Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC!

Sometimes, when you're in the middle of a bit of a funk and it's been a long week at work, all you want to do when you have a spare minute and the night is quiet is get your nose into a thriller...and boy, did this one deliver on that brief!

This is a really sound whodunnit at the same time as being a whydunnit, and it is crammed with twists, turns, questions, and (most satisfyingly) answers. There's a lot to take in here - from the start of the novel and the murder to the end of the novel with the final twist, it really was a wild ride from start to finish.

The characters all had very distinct voices, and while the main character could be a little annoying at times, she was still good at heart, and that pushed the story along quite well. I think that there could have been a little more fleshing out of her beyond her relationships, but this was still very much a book written with a sound voice, which I really enjoyed.

This was just one of those page turners that I struggled to put down before it was done, and while it may not have been up there in every aspect, it was certainly a very entertaining read.

"Follow Her Down" by Victoria Helen Stone is a gripping and emotionally charged novel that delves deep into the complexities of trauma, family dynamics, and the quest for truth. Elise Rockwood's journey of healing and self-discovery unfolds with a raw and compelling narrative that keeps readers on the edge of their seats. Stone expertly navigates the intricacies of Elise's past and present, painting a vivid portrait of a family shattered by tragedy and haunted by doubt.

The author's skillful storytelling and masterful character development breathe life into Elise, Kyle, and the supporting cast, creating a rich tapestry of emotions and suspense. As Elise confronts her past and uncovers long-buried secrets, the tension mounts, leading to a riveting climax that leaves readers questioning the boundaries of trust and survival.

"Follow Her Down" is a testament to Stone's talent for crafting intricate plots and evocative prose, making it a must-read for fans of psychological suspense and compelling storytelling. Victoria Helen Stone's latest novel is a haunting and unforgettable tale that lingers in the mind long after the final page is turned.

I have enjoyed many of this authors books. This one grabbed my attention from the beginning. I was very interested to see how everything connected in the end and I was not disappointed. Highly recommend.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Lake Union Publishing for my gifted copy.

Follow Her Down by Victoria Helen Stone is a book filled with complex characters dealing with a ton of grief. Elise Rockwood and her brother Kyle were ten and thirteen when their older sister was brutally murdered at the young age of eighteen. I really enjoyed this story and thought there were a ton of twists and turns that I never saw coming. The ending was just the cherry on top of a perfect sundae of a novel.

𝑭𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌....𝒏𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕?!.....

This is my second read by Victoria Helen Stone and I was chomping at the bit to start this one. This one was a fast read because the end of every chapter makes you want more.

This book definitely had me on the edge of my seat. I swore this was going one way with the "theories", but clearly it was spot on. I definitely thought so many people were the killer at different times during the book, but I never suspected the true killer. I love how it all developed.

This one was definitely twisty and full of revenge, which is one of Victoria's specialties, in my opinion. I highly recommend this read!

Wow!!! Just wow!! Hands down 5 stars!! ⭐️ @victoriahelenstone is one of my very favorite authors… so you bet I jumped at the chance to read her latest book Follow Her Down!! ❤️Pub date is June 4th!!LOOK 👀 at this cover!!! It is stunning!!! 🔥🔥🔥

OMG this book was INTENSE!!! 😳Have you ever read a book and you can feel your adrenaline rushing?? 🤯I felt like I was there with Elise… and I had to know how this was going to turn out!! 😳 Especially in the second half… it was nonstop action… 😉

Small town vibes all over the place… Everyone knows that Elise is the girl whose sister was murdered when they were kids.. 😩… her boyfriend confessed to doing it…😠… but her brother Kyle won’t accept it… he knows there is more to this story….🤔

This book is so atmospheric!! I think that helped fuel ⛽️ my adrenaline rush… a deserted bunch of rental cabins… and Elise is all alone… except for the dude knocking at the door 🚪… the dude that WON’T go away..😩😳… There were so many freak out moments like that for me!! I was on edge… the entire time!! 😬

Who to believe?? I can’t believe Kyle could be correct… but I had to admit there was some sketchy business going on… 😏

That ENDING!!! Definitely a WTF 🤯🤯🤯 ending!! I NEVER saw that coming!! Here I thought the ending was all wrapped up… Wrong Kim!! Wrong!! 😂😉🤫🤐

The trajectory of Elise's life completely changed when she was ten years old and her eighteen year old sister, Robin, never came home from a party.

Now more than 25 years later her murderer has confessed and died but their mother still won't leave the house, her brother is wrapped up in the conspiracy theory side of the internet, and Elise is trying to find some much needed stability as a small business owner at a mountain lodge near where she grew up.

One thing that has the potential to derail her is an out-of-the-blue email from her ex Christian, who ended their affair two years earlier to return to his wife but now wants to talk. Recognizing this for the danger that it is, Elise declines -- and is shocked when police show up at her doorstep several weeks later to ask questions about his disappearance, and soon after, his death. She at first dismisses her brother's theories that Christian could be connected to what happened to Robin, but his persistence with his theories starts to change her perspective and affect her thin grip on the stability she so painstakingly built.

I've really enjoyed some of this author's other works but this one had awkward pacing for me. I felt like the way important information was added into the narrative was clunky and instead of feeling tension and fear I was just looking for the conclusion (which also disappointed me). I had a tough time really connecting to Elise and some of the motivations behind her actions, so this one was overall a miss for me.

𝖬𝗎𝗋𝖽𝖾𝗋. 𝖢𝗈𝗇𝗌𝗉𝗂𝗋𝖺𝖼𝗒. 𝖠𝖿𝖿𝖺𝗂𝗋.

"𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐦𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐦. 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺."

Started out as a slow burn but hold on tight because it gets wild. Told in a past/present style of writing. I really enjoyed this cabin set mystery. This read explores trauma, grief, and mental health. I thought I had figured out the twists but I was proven wrong! The ending was shocking and leaves you wondering…will this become a series?!?

📙𝙵𝙾𝙻𝙻𝙾𝚆 𝙷𝙴𝚁 𝙳𝙾𝚆𝙽 📙
𝙶𝚎𝚗𝚛𝚎: 𝚃𝚑𝚛𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚛/𝚜𝚞𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚎
𝙿𝚞𝚋 𝚍𝚊𝚝𝚎: 𝙹𝚞𝚗𝚎 𝟺, 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟺(𝚜𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚝𝚎🗓️)
𝙰𝚜𝚑’𝚜 𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐: 𝟺 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚜 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

🤏𝚃𝚎𝚎𝚗𝚢 𝚝𝚒𝚍𝚋𝚒𝚝: Elise’s sister was murdered when she was 18 & it shattered her family. A man finally confessed to the murder, but her brother was frantically coming up with more conspiracy theories about it. She finally started to believe her brother after her ex was murdered.

🩷🩵💜🩷🩵💜🩷🩵💜🩷🩵💜🩷🩵💜

💭𝙼𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚜... This one was wild!! I read it so fast too(which I love doing..such a rush🙌) It had so much going on, but was easy to follow. Here Elise was finally living a normal life owning these rental cabins(such a cool setting!) & then all shit blows up again & is her brother right about all these theories he has on their sisters murder all those years ago???? 🤯🤷‍♀️It’s hard to put this one down & will have you guessing up until the end! It’s like a slow burn🔥 , but also stuff is happening so fast so its quite the conundrum. I really want to go back & read this authors backlist…mainly the Jane Doe series…yall save the date for this gem…so dang fun!

Thanks @thrillerbookloverspromotions @victoriahelenstone for having me on this exclusive tour! Xo, friends!

Over twenty years have passed since the terrible summer when Elise Rockwood's older sister, Robin, was murdered. In the aftermath of this trauma, Elise's family fell apart: her mother's anxiety consumed her life; her brother became obsessed with conspiracy theories; and Elise spent decades drinking and pursuing empty relationships to numb the pain. But now Elise is starting to get her life back on track. She's set up a small cabin rental business close to her mom and brother, in the same woods where her sister vanished, and she's slowed way down on the drinking. But then a man she was once very close to is murdered nearby, and *everything* Elise thinks she knows about the summer when Robin went missing is going to be called into question.

This was another great one from Victoria Helen Stone! Elise was a flawed mess, and I loved her and loved how hard she was trying to be better, even as trauma after trauma kept piling on. I didn't know where on earth this was going - I had a few theories that were all incorrect - which was really fun! I will say it felt a little bit slow in the middle and the ending felt a bit rushed and abrupt (BUT -- THAT ENDING - !!!!!) Is it too much to hope for a Jane Doe/Elise Rockwood crossover book? I mean, I know it is, but a lady can dream...

I loved this quote: "Nothing to be done but make it go away. Make her go away. Hadn't it happened a thousand times before? A million? A woman's life was nothing compared to a man's future." DAMN

This book started off alow, but ended great. Elise Rockwood's sister went missing when she was 10 year old. Now years later, her ex-lover mysteriously dies on a hiking trail that he has been on multiple times. His ex-business partner is shot days later. Elise’s brother, Kyle, discovers that both men were in the area the summer their sister was murdered. Kyle and Elise had all sorts of great theories about what happened the summer their sister was murdered. I had some theories of my own.

Elise Rockwood’s sister was murdered at the tender age of 18, and it absolutely shattered her family. A man eventually confessed to killing Robin, but Elise’s brother, Kyle, always believed there was more to the story. He developed many conspiracy theories over the years, but Elise always refused to entertain them until her ex-boyfriend’s murder.

Follow Her Down was an emotionally charged suspense novel that kept me guessing until the very last page. The author did an incredible job conveying the complexity and enormity of the grief felt by the Rockwood family over Robin’s murder. The main character, Elise’s emotions were so palpable, it almost felt as though I was experiencing them alongside her. This book went in directions that I never could have anticipated and nearly all of the characters seemed to have a motive at one point or another, which made for a compelling read. I would recommend checking this one out if you’re a fan of suspense novels with unreliable narrators.

Thank you so much to Thriller Book Lovers Promotions, NetGalley and Lake Union Publishing for the opportunity to read this ARC!

A copy of my review will be posted to my Instagram account (whats.amy.reading) on March 11, 2023.

Elise and Kyle were only ten and thirteen when their eighteen year old sister was murdered. Elise has tried hard to put the past behind her but Kyle has always been suspicious of the case. When Elise's ex is also found murdered, Kyle discovers that his death has a link to their sister Robin's death. Can the two put the case together before the killer comes after them?

Wow, what a wild ride this was! Just when you think the case is making sense, someone else is thrown into the mix and you need to alter your focus. I tried really hard to pick what was going on but ultimately, I was left gasping at the end! With a fantastic writing style, the author masterfully weaves this suspenseful thriller together with many twists and suspects and that ending - I guarantee, you won't believe it! This was my first book by Victoria Helen Stone and I now look forward to reading more.

I really wanted to love this one, I tried for the life of me to get into it and push through and I just couldn't do it I had to DNF.

Thanks to #NetGalley and #LakeUnionPublishing and #ThrillerBookLoversPromotions for the book #FollowHerDown by #VictoriaHelenStone. This book is about a sister that was murdered decades ago and now her ex is murdered. It made me crazy as I read through wanting to know who was behind it all. I highly recommend this thriller and its crazy plot twist.

I have been obsessed with reading lately...

I mean, I always was but this time it's completely different.

I find myself waking up early, staying up late, canceling plans and dismissing my chores just to read. I can't help it. The approvals I have been granted lately have me with the "can't wait" feeling.

I have yet to read a book in the past two weeks that I did not connect with. Every single book I have had in my hands has been incredible.

Follow Her Down

Now, this book that literally blew my mind.

As I said I have been reading non stop but this book made me stop dead in my tracks. Whoa! Where did Victoria Helen Stone come from and where has she been my whole life? This author is a mastermind when it comes to delivering a 5 star hit.

Follow Her Down, is juicy, deceitful and oh so twisted! I gobbled this book on up in one sitting !

After concluding Follow Her Down, I feverishly stalked Stone’s backlog and purchased her entire collection. Yes, you could classify me as being obsessed.

Here is a little teaser :

Decades of doubt, fear, and suspicion won’t let a woman overcome her trauma in a riveting novel of suspense by the Amazon Charts bestselling author of Jane Doe and The Hook.

The murder of Elise Rockwood’s sister shattered her family. Their mother’s anxiety kept her housebound. Elise’s paranoid brother, Kyle, saw conspiracies everywhere. Elise numbed her grief in an aimless lifestyle that left her emotionally broken. All of them victims. A local boy eventually confessed, but the damage was already done.

Years later, Elise is reinventing herself. She’s bought a mountain lodge to be close to home again and to find stability. Not even an email from her ex tempts her into revisiting the past. But Kyle won’t let it go. He still believes there’s more to their sister’s murder―and the confession―than meets the eye. When Elise’s ex is found dead in the same forest where her sister went missing decades before, Elise is finally willing to listen.

The traumas of the past are reemerging. So is the truth. Elise’s greatest fear now is who will survive it.

Thank you to @thrillerbookloverspromotions for having me on this tour, and to @netgalley and Lake Union Publishing for the digital ARC!

I think a lot of readers will love this one, but I did find it tough to get into in the beginning. Overall a middle of the road for me, but I loved the setting and the twisty plot line.

Thank you @thrillerbookloverspromotions @lakeunionauthors @victoriahelenstone #partner for the free copy!

📢What it’s about:

Elise Rockwoods sister was murdered rocking the world of everyone in it. Her mother suffered tremendously with anxiety and her brother never stopped looking for the theory of what really happened to her. He suspected people to be at fault any chance he got. It destroyed any sense of normalcy in their life. A local boy admitted fault and which should have left them feeling better but unfortunately it left them shattered.

Wanting to start new, Elise opened up her own mountain lodge business where passersby or vacationers could rent a room. She is a one woman show having recently broken up with her ex. When he comes back around she ignores his attempt at communication but Elise’s brother can’t let it go. He is convinced there is something more there. When her ex turns up dead, Elise finally starts to listen to her brother!

💭This is my second by Victoria and I will say she does an amazing job building up stress and tension! I think this book explores grief and letting go, obsessive behaviors, and some down right crazy conspiracies. I really liked Elise’s character as she was a strong female who tried to take back control in her life when dealt a really crappy hand. Who doesn’t love a woman who has her own tools and cleans up dead animal carcasses?! 👀 The ending wasn’t what I had expected and I certainly didn’t guess all the twists! This one releases this summer and is the perfect binge worthy vacation read!

Follow Her Down is dark mystery centered around unique characters with complex pasts. Elise was a strong protagonist and I really empathized with her on her journey to put her demons in the past and create a better future for herself.

This book has some really stellar surprises and it absolutely got me. I thought I had some elements figured out early on and I was completely wrong which is always a major plus for me. How the mystery unfolded was really exciting and thought provoking and I felt like Stone did a great job weaving the narrative.

Elise's family dynamics were so complicated and I appreciated Stone's depiction of the manifestation of grief in different people. Kyle's conspiracy theories were well thought out and while there was some suspension of belief, he made clear arguments.

I also liked the element of the past and present being interwoven. Elise's sister's death being potentially connected to the murder of her lover and his business partner was unexpected and added a layer of complexity to the story.

All in all, this book was really entertaining and the plot felt really fresh. I liked the characters and the setting and definitely recommend!

Thank you to Thriller Book Lovers Promotions and Lake Union Publishing for the copy.

I could not turn these pages fast enough! I loved the cabin setting and that there was always something happening. I questioned all of the characters until the very end. I enjoyed this book a lot! Fantastic thriller!