Wyn is 17 years old and has been missing for 12 months . Jessica -her mother is almost resigned to the inevitable . Then one day she receives a text message from Wyn's phone -Help me -and then all hell breaks loose .
Great read -kept me guessing all the way through . Highly recommended

Jessica is a single mom. Bronwyn is in high school, and bff’s with popular cheerleader Taylor. One night Bronwyn goes missing and everyone assumes that Bronwyn has run away, but Jessica doesn’t think so. A few nights before Wyn goes missing, she and Jessica have a fight about plans after high school. Jessica wants her to go to college. Wyn wants to pursue her dream of being a singer. Despite this Jessica doesn’t believe Wyn ran away. Wyn was to sing a tribute to her friend Taylor who had recently died in a car crash, but everything goes wrong.

A year later, Jessica receives a text from Wyn asking for help, saying that she has been abducted. Told her alternating narratives between Jessica now and around the time of the pep rally, and Wyn at the time of the pep rally.

The author does an amazing job of building up the tension and throwing in a twist. I could not read this fast enough!

HIGHLY RECOMMEND

Much thanks to #NetGalley for the complimentary copy of #OneYearGone in exchange for an honest review.

I tried so hard to enjoy this book. First it was just to predictable for me and second it was too long. Much more info and description that needed. That can and unfortunately did take away from this book.

It was just not good for me.

Thank you #NetGalley, #AveryBishop, #LakeUnion for this ARC. This is my own true thought about this book.

3 Stars and I truly hate doing that. Not one I would recommend.

This is a great read and a well detailed plot that kept me engaged from the very start.
I really liked the well thought out characters and found them to be believable. I cannot wait to read what the author brings out next.

I requested for an ARC of this book because I really enjoyed this author's debut novel. Unfortunately for me, this one fell abit flat. I just couldn't get myself really invested in the story,

This book did not grab my attention like I was hoping it would initially. Although it did pick up, the pacing and how the story is written made it hard for me to be throughly engaged in the storyline. I felt it was written more as stating the facts rather than letting the reader see how it all plays out and coming to conclusions on their own, specifically in the beginning.

Set in a small town with alternating POVs between mother and daughter, we discover the teenage daughter has gone missing and is initially suspected as runaway until events play out that tell us differently. Many characters come into play and I was definitely shocked with how it ended.

I must say the last half, especially the last few chapters picked up in pacing and is packed full of twists and turns to make this book much more enjoyable. But, overall, it was just an okay book.

***Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for allowing me an advanced copy of this book!

One Year Gone, by Avery Bishop was a very quick read for me. It captivated me immediately and was such an interesting premise. Much of the book centered around what happened the day of the pep rally and it took a while to get those answers. The back and forth with the timeline was a bit hard to follow at times, but I really liked how the chapters were short and easy to devour. I really had to know what happened and kept reading “just one more short chapter” at a time. This was an ending that I did not see coming, at all, and I was shocked.

Thank you to the publisher and netgalley for the arc. All thoughts are my own.

I requested this book on Netgalley despite knowing nothing about it and I read it in a few hours. The plot, while predictable at times, was interesting enough to keep me reading. The dual POV and timeline was also engaging.
I found both Jessica and Bronwyn lacking as characters and didn’t particularly like either of them. To me, both felt like cutouts pasted from any number of thrillers I’ve previously read. I think the book lacked a sense of urgency due to how unlikable both main characters are.
The writing also suffered from being overly descriptive and repetitive. I am also not personally a fan of too many references to social media within books as it dates itself almost immediately which is another thing this book is guilty of.
It’s a decent read to pass the time, however it’s largely forgettable and nothing groundbreaking.

I’m sorry I think I chose a wrong category as I think this is a teen read , not quite what I was expecting.but I wish the author well with it

This book has an interesting storylineamd it is exactly this premise that urged me to pick this one up. Also that beautiful cover, not gonna lie. I was excited to read it, and the beginning of the book was great! Those messages and the storyline kept me hooked, leaving me turning pages rapidly as to know what happens next!

The book throws light on various topics - homophobia, teenage preganancy, anxiety & mental instability. The way these topics are discussed is indeed remarkable.

It was when I got to the middle of the story that I felt it started lagging. Long chapters with context on the characters, yes, an amaze job there, but the truth got delayed very much that I felt a little irritated. I was eager to know what happened and all those unnecessary descriptions weren't helping.

Jessica is a character I loved. She is an optimistic mother, one who will go to any extends to find her daughter. She is a warrior, one almost every mother in this world is!💖

Truth be told, this book missed the mark for me. The ending was quite unrealistic, even though I was so glad that the book picked up pace by the end. One event over-riding another event over-riding yet another event didn't feel so good. And the abruptness of the last chapter left me unsettled.

I wouldn't say I wasn't surprised by the ending though, I didn't see that coming. If you are a patient reader, this book is a definite read for you! It builds slowly to it's ultimate revelation, and is quite a ride!

I would like to thank NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read an early copy of this book. All opinions are my own.

I have a big love for mysteries, and the premise of this book really got my attention. This is a parents worst nightmare! However, I wasn’t a fan of the mom. I don’t really know why she bugged me, but I just didn’t care for her. I did sympathize with her situation, but I just didn’t like how she acted. Overall, not a bad book, just not my favorite thriller.

3 stars ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️

I received an advanced copy of this book through NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review. I was mostly blown away by this book and the suspense had me reading late at night. Jessica's daughter Wyn went missing a year ago with no leads or hope of finding her, until she gets texts from someone saying Mom he's going to kill me. The 3rd person narrative was a little hard to read and yet I needed to know the truth. Not wanting to give anything away here. Wow. Up until the end this book was a solid 4.5 stars. I reccomend this book to readers if you like thriller and YA.

What would you do if your daughter went missing and then one year later you received text messages from her?

I was hooked from the very start as I imagined myself in the characters positions.
I liked the well thought out plot and the array of characters.
This in turn made it difficult for me to predict anything that was coming, which is what I like in a thriller!
Each chapter going from a different point of view was a captivating way of keeping the reader invested, especially when it left you with a little cliffhanger. I just wanted more!

The ending was a tad over the top, but still believable, I really enjoyed it,
Four solid stars for me!

Thanks to Netgalley for the opportunity to read One Year Gone in return for my honest and unbiased opinion.

🪵 One Year Gone by Avery Bishop 🪵


🦋 A mother will risk everything to find her missing daughter.

🦋 Seventeen-year-old Wyn vanishes all of a sudden. Jessica fears she will never see her daughter again after days turn into months missing.

🦋 Then, one year later, when all hope seems lost, Jessica gets a flurry of text messages from Wyn that freeze her blood: mom. please help. i think he’s going to kill me.

🦋 As truths are discovered, Jessica must decide what she will do to save her daughter and how far she’ll go.

🦋 This was such a fun thriller. I had a really great time with this one. I think it was really well written and had a great plot.

🦋 The plot was very engaging and thrilling. Jessica’s determination is very well depicted throughout the story. I think she was a great mother and everything she did was very relatable.

🦋 I will also say that I really enjoyed the first half of this story. It was so engaging and I was hooked into it.

🦋 However, the way this story would go back and forth in the timeline was so boring. It dragged on way too long and I didn’t enjoy that. There is so much information that shouldn’t be there as it just makes the story drag.

🦋 Also, Wyn’s perspective was told in third person and I absolutely disliked that.

🦋 The ending was full of twists and turns, however, I think it was way too much. It went overboard with the ending. Therefore I though it was okayish.

🦋 Although I really think this story could’ve done so much better and had such a strong premise, I still enjoyed this book. I don’t think it’ll be one I’ll remember but I would still give it a shot.

•• Thank you so much NetGalley, Lake Union Publishing, and Avery Bishop for allowing me to read this via eARC in exchange for an honest review.••

If you are looking for a new thriller with twists and turns along the way, I highly recommend 'One Year Gone'. I was captivated and endlessly wanted to know more!

At first, flipping between different narrators and with so many characters names, I was a bit lost and confused. But once a few chapters in- I was invested.

The twists and turns are unexpected and I wanted to know more. I would love a follow on from this thriller as there's lots of story lines and alot of characters to unpack.

4/5 Stars

When I’m reading thrillers I like to be surprised and kept guessing, it’s what makes me continue reading. Unfortunately I guessed every main point leading through this book. The only part that was surprising in a way was the ending but I felt it was a little over the top. This one just wasn’t for me

I tried twice but I just couldn't get into this book. There was just something about the "voice" of it that I couldn't connect with.

Sadly for me I was correct in all my predictions throughout. The end was very disappointing for me, it seemed to drag out the timeline and the conclusion seemed to me not to be very realistic. I know this book has been a positive one for many and I had high hopes but sadly it didn’t work for me.

Thankyou for this ARC ebook, in the exchange for an honest review

This is my one of first reviews of an ARC from Netgalley & not a a bad start! Here’s my honest review.

I read this book in just over two days & found the storyline intriguing. Girl goes missing & one year later mysteriously starts texting her mum to say she’s been abducted... queue mystery & intrigue.

The book is told from two perspective, the mum Jessica & the daughter Wyn. The timeline covers the two perspectives using an event at a pep rally as the crucial event & moves back & forth from that date. I found the timeline & the way it was written easy to follow which is definitely a plus when there are multiple characters. I wouldn’t say it helped build suspense but I definitely kept me reading until the end...

I thought the story was paced well & every chapter or so ended in a nice ‘plot bomb’ almost like a truth bomb that kept you going!

Probably the point that will have the most mixed reviews is the ending. It was believable but also it wasn’t! I personally enjoyed the ending of the book. I picked up a few suspicions throughout the storyline of what had happened but ultimately didn’t guess the twist at the end which is exactly what you want from a thriller/mystery. Overall a fairly easy read that was easy to stomach. 3.5 stars

A year ago, Jessica's teenage daughter Wyn disappeared. Local police are convinced she's simply another runaway, but Jessica never let herself believe that her daughter would abandon her like that. And finally, she is proven right, when she receives a flurry of desperate text messages from her daughter: 'mom. please help. i think he's going to kill me'. But Wyn also warns her mother not to contact the police, because her kidnapper is one of them. Determined to discover the truth but in fear for her own life, Jessica is forced to decide just how far she'll go to find out what really happened to her daughter...

Wow. What a book! I've had a few bad ones recently, and after enjoying Bishop's previous book when I read it last year, I was confident that I'd love One Year Gone. And I did! It alternates between Jessica now, trying to solve the mystery of what happened to her daughter, and Wyn in the lead up to her disappearance, so it creates a really strong sense of tension as information is slowly revealed, leaving you frantically guessing who did what!

Bishop writes in a really unique style, combining elements of adult fiction with those of YA, which results in a writing style that I find really easy to engage with. However, it does mean if you don't like YA, you're probably better avoiding this one: if you're not fussy, give it a go! Both of her books that I've read are thrillers, and while they are very different to anything else in the genre, I find them to be really quick to read, easy to get into, and definitely the sort of book that you race through to find out the final reveal. Full of twists and turns, One Year Gone is a gripping thriller that will have you staying up all night to finish it.

3.5 stars rounded up to 4.

Disclaimer - I was fortunate enough to be provided with an advance reading copy of this book by NetGalley. This has not affected my review in any way, and all opinions are my own.