How to Party with an Infant

Mele tells her boyfriend that she's pregnant and he tells her he is engaged. Mele has her baby, Ellie, alone and joins a parent group for support.

That's this book. Mele tells stories from the members of her parent group. These folks worry and obsess and rant and whine and complain and worry and obsess a little more.

The conversations Mele has with her friends are clever and witty and always savage. No one in the book, not even Mele, is that likable, and there is no action other than endless talking about very, very trivial things.

I read through to the end, but I didn't enjoy the read and I finished feeling like I'd wasted my time.

I received this book through netgalley in exchange for a honest review

Rating: 2.5 stars
I went into this book expecting a quirky fun read and that isn't really what I got here.

The book is written in an unique way. Most of it is done as answers to a question or stories of raising their children and seeing what food it inspires. There are moments of present time, especially at the end but, I found the whole way it was written to be cool. I really liked it.

The characters were all different with quirky personalities and stories. It was interesting to see inside the lives of different types of parents.

But I was just sad the whole time I was reading this. Yeah, there are some pretty funny moments but, there are a lot of moments where I was thinking ‘dear god is this what child raising is like?' ‘Is THIS how some parents raise their kids or act with them?!' I was so confused and flabbergasted.
It made me really dislike some of the characters so, I had no feelings for them. By the end of the book I didn't care about any of them. NONE OF THEM.

I almost quit reading the book but, it was so easy to read.

So, everything about this book was good for me except the story and if I can't like the story– whats going on, I can't rate it very high.

People who like chick-lit about real life and how life after children is, will like this. Parents will probably like this, perhaps there are problems you can relate to. If you are looking for a book with a quirky setting and a feel good story, look for something else.