Fantastic book! My first one by Sally and I am really impressed. I will be looking at her others now! Fast paced and hard to put down. Highly recommend

I don’t think you want to hear my actual feedback, sorry.
But thanks for letting me read this anyway- I’d like to try some other books and connect a little better with them.

Thank you NetGalley and Storm Publishing for this early read of No One Saw Her Go. Sally Royer-Derr has become a favorite author of mine. All of her thrillers are exciting, easy to read, and addictive. This one had a summer camp theme which I really enjoyed, so if you’re in the mood for a good summer camp mystery, this would be a good choice for you.

I had a very immense sense of deja vu reading this book. I could vividly remember reading parts of this book before. How is this possible you ask? I have no idea, maybe I’m psychic for books or a time traveller.

Nevertheless, I still liked it. I liked the dual timelines of Heather and Zoey. I preferred Heather and her chapters. Zoey I found to be slightly annoying and a touch judgemental. I’m a sucker for thrillers set in an American summer camp - gives me slasher summer feelings.

I did find the plot / plot twists predictable. However, this may be due to my latent psychic abilities.

Overall, a good summer thriller read.

Suffering from a bad college breakup, Zoey is at odds during the summer when she was supposed to be interning with her former boyfriend. After working in her basement, she learns from her Mother that her aunt Heather went missing many years ago at a summer camp. The same summer camp that Zoey will be working at. She therfore decides to see what she can find out about Heather's disappearance. Told in alternating voices at alternating times, Zoey and Heather narrate the majority of the book. The dialogue, however, was a bit clunky... and that was disappointing considering the premise of the book. Having written that, I do recommend this book - it's a good read. Thank you to Storm Publishing for an advanced reader of this book. The opinions expressed are my own.

just finished No One Saw Her Go and wow… this one hit hard. it’s a slow-burn mystery about a missing girl, but it’s really about everything that leads to that moment—the secrets, the guilt, the things people don’t say.

it’s emotional, atmospheric, and had me flipping pages late into the night. not your typical twisty thriller, but something deeper and sadder that sticks with you.

if you like small-town mysteries with big feelings, definitely check this one out

A summer camp in rural Pennsylvania harbors decades of deadly secrets… When criminology student Zoey Montgomery takes a summer job as a camp counselor at Camp Medley, she has one goal: to discover what happened to her aunt Heather, who vanished from the camp over thirty years earlier. But what begins as a quest for closure quickly spirals into something far more sinister… Oooooh spooky read! Almost had a paranormal feel to it, but it was a great read! This book had great suspense, murder, mystery, dark family, secrets, and some shocking jaw dropping twists! The storyline was very interesting. I definitely recommend reading this book! Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for sharing this book with me!

3.75⭐️

I want to start by saying that I am a huge fan of author Sally Royer Derr. She is an auto-buy author for me. I literally have all her books as eARCS yet have still purchased physical copies of them all for myself and others. I will continue to do so!

Unfortunately, this one wasn’t my favorite. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed the story over all and I love younger protagonist based books but I struggled. Going into this book I actually didn’t know what it was about at all. I never read the description but again- auto read author! When I started it I became even more excited because I could see that it was more of a NA thriller with the college aged FMC. I think maybe my excitement may have played against me? I’m not sure and will have to sit on that for a bit.

I think the challenge I had with it is that it doesn’t read like the writing I have come to expect and enjoy from Ms Royer Derr. Part of it could be that typically her protagonists are a bit more mature and college age and older teen characters are a different breed! In addition there was a lot of repetition. Things that were stated and then repeated in the following paragraphs as well as a lot of “tell” instead of show. Again this comes from knowing the authors typical writing and this just didn’t fit with that.

What worked? I enjoyed the actual plot and the mystery that unfolded. The majority of the book is a duel POV and duel timeline with a third (and needed) POV that comes in right at the end. I really enjoyed reading Heathers POV from 1989. The book is a fairly quick read and can satisfy a low stakes thriller itch. Being set at a summer camp also gives it that extra pull for some summer thriller fun!

All that being said, do I recommend the book? 100%! Because while I struggled a bit , that is me, a person that gets stuck on certain things and despite all that in the end I enjoyed the story. I’m complicated..

No One Saw Her Go comes out August 1st 2025 so be sure to get your copy!


I am thankful to have gotten a complimentary eARC from Storm Publishing through NetGalley to read which gave me the opportunity to voluntarily leave a review.

My rating system since GoodReads doesn’t have partial stars

⭐️ Hated it
⭐️⭐️ Had a lot of trouble, prose issues, really not my cup of tea (potentially DNF’d or thought about it)
⭐️⭐️⭐️ Meh, it was an ok read but nothing special
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Really enjoyed it! Would recommend to others
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Outstanding! Will circle back and read again

Thank you to NetGalley for providing this ARC.

This was a big disappointment for me, I had such hig hopes for this book. 

The writing was the biggest problem for me here. The dialogue felt extremely stilted and unnatural and the writing style felt more like it was written from the perspective of a child/ young teenager than the perspective of someone who's almost done with college. 

The main character's obsession with Craig also felt very teenage crush instead of adult relationship. And some of her actions were quite stalkerish, even if she was right in this instance. 

Overall, this was a big disappointment, but maybe younger teenagers would enjoy this.

Mysteries of past and present intertwine as a young girl seeks answers and faces ugly truths. Some twists and many secrets - unexpected danger and a few surprises along the way. Nothing new, but all together not bad, good for a weekend or vacation read.

No One Saw Her Go totally sucked me in with its creepy summer camp vibes and a mystery that just kept getting darker and twistier. Zoey is a criminology student who takes a summer job at the camp where her aunt disappeared 30 years ago. This book is full of rumors, accidents, and strange whispers in the woods. This fast paced thriller was super eerie and had me on edge the whole time, I loved it!

Zoey Montgomery takes on the skills she acquired as a criminology student when she takes a summer job as a camp counselor at CampMedley in rural Pennsylvania. Her aunt Heather mysteriously vanished from the camp over thirty years ago, and the family is still seeking closure for her disappearance.
As Zoey begins her investigation, she is disturbed when she learns of the camp's dangerous history of accidents and missing girls. As she explores the woods surrounding the camp where her aunt spent her time, she hears strange whispers and voices saying, “Get out.” She suddenly fears that something terrible must have happened to Heather, and it may be about to happen to her too.

NO ONE SAW HER GO BY SALLY ROYER-DERR.
5 ✨ ✨ ✨ ✨ ✨s.
Release date set for the 1st of August 2025.
I've been really looking forward to getting my hands on this book.
I love the cover and love the title.
Sally's writing style is one of my favourites and she creates amazing stories and are so bingeable. I will automatically read everyone of her books.
This one is amazing it had me wondering what was going to happen.
I loved the pacing and it kept me on my toes right until the very end.
Loved it.
Thank you Sally 💕 and congratulations on another amazing 5 star book

Zoey finds a picture of an aunt she never knew she had. Once her mother tells her that Heather disappeared from Camp Medley, Zoey gets a job there to find out what happened. She ends up rooming with Mel, whose parents own the camp. As she keeps digging, Zoey discovers this whole family has secrets they don’t want coming out. Will she find out what happened to her aunt before she gets hurt? Great book!

Creepy summer camp vibes and family secrets? Say less. I read this in one sitting and couldn’t put it down.

The story follows Zoey, a college student who takes a summer job at Camp Medley to find answers about her Aunt Heather, who ran away from an abusive home at sixteen and vanished from that same camp decades earlier. As Zoey starts investigating and things stop adding up, a dark history begins to surface, and everything gets more unsettling the deeper she digs.

The camp setting was super atmospheric, and I found myself eagerly flipping pages. It was twisty, fast paced, and held my attention the entire time. I didn’t see some of the ending coming and loved how everything unraveled.

❕TW: SA

After a break up with her boyfriend (goodness, she does think about Craig A LOT!), Zoey has no plans for the summer. Clearing out the basement at home, she comes across some old photos of Jess, her mother, with another young girl. When Zoey asks her mother about the other girl, Jess gets upset and tells Zoey that it’s her sister Heather who went missing in 1989. Keen to solve the missing girl mystery, Zoey decides to take up a post at the summer camp that Heather disappeared from and get to the bottom of the unsolved case.

The book continues, told across two timelines, with Heather’s story set in 1989 and Zoey’s in 2024.

Wow! I’m in the minority here. Naive writing style, very repetitive with some very strange narrative. Interaction between characters reads more like a script than a conversation. Poorly constructed and any “surprises” heavily signposted.

The writing style is clearly geared towards a much younger audience.

A very inadequate offering.

With sincere apologies to the author.

1.5*

Thank you NetGalley and Storm Publishing.

A chilling, emotional story that pricks with creeping dread on every page. You don't just read this book, you feel it.

I could not put this book down! A suspenseful and haunting story that lingers with you long after you finish reading. This is the must read book of the summer..

1.5/5
Our main character Zoey Montgomery applies for a job as a camp counselor at Camp Medley in hopes of finding answers about what happened to her aunt Heather, who disappeared 35 years ago from the same camp.
The story takes place between two alternating timelines; the present in Zoey's POV and the past in Heather's POV, which I really enjoyed.
Though the plot had a lot of potential, personally I thought it fell a bit flat. The writing style didn't resonate with me. I felt as though it was more suited to a younger audience.
Most of the dialogues came across as a little shallow, lacking the emotional depth of real conversation. It seemed as though the characters were reading out a script rather than actually conversing with each other.
Plot-wise, I think it felt slightly unoriginal at times, lacking creativity, but with stronger execution, that could have been improved.
Overall I would say this book was not for me as I don't think I was the intended audience. I still enjoyed certain aspects of it, particularly the alternating timeline. That said, I think this book had a lot of potential which could have been tapped into.

Thank you NetGalley and Storm Publishing for providing me with this ARC.

I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily. I can’t stop thinking about this book. I love thrillers that have a timeline of them and now so it makes it easier to understand the plot but wow this was amazing. As the plot unravels, nothing is given away that would help me figure it out and just when I thought I did, more twists. The characters had strong personalities that had me leery and suspicious from the start because I knew that a book this good where the main character is trying to get to the bottom of a mystery from long ago would have me on the edge of my seat and I was right.