This book started out like a normal mystery/ thriller. Girl goes missing, mom is blamed and things are quite what they seem from the outside. Then the book takes a huge turn (that I didn’t see coming). It was a wild ride to the end, it’s a little out there in terms of believability, but it’s fiction so that’s fine with me.

Charlie and her 15 year old daughter Eva become accidental Instagram Influencers when Charlie posts a photo of Eva one day. That leads them to traveling around the United States for 2 years visiting National Parks and spending their time documenting all their adventures in their Airstream trailer. A death in the family brings them back home to Minnesota and pushes pause on their Instagram fame. Eva goes back to public school, gets a job and starts pulling away from her mother's constant closeness.
When Eva goes missing her mother fears the worst but the police are quick to look at Charlie as a suspect.
I really enjoyed the first half of this book. It alternates between present day and 2 years ago as they are traveling together. The second half of the book kinda took a different turn then I was expecting. I still enjoyed the story and would recommend it.
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This was good. I loved this so much I was entrantsed with it. I couldn't stop thinking about it days after reading it.
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This is a story of instagram stars, a mother and a daughter, who explore the country as their platform. The daughter goes missing and the mother becomes a suspect. It is more of a family drama than a mystery, though there is that as well. Where is Eva and is she still alive. There is growth and insights re social media and what is truly valuable. It was a little slow at times, though others who like travel adventures will like that part of it, for me, it could have been shorter and the focus on other parts of the story

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What started out as a fun thing to do-documenting their travels on instagram became a horror story—- and how will it end.
Eva and her mother take to the road in their airstream taking pictures of their travel and uploading them to instagram. They get a big following with people wanting them to promote their product.
Senior year they decide to settle on the north shore so Eva can finish her senior year.
Mom wants to begin touring again but Eva is working and unknown to her mom met an older guy and doesn’t want to go. They fight and then Eva goes missing. Everything points to mom . .. but really?
Will they find Eva?

I was excited to read Nicole Baart's new thriller! The topic of Instagram fame was really intriguing and I enjoyed the parts of the book that had Charlie and Eva traveling the country. I wish the thriller aspect of the novel had dug further into that vein, but it went in a different direction. It often felt like two entirely different books, which kept me turning pages as fast as possible so I could know what was happening in each. I finished this book in a day!

The Long Way Back by Nicole Baart is an unpredictable thriller that takes us on a wild ride with a mother and daughter whose social media following has led them into dangerous territory. Charlie loves the excursions that she takes with her teenage daughter Eva and she always does her best to protect her identity, never posting their exact location or Eva's face other than in profile. But these precautions prove not to be enough when Eva disappears from their boat trip and Charlie has to fight to convince everyone that she isn't guilty, all while struggling to find out what really happened to her daughter.

Heart pounding thriller that left me on the edge of my seat. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this one. Definitely one of the best books this year.

The Long Way Back by Nicole Baart is about an Instagram-famous teenager who mysteriously disappears, and her mother grapples with the revelation of dark secrets in this twisty, atmospheric thriller.

Mother and daughter Charlie and Eva never sought social media fame, but when a stunning photo of Eva went viral, fame found them. After more than two years documenting life on the road in their vintage Airstream trailer, the duo has temporarily settled on the North Shore of Lake Superior. Eva goes missing less than a week before her graduation, and Charlie is immediately suspected of foul play. Charlie realizes the rosy facade they portrayed online hid a complicated and potentially dangerous reality. Now, to clear her name and discover what has happened to her daughter, she’ll have to confront her role in Eva’s disappearance—and whether she knows her daughter.

The story is well-written and details what it's like to be on the road and documenting your life online. The story intrigued me on what was happening with Eva and Charlie and how things would turn out. It dives into the growing pains of a teenager and parent/child relationships and influences from others.

A good story. A solid 4 out of 5 stars.

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Another thought-provoking page-turner from Baart.

*Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for providing an e-galley in exchange for an honest review.

Charlie and Eva are instagram famous. Eva Explores is a well known poster that allows thousands of people to live vicariously through mom Charlie and daughter Eva's lives as they travel the globe in their Airstream trailer.

When Eva disappears, Charlie is the first to be suspected and the police ratchet up the questions as the days go by and there is no sign of Eva. But Charlie is determined to find her daughter at whatever costs. When she discovers a secret boyfriend she has the lead she needs to launch her own investigation!

If you love a social media style story, a domestic thriller, or just a story about the growing pains of becoming and adult, The Long Way Back is for you!
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