e-Audio, 09:16:11
Narrated by: Catherine Ho
Release Date: June 11, 2024
Published by: Books on Tape (Delacorte Press)
Read from: May 24-28, 2024
Stand-alone
Source: PRH App (I received a copy of this e-audio from the publisher and their audio app in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)
Content Warning: Racism, Sexual Assault, Death, Murder
For Readers Interested In: Thrillers, Locked Room Mystery (stuck on a boat), Racial/Ethnic Diversity (Biracial), Dual POV, YAThere’s a killer on board a luxury yacht, and two former friends must team up to figure out which of their privileged classmates has a penchant for murder before they become victims themselves. Don’t miss out on this gripping thriller from New York Times bestselling authors Kristin Cast and Pintip Dunn!
Ex–best friends Naya Morgan and Yana Bunpraserit have always felt like outsiders in their small Oklahoma town. But this year, everything changes when they’re inducted into an exclusive society of Yatesville High’s top recent graduates. Unimaginable opportunities await them, starting with a celebratory yacht trip to Bermuda. Despite the likely onslaught of microaggressions and backhanded compliments from their peers—in addition to their own rocky past—Yana and Naya are ready for an epic voyage.
Then one of their classmates is brutally murdered, leaving them stuck at sea with a killer. Yana and Naya may have avoided each other for years, yet as the body count rises, rekindling their friendship might be the only way they’ll both survive.
*MY THOUGHTS*
I liked this, but it was so weird to think about a such a beautiful cruise where there was a killer going around because I JUST WENT on a beautiful cruise ship and I think if I would have read this first I never would have went lmaooo Because this was crazy.
Ok so I don’t really know how to say this without sounding weird, but I’m going to try. I liked this, but I wasn’t all into it because the vibe was off? Does that make sense? It never felt dark or scary. And the way it was set on a boat that they were trapped on, it didn’t feel scary at all. Besides the people popping up dead, it just felt like a bunch of kids and drama. It was a bunch of telling and not showing. Normally with a thriller I might gasp or make theories or whatever, but I didn’t the entire book. I just kept waiting to feel something. Maybe it was too much of a character driven novel, but idk. I didn’t feel anything. It was so weird.
The ending itself was just ok too. If you paid attention, then you knew who it was as soon as it happened. And the sad thing was, it was ONE INCIDENT and I then I knew exactly who it was. I wasn’t even trying to guess before that lol And the reveal so was effing anti-climactic. The person just like casually walked out with a weapon and nonchalance. And that was exactly how I felt……. Non-chalant.
This character driven thriller had a bunch of spoiled ass rich people that were privileged and STILL thought they didn’t have enough. It was a hot ass mess. One of them was even stealing? And the others flew out days before just to hang out before they got on the ship. Idk, I didn’t like any of them lol
This wasn’t the wild ride I expected it to be. Maybe I wasn’t in the right mood for it, but I don’t think so. (I mean it was supposed to be a thriller. I will ALWAYS be in the mood for a thriller.) Whatever it was, I can’t say that this didn’t work for me, but I also can’t say that it did?
Overall, I give this
