Ruth Ware and I have a tricky history. I’m hot and cold with her books - some have been 2 ⭐️ and others 4 or 5 ⭐️- but I’ve read everything she’s written and she will always be an auto buy author for me. 

Her latest offering One Perfect Couple is capitalizing on themes I’ve seen become popular over the last 6-12 months in a thriller. 

1. A reality tv show gone terribly wrong - often purposefully by some mastermind that just wants to fuck with the contestants who are not randomly selected at all or by someone in the mix who has ulterior motives and a score to settle 

2. An incredibly remote island resort that isn’t quite fully complete/baked out/built that is most definitely not equipped to handle long term visitors and inevitably has its infrastructure collapse losing all transport, communication and sustenance/water 

She does it better than a lot of the other versions I’ve read in the last year. I didn’t spend the whole book pissed off at stupid characters or cursing the author for an obsession with Xanax. I was invested, engaged and tore through it in one day. There were situations and problems that characters faced that were realistic and relatable. Some were definitely hyperbolic but overall I couldn’t put this book down and cheered for my favorite characters to survive.