The After Party is such a gripping, twisty read! Ruth Kelly keeps the suspense tight while giving her characters real depth, making me care about every secret and revelation. I was hooked from the first page, and the unexpected twists kept me turning pages late into the night. A clever, thrilling read that I won’t forget anytime soon!

This was such a good book! It slowly pulls you in, making you think and start asking more and more questions. I wasn’t sure how I felt reading about TikTok detectives’ but it turned out pretty good. I love how we got a few different perspectives leading up to the present so we could see what was happening through different lenses. Definitely made it more intriguing. I think I guessed the twist around 1/2-2/3 the way through but it was still a good book and would recommend.

The Afterparty has intrigue, tension, and moments that shine, but uneven characters made it a stop-and-start experience. Worth trying if you enjoy influencer era thrillers and messy characters.

It follows a tangled web of secrets, lies, friends, and opportunists as the truth slowly unravels. It’s the kind of thriller that can be compelling in bursts—one minute I was fully absorbed, the next I caught myself rolling your eyes and setting the book down to breathe.

A major sticking point for me was Jamie, the self-styled TikTok detective. From the start, he got on my nerves. He was more interested in followers and fame than helping solve someones disappearance, and that performative obsession overshadowed any redeeming qualities he might have had. His chapters were the definition of frustrating: ego driven, shallow, and often difficult to push through because his motivation was so self-serving.

Becca, unfortunately, didn’t offer much relief. While she’s clearly written to be complex and vulnerable, her low self-esteem and repetitiveness made her storyline hard to connect with. Rather than evolving, she seemed to sit in her insecurity, and it slowed the story’s emotional payoff for me.


Despite this, parts of the novel genuinely pulled me in. The core mystery is interesting, and I often found myself wanting to know what happened next. But then I’d hit a wall, an irritating character choice, or a chapter that felt like emotional circling and I needed a break. It’s a book I read in waves: drawn in, pushed away, pulled back.

The Afterparty slowly but surely draws you in and before you know it you will be hooked on this compulsive story.

The setting is Amesterdam when Georgie and Becca reunite after years of living their own lives.

The hint is there that their realtionship is a tumultous one but the girls put that aside and decide to celebrate New Years's Eve together.

The next morning Georgie has disappeared , Becca cant remember a thing and she is number one suspect.

The story is dark and twisted with red herrings and a final twist you wont see coming.

The Afterparty is a hard book to put down and you will want to read it from cover to cover in one sitting.

This was a gripping, fast-paced thriller which I thoroughly enjoyed! There weren’t many likeable characters but the story itself was so well-done and had several twists I didn’t see coming. I would think I knew where the story was going and suddenly there was a twist (a good twist too that kept me on my toes not one just thrown in there). It kept me guessing until the very end!