10. The New Year's Party by Jenna Satterthwaite

On New Year's Eve we gather with friends to welcome the new year. We celebrate with people who have supported us for a whole year and make promises to be there for each other one more orbit around the sun. However, sometimes these relationships are strained. Sometimes we unintentionally hurt each other, other times refuse to acknowledge the hurt we cause to avoid having difficult conversations. We also tend to hold on to what we know, even though it's toxic and dangerous, because that's all we've ever known, and we can see how great it could be if we gave it one more chance. What happens when all these things, bubbling under the surface, finally reach the boiling point? Do we work through it, or burn it all to the ground in an effort to start again, new beginnings and all that? This is a book about a group of friends who always have a new year's party together for over a decade. But as with most group friendships, tension has been building up. Anger, betrayal, resentment and even hate is all at play. So, when they have another party, is it all too much for their group to handle, or is it the final party, the one that breaks them all up? Should they air their grievances and hope to heal together or pretend that everything is okay to avoid losing each other? Celebrate the New Year's Party with these friends as they sift through years old lies all in an attempt to save the only adult relationships they have ever known.