You won't need a travel agent to book passage on the luxury cruises in these three recent novels: Heather McBreen's Sunk in Love follows a married couple on the rocks as they set sail through the Hawaiian Islands with family members who have no idea that they're preparing to divorce. Meanwhile, Jung Yun's All the World Can Hold sends a ship full of TV soap fans to Bermuda shortly after the 9/11 tragedy hit New York City. And Emma Straub's American Fantasy roams the open ocean with boy band fanatics. Balancing outlandish atmosphere with grave matters, each junket is teeming with joviality and disappointment, public drama and private sorrows, as the waves crest and crash around the passengers. Luckily, you won't need Dramamine, either, as you ease into your sea legs!
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--Dave Wheeler, senior editor, Shelf Awareness

