Life of the Party

"Tea Hacic is an MDMA-fueled Oscar Wilde with fake eyelashes and this book is a Fear and Loathing for the late Berlusconi-era; a deep walk of shame that tiptoes between a bewildering Bildungsroman and a fever dream of social climbing and social embarrassment." 

OLIVER KUPPER, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF AUTRE MAGAZINE 

"A recollection of youth as seen through the dichotomy of control vs desperation, Americana vs. Milanese, luxury vs poverty and uppers vs downers." 

BJ PANDA BEAR AT FLAUNT MAGAZINE 

"Tea recounts with brutal honesty the period in which Milan officially became the Italian city that everyone hates and envies." 

VICE Italy   

“Life of the Party” is a good goddamn time.” 

Columbia Journal 

“Reading Life of the Party is like drinking a coffee with Tea Hacic herself. Her light comes through the pages, her story becomes yours somehow. That’s the power of storytelling.” 

Vanity Teen

“Clever debut novel of fashion and nightlife, readers are introduced to Mia, an expat newly moved to Milan. The drugs, nightclubs, and men blur together into a seemingly nonstop, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas-style fever dream as intense as it is dripping with style.”

Publishers’ Weekly 

“Life of the Party is an unstoppable climax, made of strong but honest opinions that will make you question your past, present and your future...Tea gives us an unmatched depiction of some of the most meaningful contradictions that makes us who we are.” 

French Fries Magazine 

"The party seduced me, the darkness shocked me, and Mia’s wondrous naïveté uplifted me." 

FLAUNT Magazine 

“It’s as intoxicating as the best party you’ve ever been to…Hacic-Vlahovic has written one hell of a ride.” 

The Big Smoke