Book Review: No Place Left to Hide by Megan Lally

3.5⭐
Genre ~ YA thriller
Setting ~ Oregon
Publication date ~ January 7, 2025
Publisher ~ Sourcefire Books
Est Page Count ~ 264 (32 chapters)
Audio length ~ 5 hours 45 minutes
Narrator ~ Justis Bolding
POV ~ single 1st, present tense
Featuring ~ now and then timeline, secrets, lies

My review:

A girl died at a party that Brooke hosted last summer at her family’s lake house. Now, an unknown caller is calling an excessive amount of times a day and things are being done to her car. Who could it be and what do they know? The then timeline will slowly reveal what Brooke wishes could stay hidden forever.

This was full on high school drama with entitled meanness and snobbery. I was so mad at her for knocking the beach house that the party was hosted at. Hello, sand is literally the backyard! I’d rather have a small house on the beach than a big house on a lake, but maybe that’s just me. There were also some OTT scenes, like when they were on the highway for instance. It’s pretty much a one day plot, so the tension was high and the race was fast to the satisfying conclusion.

Overall, I didn’t like it as much as her debut, but I was engaged enough to see how it would all play out. I hadn’t seen the culprit coming so whoop whoop for that.

Side note ~ I’m not knocking them at all because they’re super reliable, but I found it odd that Brooke drove a Subaru. She’s a fancy pancy rich girl that got into Yale, so I’d expect her to drive something a little more high end based on her family dynamics. Again, not knocking them 😬

Narration notes:
I did not listen to this one, but am just giving the info above for reference. I have listened to Justis before and if I remember correctly she’ll sound age appropriate.

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Book blurb:

To Brooke, image is everything. She works hard to maintain perfect grades, perfect looks, a perfect life—especially after “the incident” that threatened it all. Getting into her dream university puts her that much closer to a fresh start. How can she say no to celebrating with all her classmates?

Hanging out with her crush by the bonfire is the perfect end to the night. Except it isn’t the end. An old truck starts aggressively tailing Brooke and her best friend on the isolated road toward home. Someone thinks they know the truth about “the incident,” and they won’t stop until it’s all out in the open. This terrifying drive is about to bring out Brooke’s worst fears…if she survives it.

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