This is one of those books that’s just OK—a quick read and a sound one, but not one that will stick with me. I think it stems mostly from its premise not living up to expectations. I was expecting something darker, a grittier fight for survival, but the main antagonist ends up being overly repetitive to the point of annoyance and its slow pace fails to hold interest. There’s a lot of time spent eating/planning the next move than anything else and that takes away from tension that could have been.

Thanks so much to the publisher for inviting me to read and review this ARC through NetGalley.

Chevy Stevens is a master story teller! Once again she has created rich characters, set in difficult circumstances. A young couple attach themselves to an older couple just setting of on their RV adventure. Things turn violent quickly when the young couple's past is revealed and must take them all on the run. Like all her stories, the reader will want to finish it in one sitting!

An intense, unstoppable story of a couple kidnapped by the hitchhikers they met and befriended in a campground. I can't stop thinking about this and what I would do if in the same situation. Chevy Stevens has always delivered suspenseful and memorable stories with characters that are strong and well developed.

Wow! This was an atmospheric, haunting, wild ride and I couldn't get enough. Gosh I love Chevy Stevens- I never know what's going to happen next!

An RV trip around Canada is just what the doctor ordered. Only this trip might be the end for them all. Jump in, buckle up, and hold onto your hats guys, it’s a wild one!

The Hitchhiker’s by Chevy Stevens is an intense suspense thriller. In typical Steven’s fashion, you won’t be able to put this book down and it will completely captivate you. Steven’s was recommended to me about a year ago from a fellow booksta girl (actually two separate peeps - love you both!) and I’ve consumed almost every book by her since.

Alice and Tom are RVing it around when they pass a younger man and woman walking on the side of the road. That night they run into the couple again at a camp ground and decide to give them a ride to the next town, the next day. Tonight, they will camp out with them. Ocean and Blue, not their real names, couldn’t be more relieved to have transportation.

The next day, after they stop at a little store for milk, Alice grabs a newspaper and what she sees changes everything she thought she knew. But Ocean and Blue always seem to be around and she never has any time alone to talk to her husband Tom.

Oof. Loved everything about this book! The building suspense pulls you in. Alice and Tom will remind you of grandparents - though they just recently lost a baby so aren’t that old. Steven’s ability to craft an intricate narrative maker her one of my favorites and this book did not disappoint.

It’s nonstop action makes it impossible to put down and is the type of book you think about when you do have to put it down. Intense but one hell of a fun read.

TW: loss of child, miscarriage, murder, kidnapping, violence, rape, child abuse

#TheHitchhikers

This book was a fantastic, character-driven, suspenseful read.
The story was MADE by the characters, they felt so real that by the end of the book I felt so much emotion! The plot was a slow-burn suspense that made each moment of tension feel well placed and perfectly balanced.

Highly recommend!!

Thank you to Net Galley and the publisher for this book. All opinions are my own.

This book had a lot of potential and I was intrigued from the first couple of chapters. However I lost interest due to the repetitive nature of the plot, I couldn’t connect with the main characters and found them irritating and naive.

Summary: It is a hot summer in 1976, and a young married couple load up their new RV for what they hope is a healing and relaxing vacation, travelling the Trans-Canada Highway (TCH) throughout Western Canada. They offer a lift to Ocean and Blue, two young hitchhikers. But they are really Jenny and Simon, on the run after the violent and bloody murders of Jenny’s mother and stepfather. Tom and Alice’s idyllic vacation is about to take a detour.

Thoughts: I loved the setting of this suspense novel, in British Columbia during the 1970s, on the open highway and campgrounds in an RV. Tom and Alice are setting out to explore their country on the newly developed TCH which only opened in 1962 and was still a work in progress. Hitchhikers were a regular occurrence and no one thought much about picking them up and offering them a ride. There was no internet, no cellular, and no instant connectivity. People still read newspapers, watched the evening news and wrote letters to each other. It was entirely conceivable that Tom and Alice could go camping in their RV and, unless they had access to a television or listened to the radio, they would not know the identity of Ocean and Blue.

Unfortunately, what I had anticipated as a suspenseful thriller developed into a gritty and violent struggle for survival. The violent rampage continues for the majority of the novel, and is a struggle to read at times. It is far too long and could have been edited down without losing the essence of the story. There is ultimately some redemption and hope at the end of all this darkness, but it takes a long time to get there. I really enjoyed Dark Roads by the same author, so it is a shame this one didn’t work out for me.

I really enjoyed this one! It was a good page turner and kept me interested in the characters. Can you see where this is going? Yes. Has it been done before? Yes. Was it entertaining and well-written? Also yes, and sometimes that's just what you want out of a thriller. I loved Alice's character and even found myself rooting for Jenny to grow a backbone. I do wish we had gotten more resolution on William and Ruth, but overall, I enjoyed it.

Book Review✨

Psychological Suspense
4.5/5⭐️


•Tom & Alice set out to heal their marriage in their RV, after facing a tragedy. On their voyage they meet two young hitchhikers named Ocean and Blue. They see so much of themselves in these young, lost souls that they take them under their wing to try and guide them- only their names are Simon & Jenny and they are actually on the run from a violent crime. Now, Tom & Alice are trapped.



This was my most anticipated read of 2025 and it did not disappoint. The beginning of this story catches your attention right away. The atmosphere feels tangible and you truly have no idea what direction you could be going. The middle felt a little repetitive for me- as crazy as it was it just felt like nothing huge was happening…then bam. The last half of this story had me absolutely hooked. All of my favorite Chevy Stevens books have a twisted, “girl is you okay”, triggering type of BLOW YOUR MIND factor and this story had ALL that. Every mundane detail I was bored with in the beginning/middle came full circle and I was totally blown away. Chevy writes about some heavy TRIGGERING topics in her books and they’re never cliché, never dimmed down to make it easier on your stomach and always leave you with a hell of a book hangover. I will be thinking of this story for a very long time. This is the Chevy I know and love!


Chevy books I 🖤 with ratings:
Still Missing -5⭐️
Those Girls -5⭐️
The Hitchhikers -4.5⭐️
Never Let You Go -4⭐️
Dark Roads- 3⭐️

Well that was a ride of obsessive reading. Both feeling like I knew where it would end up and also wanting to yell at both FMC’s. (Omg both of them!).

It’s about a couple on an RV trip in western Canada where they come across a young couple who are clearly hiding something but somehow end up tagging along.

It’s a cat and mouse with a trail of bodies along the way; with the reader knowing exactly where it’s going to end up but you can’t stop it from going.

A few triggers needed (DM if you want them) for sensitivity readers but just know you won’t want to put it down.

Thank you to St. Martin 's Press, Chevy Stevens and Netgalley for giving me an E-ARC of "The Hitchhikers" in exchange for an honest review *

I adore Chevy Steven and her latest book "The Hitchhikers " doesn't dissapoint. Filled with the great characters and the twist and turns she is known for, Stevens outdoes herself in "The Hitchhikers". I was glue to my phone, racing through the pages. Any thriller fan should have this on their list.