After the Party: The page-turning sequel to Ralph’s Party from the bestselling author

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the funky bunch - ralph is a commitment-phobic father (he's sold on jem, the kid's, not so much), smith is a reiki-spiritualistic weirdo, rosey is a faux-christian rocker with cheap jewelry, lulu is exactly how you'd picture someone named lulu, karl is a cheap sideplot, the kids are tragic casualties in a plot device gone horribly astray, joel is a creepy-addict-stalker, lucas is a hot 24-year-old with some mild stalker habits learned from watching his crack addicted father. i don't know - it's like by the mere shift in location can take a book about the crumble and reaffirmation of love and make it seem more interesting, more fun, more sophisticated.

It helps that Lisa Jewell gives us both Ralph and Jem’s point of view, making for a very fair view of their relationship. The story is started with the current situation that Jem finds herself in and slowly introduces the past year and the story unfolds as the reader gets further into the book. She pauses, tries to picture the inside of Ralph’s flat, who might be there listening to her plaintive, slightly pathetic voice. And in the chaos of family life, Ralph feels more and more as if he's standing on the sidelines, and Jem that she's losing herself.

As they try to find a way back to each other, back to what they once had, they both become momentarily distracted—but maybe it’s not too late to recapture happily ever after.

If this book appeals to you, you may also enjoy the light-hearted The Rise And Fall Of A Domestic Diva by Sarah May or for an exceptional contemporary read try Anybody Out There? Of course, anyone who read and enjoyed Ralph's Party will be reading this book as a priority, regardless of how I report back, but I would advise those who haven't yet tried Lisa Jewell to either go back to the beginning with Ralph's Party or pick up Vince and Joy, which is a gloriously joyful book.When she gets there, she glances down, as she always does, into the basement pit of the house at number thirty-one.