Four best friends meet up every year for a long weekend getaway. Usually it involves a tropical sunny beach. But this time it's a mountain hike in Norway and not everyone is exactly on-board with the decision. Can't say I blame them. Going from margaritas to hiking boots! Are they really prepared to tackle the climb and whatever adventure awaits them?
It is an absolute page turner, so tense and suspenseful that I could not put it down.. I loved the drama and the setting was so vivid. The eerie atmosphere in this book definitely adds to the tension and anticipation.
Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin Group Putnam for this ARC for my honest review!

I am giving an honest review of this book in exchange for a free ARC from Netgalley.

Four friends ditch their typical beach vacation for a hike through Norway's most dangerous mountains. Along the way, the women encounter personal struggles, struggles within their friendship, struggles against nature, and even worse, someone is stalking them.

Overall, this book is probably a 3.5/5 stars for me. It had an extremely slow beginning and I had difficulties keeping the characters separate at first. As said in other reviews, none of them are very likeable. I would say that once the action picked up around 35% I was hooked. I read the book so quickly and looked forward to picking it up. I also feel like I should have figured out the ending, but I was pleasantly surprised by her ability to throw in a few plot twists. This is my first book from Clarke, but I think I'd be interested in trying another one of her books.

Thank you to netgalley and the publishers for the ARC of The Hike. I rated this 4/5 stars. Initially this book was very slow and was hard for me to get through. The first 25% is character building and setting the story up. This part was too slow for me but I am glad I kept reading. Once the story and the hike got going I couldn’t wait to find out more. Twists along the way keep you guessing and reading to find out what happens. I was Invested in the main characters. Drama between them kept you wondering about other parts of the story line as well. Overall glad I kept reading.

Friendships, a trip to the wilderness, with a side of thriller. This was a great book. The story was told from alternating perspectives (which I loved, gave the story more depth) from a group of friends that have been close for years, they are each going through their own ordeals and hope this trip is a chance to reset. This book kept me on the edge of my seat and was a quick read. Definitely recommend!

Thank you, NetGalley and G.P. Putnam's Sons (Penguin Group Putnam) for the ARC!

Ah, I'm really disheartened about this one. I wanted to like it so much and I gave it so many chances but I just couldn't get into this one. I am really thankful to Lucy Clarke and Putnam Books, but I'll just have to share my ARC with someone else.

3.5 stars rounded up!
The Hike begins with a dead woman's body lying on a mountainside in Norway. She is unnamed. Who is this woman and how did she die?

Liz, Helena, Maggie, and Joni have been friends forever and lead their own busy lives. They make it a tradition to get together once a year for a girls trip. This year Liz is insistent on a grueling hike in Norway. Helena and Maggie begrudgingly accept. Joni, a famous rock star, is radio silent on the group texts about the upcoming trip. No one is surprised since she has flaked on them in the past. But she joins them unexpectedly in the lodge the night before the hike.

But they all have secrets they've hidden from another. Marital separations, possible pregnancy, wounds from the past. Day two of their hike the group gets off course and the weather turns and suddenly this girls trip turns into a fight for their lives.

The book alternates POVs from the four women during the hike, as well as chapters popping in called THE SEARCH, from the POV of Leif who is on a search and rescue mission for a woman's body in the mountainside.

I liked The Hike, though it took awhile for it to gain steam. But about half way in I was hooked.

Thank you NetGalley and Putnam books for the ARC for my honest review.

This definitely has potential but unfortunately I just wasn’t drawn into it like is had hoped I would be. I feel like I was way more surprised by the twist in One of the Girls than this one.

The Hike by Lucy Clarke is my favorite book of the year! I loved the idea of long time friends coming together yearly for a trip. This time. however, they are all hiding something from each other. At the same time, they are met with the danger of the difficult hike, as well as danger from someone behind them. Do yourself a favor and pick up this great thriller!

Lucy Clarke has written another breathtaking thriller in The Hike. The action is swift and intense. The drama is high throughout this adventure mystery. The characters all have quirks, issues and troubles which make them very relatable. The Norway setting is well-described - at points, even the crisp, cool air and clean nature smell invade the room.

Thanks to NetGalley and Penguin Group Putnam for the opportunity to read this ARC.

WOW!! What a ride! Amazing book! A little mystery, a little thriller, and a bit of women’s fiction all rolled into a wonderful book. Four women who are childhood friends go on holiday every year . Liz decides they will go hiking in Norway for this vacation. I don’t want to spoil it except to say it leads to many adventures. I felt like I knew each of these women. This book will stay with you a while as there’s something to relate to with all four of these women. Now I must go and buy more books by this author!

A getaway with your closest friends that includes an adventurous hike. What could possibly go wrong? Everything…

This book will make you never want to go on a hike again! It’s so atmospheric and you can just feel the impending doom. The building sense of dread really kept me turning the pages. Secrets come spilling out and it’s so hard to know who can be trusted. There are so many intense moments that had my anxiety escalating higher and higher. Highly recommend checking this one out!

Thank you so much NetGalley and PENGUIN GROUP Putnam for the gifted copy!

Lucy Clarke has been a go-to author for me and this one did not disappoint! A quick thriller that keep me interested and I couldn’t put it down!

Three friends find their way to Norway to escape for a girls trip and to get away from their crazy lives. Liz who is experiencing troubles with her husband decides to pick Norway as the girls trip since it is her turn to pick. Liz has found that during COVID walking has made a difference for her so she chooses Norway to hike Blafjell. She asks her friends to come along and hesitantly they decided to come. Nobody other than Liz has actually prepared for this hike even though Liz has been sending them preparation and training videos. The fourth friend, a well known traveling artist, is on tour and can’t come. After a horrible evening she decides to leave her boyfriend and tour to join the friends in Norway. After surprising them in Norway things start going wrong. The women start off for the 4 day hike the next day and are quickly told there is bad weather coming and turn around. Liz decides that isn’t happening and she keeps them going! But is that such a good idea? Will they return safely after completing the hike?

This was a quick and fast thrill ride! I love Lucy Clarke and all the novels that she has written! She has always been able to keep me on my toes and pushing me to find the answers in her novels. It is a very well written book and allows you to also see the beauty of Norway. This novel was a very suspenseful and thrilling ride. It was also a book that I could relate to in some ways when it came to the characters. Each character had flaws and family problems that anyone could relate to. I would recommend this book!

super exciting story!

I was up all night finishing it- It's so fun to learn more about each character as you go along, and the multiple twists at the end are definitely worth the wait.

Thank you to NetGalley for an ARC!

Exciting, fun, great story. I was up all night finishing it - it’s impossible to put down. You learn more about each character as you go along, and the multiple twists at the end are so worth the wait.

Five stars.

Thank you to NetGalley for an ARC! 💖

This book was one I didn’t want to put down! It both made me never want to hike again…and also spend my life hiking to similarly gorgeous places as the women saw in the book.

The premise was pretty simple—four lifetime friends decide to hike a difficult mountain in Norway. But then problems arise. Some of their own making, some unexpected, and some sinister. And just like all good thrillers, everything is related.

I loved the dual timeline and the twist. Even before the twist I was on the edge of my seat! The characters were deeper than I originally gave them credit for—and by the epilogue, they had really been through the self-discovery phase of their lives.

Overall, an edge-of-your-seat thriller that I recommend!!

Was drawn in by the cover and title of this book. This was my first Lucy Clarke read and I was not disappointed!

Four best friends take a girl’s hiking trip, but not all of them make it out alive! 😱

3.5 ⭐️ I liked this one! It was a fast read that intrigued me right from the prologue. The first half gave subtle foreshadowing, creepy vibes and plenty of options for our villain. I enjoyed the Norwegian mountain setting - I don’t think I’ve read a lot (or maybe any 🤔) books set there before. My one negative is that starting around the 50% mark there were a few too many dramatic elements thrown in for effect, which started to feel contrived and unnecessary, in my opinion. Overall though, I still thought it was a good time! I didn’t fully piece together the mystery and there were plenty of twists that kept me interested along the way.

My thanks to NetGalley and Putnam Books for an advance copy of this eBook, out 8/29/2023.

Four friends reunite for a hiking trip in Norway and soon start to get the impression that they are being followed. As they continue their journey, another mystery--a missing girl from the past--starts to unfold as these friends navigate their own treacherous mountain adventure.

As an avid reader of thrillers, I was so excited to embark on this adventure! I really enjoyed this book and felt like the pacing was well suited to the structure of the story. I also really appreciated the character development surrounding these four friends. As the story unfolded, I felt like I was right alongside them during this hike and experiencing this adventure too.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for this e-ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I really enjoyed this book! Four long-time girlfriends embark upon a hiking adventure in the Norwegian wilderness--the question is--will all of them safely return? There is plenty of foreshadowing--right off the bat we know that a woman's body is discovered at the bottom of a cliff--but who is it, and what happened?

The author does a great job of maintaining suspense--doling out little bits of information and secrets from the womens' pasts that really made me want to keep reading. She also did a great job of creating interesting, multi-dimensional characters. And the setting was amazing--I felt like I was right there with the women on their grueling adventure.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC!