When Jade was dumped by her boyfriend so he could date her former best friend, she was devastated. She hopes that doing Campus on Board will be an adventure away from the people who betrayed her, but when it comes time to board the cruise ship Jade sees the backstabbing couple on board. As she tries to figure out what went wrong with their relationships, danger lurks around every corner.

I devoured this in one sitting. It's so good! Every novel she writes is better than the last. Full review to come but safe to say I loved this. So many twists and turns and suspects. Stuck at sea, locked room thriller, Knives Out on a boat with kissing. This was a great thriller, with good buildup and character development, and then once things take off they don't stop.

This was a good YA thriller. I did get annoyed with the characters at points. But I loved the over all setting on this one. I was hooked in and wanted to see what happened. Not the best YA thriller I’ve read but still good.

Thank you Diana and publisher for sending me an arc in exchange for my honest review.
wow. just wow. in order not to spoil the book for everyone, I will be giving snapshots of what happened.
The characters and my feelings
- Lainey: I felt that she was really mean to Jade, and I wonder if there is a reason...
- Jade: The main character. A lot of self-pitying on her end for the first few chapters, looks like the victim, but is it the case?
- Felix: Your next-door neighbour, partner-in-crime, but maybe a prime suspect?
- Silas: You cheated on Jade, and went fot another. Maybe you went overboard?

Questions, questions, questions.
Shocking answers.

This was a real page turner! I really enjoyed how the story builds in the beginning. I felt like I had enough time to get to know all the characters before it got really juicy.. I thought for sure I knew who did it but then the twist happened! I loved the personalities of all the characters. Jade was a great main character and I feel like she made the same decisions that I would if I was in her position. I hope her and her love interest find each out again.

I was able to dive right in. This book got me out of another reading slump. Truly leave it to Diana Urban to put a HUGE twist on the next to last page!!!! Quite enjoyable.

Thank you so much to Penguin Teen and Diana Urban for letting me read this early and be on the street team for promoting this book!


This was a wild ride! I wanted to stay up all night trying to finish it because from the first line i was immediately hooked and couldn't put it down. Following along with the most interesting cast of characters as they race to solve a murder and believe me when i say this. The ending will leave you chilled to the bone.

Hope to see you all aboard Summer 2023

Lying In The Deep splayed my brain completely open and then stomped on it, and then went on to shock me some more. When I say it is smart, I mean it’s SMART in the way that had me stopping and staring at how the smallest details connected and were used to further such an intricate plot. The perfect amount of lies, misdirection, earnestness paired with moments that made my jaw literally drop.

I always get siked when I get to read a new DIana Urban book, and this one was no different as it was one of best thrillers I have read.

Move over, Karen McManus. There's a new queen of YA thrillers. I've been delighted to read all of Diana Urban's thrillers, and she's really perfected the art. This twisty, fast-paced thriller provides a unique twist on the locked-room trope.

Lainey always gets what she wants. And what she wants includes her best friend's boyfriend.

Jade's going on a semester abroad on a cruise ship to try to forget about her first love leaving her for her best friend, then blocking her number. But when she's boarding the ship, she sees beautiful, wealthy, free-spirited Lainey boarding with Silas, the boy who'd been the love of Jade's life. No matter where she goes, Jade keeps seeing them. Not even a hot, brooding boy named Felix can distract her forever. Then, after a boozy night of Monopoly that ends with Jade accidentally stabbing Silas with a letter opener, Lainey goes missing, and Jade's the number one suspect.

Jade's convinced she's not the only person Lainey's backstabbed, and the deeper she digs into her fellow shipmates' lives, the more connections she finds. Jade convinces Felix to help her investigate, but their budding romance is complicated by signs that Silas might be having second thoughts about ending things with Jade. This teen thriller simmers with jealousy and passion as more teens meet unfortunate ends, ending in a startling but satisfying conclusion.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the advance review copy of this book.

I’d love to interview Diana for my podcast Raise Your Words. I read Lying in the Deep in a day! I love that the characters are all terrible people but the storyline is so intriguing!! I loved reading all the twists and turns.