This book was good.

I love books that are very limited when it comes to premises and this one had that....what is better than having issues on a cruise?

The imagination the author showed in this story, included the 'no exit' program - I would never have thought of this.

I found myself rooting for Vesper, she was a flawed personality, but because she was well fleshed out, she was a joy to see.

When selecting the moods for this e-arc, I included suspenseful, dark, and romantic. There are odd scenes of romance toward the end of the book that do not entirely fit with the first 90% of the book (just light kissing, nothing big). For the most part, the book features the serious and dark topic of bullying. This includes bullying based on gender and sexuality, and indefinite things like "being too dramatic" or no stated reasoning. There is on-page death and off-page death, with triggering topics such as self-exit/suicide and revenge. The adults in this book are portrayed in a very negative light, to the point that they are, at best, neglectful and, at worst, murderous and violent. I'm not sure who this book is for, but I appreciated the note at the end about reaching out to a trusted adult if one is experiencing bullying.