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    The House Party: A Novel
    The House Party: A Novel
    The House Party: A Novel
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    The House Party: A Novel

    Written by Rita Cameron

    Narrated by Karissa Vacker

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    When a house party goes terribly wrong, a suburban town fractures, exposing disturbing truths about the community—perfect for fans of Little Fires Everywhere and Ask Again, Yes.

    “The House Party will keep readers on the edge of their seats.”—PopSugar

    It’s the party of the year. Afterward, nothing will ever be the same.

    Maja Jensen is smart, stylish, and careful, the type of woman who considers every detail when building her dream home in the suburbs of Philadelphia. The perfect house that would compensate for her failure to have a child, the house that was going to save her marriage. But when a group of reckless teenagers trash the newly built home just weeks before she moves in, her plans are shattered.

    Those teenagers, two months away from graduating high school, are the “good kids”—the ones on track to go to college and move on to the next stage of their privileged lives. They have grown up in a protected bubble and are accustomed to getting by with just a slap on the wrist. Did they think they could just destroy property without facing punishment? Or was there something deeper, darker, at play that night? As the police close in on a list of suspects, the tight-knit community begins to fray as families attempt to protect themselves.

    What should have been the party of the year will have repercussions that will put Maja’s marriage to the ultimate test, jeopardize the futures of those “good kids,” and divide the town over questions of privilege and responsibility.

    An absorbing novel told through shifting perspectives, The House Party explores how easily friendships, careers, communities, and marriages can upend when differences in wealth and power are forced to the surface.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperAudio
    Release dateSep 13, 2022
    ISBN9780063218093
    Author

    Rita Cameron

    Rita Cameron received her BA from Columbia University and JD from the University of Pennsylvania. She lives in San Jose, California, with her husband and two children. She is the author of Ophelia’s Muse.

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    • 3/5
      Mildly interesting, but the characters are never developed beyond shallow characterizations. It is a very neat and tidy novel, which is purportedly saying something about the housing collapse but treads too safely to please everyone to be compelling

      TW Sexual assault
    • 1/5
      Not for me…However that doesn’t mean you won’t like it!
    • 2/5
      Eh, it's alright. Gets slow & the climatic part was a let down.