It’s going to be a trip of a lifetime, leaving cold and dark London for the warm beaches and city of Thailand. The two couples embark on this adventure with high hopes for a relaxing yet fun vacation. Only one of them is hiding a dark and dangerous past that finally catches up with them and all of them will suffer the consequences.

This book was a slow burn but it was so fun! I have never been to Thailand so appreciated all the details that were in this book. The slow burn helped add anticipation and unease to this story that kept me reading into the wee hours of the night.

A beautiful vacation turns horrific when four friends have to face sordid details from the past.

A decent thriller however a predictable plot twist/ending. Still enjoyable though!

I had high hopes for this book but it let me down. Not a huge fan of multiple POVs and it was very repetitive. #theTrip #NetGalley

I’m a big fan of thrillers with alternating points of you and that’s exactly how The Trip is laid out for the reader. Two couples on a tropical vacation in Thailand, tensions and resentment between them that builds, there’s secrets amongst each other, and a hidden past for one of them…so this book has it all! I enjoyed the little cliff hangers that many of the chapters ended in. Those types of things make me want to keep reading because I need to know what happens next. Though as the story progressed it at times seemed to drag on a bit, I enjoyed it overall. I was especially surprised at the way everything wrapped up for these characters by the end. This is one I’d recommend to my Thriller loving book club due to the multiple points of view and the story in general having plenty to discuss.

Hmm, I think this book leaves a lot to be desired. On the positive front, I loved the premise and the multiple POVs. However, the book was painfully repetitive. We continuously heard about how hot Bangkok was, how colorful it was, how the couples couldn’t wait to get to the islands, etc. There was a lot of telling and not showing. I didn’t feel thrilled by this one at all — I felt like the end was really predictable and not a mystery in the least.

Good story line! A little repetitive at times, in terms of one of the couples not having a lot of money etc.
Overall, good book!

Two couples are on a dream trip to Thailand when a murder occurs and all of their secrets are threatened to be exposed. A twisty, hard to put down novel with some surprises you'll never expect.

I really enjoyed this thriller. I was literally on edge for pretty much the entire time. The whole thing is very ominous and I found myself just waiting for that shoe to drop. Yeah, it takes a while to get moving and there is a lot of repetition (if I had to hear "are you okay?" "yes, I'm fine" one more time, I was going to throat punch them all!!!), but I think that feeds the feeling of anticipation. I wasn't crazy about the final twist, as it just feels like it was added for a little shock value, but overall this was a great thriller.

It took too long to get going and was pretty drawn out. I wanted a bigger twist and it was almost annoying how each chapter ended with an attempted cliffhanger. I love when books are set on vacation, but I just wasn't intrigued enough by the mystery to really care where the story was going.

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.