Suddenly and cruelly dumped by her boyfriend for her best friend, Jade hopes the luxury cruise/learning experience that is the Campus on Board cruise ship will help her move on. Her plans are spoiled, however, when she learns that both her former best friend, Lainey, and ex-boyfriend, Silas, will be traveling with her. Things only get worse when she find Lainey's room soaked in blood and Lainey herself missing and quickly becomes the prime suspect in her murder.
Lying in the Deep was a fun read in a junk food sort of way. I read through it very quickly and was entertained throughout, but it didn't have much substance. The characters were mostly bland or one-note and it was irritating how little they communicated (though it fit with their general immaturity) and how much the plot hung on lack of communication or miscommunications. This also left some of the twists really blatantly telegraphed to the reader while the characters were adamantly refusing to listen to or think about what each other were saying. With characters I found bland to unlikable, both the romance and the character deaths didn't have as much impact as probably intended.
Lying in the Deep was a fun read in a junk food sort of way. I read through it very quickly and was entertained throughout, but it didn't have much substance. The characters were mostly bland or one-note and it was irritating how little they communicated (though it fit with their general immaturity) and how much the plot hung on lack of communication or miscommunications. This also left some of the twists really blatantly telegraphed to the reader while the characters were adamantly refusing to listen to or think about what each other were saying. With characters I found bland to unlikable, both the romance and the character deaths didn't have as much impact as probably intended.