I've put this book on so many TBRs over the past 2-3 years and I'm happy to say I have finally read it. This was my first book by this author and while it didn't end up being a favorite I did end up liking it overall and I definitely want to pick up more books by this author. 

My review is going to have some spoilers so if you haven't read this book yet I suggest skipping my review. It took me a while to get into this book mostly because I was in a slump when I was trying to read it and me and unreliable characters weren't getting along at the time but I pushed through and ended up enjoying it. I love the setting of this book. It takes place on a luxury cruise ship. To me being secluded in the middle of the ocean on a ship is way more nerve racking then if this would have taken place back on land. Don't get me wrong both are equally horrific but literally having no place to go just adds a little something to the fear aspect.
 

Lets talk about Lo our main character. She takes antidepressants for her anxiety and I loved how this was portrayed. Normally when you read a book that deals with a mental illness usually the use of medications to treat said illnesses aren't portrayed in a positive light but with this book the author portrayed it perfectly. My issues with this book have to do with Los drinking. She's made an unreliable character because she literally gets so drunk that she blacks out so you don't know what is real and what isn't. I don't particularly like when books do this. I don't really even like reading books where people get shit face drunk. If you want to drink that's all good but I would prefer to read books where the characters drink responsibly and don't make stupid decision after stupid decision like our main character did. 

The last like 20% of the book things finally started to happen and I started to enjoy it a little more. There were reveals that I didn't see coming so that was good but I'm still torn on how I feel about the way it ended. I'm the type of reader who wants all of the bad guys to have some sort of punishment and that's all I will say about that. Overall I did like this book and it made me want to pick up other books by this author but it wasn't a favorite for me.