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ashley_dang096 's review for:
The Afterlife of the Party
by Marlene Perez
This was as if you took Jennifer’s Body and the Coldest Girl in Coldtown and mixed it together, but amped up the campiness and toned down the action and it definitely has a younger vibe to it. Sadly for me, this did not turn out how I was hoping it would. The story revolves around Tansy ( a witch), her crush Vaughn ( recently broken up with his gf), and Skyler ( recently dumped, party crazy, and in a new relationship). Skyler makes Tansy go to a party to meet Skyler’s new boyfriend’s band, and things take a turn for the worst when he and his bandmates turn out to be vampires and take a bite out of her and Tansy. From there, it’s a road trip story about Tansy trying to rescue Skyler while dealing with her crush on Vaughn. The characters acted, and felt very young, even though they were in high school, and the plot seemed to drag on for a bit. The one thing I have to say that slightly irritated me while reading this was that Tansy wasn’t dealing with the very high stakes situation she was in, in a really smart way, she acted like she’s a badass while in actuality, not so much. I didn’t really care for the romance between Vaughn and Tansy and it gave me more of a lukewarm feeling. The entire 90% of the book Tansy is going on and on about how she has to save Skyler, but she’s given various opportunities to do so and could have done a better job doing so... and there are added characters that don’t exactly affect the story and just show up ( I’m looking at you Rose and Thorn). The danger is prominent in the story and whats being done to these girls is horrifying, being controlled, either being drained of blood or killed off, having no choice or control over their bodies and what is being done to them, it was really hard to read, and yet the way Tansy just has zero game plan or anything to save these girls just felt wrong. The last 10% is when she suddenly just goes all out and things miraculously work out for her.This book has all the things I normally love: vampires, romance, evil boy bands, rescuing friend missions.... and yet it just did not work for me. I was just happy to have finished and then realized this was going to be a series and there is more to come in this story and I don’t really know if I actually want to know more.
*Thank you Netgalley and Entangled Publishing for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review*
*Thank you Netgalley and Entangled Publishing for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review*