A once corporate lackey with an aberrant secret or seven in her closet. Reborn into a devilish body. Unwilling to repeat the same mistakes with her second life.

Deirdre Driscoll

Name: Deirdre Driscoll

Likes: Being Right, Dedication, Good Colcannon

Dislikes: Slackers, Inaction

Necrochronometry: 1951

Party Role: Spear Skirmisher

A woman raised during the darkest days of Europe. Reborn into a halfling body and obsessed with protecting the innocent from horrors she's all too familiar with.

Liv Karlsson

Name: Liv Karlsson

Likes: Music, Art, Sharing

Dislikes: Rent, Cleaning, Silence

Necrochronometry: 1998

Party Role: Shield Tank

Transient, turnstile hopper, and all around unemployable dreamer. Reborn into a wolven body. Endlessly seeking something solid in a cold impersonal world.

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Chapter 41: My Body Does What?Feb 22, 2024
Chapter 40: One Bed, Shipping and Physical DifferencesFeb 20, 2024
Chapter 39: Trouble for TwoFeb 16, 2024
Chapter 38: Hunter’s MarkFeb 13, 2024
Chapter 37: Baked Goods For ThrouplesFeb 9, 2024
Chapter 36: Betrayal Of The Highest OrderFeb 5, 2024
Chapter 35: Seaside SurveyingFeb 5, 2024
Chapter 34: Stepping Onto The Open RoadFeb 2, 2024
Chapter 33: One Foot Out The DoorJan 31, 2024
Chapter 32: ❤ Generational DifferencesJan 28, 2024
Chapter 31: Middle ManagementJan 26, 2024
Chapter 30: How Hard Is It To Have One Decent Council MemberJan 24, 2024
Chapter 29: Fighting Fire with FireJan 21, 2024
Chapter 28: Basically Just A Protection RacketJan 18, 2024
Chapter 27: Collaborative Money PrintingJan 16, 2024

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atomically

Status: chapter 14: plans within plans

Dec 16, 2023

I just found Heart of the Party a few days ago and it has quickly become my most anticipated serial.

I love the characters, their interactions, and what little we know of the world and monsters. The explicit scenes are sensuous, hot, and realistic (and I wish my own writing was half as convincing).

I like that Evelyn is an under-powered support character that has to rely on a team of friends, unlike most isekai stories, and look forward to future companions joining the group and expanding their capabilities and influence. She does seem a little overconfident for someone new to the world, but her impulsiveness just adds to her charm.

If I had any complaint, it would be the first person, present tense narrative style, which I usually avoid because it feels awkward (to me), but within 3-4 chapters it started feeling like a natural part of Evelyn's voice and now I can't imagine it otherwise.

In short, you should give it a read. :)

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majenta

Status: chapter 32: generational differences ❤

Jan 28, 2024

Everything this story does, it does well.

Good story, good characters, good smut

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YzisYS

Status: chapter 41: my body does what?

Jul 28, 2025

Trying to sum up everything I like about this story without just saying "this is good, you should read it." is incredibly difficult. That said... This is good, you should read it.

My absolute favorite part of this story is the characters. I think their inner lives and desires are well thought out, their narrations all feel different, and I personally love how their temporal displacement affects them. Before I found the Glossary (which is fantastic and has images of the characters in addition to blurbs about them), I already had a pretty solid idea of when they came from just due to how they see the world and interact with other characters. One of my particular favorites is how Liv conceptualizes her skills, which is explored in Chapter 22.

Furthermore, I think you've done an excellent job seeding future plotlines and I want to know more. How does the main character's functionally miniscule mana pool, but comparatively massive efficiency at casting spells affect her growth going forward? How does their efforts to overthrow this small town go? Are we going to see the bee girl again I like the bee girl she seems sweet :))

All in all, this is a fantastic story that I hope you come back to at some point in the future, but I will be thinking about this story in all my writing going forward.

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