e-Audio, 10:46:08
Narrated by: Nile Bullock, Nicky Endres, Erin Ruth Walker, Frankie Corzo, Khristine Hvam, Angel Pean, Kevin R. Free, Ron Nery, Jr., Gail Shalan, Delanna Studi, Matthew J. Harris, Emana Rachelle, Genesis Oliver, and Tashi Thomas
Release Date: June 27, 12023
Published by: Joy Revolution
Read from: June 16-21, 2023
Stand-alone
Source: PRH App
TW: Drinking, Drugs, mention of vomit, Panic Attack/Disorders, Toxic Relationship, Toxic family, Dementia
For Readers Interested In: Romance, Parties, Anthologies or Collection of Stories. Short stories, YATen bestselling, critically acclaimed authors deliver a fresh novel of interconnected stories that follows a group of young adults over the course of a few wild, transformative hours at an epic house party!
The biggest event of the year is happening, and you’re invited! Join us for Florence Hills High School seniors’ last hurrah before graduation.
THE LOCATION: A megamansion in one of Chicago’s wealthiest suburban enclaves
THE HOST: DeAndre Dixon, aka FHHS’s golden boy
THE GUESTS: The populars, the jocks, the artists, and heck, even that one kid
THE HOPE: All the drama ensues. Kisses are swapped between old friends, new friends, and could’ve-sworn-they-were-enemies kind of friends. Relationships get tested. Animals roam free. Secrets are spilled. Add dope music that’s thumping, and there’s a good chance the whole neighborhood will be disrupted.House Party offers a delightful snapshot of diverse classmates getting ready to say goodbye to high school and hello to life’s next chapter–but not before they make their final night together one they’ll never forget!
House Party offers a delightful snapshot of diverse classmates getting ready to say goodbye to high school and hello to life’s next chapter–but not before they make their final night together one they’ll never forget!
*MY THOUGHTS*
When I was told about this book I knew immediately I was going to love it. It’s edited by one of my faves and has a lot more of my faves in it too. And House Party the movie is one of my favorite movies of all time, so I knew I had to read this to compare the two lol
Since this is like an anthology, I’ll talk about the ones I liked. In my ARC and in the e-Audio it doesn’t tell me who wrote what, so I’ll just talk about the stories I liked. I loved Savoy. Y’all know my love for social media in books. And Savoy was a whole brand by some high schoolers?! Who even does that? They could have very well made a business just from that. It was pretty cool. I also looked through my ARC and found that there was a few panels in there as a graphic novel. Which I thought was cool. All the authors stayed true to themselves and I thought that was dope. I also liked the storyline about the band. I thought it was kind of weird to start a rumor in hopes that they’ll also agree to their reunion. But it was riveting to why this happened. And the mom?! Best stories EVER! lol I think I laughed the hardest when she was there. (Well besides when someone got peed on by the dog. I almost woke my son up from laughing at that lol)
What I didn’t like was the predictability. I knew where the main story was going immediately after finishing the first one. I thought it was cute yeah, but I guess I just didn’t want that. I wanted so much for things to be so different. And then from the updates when it was like nothing really happened anyway I was a little annoyed lol Why wouldn’t they let it happen with the other person if only for that night or something? The other thing that annoyed me was Dre was the one hosting but we only got a few views of him throughout the whole story. Did no one want to write the story of him? Why him and ol girl broke up? Why he was so desperate to still be the It boy and throw this big ass party. What happened to him after the freaking overflowing sink thing lol
The other thing I loved about this book was the representation. There is all types of rep in this book. And there’s even representation that’s just hardly ever seen in books, like female athletes. Even things that simple was exiting to me and I was happy to see it. There’s some Native American, non-binary, Black rep, and more.
I thought this was going to be hard to talk about because it was told from the different POVs from those who went to the party. And I think that was the coolest thing ever. We get to know so many different characters and we get to see so many different sights through the eyes of everyone. Idk it just seemed cool to me. I really loved getting to see so many different people and trying to guess who wrote what. (I’m sure it tells you somewhere but it didn’t in my e-Audio ARC.) I hope you all pick this up!
Overall, I give this
