Afterparty

Emma has grown weary of always doing the right thing. She has spent her life trying to please a father who guards her closely, and he will not even speak her mother's name, a silence that hangs over everything. Then she meets Siobhan, whose bold, worldly way of living is the exact opposite of Emma's own. The friendship thrills her, but it also carries danger. As Emma starts to act on her own choices, Siobhan begins to come apart. Dylan adds to the tension between them, the two girls' secret agreements grow harder to control, and their lies pile up while the line between loyalty and betrayal disappears. Everything comes to a head at the notorious Afterparty, a wild night of excess that ends in a violent confrontation and a fatal-seeming fall from a rooftop. This sequel to Ann Redisch Stampler's Where It Began explores how the people closest to us can wound us most.