Review: Lying in the Deep - Diana Urban - May 2023 One of my favorite genres is thrillers and this one caught my attention with the cover. Set on a cruise ship, we meet Jade who has signed up for a learning experience called Campus on Board. She had planned the year before with her former roommate and boyfriend to do this with them. However, during the summer break - she got a text message dumping her from her boyfriend Silas that he was now with Lainey- her former roommate and now ex-best friend. What happens though when Jade discovers that both of them are now on the ship together? Jade tries to talk to them, but they continue to ghost her. She is confused about what happened during the summer internship. This continues until one night, there is blood all over Lainey's room and Lainey has disappeared. Has someone killed Lainey and why? Jade finally gets to talk to Silas, but things aren't adding up and she soon discovers that Lainey lied to the both of them and why? Also, J...

Review: All Your Twisted Secrets - Diana Urban - March 2020 One of my favorite tropes to read is when random people get an invitation to a dinner or a party and in this case a scholarship banquet only to discover it is something else entirely, something more dark and sinister is at play. Often in these books the characters are killed one by one, however this one has a twist.  Amber and five of her schoolmates have been sent an invitation to have dinner with the Mayor when they turn up though things take an evil turn as they learn they are locked up tight in a room. Sitting on the table along with the food is a syringe and a note - one must die or everyone will be killed and a bomb starts ticking. In the room we have Amber, Robbie - the school jock, Diego - a millionaire inventor, Priya - Amber's best childhood friend, Sasha - the popular girl and Scott -the bad boy. Each person in the room has a dirty secret which if it got out they would be ruined. During the...