Audiobook Review: The Woman in Suite 11 by Ruth Ware
The Woman in Suite 11
Series: Lo Blacklock #2
Author: Ruth Ware
Narrator: Imogen Church
Published: July 8, 2025
Audiobook: 15 hours 11 minutes
Reviewed By: Jessica
Dates Listened To: December 5-16, 2025
Jessica’s Rating: 4 stars
Book Description:
In this follow-up to #1 New York Times bestselling author Ruth Ware’s multi-million copy mega-hit The Women in Cabin 10, Lo Blacklock returns to attend the opening of a luxury hotel, only to find herself in a white-knuckled race across Europe.
When the invitation to attend the press opening of a luxury Swiss hotel—owned by reclusive billionaire Marcus Leidmann—arrives, it’s like the answer to a prayer. Three years after the birth of her youngest child, Lo Blacklock is ready to reestablish her journalism career, but post-pandemic travel journalism is a very different landscape from the one she left ten years ago.
The chateau on the shores of Lake Geneva is everything Lo’s ever dreamed of, and she hopes she can snag an interview with Marcus. Unfortunately, he proves to be even more difficult to pin down than his reputation suggests. When Lo gets a late-night call asking her to come to Marcus’s hotel room, she agrees despite her own misgivings. She’s greeted, however, by a woman claiming to be Marcus’s mistress, and in life-or-death jeopardy.
What follows is a thrilling cat-and-mouse pursuit across Europe, forcing Lo to ask herself just how much she’s willing to sacrifice to save this woman…and if she can even trust her?
Jessica’s Review:
It’s been ten years since her ‘adventure’ on the Aurora and Lo Blacklock is back! The Woman in Suite 11 is Ruth Ware’s first sequel and it was written because fans wanted it. Did we need it, no, but I did enjoy it. It had been nine years since I listened to Cabin 10, so I went for a re-read before I listened to Suite 11.
In addition to the time having passed, Lo is now married with children. She receives an invite to the opening of a new luxury hotel which she takes up. She would like to revive her career and this invite might just be the way to do it.
When Lo arrives at the hotel it is a sort of reunion of folks who were on the Aurora ten years ago. Now, has Lo learned anything from her last adventure ten years ago? Apparently NOT! Lo makes one bad decision after another and gets herself into quite the cat and mouse game across Europe. My thoughts became ‘here we go again’ with every bad decision Lo made. But she had her own reasoning why each decision would work. It’s a bit crazy, but I did enjoy the ride despite rolling my eyes with every decision Lo made. I mean, how trusting can one person be?
Despite the craziness that occurs throughout the novel, I did enjoy it. And Anything Ruth Ware writes I will listen to! And of course, Imogen Church returns as narrator! I can’t really see anymore adventures occurring with Lo, how much more can one woman go through?
Audiobook Review and Movie Comparison of The Woman in Cabin 10
The Woman in Cabin 10
Series: Lo Blacklock #1
Author: Ruth Ware
Narrator: Imogen Church
Published: July 19, 2016
Audiobook: 11 hours 14 minutes
Reviewed By: Jessica
Dates Listened To: November 27- December 4, 2025
Jessica’s Rating: 4 stars
Book Description:
Lo Blacklock, a journalist who writes for a travel magazine, has just been given the assignment of a lifetime: a week on a luxury cruise with only a handful of cabins. The sky is clear, the waters calm, and the veneered, select guests jovial as the exclusive cruise ship, the Aurora, begins her voyage in the picturesque North Sea. At first, Lo’s stay is nothing but pleasant: the cabins are plush, the dinner parties are sparkling, and the guests are elegant. But as the week wears on, frigid winds whip the deck, gray skies fall, and Lo witnesses what she can only describe as a dark and terrifying nightmare: a woman being thrown overboard. The problem? All passengers remain accounted for and so, the ship sails on as if nothing has happened, despite Lo’s desperate attempts to convey that something (or someone) has gone terribly, terribly wrong.
Jessica’s Review:
The Woman in Cabin 10 was my first Ruth Ware and Imogen Church novel. Since then if I am going to ‘read’ a Ware novel, I make sure I will listen to it as these two women are perfect together! I have a friend, Devin who feels the same way about these novels. I listened to Cabin 10 shortly after it came out in 2016 and enjoyed it. My review is here. Listening to it again, I can’t add much more to my previous review. I chose to listen to it again as the movie was going to be released on Netflix and I wanted the book fresh in my memory when I watched the film. In addition to the film, Ware even wrote a sequel! I enjoyed Cabin 10 as I did the first time and gave it four stars again.
Anything that Ruth Ware writes, I will listen to!
Movie Comparison
Movie Trailer
My Thoughts on the Movie Compared to the Book:
This is simple: DO NOT COMPARE the book and film! It is the same basic premise in both with two very different ways of going about the story. Even the endings are different. If you do not compare then you will enjoy both. It took me about halfway through the film before I stopped comparing, and once I did, I really enjoyed the film. The book was very recent in my memory from listening to it a second time.
I would say definitely watch the film first and then read the novel. With all of the differences these are almost two completely different stories. One thing that bothered me about the film: Lo/ Laura has no PTSD to deal with and not an alcoholic so there was no reason for the fellow passengers to not believe her.
Purchase Links:
The film is solely on Netflix.
Novel
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Advanced Audiobook Review: The Hitchhikers by Chevy Stevens
The Hitchhikers
Author: Chevy Stevens
Narrators:
Lindsey Dorcus
Moniqua Plante
To Be Published: October 7, 2025
Audiobook: 12 hours 6 minutes
Reviewed By: Jessica
Dates Listened To: September 7-13, 2025
Jessica’s Rating: 4 stars
Book Description:
The open road beckons.
A chance for them to reconnect.
Then they make a fatal mistake.
It’s the summer of 1976 and Alice and Tom set out on the remote Canadian highways in their new RV, hoping to heal their broken hearts after a devastating tragedy.
They’ve planned the trip perfectly, taken care of every detail. Then they meet two young hitchhikers down on their luck and offer them a ride. But Simon and Jenny aren’t what they seem. They’ve left a trail of blood, destruction, and madness behind them.
Now Alice and Tom are trapped, prisoners in a deadly game, with nowhere to turn. As the tension builds, the lines blur, and the question becomes, in whose heart does evil truly lie? What secrets are Jenny and Simon hiding? And who will live another day?
Jessica’s Review:
It’s been four years since Chevy Stevens’ last novel, so I was excited to receive an advanced audio copy from the publisher via NetGalley!
A novel like this can only take place in the past (circa 1976 in Canada) now that cellphones have everything on them, which includes social media, notifications on what is going on in the world, and even just to call 911! The past for The Hitchhikers is in 1976 and our couple Alice and Tom were just in the wrong place at the wrong time, with good intentions. Our “Bonnie and Clyde” are Jenny and Simon and they are leaving destruction wherever they go.
I wasn’t sure how this one was going to end, and Stevens kept me on this RV roller coaster ride the entire time! Who is going to be injured or killed by our villains next and will Tom and Alice survive? What is going to be the ‘big twist?’ The Hitchhikers is a dark and tense thriller that I enjoyed.
The ending went in a ‘happily ever after’ direction and that didn’t work for me. I like my thrillers dark, and the endings don’t have to be positive. I’m not used to this with Stevens, though I see why she did write the ending in the way that she did.
The narrators are Lindsey Dorcus and Moniqua Plante, and both ladies brought their narration on! They really enhanced the characters of Alice and Jenny.
If you are a Stevens fan, then go read or listen to The Hitchhikers when it comes out on October 7th.
Many thanks to the publisher for granting me an advanced copy to listen to and review!
Pre-Order Links:
**I just love the UK cover!**
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