The Last Ferry Out - Advanced Reader Copy

Thank you to NetGalley, Random House Publishing, and Ballantine Books for gifting me a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. All opinions are my own.

This 320-page hardcover thriller comes out on May 20, 2025, and will be available at major retailers for around $30. Featuring different POVs throughout the book, the story keeps you on your toes from the start.

There was a gripping prologue and a cast of unreliable characters with seemingly hidden agendas and dark pasts. Abby travels to Isla Colel, a remote island a two-hour ferry ride away from mainland Mexico, to unravel the last days of her fiancee who died there four months ago. She talks to the locals and befriends the same group of expats that her fiancee hung out with, but they all seem to be hiding something.

This book was great - until the end. The last 15% or so felt like the author took the teeth out of it and wrecked the ending. At 64%, it was obviously leading us down one path, but then it does a 180 that feels like it doesn’t even belong in the same book.

Don't even get me started on the epilogue!