Since winter is being stubborn and treating everyone to unnecessary cold snaps, it’s not exactly the best time to be out and about. It is, however, undeniably perfect weather for curling up with a marshmallow-topped mug of hot cocoa and a good book.

In the case of this week’s NovelTEA, that “good book” is Robyn Harding’s The Party; a domestic drama that blends a parent’s worst nightmare with a teenager’s unrealized fears. Kim and Jeff Sanders have the picture-perfect life: a beautiful home, fast cars, a longstanding marriage, and two model children. Kim has agreed to let Hannah— an obedient good girl with obedient good friends— host a slumber party for her sweet sixteenth. But that silly sleepover quickly turns into a horror movie penned by the likes of Janis Ian (before Regina gets hit by a bus).