This was a great read. Atmospheric and leaves you wanting more. I was able to read this one I. Just a few hours.

Such a great fast paced read. There are plenty of twists and turns. The character development isn’t that deep but that’s exactly what you want from this type of read.

Since reading my first Lucy Clarke book- One of the Girls- I have been anticipating the next book by her! This book did not disappoint!! Great twists, really interesting characters and the ending was WILD!!! Absolutely loved!

Solid 4 star thriller! Strong sense of place and enjoyed the setting. Author managed to get a lot of conflict in a short amount of pages. Overall I enjoyed and recommend. A few issues with the writing, the constant “heard blood in my eardrums” or phrases of the like were a bit annoying after a while. The ending wasn’t particularly riveting, but a good popcorn thriller! I think I’ll read through the authors back list as a result.

Wish you were here?
Think again . . .

Maggie, Liz, Helena & Joni. Old friends bound by history, adventures, old secrets.

And now, bound by murder.

They lace up their hiking boots for the adventure of a lifetime in the Norwegian wilderness: a place of towering mountains, glass-like lakes, log cabins and forests stolen from a fairytale.

It’s the perfect place to lose yourself – until a broken body is found at the bottom of a ravine.

Somewhere out there, someone knows exactly why a woman has died. And in this deep, dark wilderness, there’s a killer on the trail . . .

British author Lucy Clarke gifts her audience with a brand-new wilderness thriller, set in the beautiful but dangerous surrounds of Norway. As story of friendship, secrets, adventure, thrill seeking and underhanded deeds, The Hike is an adrenaline filled tale that I absorbed from the minute I opened this book to the last word.

The Hike is a friendship story that follows four close friends on a wild adventure in beautiful and tranquil Norway. As the women take in the crisp mountain air, the dark forests and the brilliant blue sky, they each set out with different ideas of how this much needed getaway will pan out. As the ladies embark on their hike, they discover that the area has a dark history, a missing persons case still haunts the region. As the group enters the exact zone where the missing woman disappeared, they get the feeling that someone is watching them. This person is hell bent on keeping the women far away from the secret they are keeping. But with the weather coming in and the mountain peak looming, will this foursome make it back alive?

Eight novels in and Lucy Clarke just keeps getting better. The Hike is easily my favorite Lucy Clarke novel to date. I love a good, isolated thriller mystery novel and The Hike is a fabulous example of a destination thriller. Fans of Lucy Clarke and newcomers will lap this one up in no time at all.

Taking on her core theme of friendship, Lucy Clarke presents her readers with another rock-solid tale about a long-standing friendship circle of four women tested by the wilderness. Clarke is an intuitive storyteller and her understanding of how a woman may think and feel is implicitly clear in The Hike. The overarching theme of friendship is a strong force in this tale, making the story at hand incredibly compelling. Each of the four main female protagonists has their own distinct personality and a secret of sorts, which is tested as the holiday in the wilderness unfolds. I loved how each woman had her good points and bad. I was able to find something to relate to or sympathize with as the story progressed. Lucy Clarke fills her cast with a few other outside male characters who contribute to the tension and fear in this tale. With duplicity, danger and protection leading the way, it is unclear who we can trust or fear. Lucy Clarke is known for her great twists and red herrings. I wasn’t disappointed in any way by The Hike.

For me the winning piece was the setting. I would just love to jump on a plane and visit Norway, it’s such a fresh and spectacular part of the world, with an untamed beauty that was described perfectly by Lucy Clarke. The wildness and sense of sheer isolation was expressed with precision by Lucy Clarke, it was my highlight. The setting managed to compound everything that happens in this eventful thriller.

I read this book on a stormy day, and that probably contributed to how much I enjoyed it! Told from the perspective of 4 friends, this story details a hike that none of the women are prepared for, and not all will survive. It had just the right amount of suspense for me!

I enjoyed this thriller! It has a lot of really great elements and I found myself wanting to get back to it while I was (unfortunately) not reading, which is always a good sign!

I think what drives this novel forward are the characters. So often in psychological thrillers I find that the characters are flat and one-dimensional, but I thought all the main characters in The Hike were substantially built out!

The twist at the end was fine, the novel went in a bit of a different direction than I was expecting, which isn’t a bad thing. There were quite a few twists and turns that kept me interested.

Overall, a quick and entertaining thriller for a weekend read!

The Hike is a fantastic read. With expert character development, Clarke in short order, effortlessly builds years of friendship between Liz, Maggie, Joni, and Helena. I truly enjoyed getting to know the group and found the interactions to be authentic. I loved the short, varying POV chapters. They allowed me to stay with each character as the story progressed. The addition of the brothers was an added bonus while more on the peripheral.

My only disclaimer with this novel is I’d define it as more women’s fiction than a thriller. The relationships are the heart of the story. My takeaway from the synopsis was this is an action-packed thriller and while I loved the read I didn’t at any time feel the thrill of urgency or danger. The parts where danger presented itself were predictable.

I'm a big fan of British thrillers, but this one missed the mark for me. I found it a bit of a slog to get through.

Long-time friends meet up for their annual trip away, but this time to hike a mountain that the locals call terrifying, is possibly haunted, has killed a few people, and they are woefully unprepared. They also decide to take off in a storm, despite warnings that they should not proceed. Many stupid mistakes later, they end up in a dire situations, someone (maybe two?) die, secrets are revealed, and their lives are changed for ever!

"No help. No cell coverage. No one to hear them scream."

As I was reading, most if not all the characters has traits that had me rooting for them, but then again, I didn't feel I could trust any of them. There are four lead women, but it wasn't difficult to keep their perspectives separated. This was a great thriller and would recommend to others!

Thank you to NetGalley, the author, and Penguin for the copy of this book.

3.5 stars

I quite enjoyed Lucy Clarke's last book, One of the Girls, and was excited to see that her next one takes place in Norway. As with her previous, the chapters alternate between the main female characters as they set out on a hiking trip... As well as an occasional chapter called The Search. But which of the women are they searching for, and is she still alive?

There were 4 main characters in this book and they were all different enough that I did not have a hard time keeping them straight. Each one has something she is struggling with but still made it to the annual friend group vacation. The chapters are short and once they hit the hiking trail, the story moves fairly quickly. The setting is great and things get tense as the secrets come out and the weather gets dangerous.

While I enjoyed the read, there were a few things that just didn't quite work for me. Some things towards the end just felt a little too over the top. But if you enjoy vacation thrillers and survivalist stories, I encourage you to check this one out!

3.5/5

This book had an interesting premise that follows four women on a hike facing issues due to their inexperience and dangerous men. The beginning was a little slow but it had quite a bit of action to keep you entertained through the rest of it. The dynamics between the characters were interesting to read. I feel like the parts of the book that was The Search/Leif's point of view could have been told better and a little longer. I wish the ending went into specific conversations that were had between Liz and Patrick. Overall, I enjoyed this book but it was just okay and it didn't particularly stand out.

I really enjoyed The Hike by Lucy Clarke! It was my first Lucy Clarke read, and I would absolutely be up for another one! The book is set in Norway, and it follows 4 friends on a hiking trip to Norway, where they end up grappling with much more than the terrain! I loved the setting, although I have a personal fascination with Norway so maybe that’s just me! I loved the Norwegian lodge and the descriptions of the landscape. I was engaged the entire time- I was totally along for the ride with all of the different twists.

There are a few different POVs- there are the 4 friends on the hike, and another from the Norwegian Lief. I feel like all of the personalities and elements of each character’s story were clear and distinct, so that the POVs weren’t confusing and I didn’t have trouble remembering who was who. The themes of friendship and different women’s struggles are present throughout.

I really liked this tense and exciting read that kept me turning pages! I may or may not have stayed up a little too late reading it!

I have not read many of Lucy Clarke's books, but I do always try to grab one when available. I really enjoyed One of the Girls, and while I did enjoy this one, I have to say the ending threw me a bit off and was just a little over the top. I would recommend this, as it is a survivalist thriller set in the mountains in Norway, where four women who have been travelling together for years, decide to take a hiking trip for a variety of reasons. I love the atmosphere of this book, and I did enjoy the characters and how they were written. I do recommend this for anyone who loves a good mountain mystery! Thank you to NetGalley for the arc in return for my non-biased review.

The Hike by Lucy Clarke

Four friends go on a hike and not everyone comes back the same. When it was Liz’s turn to pick their vacation this year, she picked hiking on a Norwegian mountain, much to her friends’ horror. So they start the hike albeit ill-prepared, but when conditions start to get harsh, the friends start turning on each other. With old hurtful feelings and resentment coming to surface, will they survive this mountain together? Or at all?

Lucy Clarke is clearly a talented author. She creates tension so beautifully between her characters. Enough for the reader to feel. I’m personally not a hiker or an “outdoorsy person” so I personally felt very thankful I was reading this book in my cozy warm bed while the four friends were dealing with storms, landslides and other things lurking in the mountain. Overall, it was an entertaining read but I wished for a different ending (no spoilers).

This is a solid thriller that opens with a bang. Extremely readable, easy to follow, and pulls you right along.

Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin for the ARC.

Gripping suspense story about a group of friends hiking in Norway. I wasn’t sure where this story was going to go but I couldn’t put it down and highly recommend. This is my first book by this author and I’m excited to read more!

Four lifelong friends go on their yearly vacation, only this year, things are different - very different. For one thing, instead of lying on a beach somewhere, Liz, whose turn it was to pick the location, chose to organize a hike up a mountain in Norway; which was quite a shock for her indoorsy friends. And this year, after a years-long hiatus, their legitimately rock-star friend, Joni Gold, is back with them, adding both excitement and a touch of resentment to the group. And finally, each woman is dealing with something major in her life, and those secrets could tear them apart.

Meanwhile, their destination is also the site of some mysteries as well, and the group finds themselves caught up in a metaphorical and literal storm as they climb higher and higher….

The wilds of Norway make a great backdrop for a story about a friendship full of secrets and and a mountain full of mystery. And trust me, the author uses all of that amazing atmosphere to the story’s advantage and just creates an atmospheric tale that grows in anticipation as it goes on. I was really hooked. And as the story goes on and more secrets are revealed, it gets better and better.

The womens’ hike story is interspersed with sections called “The Search” and it was a little confusing where that timeline fit in, but once you caught when it happened, it made more sense. That was the only negative I can think of.

The conclusion was spectacular. It hit the perfect note. It was…..well, I don’t want to give it away. But I can’t imagine it another way. Looking back, the whole book was building to it, perfectly.

Honestly, this was another hit for Lucy Clarke (I’ve read her work before). And I’ll keep reading more from her!

3.5⭐️
The suspense and thrill peaks at around 70%, otherwise it was a slow burn. When I got to that 70% mark, I was flying through the pages to reach the end. I enjoyed the alternating POVs and the exploration of friendship and hardships of life and loss. Overall decent, but the slow pace made it hard to pick up in the beginning.

honestly i wasn’t sure what i wasn’t getting myself into when i started this! it was so freaking good though! the suspense was so intense and with each piece of the puzzle everything just got more twisty and messed up!! i think the whole thing was incredibly well written. i usually have a hard time with multiple POVs but this was well done! this was a quick easy read with a lot of complex and confusing twisted grouo dynamics! i could see it being a movie or tv show!