Book Synopsis:
Caz Ripley, a cafe owner from a small, ordinary town, boards the RMS Atlantica with her boyfriend Pete and a thousand fellow passengers destined for New York.
The next morning, she wakes to discover that everyone else on board has disappeared.
And that’s just the beginning. Caz must prepare for a crossing that will be anything but plain sailing …
My Review:
Will Dean is one of my favourite authors so you can imagine how excited I was to be invited onto the blog tour for The Last Passenger, his latest book.
Firstly this is going to be a hard book to review as I really don’t want to give anything away as I feel this is a book that’s best to read blind. The story is told from the point of view of Caz who, after an amazing first night on board the cruise ship, wakes up to find herself alone. Completely alone- with even her partner gone. I think I’d find this utterly terrifying and the author does a great job of describing Caz’s feelings in the situation with her fear almost palpable at times. It was very difficult to put the book down as I was so absorbed in the story and wanting to find out what was happening.
I thought this book has a great pace to it as there always seemed to be something happening to keep me glued to the page. The tension in the book increases until it becomes almost unbearable, with the locked door scenario of the cruise ship making things very interesting. At times the ship seemed almost like a prison and my mind raced with possibilities about what might be going on. I had lots of different theories which kept changing as the story developed, keeping me in suspense which I always love.
The ending was incredibly clever and dramatic but also a bit scary as it seemed quite realistic too.
Huge thanks to Alainna Georgiou for inviting me onto the blog tour and for my copy of this book. If you’re a thriller fan or loved locked door mysteries I highly recommend this book!
About The Author:
Will Dean grew up in the East Midlands, living in nine different villages before the age of eighteen. After studying law at the LSE, and working many varied jobs in London, he settled in rural Sweden with his wife. He built a wooden house in a boggy forest clearing and it’s from this base that he compulsively reads and writes.
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