Welcome aboard the Super Yacht Ophelia! If you’ve ever indulged in even a few minutes of Below Deck, then this is a book you won’t want to miss. Picture a luxurious mega-yacht staffed with deckhands, a no-nonsense captain, a skilled cook, a meticulous first mate, and five stewardesses, all hired to cater to the whims of their wealthy, enigmatic passengers.

Sasha, the newest addition to the crew, arrives to find an unsettling surprise: she looks strikingly similar to the other stewardesses. It’s eerie enough to make her question whether this job was a good choice, but with her personal life in shambles after a disastrous incident at her last workplace, she knows she has few options left.

Thrown into a high-pressure environment where appearances and precision are everything, Sasha has to learn fast. The stakes become even higher when a group of billionaire clients and their glamorous, mysterious companions board the yacht. Everyone on the Ophelia seems to have secrets, and the veneer of luxury begins to crack.

When one of the guests Sasha has a spat with turns up dead, what was already a high-stakes job becomes a fight for survival. Trapped on the open seas, Sasha must navigate the treacherous dynamics of the crew, the sinister undercurrents among the guests, and her own growing fear. Who can she trust when everyone seems to be hiding something?

Sian Gilbert crafts a gripping, edge-of-your-seat thriller that combines the glamor of high-end yachting with the chilling suspense of a whodunit. With compelling characters, swift pacing, and twists at every turn, I Did Warn Her keeps readers hooked until the very last page.

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I really enjoyed this thriller! I’m a huge fan of below deck so definitely loved the premise of a charter on a super yacht. I didn’t love this, since I felt pacing was super off in the beginning and then everything happened at once. Still a 4 star read since I was super captivated by the writing and suspense, such a page turner!

I feel like a broken record because I always find myself saying this when I write reviews for mysteries/thrillers: this had such a good concept and had so much potential. But unlike other times, I'm not nearly as disappointed as I usually am when I say that.

Like I just said, such a cool concept: murder on a mega-yacht! I still had a lot of fun when reading this, but I just wish there was something to hook me a little more than the premise alone. I think my main problem was that I didn't find the characters all that interesting.

I would still recommend this book, because I do think this is a rather unique concept and I did have fun. I just want a little more oomph. A little more pizzazz.

Thanks to NetGalley for the e-ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review! My Goodreads review is up and my TikTok (Zoe_Lipman) review will be up at the end of the month with my monthly reading wrap-up.

I love locked-door mysteries, and this one — set on a super yacht — sounded so interesting. Unfortunately, it's not a fit for me. The many, many (many) perspectives felt distracting and to be completely honest, the way the women were portrayed and treated bummed me out. I know it's fiction, but some of the descriptions and narrations made it hard for me to escape into the story.