Review of We Were Never Here by Andrea Bartz

 I received a copy of this title via NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own. 

An annual backpacking trip has deadly consequences in a chilling new novel from the bestselling author of The Lost Night and The Herd.

Emily is having the time of her life--she's in the mountains of Chile with her best friend, Kristen, on their annual reunion trip, and the women are feeling closer than ever. But on the last night of their trip, Emily enters their hotel suite to find blood and broken glass on the floor. Kristen says the cute backpacker she'd been flirting with attacked her, and she had no choice but to kill him in self-defense. Even more shocking: The scene is horrifyingly similar to last year's trip, when another backpacker wound up dead. Emily can't believe it's happened again--can lightning really strike twice?

Back home in Wisconsin, Emily struggles to bury her trauma, diving head-first into a new relationship and throwing herself into work. But when Kristen shows up for a surprise visit, Emily is forced to to confront their violent past. The more Kristen tries to keep Emily close, the more Emily questions her friend's motives. As Emily feels the walls closing in on their cover-ups, she must reckon with the truth about her closest friend. Can she outrun the secrets she shares with Kristen, or will they destroy her relationship, her freedom--even her life?

My Review:

4 Stars

I have gone from suburban thrillers to best friend thrillers. These seem to instantly intrigue me lately. This book was no different. 

Emily and Kristen have been like sisters since they came into each others lives. They've been through thick and thin with each other. Friends that continued their annual backpacking trip even after the other is relocated to another country for work. 

This trip however is going to put their friendship through its strongest test yet. When tragedy strikes a second time, but to the other person, Emily finds it hard to cope. Between recent events and horrible memories she tries to get on with life they best she can. Slowly realizing that she isn't sure what to believe anymore as the past starts to mesh with the present. 

A through provoking and thrilling story.