I really enjoyed this book. It kept me engaged and it only took a few days to read. I think this is going to be a good book club option for several clubs. I plan recommending to my book friends and I look forward to reading more by this author.

Title: The Trip
Author: Phoebe Morgan
Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
Kindle Page Count: 337
Genre: Thriller
Anticipated Publish Date: October 08, 2024
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Trip was a wild ride from start to finish! I loved how the alternating points of view allowed me to get inside each friend’s mind, revealing their individual secrets while building tension. Set against the backdrop of a luxurious vacation in Thailand, the story masterfully explores the hidden betrayals that threaten to unravel friendships. What begins as an idyllic getaway quickly spirals into a tense and suspenseful nightmare.

The alternating perspectives kept me guessing in the beginning, holding back just enough to make the mystery hard to crack. That said, around the 70% mark, I started piecing things together before the characters themselves did. The slow build-up of tension was worth it though, with the lush descriptions of the hotel, villa, and various locales adding to the immersive atmosphere. Morgan’s attention to detail made it easy to picture the stunning settings, which only heightened the suspense as the plot thickened.

The ending caught me completely off guard! Just when I thought I had it figured out, one character’s growing obsession led to an unexpected twist that took me by surprise. The final chapter had me smiling out of pure satisfaction—it was the kind of clever turn that makes you want to go back and re-read certain parts.

Overall, I’d highly recommend The Trip to anyone who enjoys travel thrillers. The exotic setting was captivating, and while some moments felt a bit far-fetched (in that classic thriller way), the suspense more than made up for it. My only gripe was that the characters seemed frustratingly oblivious at times, much like people in horror movies who make all the wrong choices. Still, it added to the tension, and I couldn’t put the book down. A solid four-star read!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with a digital ARC of this book.

A group of four friends are ready for a holiday to remember in the beautiful landscapes of Thailand, unfortunately it’s not guaranteed everyone will make it home safely…. Pack your bags and prepare for a holiday gone terribly wrong in The Trip by Phoebe Morgan!

The suspense is utterly pulpable in this slow-burn atmospheric thriller. I really enjoyed how the writing allowed you to visualize the scene, which made it much easier to become fully engrossed in the story. Some parts did feel a bit drawn out and convoluted, but it’s not uncommon for a suspension of belief to be necessary with most thrillers. (Remember: this is fiction after all)

As unsettling events and deadly secrets unfold, tensions will rise as suspicions build up. Is anyone truly innocent in this story or does everyone have something to hide?

3.5 stars rounded up

Thank you to NetGalley and William Morrow for the opportunity to read this digital ARC. All opinions are my own.

This was alright… I think I was expecting more?? I love books with a group of friends behaving badly and the fun whodunnit read but this kinda fell flat for me. Not a lot happened in this book, everything dragged out until the last 10 percent of the book. Honestly the ending saved this book for me.

I would still recommend this book to the right audience

✨Thanks to NetGalley, The Author, & William Marrow Publishing for an advance copy of this book in exchange for an honest review✨

Four friends, two couples take the trip of a lifetime to Thailand. Each has their own secrets but when someone from one of their pasts shows up & infiltrates the group as a random stranger who keeps popping up, it becomes a matter of life & death.

This was my first book my Phoebe Morgan. It sucked me in right away but there was an extended period of time where I was waiting for something to happen then the ending came at you quickly. While I did enjoy the ending this would have been ideal scaled back as a short story.

Thank you to NetGalley, William Morrow & Phoebe Morgan for the advanced digital copy of this thriller ahead of its October 8, 2024 release date!

Wow! This was so good. I intended to read for about an hour, but I could not put this down and stayed up until 2am!

Told in alternating narratives – 2 couples Saskia & Theo and Holly & Lucas go on a vacation to Thailand. And once they get to their hotel things start going wrong – the hotel can’t find their booking so they are forced to stay at a hostel, the padlock on the locker holding their valuables is broken, Holly loses her bag, a creepy note is left in their room, Theo’s Rolex is missing…

And there is Caleb. Charismatic and friendly, he inserts himself into their group. But, there is something weird with him. And he seems a little too friendly with Saskia.

So much tension through the entire book, I could not turn the pages fast enough. I absolutely loved it!! I can’t wait to get my hands on more books by Phoebe Morgan.

HIGHLY REOCMMEND

Thank you #NetGalley for the complimentary copy of #TheTrip in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for allowing me to read this arc. Four friends go on a trip to Thailand. Then someone is murdered. One of them is a criminal. I enjoyed this one, I love the plot of being in another country and something major happens.

The thriller is a lot slower-paced than I expected. The first 1/3 nothing happens. There’re red herrings and two pages later it’s nothing. Everyone is looking at the narrators weirdly. By some point you’d know it’s the narrators that are being weird.
The narratives are confusing too. In the female narrators’’ chapters it’s first-person POV, but every time when it switches to Lucas it’s third person. I don’t know what purpose that serves other than being strange and distracting.

The Trip was a thrilling mystery about 4 friends going on vacation to Bangkok. Om Bangkok they run across a solo traveler that seems charming and helpful. Little do they know one of their friends has a dark past and a deep and twisted relationship with this solo traveler. As mysterious things begin happening the friends begin to fear for their lives and fear for their secrets. This is your typical out of element mystery trip book with some unique aspects that make it intriguing and unpredictable. If you like thrillers about friends going on a trip that turns south this is a read for you.

I'm giving this book a 3.5 ★’s.

This book follows two couples, Saskia & Theo and Lucas & Holly who have decided to take a vacation together in Thailand. Which sounds like an interesting time to begin with until a vicious murder takes places and destroys their paradise. These couples have been friends for awhile so watching them all interact was nice to see and watch them care for each other, but how far will they go to protect each other.

One of them has had a bad past that comes to haunt them on this trip and it takes some twists and turns along the way. I felt like the lead up was good but nothing way to crazy which was nice. The twists involved were placed nicely and flowed with the book and had me thinking...damn.

They're all guilty of something at the end but not all are clean. I loved the visuals of this island that's involved and just a nice trip in Thailand sounded cool. So many interesting things happened in this book that involved current events but also the past which I felt added to the story.

I didn't feel connected to anyone in this book but I did feel entertained and enjoyed the different point of views we got. Love when books do this but not having way to many points made it easier to get through. This was a fast paced thriller for me that made me keep wanting to know what happens. I felt like this had a good conclusion and a good story just felt a slight slower build up but still enjoyed.

(Thank you to William Morrow, NetGalley, and Phoebe Morgan for the ARC in exchange for my honest review. This book will be released on October 8, 2024.)

I really enjoyed Phoebe Morgan’s last book so I was super excited to read her newest one. I really enjoyed the vacation feel to this book. It made you feel like you were part of the exotic Thailand trip. There were some good twists at the end. I did feel like it read a little slow at times and wish overall there was a little more to the story. But I do recommend this if you enjoy thrillers !

Thank you Netgalley and William Morrow for the the digtial arc in exchange for my honest review.

My thanks to Net Galley and William Morrow for this book but I could not finish it. The Plot was dragging, could not connect to the characters. They seemed very immature. I kept asking myself when is this going to pick.up? Time to move on.

This was a pretty solid thriller, though a little too slow-paced for my liking. I enjoyed the exotic setting, and the ending was fairly satisfying, if unsettling. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This book was enjoyable. I enjoyed most the location setting and relationship dynamics. How the story progressed it peeled back enough of each persons story lines to stay interested and resulted in a fast read. I am an avid thriller reader so the ending was not surprising to me at all. However i think there could have been more built up around holly blackmailing the other character at the end. Like some character building throughout the book to show that she may not be on the up and up, or if it resulted in any additional blackmail other than the apartment. Again not a literary expert so may not be necessary details but just what I came away thinking about. I would have loved to have read this book on a beach vacation and not heading into fall, but I look forward to this book coming out and seeing all the positive reviews.

This was my first read by this author and I hate to say it, but I didn't really enjoy it. I think it dragged a lot for it to be a thriller and I was looking for more excitement.

First time with this author, and it wasn't too bad of a thriller.
I personally don't mind slower thrillers, but I know that makes or breaks for some, so be warned, this is not one of those that's going to have you breathing hard every second, but it's absolutely a great read.

If you like, what I like to call locked room mysteries, where you have a group of people some how trapped stuck or shoved together in a scenario and they are getting picked off, this is for you.

Book review 📖

📜The Trip
✍️Phoebe Morgan
📠William Morrow
📚Mystery/Thriller
🗓️Pub date: October 8, 2024

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

✨Thank you @NetGalley and @williammorrowbooks for providing me with an Advanced Reader Copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

✨Two couples take the trip of a lifetime to Thailand, navigating through the bustling streets of Bangkok. Just when they feel like they can relax and unwind, they find that they can’t. Someone has been watching their every move.

✨Suspicious things start happening; belongings go missing, and someone with a sordid history keeps reappearing and is hesitant to leave them alone.

✨In a thrilling web of lies, murder, and less than desirable pasts, it’s a reminder that everything has a price, and begs the question, just how well do you know your friends?

✨This was a slow suspenseful burn, and reminded me a lot of the TV show The White Lotus. I loved the travel piece as well as the thriller aspect. This was perfectly paced, kept me on the edge of my seat, and I couldn’t put it down! Read this now!!

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A fantastic book to see the last days of summer off. How well do you really know your friends? When four friends take the trip of a lifetime together, their bonds are put to the test. This is the perfect book to transition from summer to fall!

What. A. Trip. 🧳

This book was the perfect amount of thrill! A vacation that turns deadly on a group of four friends? Secrets from the past? Multiple POV? This book has it all.

The writing style was simple and sweet, which made this an easy read. The characters were semi developed, the downfall being that there were multiple things being repeated often.

Overall, this a great plot. Very unique.

Thanks to @netgalley and @williammorrowbooks for a copy in exchange for an honest review!

Two couples embark on a nice vacation - what could possibly go wrong? A holiday full of lies and betrayal with a dash of humor.

I loved the different POV’s. The banter between the friends was the most enjoyable part of the writing for me. I do wish we got more of Theo’s perspective, especially towards the end.

The book really started to pick up about a third through, and from there I could not stop. At one point, the author bamboozled me so hard I had to do a double take.

I devoured this book. It was such an easy, enjoyable read.