Sophie was Here – ARC Book Review

The perfect family. The perfect new home. Until I found out about the missing girl…

When I get the keys to Forest Farm, my boyfriend Charlie’s family home, I know I am the luckiest girl alive. This gorgeous five-bed farmhouse with its sweeping gravel drive has been given to us no questions asked. And with Charlie’s parents living so close, I feel like the door has been shut on the secrets of my past and I’ve been welcomed into a brand-new family.

But soon my perfect new life seems more like a nightmare. I hear whispers about Charlie and me when I go to the village shop, and when we stroll to the local pub for drinks, the bar falls silent. At first, I can’t understand why, but then I learn about Sophie, Charlie’s girlfriend who disappeared when she was seventeen.

Charlie was on holiday when she vanished. But when I ask him about it, the coldness in his eyes chills me to the bone. How well do I know the man I’m living with?

And then one lonely evening, I make my way down to the basement. And under the light of the single bulb, scratched into the ugly grey walls, I see the

Sophie was here.

I have to find out what really happened. But in an isolated house, surrounded by a family I no longer trust, will I be in danger if I do?

Sophie Was Here is another Kathryn Croft’s latest psychological thriller which will be released on 3rd July.

Emmie is dating Charlie Hollinger who comes from a prestigious family from Peaslake. Charlie inherits his family’s farmhouse which is located in the Peaslake. As Emmie and Charlie move in to start new life, Emmie comes across some wordings in the basement. She realizes that whoever locked up in the basement, her name was Sophie asking for help. When Emmie confronts Charlie about this, Charlie brushes her off, but the next day, those wordings have disappeared. Emmie then sets off to find more answers, only to find that Sophie was a girl who disappeared in 2009 and that she and Charlie used to date. And Emmie is wondering if her life is also in danger.

This was a fast paced thriller and with some twists and turns. It was a page turning thriller that will keep you hooked into the story until the end. I really enjoy reading Kathryn Croft’s works and this book was no exception to one of her best. The story divides into Emmie’s POV which is present day to the past in Sophie’s third person POV in 2009, describing about what led her to the ultimate disappearance. Although I kind or predicted what the ending was going out to be, it was an interesting ending. The book was enjoyable to read and I couldn’t put the book down.

Overall this book is worth 4.5 stars.