Something happened the night of Katelyn's thirty-sixth birthday and she wakes up in a hospital bed with no idea where she is, no memory of the party or what has happened after it. Her husband instructs her to read the piece of paper she's holding which explains that she's suffering from Transient Global Amnesia and can't form new memories. He's told her this before, over and over again. It's a mystery what triggered the sudden memory loss and she's terrified that a similar event will happen again.

Chapters switch between Katelyn and her best friend, jumping back to when they met as six year olds, then forward to the days immediately before and after the party, then to their teenage years.... There's a complicated web of relationships and not all of my questions were answered by the end. I didn't love this one.

First, I want to thank Nicole Trope, Bookouture and NetGalley for providing me with this book so I can bring you this review!

WOW!!!! Reading The Day After The Party was like watching a prime time soap opera in my mind!! Nicole Trope really packed on the drama thick with this one! It is not your average psychological thriller, it is way more dark and twisted.

I can’t imagine what Katelyn was going through emotionally, mentally and even physically waking up in an unknown location with no memory of anything that had happened at the party! Like Katelyn I too needed to know what happened at the party!

What I loved most about this book was the education Nicole gave to her readers about transient global amnesia. I found the topic very interesting and how it played a role in The Day After The Party.

So many of these characters rubbed me the wrong way to the point that I was screaming at my Kindle! But with every book there is someone you don’t care for and others you like. My favorites were Harper, Katelyn and Toby!

Thank you NetGalley and Bookouture for the ARC of The Day After the Party by Nicole Trope.

This is a great story around Leah and Katelyn. I was hooked from the prologue and couldn’t put this one down. I’ve never read anything by Nicole previously, but if this is an indication of all her work, I will definitely read more.

Thank you NetGalley and Bookouture for the ARC!

This one is honestly tough for me to rate. I had a hard time getting into it. I didn’t really resonate with any of the characters nor did I feel that any of them were particularly likable. Between this, the dual POVs, the jumping back and forth between past and present, and the fact the story was told in 3 person made it confusing and hard to follow. The writing style also seemed a bit choppy to me. Around 70-75% in, the story picked up a little bit and I was intrigued to know what was going to happen. What did happen was not as juicy or crazy as I was hoping it would be, or it may have redeemed the way I felt about the beginning of the book.

Overall, I think this book will definitely appeal to a good amount of readers because it contains a lot of drama and has a very soap opera feel to it. Themes include: cheating, lying, deceit, infertility, toxic friendships, addiction, abuse, and childhood trauma.

After Katelyn’s thirty-sixth birthday party, while cleaning up, her best friend and her husband realize something is wrong with her. She keeps repeating the same questions and seems to not remember a thing about the night. They rush her to the hospital to find that she has Transient Global Amnesia, a condition where a person is missing the memory of a short period of time, and it is usually brought on by stress. What happened at this party that could have triggered this episode?

"It is a hideous thing to have people tell you what you did, tell you how you behaved, and, seemingly by extension, tell you who you are."

Ever have a bit too much to drink and the next day you struggle to put all of the pieces together? Imagine that feeling for an entire book. THE ANXIETY. I felt sick to my stomach the whole time for Katelyn as she tried to figure out what she was missing and what triggered her episode.

I think we all know that I love anything Trope writes, and this was no different. I loved the chapters alternating POVs throughout and seeing the progression of Katelyn and Leah's friendship from the very beginning to the current time. Perfect pacing and just enough twists to keep me on the edge of my seat!

Ready for the next one, Nicole! 🤣

It’s not often that I find a thriller that I would consider to be “addicting”, but this would have to be one of them. I couldn’t stop reading — I just had to find out what happened next. The page flipping button on my new Kindle Oasis is definitely broken in now!

I loved the aspect of the nonlinear timeline in this book. I was intrigued to find out how Katelyn and Leah’s friendship went from being so tight in the past timeline, to so opposed in the current timeline.

I also think the fact that this book was written in third person POV did a lot of favors for the reader — we were able to get both Katelyn and Leah’s perspective without getting confused on who the current narrator was.

I have two small caveats with this book, my first being that there were some parts that were repetitive. There were certain sayings or frames of thought that I felt like I read at least three times. This aspect was not necessarily terrible, it just made me skim through some parts more than I would’ve liked to.

Second, the ending felt extremely abrupt. I read this on my kindle, so it unexpectedly ended at 87% (the last chunk of the book was a bonus chapter from one of Trope’s other novels). I was shocked when I flipped one of the last pages to find that I was already on the epilogue. I feel as though I did not get a lot of closure.

With those two aspects aside, I would definitely recommend this book to someone who is looking for a fast-paced thriller.

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The Day After The Party is a story of friendship told from multi POV. Can someone really forget an entire day?? Let's see. The issue I had was the writing. The POV would switch during a chapter and it completely distracted me. I will continue to gobble up anything Nicole puts out.

This was an easy to read story. The characters were real and I felt like I knew them quickly. The girls had been best friends all their lives but their lives had taken two different paths. There were lots of twists and turns and some darker elements to the story. I wasn't expecting the end!

Lets meet Katelyn, her husband Toby, and best friend Leah, whom she has known since they were six years old. Among others, they have gathered for Katelyn's 36th birthday party. However, when Katelyn looses her memory of that night, she has to choose on who to believe about what really happened that night. She is not even sure she can trust herself to reveal the truth!!

Thank you to Netgalley and Bookouture for an advanced readers copy in exchange for my honest review!

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The Day After the Party is a story full of suspense told from the perspectives of two best friends: Katelyn and Leah.

After Katelyn’s 36th birthday party, she wakes up in a hospital bed with amnesia; she can’t remember anything about the party. Throughout the story, Katelyn fights to remember what had happened that night while we see Leah crack more and more over time.

Leah’s life is falling apart after a divorce and losing her job. Katelyn has what Leah considers the perfect life. How far will Leah go to have the life she thinks she deserves?

I thought I had this book figured out and couldn’t see where else the story could go once I thought I had, but I was proven wrong.

Thank you to NetGalley and Bookouture for the opportunity to read this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Katelyn and Leah have been best friends since they were six but even best friends keep secrets.

I am usually obsessed with the books that Bookouture puts out but this one is not my favorite.

It was still good. You really watch as Katelyn and Leah’s relationship grow and untangle through out the years with the time flash backs.

There was so many twist and turns you didn’t know where this book was going and then it end with a WTF 🤯

Some parts were just kind of slow. I sat there wondering how long we’d have to listen to Leah complain about her life.

But overall a good book.

Thank you to netgalley for the advanced copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. This is my second book by Nicole Trope, and I don’t think it will be the last!

Katelyn throws herself a party for her birthday, but at the end of it, looses her memory and gets taken to the hospital by her husband and best friend Leah. What happened at the party could ruin both of their lives, forever!

Nicole knows how to piece a good thriller/drama together that keeps the reader engaged. I liked how the story went back and forth between present time, and past, telling us about Katelyn and Leah’s relationship as they grew up. I think that the chapters about their friendship as they grew up, really set the stage for how the book ended.
Overall this was a 3.5 star read for me

This was a difficult book to get through.
Even though I loved the setup of the story, it felt a little bit too much soap opera for me halfway through.
The writing, however, was really good. Nicole Trope is a great author, she knows how to balance detail and moving the story forward well. It could've been a bit faster though, I read some, skipped a few paragraphs, read some more... it was a bit boring but I still recommend it if you like domestic drama stories between friends/families.

I was surprised I enjoyed this book so much, could barely put it down as I was on the edge of my seat. Excited to read more from Trope!

I absolutely loved this book . It had plenty of intrigue to keep you guessing and it definitely keeps you up reading late at night . I loved the two female characters despite their flaws . I do enjoy reading this author’s books and look forward to the next . 5 stars from me

Nicole Trope writes with such heart, honesty and creates very believable characters! Loved this one and was fully engaged from beginning to end. A must-read!

Many thanks to NetGalley and Bookouture for this ARC!

Here we have Katelyn, who wakes up in a hospital with no memories of what led her there. Global Transient Amnesia is what her condition is called. Her husband, Toby assures her nothing out of the ordinary happened and he hasn’t a clue to what brought it on.

What happened before? Katelyn was having her 36th birthday party. Her best friend Leah was there and many others. Did Katelyn do something absolutely hideous, considering she was drunk? Did someone else do something? Say something? Did Toby or Leah reveal something?

We get snippets of clues during the party and afterward. I didn’t really feel there were any revelations that were shockers. We could see this stuff a mile away. For me, the best parts of the story were flashbacks throughout Leah and Katelyn’s childhood, starting from the age of 6 (which was sweet btw).

I’d like to thank NetGalley, Bookouture, and Nicole Trope for my ARC. All opinions are my own. Release date in a few days October 30, 2023
3 ⭐️

I really liked this one! This book had many twists and turns I wasn’t expecting. It all begins with Katelyn and Leah meeting through school as friends. Katelyn has a complicated mother and Leah and her family take her under their wing, and a true friendship is formed. Or so you think, fast forward to years later and it all begins to unravel. Katelyn throws herself a 36th Birthday party and that’s where things start to really heat up.
I found this to be a quick, hard to put down book, because I needed to know what was going to happen next.
Thank you to NetGalley and Bookouture for the ARC.

I’m still not sure how i feel about this book. I was definitely reading in anticipation to see what happened BUT there were a lot of plot holes and the ending felt rushed and fell flat.

I was really excited about this book. I loved the premise, but it fell a bit flat for me. I kept waiting for some huge twist that never came, and didn’t care for the ending. This is a great book for someone who is new to thrillers/suspense books! Thanks NetGalley for the ARC!