Nicole Trope – The Girl Who Never Came Home

‘The Girl Who Never Came Home’ by Nicole Trope is such an unputdownable book, full of suspense and, oh, such an emotional journey.

A story that begins with the discovery of teenage Zoe’s body after she went missing from a cabin on a school camping trip. What events happened to make Zoe get out of bed and never return? Her beloved mother is determined to discover what happened, no matter what!

I am a mother and although I can empathise, I can’t truly know what Lydia is going through. I felt the emotions that the author managed to convey, and heartbroken doesn’t do it justice, us mothers will defend our young to the death we have such strong, raw and powerful emotions around our children. This emotional story allows the suspense to slowly appear on the horizon, building with every different person’s view of Zoe.

Her best friend, her mum, her teacher and her sister all uncovering the different sides of Zoe and showing her to be as flawed as anyone can be. Is Lydia, her mum, ready for these pieces of the puzzle to be fitted together? Will this answer her questions about her youngest child’s death?

Wow! I was wrung out of emotions by the time I got to the end of this book. I was just as eager as Lydia to know what happened to Zoe, resulting in an almost smoking Kindle! I read it that fast!

I cannot express how much the author managed to affect me with her writing throughout this story. Highly recommended read for me.

Thank you to Bookouture and NetGalley for the copy of the book for my review today.