After Hours (Party Room) [Mass Market Paperback]

Morgan Burke (Author)

Book Description

Series: Party Room | Publication Date: March 22, 2005

THE PARTY ROOM. On Manhattan's Upper East Side. Everybody's fabulous. No one gets carded. Then someone dies.

Kirsten is still recovering from the death of her best friend, Samantha. And trying desperately to forget that she hooked up with Kyle -- before she knew he was the Prep School Murderer. Kirsten's out every night hitting the clubs and the Party Room. She's partying hard to forget the pain.

Then one night in the Hamptons, Kyle shows up. He tells Kirsten a different story. He's not the one who killed all those girls. Kirsten wants to believe him.

But then, it's too late....

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 9 Up-In this second volume in the trilogy, 17-year-old Kirsten Sawyer, a spoiled rich kid, parties in New York City while attempting to recover from the death of one of her best friends. Samantha Byrne was murdered by Paul Stone, a boy whom Kirsten dated briefly and whom she believes has returned to the city to kill her. Her fear leads her deeper into a life of excessive drinking and club drugs. Her suspicions are confirmed when Paul confronts her on vacation to declare his innocence and ask for her help finding the real killer. The book is reminiscent of Cecily von Ziegesar's "Gossip Girl" series (Little, Brown), only with a darker twist. The shallow and unlikable characters, coupled with the lack of suspense, make this disappointing for a book marketed as a thriller. While it might appeal to a small group of teens, the majority will be better served by Meg Cabot's "1-800-Where-R-U" series (S & S).-Michele Capozzella, Chappaqua Public Library, NY
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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Simon Pulse (March 22, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0689872267
• ISBN-13: 978-0689872266
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 3.9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,572,059 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars O.M.G. is all i can really say!, March 25, 2007

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A. L. Wooden (Bedford, OH, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: After Hours (Party Room) (Mass Market Paperback)

After the first book, needless to say, i was completely hooked. But now that Ive finished the second I know I will NOT be able to put the third one down. Each time I think I know who the killer is theres a twist that reveals that I was completely wrong! I know once I finish this last part its gonna blow my mind. I know Morgan Burke is going to do something totally shocking. For anyone who is deciding whether they should read this trilogy no doubt about it! GO FOR IT!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars folowin in my sis's footsteps, April 24, 2005

A Kid's Review

This review is from: After Hours (Party Room) (Mass Market Paperback)

This book was great. My older sister recommended it to me and i loved it. However, for some kids it might not be appropriate, depending on the situations you grew up in and live in.

4.0 out of 5 stars My Gangster Review, December 19, 2006

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Mid-Praire Teen - See all my reviews

This review is from: After Hours (Party Room) (Mass Market Paperback)

The party room is a really good book. I loved to read it because it is a murder case and I love you read books like that. It was about a girl who is just getting over her best friend who was murdered 18 months ago. She is getting really weird calls from the man who was the murderer and she freaks out. She tries to forget about the man who keeps calling her and goes out to a party and meets this new man and then she starts to like him. Then all of a sudden the man shows up at her house and he just want to talk to her to tell her the real story what happened. He gets into her head; she thinks about it and thinks hard. Then she starts to realize that he might be right. She tries and tries to forget about it and then she tries to figure out who had killed her best friend. The man who told her the story was innocent she then listens to what he has to say. He goes through a really long story and tells her what he did and where he was at, that night and she is trying to remember what and where she was at. Then out of a blink of an eye she knows that he is right and she knows it but how does her prove it to her friends. She tries to tell her friends but they just can't and won't believe her when she is trying to telling them. They think she is a liar and is going psycho. Then she walks away in hand cuffs.