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Where the Missing Go
by Emma Rowley
Kate's 16 year old daughter Sophie is missing. It's been two years since she left, leaving her parents a note asking them not to worry and that she just needed time. Aside from a few postcards sent home to let them know she was ok, no one has seen or heard from Sophie. Kate is stuck - becoming immobilized from her daughters disappearance. Her marriage has ended in divorce and she doesn't socialize with anyone except the elderly neighbor she looks in on from time to time. While it seems everyone has moved on, accepting that Sophie was a runaway, Kate can not come to terms with the loss of her daughter. Why did she leave so suddenly? Why won't she come home?
Working as a volunteer for a runaway hotline, Kate gets the call she has been waiting two years for. Sophie calls in to say she is alright and despite a poor, static filled connection Kate knows it's her. She is talking barely above a whisper and she sounds scared. Kate's determination to find Sophie becomes frenzied, yet no one else believes it was her. Despite the lack of support, Kate is determined to take matters into her hands and find out what really happened to Sophie.
This book was a bit hit and miss with me. Part 1 seemed to drag on endlessly and I had to make an effort to stay with it. While I definitely felt for Kate's plight as a mom - the first 40% of the book was just too slow and dare I say, a bit boring. I figured out what happened very early on (and proved to be correct). Despite some plausible red herrings Rowley tried to throw in, there were simply no surprises here for me as a reader.
Parts 2 and 3 definitely picked up the pace with the introduction of Sophie's point of view alongside Kate's. I tore through the remainder of the book in a few hours, appreciating the last 2/3 of the book much more than the first part. Overall, it was an interesting story, there just wasn't anything spectacular that made this mystery/thriller stand out amongst the many out there.
Many thanks to Emma Rowley, Kensington Books and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review an arc of this book.
Working as a volunteer for a runaway hotline, Kate gets the call she has been waiting two years for. Sophie calls in to say she is alright and despite a poor, static filled connection Kate knows it's her. She is talking barely above a whisper and she sounds scared. Kate's determination to find Sophie becomes frenzied, yet no one else believes it was her. Despite the lack of support, Kate is determined to take matters into her hands and find out what really happened to Sophie.
This book was a bit hit and miss with me. Part 1 seemed to drag on endlessly and I had to make an effort to stay with it. While I definitely felt for Kate's plight as a mom - the first 40% of the book was just too slow and dare I say, a bit boring. I figured out what happened very early on (and proved to be correct). Despite some plausible red herrings Rowley tried to throw in, there were simply no surprises here for me as a reader.
Parts 2 and 3 definitely picked up the pace with the introduction of Sophie's point of view alongside Kate's. I tore through the remainder of the book in a few hours, appreciating the last 2/3 of the book much more than the first part. Overall, it was an interesting story, there just wasn't anything spectacular that made this mystery/thriller stand out amongst the many out there.
Many thanks to Emma Rowley, Kensington Books and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review an arc of this book.