While I didn't really like the Woman in Cabin 10 that much, I really enjoyed this sequel. Lo is trying to get back to work after being a mother to two boys and the covid shut down. When she gets an invitation as a journalist, she hops a plane hoping to get her career back on track. But all the people at this event are people on the boat with her. What is going on? Then Carrie shows herself and they are off to try to get away from her abusive boyfriend. Will Carrie bring Lo down again??

LOVED. This was just the book I needed. Fast paced, cleverly plotted, a bit of fancy sophistication.... Ruth Ware absolutely nailed it. Could not put the book down. It was the perfect follow-up to the first installment, and if I may say, a step above. God, she even made me fall in love with Carrie! I have not idea what I can follow this read up with. It's certainly the perfect beach read, but honestly, read it on a plane, read it in bed... just do yourself a favor and enjoy the ride as much as I did. This one was great.

3 sequel stars

We first meet Lo Blacklock in “The Woman in Cabin 10,” and she narrowly escapes a luxury cruise adventure. Ten years have elapsed, and now she’s married with two children and living in New York. Has she matured?

Lo is eager to get back into the travel writing business, but the landscape has changed considerably with time and the pandemic. Out of the blue, she receives an invitation to the grand opening of a luxury Swiss hotel. The descriptions of the Lake Geneva hotel made me want to visit! Lo is also trying to get an interview with the elusive CEO, Marcus Leidmann.

Of course, with a Ruth Ware novel, you have to expect suspense and probably murder. We are teased with a few snippets that alert us to future events, and I was flipping the pages to see how it all played out.

Some familiar characters from the first book pop up in this one, and it’s a bit of a wild ride for a while! I didn’t enjoy it quite as much as Cabin 10, but I was curious to read this new entry with a familiar character.

I will be watching the Netflix show for “The Woman in Cabin 10” that’s coming out soon.

This was a solid sequel to THE WOMAN IN CABIN 10, one of the first thrillers I ever read! It was also one of the books that sparked my love for thrillers in general. The story follows Lo Blacklock as she tries to recover her journalism career after giving it up to be a stay at home during the pandemic.

Ruth Ware’s writing is always so entertaining and hooks me every time. There were just a few things holding this book back from being a five star read. I felt like all the Covid references hit a little too close to home, but that’s just a personal preference. I don’t really like my fiction books to talk about the pandemic all too much, even though it’s hard not to acknowledge all the changes it brought to modern life. I also thought Lo was way too trusting of Carrie. I just couldn’t imagine making the choice she did to help her after not hearing from her in ten years.

All that being said, this was such a suspenseful story and I couldn’t wait to find out what would happen! I was glad to find out what happened to Lo after the wild events that happened in the first book!

Ruth Ware has been my favorite thriller author since I read The Woman in Cabin 10 nearly eight years ago. That book is still among my top three favorites by her, so I was excited to learn it would have a sequel: The Woman in Suite 11.

It’s ten years after the horrors that happened on the Aurora, and Lo Blacklock has moved on with her life. She and her husband Judah now live in New York City with their two young sons. Lo wrote a bestselling memoir, Dark Waters, but has otherwise not really worked in years. So when she gets an invitation to the opening of a luxury hotel in Switzerland, she hopes it could help jump-start her return to travel journalism. But she’s not the only guest there who was also on the Aurora, and it seems that her past has finally caught up with her…

What I Liked:
- Returning to the characters of The Woman in Cabin 10. It would probably help to refresh your memory on the many players from that novel! But it was fun to return to so many people then and seeing how they resurface now.
- Getting to see how Lo was affected and has changed since. People can chance a lot in a decade, and it’s certainly true of Lo. We get to see how she’s still dealing with the psychological impact of the earlier events, but also how she’s settled into motherhood. She’s not the same unreliable narrator as before!
- Women helping women. For all her sketchiness and faults, Carrie is still in some ways a victim, so it’s no wonder that Lo wants to help her. It may not be her best choice, but she feels it’s the right one in order to protect Carrie from an evil man.

What Didn’t Work for Me:
- The Woman in Suite 11 goes in a few different directions, sometimes feeling more scattered than it should. I wish it had been a bit more focused and scary.
- Some things don’t feel fully resolved by the end. The piece of paper from Ben? The mushroom soup? Lo’s role in getting to England? The conclusions of the investigation? I wanted more answers.

Final Thoughts
As much as I loved its predecessor, The Woman in Suite 11 doesn’t hit quite the same way. I still enjoyed this novel and some parts were quite exciting; I did race through the whole book. But this was a rather different sort of thriller. It’s less edge-of-your-seat and more looking-over-your-shoulder-so-you-don’t-get-caught. Ruth Ware fans will likely appreciate it, but it’s not as gripping as her usual work. Regardless, it was fun to catch up with these characters, and I look forward to the upcoming movie adaptation of The Woman in Cabin 10.

I wasn’t sure Lo Blackstock needed a sequel, but I was here for it! A creative way to bring back characters without rehashing everything in the past. An interesting storyline, made more interesting by these characters.

This is a follow up of Ruth Ware’s book Woman in Cabin 1o, with the character Lo Blacklock. Needless to say, I did not read the first book, but enjoyed this as a standalone.
It was not a story that I was expecting from this author. It did hold my interest to keep on reading with some unexpected twists.and I was intrigued with the mystery that revoked around these characters. I have to admit I did not figure it out at all.
Thank you Ruth Ware, NetGalley and Scout Press for giving me the chance of reading that ARC.

The Woman in Suite 11 is a follow-up ten years in the making. The story begins with Ruth Ware’s The Woman in Cabin 10, published in 2016. If you have not read that book, I suggest you do before reading this one.

Ten years have passed since Lo Blacklock’s ordeal aboard the Aurora cruise ship. Since that time she’s gotten married, had kids, and been a stay at home mom during Covid. She gets an invitation to a showing of an elite hotel owned by the Liedmann group and thinks this is a great chance to get back on the horse. She travels to Europe for the showing and finds herself face-to-face with several people who had been aboard the Aurora with her all those years ago. What is going on?

I read The Woman in Cabin 10 when it came out and enjoyed it but I definitely did not remember all the details. The author did a good job reminding the reader of many of them but I still felt confused in the beginning when I couldn’t remember what had happened. This book was a fast-paced yet irritating thriller. I am not sure why Lo would think anything would be different and why she made some of the choices that she did.

I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review. Thanks to the author, the publisher; and Netgalley.

I remember reading the Woman in Cabin 10 when it came out years ago and really enjoying it. But then I felt like I was done with the characters and the story. I hadn’t given them any more thought until I heard about this sequel. I read a detailed recap, which refreshed my memory and then I dove in. Overall, the book was just fine. After reading the recap, I was able to keep my bearings being thrown back into this world, I didn’t feel lost at all. However, I just feel like this sequel wasn’t needed. It was a bit redundant and made me want to reach through the pages and shake the MC! I would have much preferred a new, original story from Ware, but I will continue to read what this author puts out regardless!

Thank you to netgalley and the publisher for allowing me to read this arc. I lovved Woman in cabin 10 and knew I would love this too. Ruth Ware is a great thriller author. I highly recommend this one and was shocked at the end!

I actually ended up DNFing this book. I just couldn't get into it although I loved The Woman in Cabin 10. I would recommend rereading The Woman in Cabin 10 first if you are going to read this one.

Ruth Ware has done it again! I love everything she writes. I've read so many of her books that storylines and characters sometimes get mixed up in my head, but that's not her fault. This was another one in her true writing style that I couldn't put down!

Well, helloooo Lo Blacklock! It is nice to see you again! =] Thank you to Gallery Books | Gallery/Scout Press and NetGalley for the ARC!!!! This was such a fun read. I love a good Ruth Ware novel, so being reunited with Lo was such a treat. This book was great, and I am so excited for the world to read it!

I was excited to revisit these characters as I remember absolutely loving "The Woman in Cabin 10" back in the day. While I enjoyed this thriller overall, it also made me remember why I don't read quite as many anymore. Lo's decisions were oftentimes perplexing and just didn't make sense, and I also struggled to understand why she and Carrie were so close so quickly again. However, I loved the luxury hotel and European setting and it was a quick read for the summer - 3.5 stars rounded up.

The one thing I would add is that as someone who doesn't remember details of books even a few months after finishing, much less 10 years after, I felt out of the loop as many of the first book's characters were reintroduced. I wasn't invested enough to reread "The Woman in Cabin 10" but I did google a synopsis online to refresh my memory - and that helped! I felt like there needed to be a little more background to reacquaint the reader with these characters since many years have passed.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Simon & Schuster | Gallery Books | Scout Press for gifting me a digital ARC of the latest thriller by Ruth Ware, a follow-up to The Woman in Cabin 10. All opinions expressed in this review are my own - 4 stars!

Lo Blacklock receives an invitation to attend the press opening of a luxury Swiss hotel owned by a reclusive billionaire. The timing is perfect, as Lo is ready to get back to her journalism career after staying home with Covid and her two children. Lo is hoping to get an interview with the owner and resurrect her career. However, she soon finds herself once again in a cat-and-mouse pursuit and she may not make it back home.

The timeline in the book and real life are the same - it's been 10 years since The Woman in Cabin 10 was published. I will admit to not remembering book details even a month after I read them, let alone 10 years, but things did come back to me as I read this follow-up. Ruth Ware always writes compelling thrillers, and I was never sure who to trust in this book. I did think that Lo was naive in who she put her trust in after barely surviving her last adventure, but I felt her anxiety and stress. The luxury hotel settings were perfect and the chase across Europe was tense - this was a twisty thriller that kept my interest throughout.

Read this if: you enjoyed The Woman in Cabin 10

Skip this if: you haven’t read anything by Ruth Ware (and instead try one of her earlier books first)

It is 10 years after Lo Blacklock was trapped in a cabin on a luxury cruise in The Woman in Cabin 10. Lo has since moved to America, gotten married, and spent a few years as a stay-at-home-mom, but she is ready to get back into journalism. In a timely turn of events, she is invited to the opening of a luxury hotel owned by billionaire Marcus Leidmann. She travels back to Europe where she is surprised to see a number of familiar faces from the fateful cruise. Mere coincidence, or is something sinister happening? Much like in The Woman in Cabin 10, Lo’s signature mix of concern for others with an underdeveloped sense of self-preservation lead to much of the action.

This is hard to discuss without giving any spoilers, but I found the relationship between the two main characters to be closer than made sense. I also found Lo’s decisions throughout the book (but especially in the second half) to be perplexing and frustrating. I wanted to shake her multiple times, and her choices just did not ring true as what a smart journalist (and mother) would do. But it was fun to catch up with Lo and the other characters, and Ruth Ware’s writing is enjoyable, so I would recommend this if you enjoyed The Woman in Cabin 10. If you are new to Ruth Ware I would start with one of her other books.

Being a huge fan of Ruth Ware I was super excited to read her sequel to her hit Woman in Cabin 10. Lo is back after 10 years and is ready to return to work after having her two sons and the pandemic. So when she’s invited to the opening of a new luxury hotel in Switzerland she takes the chance in order to jump start her career again. But soon after arriving she realizes something is amiss with multiple people from the Arcadia is there as well. Lo is soon dragged into a wild ride where she finds herself in the middle of an investigation and faces never seeing her family again.

This book was good but maybe not quite as good as the first book. It was a fast read and kept me involved just not as many twists as I expected.
Thank you to Netgalley and to the publishers for allowing me to read this advanced copy in exchange for my honest opinion.

Travel writer Lo Blacklock went through a terrible ordeal aboard a cruise ship ten years ago and is now living in the U.S. with her husband and two children. After taking a break, she is eager to restart her career. An invitation to cover the opening of a luxury Swiss hotel seems too good to be true, and it is.

The follow-up to Ware's The Woman in Cabin 10 takes place ten years after the events of that book, and it's best to read (or reread) the first book to familiarize yourself with the characters and events for maximum impact, as some familiar faces pop up and events from the first book are referred to.

The glamorous settings in this were a lot of fun, and I liked that the action moved across Europe as Lo ends up deeper and deeper in danger. The beginning is slower paced as the setup occurs, but the second half takes off and is twisty, turny, high stakes, and suspenseful. Lo is a relatable FMC. However, I questioned some of her decisions, especially in light of what happened to her in the first book, so I recommend suspending disbelief and just going with this one. The secondary characters make you wonder who, if anyone, can be trusted. Overall, this wasn't my favorite by Ware, but it was still enjoyable.

Thank you to Gallery Books and Scout Press for the gifted book!

*3.5 rounded up

I would recommend reading, The Woman in Cabin 10, for a refresher before starting this book. While the beginning gives some backstory, you won’t need a whole refresher on the characters if you read the other first and then dive into this one. Since this one is a sequel, in a sense, it lacks some of the “who-dunnit” aspect. With many thrillers the questions stem from not really knowing the characters, but since this is our second time with Lo, I felt like we had to jump right into the story. Because of this, it felt like the story was a little slow. There were a lot of background details I didn’t think we needed for this kind of story and I felt like the climax of the story didn’t reach as high as her other stories have. However, I did enjoy reading more about Lo and Judah and catching up on their life since the first book.

Overall, I liked the idea of this book, with having it follow similar characters, but the mystery behind it was only in parts of the book rather than the majority of it. I’ve liked Ruth Ware for a long time and while I’ll probably read her next releases, it will be more out of an interest to see if she finds her spark again like she did with her first few books.

Spoilers:

I felt like the ending fell flat with Pieter. It felt a bit unbelievable that his character didn’t have a better exit plan.

**Thank you to Gallery Books and NetGalley for the eARC of this highly anticipated title!!**

Ruth Ware is one of the authors that got me back into reading several years back and I am forever thankful for her as an author! The Woman in Cabin 10 was amazing and I remember the thrill of diving headfirst back into reading. I was sooo hype for this sequel and it did not disappoint!

The Woman in Suite 11 is a page-turner before and I crushed through this one. There are so many hot titles coming out this year that are perfect beach/vacation reads. This one will keep you guessing and absolutely keep you on your toes as well!

Check this one out if you love thrillers, travel, and never-ending twists!

I do think I would have benefited from re-reading The Woman in Cabin 10 prior to reading this sequel. While you don't "need" to have read the first book - it definitely adds a lot to the plot and there's some Easter eggs you don't want to miss.