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✦•┈๑⋅⋯ All Expenses Paid by Zoe Rosi ⋯⋅๑┈•✦
• 4/5 ☆ •
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This novella drops you straight into a sun bleached nightmare, luxury on the surface, absolute dread underneath. It has that glossy influencer trip vibe that curdles fast, and the shift from “dream vacation” to “you’re not getting out of this alive” hit exactly the way I wanted.
I love the way Zoe Rosi writes these sharp, vicious little stories. This is my third book from them, and the pacing is always tight: no filler, no downtime, just a steady slide into danger. The whole setup gave me major Hostel energy, but filtered through modern content creator culture, which somehow makes it even more unsettling.
If I’m nitpicking, I wanted a little more depth between the two girls before everything went sideways. But that's also the reality of a novella. There's only so much room before the story has to start breaking things.
Overall, this was quick, brutal, and easy to inhale in one sitting. Zoe Rosi continues to be reliably unhinged in the best way.
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If you like:
✔️ sun drenched horror
✔️ influencer culture
✔️ fast, brutal novellas
✔️ psychological tension
✔️ luxury to nightmare flips
✔️ Hostel adjacent themes
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📅 Pub Day: May 20, 2026 🎧
💌 ARC gifted via NetGalley from Lighthouse Books. All opinions are my own.
✦•┈๑⋅⋯ All Expenses Paid by Zoe Rosi ⋯⋅๑┈•✦
• 4/5 ☆ •
── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ──── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ──
This novella drops you straight into a sun bleached nightmare, luxury on the surface, absolute dread underneath. It has that glossy influencer trip vibe that curdles fast, and the shift from “dream vacation” to “you’re not getting out of this alive” hit exactly the way I wanted.
I love the way Zoe Rosi writes these sharp, vicious little stories. This is my third book from them, and the pacing is always tight: no filler, no downtime, just a steady slide into danger. The whole setup gave me major Hostel energy, but filtered through modern content creator culture, which somehow makes it even more unsettling.
If I’m nitpicking, I wanted a little more depth between the two girls before everything went sideways. But that's also the reality of a novella. There's only so much room before the story has to start breaking things.
Overall, this was quick, brutal, and easy to inhale in one sitting. Zoe Rosi continues to be reliably unhinged in the best way.
── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ──── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ──
If you like:
✔️ sun drenched horror
✔️ influencer culture
✔️ fast, brutal novellas
✔️ psychological tension
✔️ luxury to nightmare flips
✔️ Hostel adjacent themes
── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ──── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ──
📅 Pub Day: May 20, 2026 🎧
💌 ARC gifted via NetGalley from Lighthouse Books. All opinions are my own.