The Koh Sang Resort is famous for being a party island. When Cass becomes a Permanent, along with some other expats, she thinks she’s finally left her old self behind. When one of her dive students turns up dead, no one’s past can stay buried.

THE RESORT by Sara Ochs was an atmospheric, dual POV, destination thriller.

I found myself really enjoying this one up until around the halfway point. The author randomly throws in mentions of the IDF and “that conflict in the Middle East,” which felt heavy handed, especially since the character those traits were attributed to just fell out of the story completely after that.

Then everyone’s backstories seemed to bring in every kind of trauma imaginable (and unimaginable), with some weird finger pointing thrown in the mix.

This one honestly went from yay to nay at the turn of a page and that really bummed me out!

Thanks to NetGalley and Sourcebooks Landmark for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Publication Date: February 6