Thursday, July 27, 2023

Lying in the Deep by Diana Urban - HIGH

Lying in the Deep
by Diana Urban
. 384 pages. Razorbill/Penguin Group. 2023. $13 

Language: R (134 swears 0 'f'); Mature Content: PG-13 (implied sex (no details), passionate kissing, underage drinking, drug use); Violence: PG-13 (bloody mess in room and bloody trail to ship railing, possible suicide by hanging) 

BUYING ADVISORY: HS - OPTIONAL 

AUDIENCE APPEAL: HIGH 

20yo Jade is taking a cruise across eleven countries in four months with the Campus on Board college program. Her ex-best friend Lainey and ex-boyfriend Silas are joining the cruise too and they’re treating Jade like she’s a toxic, horrible person. Jade can’t figure out why or what they think she’s done to be treated that way. When a blood trail is found leading from Lainey’s room to overboard the railing of the ship, many passengers believe Jade is guilty. Jade jumps into action to find evidence that will find the killer and prove her innocence.

The mystery was fun to untangle. Jade is kind and has true, sincere compassion for others. I enjoyed the college on board a cruise setting. Ethnicity is predominantly white, Divya and Navya, who are twins and Jade’s cabin mates, have golden brown skin. 

LynnDell Watson, Delta High School Librarian

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