Liz, Joni, Maggie, and Helena are childhood friends and every year they take a girls trip to reconnect. Liz decides she wants a change of scenery from the typical oceanside trips to a hike up the Norwegian mountains. The other girls are hesitant, not only because they aren't hiking type of girls, but the mountain Liz plans to climb is very dangerous, and rumored to be haunted. But the girls decide to go along with Liz and when they end up at the lodge, everyone cannot stop staring at Maggie. Why? Well, she looks exactly like a girl who disappeared during a mountain hike exactly one year earlier.

I don't want to give away more to the story but this is my first Lucy Clarke novel and I can see what the hype is all about! The Hike was a slow build but I loved the development of the characters as well the setting. I'm glad to say I didn't see the twists/surprise ending coming and I really enjoyed it.

Thank you to netgalley, the author, and publishers for providing me a free arc in exchange for an honest review.

The Hike by Lucy Clarke

What an adventure this book was, Liz, Maggie, Helena and Joni have been friends since high school, they have gone through life together facing ups and downs and maintained their friendship through it all.

Liz had the choice of vacation this year and she decided she wanted to go on a hiking adventure, she found peace in walking and wanted her friends to feel the same. None of them knew their lives would never be the same after this trip and that in taking this trip the immersed themselves into something none of them had a clue about.

The dynamics of this group shows the highs and lows of long term friendships and how they get through the rough spots.

This was a good mystery/suspense book, although the flash backs were not clearly marked and confused me some by the end I was able to understand why they were done that way

This was not my first Lucy Clarke book, and I hope to read more by her in the future. This book was a page turner for sure! A few surprises, and a few things I figured out on my own! I definitely recommend! #netgalley

The Hike is my first book from Lucy Clarke, and can I just say wow!

From the first page, you'll be immersed in the lives of a small group of girlfriends embarking on their annual retreat. Only this year will be different. Instead of rest and relaxation, they'll be hiking in Norway. But little did they know how much the trip will bring out inner feelings and secrets could possibly tear them apart.

While dealing with their inner struggles and discoveries, they'll stumble upon a mystery years in the making.

I have to say, after reading this, if any of my friends ever mention a backpacking trip, I'm just gonna turn and walk away…

I enjoyed this thriller- though I wouldn't say it's very thrilling. More of a slow burn. Great character development and well written.

The Hike begins at the end and then goes back to the beginning. Set in the Swiss alps the book examines the cracks in relationship that appear under great stress and explores just how far someone will go to keep secrets.

The Hike is engaging and a fast paced read.

This was a tense, wild adventure! When four friends decide to take a hike in the wilderness in Norway, they have no idea the dangers they will face. I became more and more tense as I was reading, wondering if Liz, Helena, Maggie and Joni would make it out of the dangers they faced. Just when I thought they would be okay, they faced yet another threat. And the danger wasn't just from the mountain they were climbing. Some sketchy characters made this read very stressful. I was thoroughly engaged from beginning to end, and surprised by the ending. If you're looking for a gripping story, this one's for you!

I finished this book so quickly, which just means it was definitely a page-turner. I really wish one of these friends that went on this hike together would have just stopped and tried to figure things out a little better and make better decisions, but hey.....that's just human nature sometimes I suppose. Overall, it was very good and I would recommend it to my suspense seekers especially those who love the outdoors. I think I will stick to reading and maybe not go hiking anymore.

Thank you to NetGalley and PENGUIN GROUP Putnam for the ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. I really enjoyed this book. It was an easy and quick read and I found myself cheering for the main characters throughout the book (nothing is worse than when you read a book and don't like any of the characters- thank goodness this wasn't the case here). I also appreciate that the author didn't go the "always a happy ending" route and kept it more realistic. This was my first Lucy Clarke book but I am excited to read her others now! 4 Stars!

I really enjoyed this book and finished it in just one evening! Three (and eventually four) friends go away for a vacation every year and this year, one of them has picked a challenging Norweigian hike. The trail is secluded and isolated a la Agatha Christie and the environment is incredibly eerie! I was hanging on to the edge of my seat so to speak for the entirety of the book - and the twist shocked me!! An excellent thriller.

Not a single person in this book made a single good decision in the entirety of this whole story. If just one person had said, "Hey, maybe we should stop and rethink this." there would have been no story - which, okay I get then there's no book. But that as a plot device just rubs me the wrong way, because the whole time I just am yelling in my head "YOU'RE BEING SO DUMB." and I get distracted from anything else the writer is trying to do or say. 3 stars only because I did fly through this and it was entertaining.

This book was a quick read for me. It kept me interested the whole time but always was just a little short of I can’t stop reading this page turning euphoria that I have had with other thrillers.

I will say that the characters packed a lot of story about their back histories and conflicts and made me interested in all four of them early on. I even imagined who in the group I would be, Helena, and who of my friends are similar to Liz, Maggie & Joni.

Over all it was good, just not quite to the point of great for me. I’d give it a 3.5 if I could!

I loved getting to know the characters in this story. The hike is about 4 best friends that vacation together every year. This year, they are going on a hike through the mountains. They fully expect it to be difficult, but they have no idea what is actually in store for them on the trail.
They tried to leave their messy lives behind them but just walked into a bigger mess on this trip.
I rated it 3 stars because while this book had some twists and excitement, the story included many elements that I have read in many other novels. Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for this ARC.

4 women, who are best friends for years (yet full of secrets from each other) go on their annual girls' trip. This trip is unlike their usual mojitos on the beach because Liz has decided they are going to complete a four-day hike up a Norwegian mountain, known to be treacherous and deadly.

This is my second Lucy Clarke book and she does the most fantastic job of developing her characters and building their relationships. Her characters - their personalities, secrets, desires, and true selves - are what make her books so hard to put down. This book was no exception. When you start this book when you have a chunk of time carved out in your day, because I think you’ll have a tough time putting it down too. I really, really enjoyed this one!

The quick chapters and face-paced twists and turns make this a suspenseful rollercoaster, where the danger of the hike becomes a shadow of concern for the reader. You don't know what's coming, so buckle up! Add this to one to your TBR, asap!

Lucy Clarke is always an auto-buy for me. This started a little slower than usual since you have a larger main character group to introduce.

I loved that this was a thriller with quite a few twists and turns but, also dug into adult friendships and real life problems intertwined with the thriller aspects.

A fun ride, or should I say hike?

Thank you to NetGalley and the publishing team for this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Ooo, Lucy Clarke certainly has a gift for transporting readers to the setting she so deftly describes. She also has a way for writing female friendships. I was a fan from reading “One of the Girls,” and “The Hike” reinforced that. I wouldn’t mind revisiting Helena and Maggie in a future book! *I received this book from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.*

This was my very first book of Lucy Clarke, and I am very impressed! Definitely it won't be the last.
The Hike puts friendship to the test, with the secrets, and all the drama and suspense.
It was a page turning for me, and I couldn't put it down! I read super fast too!

Thank you NetGalley and Penguin Group Putnam for the advanced digital copy in exchange for my honest review.
Coming out on August 29, 2023.

This was a great read! Hiking and thrillers are my two favorite things so it was easy to fall in love with this story of 4 friends on a hike in Norway. It is beautifully described and full of twists and turns- it's very well written. It was a quick read with a sort of satisfying ending! Thanks to Netgalley and the publishers for the ARC in exchange for my honest review. I will definitely recommend this to others!

Wow,what an adventure with reading this book! 4 dear friends going on their annual vacation this time on a hike in the mountains of Norway! This book has it all,love,loss,suspense,tragedy! I was hooked from the start and had a hard time putting it down to do other things! I loved each character and what they added to the story!
This to me was her best book yet!

I gave this book The Hike 4 out of 5 stars! Thanks to Net Galley for the ARC. The story grabbed me from the beginning, and kept my attention until the very end. The descriptions of the mountains and the coast in Norway were breathtaking.