I thought this book was fantastic.
Told as the story of two women trying to escape their lives and disappear (each for different reasons), they swap identities at the airport and slip into the other's place.
Cleverly done, the two main characters were both sympathetic and well drawn. I thoroughly enjoyed this one and found it to be a unique take on the mystery/thriller genre.

I loved this book! I could have read this book in one sitting if only I had started it earlier in the night! I was completely hooked from the beginning and could not wait to see how it was going to end. It was thrilling and addictive and I cannot recommend it more.

It is the story of 2 women who could not be more different - but come together to help each other out of a bad situation. Claire is married to a high profile politician in Manhattan and appears to have a perfect life. But behind closed doors is a different story and Claire is planning her escape. Eva has gotten herself into alot of trouble and needs to get away and start again. A chance meeting at JFK airport sees the women chatting at the bar and deciding swap flights - sending Claire to Oakland and Eva to Puerto Rico. Both have high hopes for their new lives - but it doesn't turn out as planned for either woman.

That is all you need to know, the rest is best to be a surprise. It is a very clever story about 2 strong women who know what they want, and will do anything to survive.

Thanks to Netgalley and Sourcebooks Landmark for my advanced copy of this book to read. All opinions are my own and are in no waybiased.

5 fast-paced stars

This one was the perfect one to distract me from current world events. This one takes us through the lives of two different women, but both want to run away from their current lives. They meet by chance at an airport bar and decide to change plane tickets, IDs, and lives. Can they truly escape and find happiness in a new life?

We start with Claire, married to a promising politician in a powerful family – think the Kennedy family – but all is not as it seems. From the outside it looks like she has the life of luxury working to make the world a better place through the family foundation and a solid marriage. Under the surface, her husband is manipulative and abusive. Claire just wants to escape and start over.

Eva lives in Berkeley and once had a promising student life at the college, a rising chemistry star. A few bad choices get her kicked out of the program and now she’s doing some unsavory work and wants to get out.

The pace was fast in this one and toggled between both situations. I was rooting for both to find happiness and a simpler life. The ending was a shocker to me and made it even more enjoyable. This was my first read by this author, but I really enjoyed her writing and wanted to find out what would happen with these two women.

I really enjoyed this book. I felt for both of the women in it, their lives and the hardships they’ve faced. I couldn’t understand why they did what they did. The pace was great and I couldn’t wait to find out what happened. Thank you netgalley for allowing me to read this.

Thank you to NetGalley for an arc of The Last Flight.

I love the premise of two strangers switching their plane tickets, hoping for a better life, so I was excited when my request was approved.

What could go wrong when two strangers decide to reinvent themselves?

Claire is the wife of a prominent, rising politician, a Kennedy wannabe, but she has secrets. So does Eva, a former promising chemistry student who has pulled a Breaking Bad for, what else? A man.

These two women are inextricably linked, though not much different from one another.

They are strong willed, resilient and powerful, flawed and human who made the wrong decisions and the consequences of those choices have led them to their fateful meeting.

The POVs switch from Claire's present day to Eva's past, allowing readers insight into her past and how she found herself in the current predicament she finds herself at the start of the book.

There are obvious references to #MeToo; how Claire fell for her husband, not realizing his dark side until it was too late; how Eve fell for a man and made a disastrous choice because she believed he cared.

But, in the end, both women realize that the only way to solve a problem is to go through it, no matter how difficult it may be.

My only caveat is how the women met, a coincidence that was a bit difficult for me to suspend disbelief for, but the book was nearly over so I let it go.

The writing was good with decent character development; there's not much action, plenty of introspection and flashbacks but it was a good read.

I had some problems with this book. A little too wordy and confusing at times. More info than I needed about all of the different family members. I ordinarily like this type of book but not this. I had a hard time feeling much sympathy for the two main characters.

Wow, what an intense, suspense filled, thrill ride of a book! So well written, character development flawless, and unputdownable! It’s one of those books that is written in a fashion that will absolutely have you tense, shocked, and in chills! This book is sure to give you some twist and turns, gasp worthy shocks, goosebump raising chills, and much more! Preorder today, it’s not one you will want to miss, even if you are not a fan of some of the current women versus men issues of today! I highly, highly recommend!
Will make sure I buzz it up on all the different platforms!

A good story that kept me interested all the way to the end,

the MeToo movement is what helps this story as Claire is the wife of a politician who enjoys control and violence to get his way. Easy to see how no one would believe a nobody over the son of a politician who goes on to become one himself. How to get away? What do you do when your plans are thwarted? Who can you trust? It feels like no one is safe to ask.

When a stranger mysteriously shows up and offers her a solution, she grabs it, only to find herself in the mess the other woman, Eva, was running away from herself.
Nice twists to the story.
Thanks NetGalley for an advance reader copy in exchange for an honest review..

Wow, I really enjoyed this book. Two desperate women trying to disappear. which is almost impossible. I loved the two different point of views of Claire and Eva. Each women's situation has different layers. When they switch places neither one tells the whole story.

I read it in two sittings. The writing was excellent, and I was drawn in with the first pages.
Thank you, Net Galley, for an advance copy for an honest review

I **loved** this book. More of a 4.5 star, only because of personal preferences not because of the story. The suspense starts immediately and is told mainly from 2 interesting, well layered characters with a great cast in the background. One perspective comes mainly “after” the event and the other is told leading up to the event. I rooted for them as much as I wanted to shout at them. Their histories are rich and tangible. You could definitely feel their angst and fear coming off the page. The people placed in their paths were also well developed and played their own significant role in moving things forward. No fluff or extra stuff that didn’t serve a purpose. I’m left with a few questions that I had wished to wrap up by the end but all in all I really enjoyed this title. Side note: as an ARC, I noticed a few (no more than 5) spelling errors but it wasn’t significant and did not hinder my ability to understand the sentence, just simple typing mistakes. Thank you NetGalley for allowing me access to this title. All opinions are my own.

This was almost a 4-5 star read for me. But I think the blurb on the cover ruined it! It said, “a chilling and surprising ending..” so that’s what I was expecting. But no. There was one small twist that I figured out by the halfway point, and I knew there had to be more. For me, the book started out so strong - great characters, great pacing, a lot of fun. I was waiting for the “chilling and surprising ending.” But there wasn’t one! I don’t think Aimee Molloy and I read the same book.

The Last Flight by Julie Clark was gripping from beginning to end. Clare Cook is the wealthy wife who married into a political family. She seems to have it made, but behind the cameras, her husband's temper and control issues can't be tamed. She knows there is no way out, other than simply vanishing. She plans for months, and the night before she is supposed to go, she is rerouted to JFK airport instead of Detroit, where she had sent her money. Clare is in a panic, and little does she know, but there is another woman desperate to escape. Eva notices Clare, and convinces her to swap identities. Eva boards Clare's flight to Puerto Rico, and Clare gets a ticket to Eva's hometown of Oakland to take her life. Clare lands safely in Oakland, but quickly hears that Eva's flight crashed. Guilt ridden, Clare has no choice but to keep moving. Clare begins to unravel Eva's life and realizes she is running too. Clare must keep herself out of danger, out of her husband's radar, and still build a new identity.

This story will hook you from the first page and won't let you put it down. It was different from your average thriller or domestic abuse story. My only critique is that I enjoyed it so much, I wish the reader had more time with Clare prior to her escape to really get a sense of her desperation. Otherwise, great story with dynamic characters. Thanks to NetGalley for the chance to read and review.

I love this premise and the book fully delivered. I liked that the author chose not to have an unreliable narrator. I liked both Eva and Claire. In fact, I'd read one POV, declaring that woman my favorite, only to switched POVs and change my mind. In the end, I simply like both women. There's things within the novel that I wanted to happen -- and they did. There were also things in the novel I didn't want to happen -- that happen. It kept me on my toes and turning the pages. Overall, I really enjoyed this suspenseful novel!

THIS WAS THE BEST THRILLER I HAVE READ THIS YEAR-BAR NONE!

CLAIRE:
She married into a political dynasty, and she is expected to perform her role as the future Senator’s wife, PERFECTLY.

EVA:
Despite being raised in the Foster Care system, she is doing well in College, until SHE meets the wrong guy.

TWO vulnerable women.
TWO impossible situations.

Until, they meet in an airport bar, and make a decision to switch tickets.

Claire takes Eva’s ticket to Oakland.
Eva takes Claire’s ticket to Puerto Rico.

Each hopes the change in destination will give them a chance for a head start, at a new life.

But, when the plane to Puerto Rico goes down, and there are no survivors, Claire realizes she will be declared dead and nobody will be looking for her.

But, disappearing is NOT that simple.

The pace was FAST, the tension was TAUT, and the reasons these two strong, savvy women needed to escape were believable and RELEVANT!!

This book does not seem to be on anybody’s radar yet, but it should be!

PRE-ORDER NOW! Available June 2, 2020.

A big THANK YOU, to NetGalley Sourcebooks Landmark Publishing and Julie Clark for the digital ARC I received in exchange for a candid review!

Two women who need to escape their lives switch plane tickets. When one of the planes crashes it opens up new possibilities. This was a very quick and entertaining read that left me guessing how it would end. I enjoyed this book immensely.

My copy of this book was provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. My thanks to the the author, the publisher, and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review it.

This was an amazing book! It was well written, fast paced with characters you actually liked and cared about and had a riveting, timely plot. This was one of the best thrillers I’ve read in quite awhile and should be on everyone’s reading list.

I was hooked at the prologue. “I know only three things about her: her name, what she looks like, and that her flight departs this morning. My advantage – she doesn’t know anything about me.”

I was fascinated by how these two women sought a do-over in life, a fresh start. They would do anything to obtain it. I liked what the author said in the interview that is included in the back of this book, “I want readers to be inspired by the courage of both Claire and Eva, who did what felt impossible to each of them. No matter the circumstances, there’s a way out. As Claire’s mother put it: If you pay attention, solutions always appear. But you have to be brave enough to see them.”

I was drawn into the drama of both of these women’s lives. I was also amazed by the detail and care that these women went through to disappear, here’s a peek at the thought process; “ ..very few people actually stop to consider how difficult it is to truly vanish. The level of detail needed to eliminate even the tiniest trace. Because there’s always something. A small thread, a seed of truth, a mistake. It only takes a tiny pinprick of circumstance to unravel it all. A phone call at the moment of departure. A fender bender three blocks before the freeway on ramp. A cancelled flight…“A last-minute change of itinerary.”

The author includes 13 discussion questions in the back of her book along with an insightful author interview. Both of these will help create a lively discussion at your book club meeting. This is a great story of hope, courage and new beginnings I enjoyed very much. There were a few “ F” bombs in the novel but the story was worth overlooking that fact. This is the first novel I’ve read by this author it won’t be the last.

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I loved this authors debut novel last year and looked so forward to this one. I really enjoyed it. Quite the plot of disappearing with a different twist. Told in a before an event happens and present day, it’s a page turner until the end.
Thanks to Netgalley and the Publisher for the ARC

I'm so glad I got the chance to read an advance copy of this book! Although I was unfamiliar with the author, the book sounded appealing and I decided to take a chance on it. It turned out to be a great thriller- I couldn't put it down! There are two intersecting story lines, and I enjoyed reading about both. This book is the perfect summer/vacation read with lots of suspense and unique scenarios. I highly recommend it.

This one is perfect for suspense fans who want a tick of upmarket women's fiction feel. I was sucked in and engrossed, and with some gut punches along the way, I really felt for both Eva and Claire. Start to finish, this one was a winner for me.

Initially I was drawn to the book because I knew a plane crash was part of the premise. I'm a sucker for anything plane crash related. I was pleasantly surprised by the spin here, which I won't reveal so as not to spoil it for anyone. The Last Flight also draws on battered women, shady politicians and cover-ups, and inequities in privilege/opportunity. Primarily set at Berkeley, we get Claire's POV post-switch with Eva, and Eva's POV leading up to the switch, clueing the reader into the deep shit Claire has inadvertently stepped into by changing tickets with her.

Both POVs drew me in, and kept me guessing... for the most part. I was on top of one major twist pretty early on, but two others really got me. I felt deep empathy for both Claire and Eva, and was rooting for both. I recommend it for readers who like complex women fighting against impossible situations with some light suspense, primarily rooted in personal stakes. I needed to know if Claire was going to get away from her abusive husband, if she would be able to take the smug asshole down. I needed Eva to outsmart the forces around her, open up to the right people, and get away.