The Road to Zoe by Nick Alexander

☆☆☆☆☆
ebook, 331 pages
Expected publication: March 10th 2020 by Amazon Publishing UK
About the Book:
She ran away from the truth, but she can’t run forever. Seven years after his sister vanished without a trace, Jude is on the road, determined not to return home until he has found her. He wants to reunite his broken family, but more than this he wants to know why Zoe left—what happened when they were kids, on that terrible day when everything fell apart. They’d been enjoying the funfair—grasping a rare moment of happiness following their parents’ divorce—when after a ride together, Zoe had stopped speaking to her mother’s new partner. Though Mandy believed he was the man she’d waited all her life for, her love for her daughter trumped even that, and soon suspicions of an unthinkable betrayal shattered the family. So finding Zoe would be just the start. If Jude can find her, then what happens next will depend on the story she’s been carrying with her all these years. Because when families are destroyed by dark secrets, can the wounds ever truly heal?

The Road to Zoe by Nick Alexander is a five-star read you won’t want to miss. This has such great characters that you won’t be able to stop yourself feeling for them and caring for them, that’s why I think Nick Alexander is such a great writer, he writes about people you can identify with and understand so much. Throw in some serious issues and you have a great novel.

So, the characters are strongly written and believable; what about the plot? The plot is quite sinuous and discretely threaded through so that everything that happens feels organic and realistic. I loved driving with Jude and Jessica. The descriptions of England, Scotland and France were beautiful, even if it was January. I could picture everything they saw, in my minds eye.

I was very surprised by the ending and liked that. There was a bit of a mystery in this book, yet pretty much the characters all came together and made this an excellent book about love and forgiveness. And we can all use a little of that in our lives.

Thank you NetGalley, Nick Alexander and Amazon Publishing UK for the complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

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