Mary's Reviews > The Sickness

The Sickness is another wild and crazy ride from Britney King, and man is there a lot going on! I feel like there were probably too many subplots here, but that definitely made for a lot of excitement and there was never a dull moment. I was a little worried that this book would be all about Covid due to the title and the fact that the synopsis mentions the pandemic, but I shouldn't have worried because it was about so much more than that. We have a cult that was wild enough in itself as well as a murderer onboard the ship, elements of the pandemic, and a girl with cystic fibrosis trying to find her mom.

Most of the story is told through the eyes of Abby and her father Roger along with occasional chapters with the POV of the murderer. I do have to admit that I figured out who that was prior to the reveal, but not by much, and The Sickness was full of the twists and turns that I have come to expect from one of my favorite indie authors. This definitely didn't have me anxious to board a cruise anytime soon, and the setting undoubtedly supplied a very claustrophobic and eerie feel as the book went on. This isn't my favorite work from King, but it was exactly what I needed at the moment, and I thoroughly enjoyed it!

I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.