the ending though! Extremely satisfying because it was made very clear in the end who was in the right & who was in the wrong & I like it because I feel ambiguous endings with these types of stories can sometimes come across off as lazy writing and this one definitely didn’t disappoint.

The Day After the Party by Nicole Trope

Katelyn and Leah have been best friends since they were six years old. Leah’s parents have treated Katelyn like she is their own daughter because they could see what Katelyn was missing out on at home with her drunk single mother. Now the girls are thirsty six years old and Katelyn just had her birthday party but can not remember anything at all, its like she has amnesia or something her memory is a complete blank and she keeps repeating the same questions over and over again. Leah is pretending to be concerned about Katelyn’s memory loss but its all an act as Leah feels like Katelyn has taken something from her and she wants it back.

Another great book by Nicole Trope! I could not put this book down as I wanted to see of Leah really is as evil as I thought she was.

I would like to thank Net Galley and Bookouture for a copy of this eBook in exchange for an honest review

✨ amnesia
✨ besties or toxic friendship?
✨ relationship drama
✨ secrets

I enjoyed the suspense of this story. I did feel like there was a lot of unnecessary repetition which made the story feel very slow. Some things in the story were repeated multiple times and did not need repeated as we already knew the information. Overall, a good book though.

𝚁𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐: 4⭐️
𝙶𝚎𝚗𝚛𝚎: Thriller📚

𝙼𝚢 𝚃𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚜:
A quick and entertaining read filled with twists and lies.

𝚁𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚒𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎:
Unreliable narrator
MC with global transient amnesia
Birthday parties gone wrong
Quick reads
Alternating POVs
Secrets and lies
Domestic drama
Toxic friendships

𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝙸 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎𝚍:
Short chapters

𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝙸 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗’𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛:
A little repetitive
Slow build up

My thoughts 💭

This book covered themes of toxic friendship, transient global amnesia and the aftermath of childbearing.

The book has alternating timelines and dual POV which enables readers to know what happened in the past and how Katelyn became best friends with Leah. Both characters really should not have been friends. They were in constant comparison competition that left me asking, “but why are they friends again?”

When I eliminated the idea of it being a thriller, it became somewhat enjoyable. I like how the author brought up Transient Global Amnesia which caused Katelyn’s memory loss (although, TGA is more like an awareness raised issue and not the main focus). From reading, I believe the author’s portrayal of toxic friendship should be applauded as she explores how people in toxic friendships do not end it because of that air of superiority they feel knowing that they have what their friends do not have.

I also liked how she raised the aftermath of childbirth as a first time parent/mother. The postpartum depression that hits is never an easy one.

What I did not like are the bits of repetition I encountered while reading, I was confused because I felt I’d read some parts before. I also did not like the characters, they were annoying especially Leah.

Thanks to Netgalley and Bookouture for access to this arc in exchange for my honest review.

I have mixed feelings about this book. Not because it's not good, it was an amazing read. I'm torn between not knowing who I'm siding with (between 2 characters). I can relate to one more than the other having been raised with a golden child. I loved the writing style of this author and totally recommend this book.

This book follows Leah and Katelyn’s lifelong friendship leading up to and after Katelyn’s birthday party. While overall I enjoyed the writing, I struggled with how repetitive it was in places. The build up to the end felt slow and drawn out. Due to being drawn out, this one felt predictable to me. I do love a book with multiple perspectives and the author has mastered this once again! The beginning captured my attention and I always love the author’s writing style.

This is about katelyn who wakes up in a hospital with no recollection of how or why she is there. Toby her husband tells her she just slumped over while they were cleaning up after the party. Toby and Katelyn have a daughter named Harper who was at her grandmothers the night of the party

Katelyn has to be taken to hospital and can’t remember events from her party.
I really like this story, was quite believable, characters were likeable.

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. But 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's lying.

Filled with secrets, lies, postpartum depression, and adultery, I was never quite sure what was lies and what was the truth. Katelyn can't remember her birthday party, but she can remember everything else. On the night of the party, she suffers from global transient amnesia.

When I pick up a Nicole Trope book, I can never read it quickly enough. She never disappoints. The story is told from Katelyn and Leah's perspective. It has a dual timeline that jumps back and forth from the past to the present day. This book is so unpredictable, the characters are well-developed and it has some good twists.

I would like to thank #NetGalley #Bookouture and the author #NicoleTrope for my ARC of #TheDayAfterTheParty in exchange for an honest review.

This book kept me tense and on edge all the way through, and especially at the end. It was a very entertaining read. Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Overall I enjoyed this book.
Short chapters and fast paced. Although I did find it repetitive in some places.
Few surprises and twists, but I did figure most of them out. And some things just didn't make sense to me.

Did have me gripped and wanted to read on.

Jealousy, Lies, Betrayal and Deception..

This book was the fast paced, edge of your seat read and I've come to expect nothing less from Nicole Trope. Katelyn and Leah have been best friends since childhood and now as adults they are still besties but they both have secrets and when Katelyn ends up with amnesia things get really interesting. This book kept me guessing, wondering who might be telling the truth and who is lying.

First of all, thank you to both the author and published for granting me an E-ARC of this book. I was super excited to read this book after previously reading "The Family Across the Street" by Nicole Trope, however I feel like this wasn't on the same level. I don't know what exactly I was expecting going into it, but it just didn't deliver for me and I feel like it missed the mark and fell short.

The book follows best friends Katelyn and Leah and their respective partners as they celebrate Katelyn's birthday. Katelyn suffers a TGA (transient global amnesia) the night of the party and cannot remember what happens. The story weaves between past and present showing the friendship and deterioration of said friendship over the years. We learn that Leah has not always had the best of intentions throughout their friendship either.

The book had a good plot line and characterization, as well as the twists and turns expected from a thriller, I just guess it wasn't as shock-worthy as I was expecting. I was felt feeling like I wanted more from the book.

This was an intriguing read with some unexpected twists and turns. The depth of the relationships kept the pages turning!

UMM EXCUSE ME!!! I’m going to be completely honest, I’m one of those peoples that can pretty much guess where a book or movie is going within like the first few chapters but this book! I literally felt like I was being thrown around in all sorts of directions in an exhilarating and while sort of chase. I never knew what was gonna happen next and ever twist and turn had me gasping in absolute disbelief. Such a fun read and highly recommend!!

The author nails the hook within the first few pages. I was excited about the plot.

I loved the storyline and the twists but not the characters. None of the main characters were likable, I was not rooting for any of them.

While the suspense of knowing what happened kept me cruising thru the chapters, I had no stake in the ending.

I’d still recommend this book, look for Harper and Maureen. They played minor roles but they were my faves.

A fun book to go through. I enjoyed reading when they were younger and current day. Thank you so much for the opportunity to read this !

Good book, pretty nice pacing and story. I would recommend this to others. Thanks to NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for a review

This is a great book it is somewhat like a good soap opera it has, adulterous, lies, postpartum depression and even a little medical diagnosis of global transient amnesia. You really can’t tell the truth from the lies in this story and that makes for a great read.

Let me start off by saying that this is my 5th book by Nicole Trope and I have given all her other books 5 stars. This one just didn’t do it for me and I found myself wanting more. It was a great storyline but I found myself getting confused over the characters and who was doing what. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this advance copy. I look forward to her next book.