Blog Tour: The Girl Who Never Came Home by Nicole Trope

 

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They find her just as the sun is beginning to rise in the early morning mist. They had begun at dawn, the group of searchers keen to get going. A missing child spurred everyone on. In the end, it was a flash of colour, a bright neon pink that caught her eye. They had been looking for pink.

Nothing tests your faith like being a mother. The first time your children walk to school alone, their first sleepover, when they finally fly the nest. As a parent, you have to believe that everything will be OK.

It’s why, when Lydia’s sixteen-year-old daughter Zoe goes on a school camping trip, she has no idea of the horrors that will unfold. It’s why, when Lydia gets a call saying that her daughter has disappeared, she refuses to give up.

As she searches the mountains, her voice hoarse from calling Zoe’s name, she imagines finding her. She envisions being flooded with relief as she throws her arms around her child, saying, ‘you gave us such a scare’. She pictures her precious girl safely tucked in bed that evening.

It’s why, when they find Zoe’s body, Lydia can barely believe it. It is unthinkable. Her little girl has gone.

Something terrible happened, she is sure of it. Something made Zoe get out of her sleeping bag in the middle of the night, walk out of the warmth and safety of the cabin, into the darkness of the mountains. Driven by the memory of her youngest child, Lydia needs to find out the truth. What kind of mother would she be if she didn’t?

A heartbreaking, redemptive and beautifully crafted novel which brings to life a mother’s worst nightmare, questioning how well we ever really know the people we love the most. Fans of Jodi Picoult, Kerry Fisher and Liane Moriarty will be blown away by this stirring, unforgettable tale.

MY REVIEW: 

  The Girl Who Never Came Home by Nicole Trope
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

16 year old Zoe goes on a school camping trip with her 2 best friends. When her mom, Lydia, gets a phone call that Zoe is missing is when everything starts unraveling in this book. Zoe is not a nice person and even bullies her own friends. Treats boys like crap and other teens seem to be afraid of her.
Lydia is out in the mountains calling her daughter's name with so many other rescue helpers. But when they find Zoe's body is when Lydia just can't cope. Lydia had lost her husband many years ago and she is now remarried to a wonderful guy, Gabrielle. She also has an older daughter who is also hiding things about that night.
I was thinking all kinds of things and thinking of different people who would want to hurt Zoe. This book opened up so much about Zoe that you know she didn't deserve to die but she did deserve to be punished for her behavior.
Thank you to Bookouture and NetGalley for the ARC to review.

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Nicole Trope went to university to study Law but realised the error of her ways when she did very badly on her first law essay because, as her professor pointed out, ‘It’s not meant to be a story.’


She studied teaching instead and used her holidays to work on her writing career and complete a Masters’ degree. In between raising three children, working for her husband and renovating houses, she has published six novels. She lives in Sydney, Australia.

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