This book was a quick read for me, as it kept me guessing and I just had to find out what happened in the main character's past. It sucked me in and I immediately felt like I was back in high school (which I didn't love lol). I couldn't wait to find out more about what happened in the character's past that had changed everything so suddenly. This book had teenage characters and was set in the main character's senior year of high school, but I wouldn't classify it as a book for "Young Adults". It doesn't contain anything sexually explicit but deals with some pretty intense scenes and some strong language. I found this book to be well-written and captivating

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"𝑩𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝑮𝒐𝒐𝒅𝒘𝒊𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒌𝒔 , 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔."

Special thanks to @sourcebooksfire @megan_lally_ & @netgalley for the #gifted physical and eARC.

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Brooke Goodwin has it all, including a deadly secret.... what actually happened that night of the "infamous" party?

The suspense was killing me this whole book. The little bits of high school romance sprinkled in were a great touch. I couldn't wait to see how this drive home ended. I also loved the dual timelines.

Less is more in this review but I PROMISE this one is amazinggggg🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

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No Place Left To Hide is a very fast paced YA thriller with dual timelines. When I say very fast paced I mean it, I couldn’t put this book down because I NEEDED to know what happened. It was hard to empathize with any of the characters because they are all a little annoying, but at the end of the day the culprit is the worst of them all.

The story follows Brooke who has the perfect life in HS and is about to graduate, she is the perfect student, perfect friend. Suddenly she starts being harassed through phone calls and pranks for an incident that happened a year before during a party at her parent’s house which resulted in her enemy’s death, Claire.

The harassment escalates when she and her best friend are followed by an unknown vehicle after leaving her first party since the previous year incident.

It is a nerve wrecking chase that lead to us finding who the person behind the harassment was, as well as the full truth of what happened that dreadful

4.5 ⭐️ Really enjoyed this fast paced YA Thriller by Megan Lally! It gave me I Know What You Did Last Summer vibes with sprinkles of private school/rich kid drama and a big twist at the end. This was a fast paced thriller featuring a mysterious “accident”, a stalker, deadly secrets and drama. Pick this one up, it was wild and fun ride!

Publishing 1/7/25

Thank you so much to Sourcebooks Fire and NetGalley for providing me with this eARC in exchange for my honest review!

Mean girls thriller!

Brooke is an overachiever who comes from a long family history of overachievers. She’s determined to get into Yale and has pushed herself into all work and no play since the lake party where a classmate drowned months ago. The investigation ruled it as accidental but Brooke has been getting harassed by an unknown person who’s been calling her, slashing her tires, leaving lake water in her locker, and covering her car with newspapers featuring the article about the incident. Her friend Jena wants her to attend a lake party to blow off steam and celebrate reaching her goals. A seemingly harmless party quickly turns into a horrific nightmare for Brooke.

Likes/dislikes: This book is a suspenseful thriller that I couldn’t put down. Twisty fun. I love how the author portrays the characters and how everything spirals to the ending. It was also a quick read at 272 pages.
Mature content: PG-13 for underage drinking, kissing.
Language: R for 263 swears and 143 f-words.
Violence: PG-13 for death
Ethnicity: mixed; Jena is Black. Brooke is white.

I enjoyed this! It was a fairly typical YA thriller with rich mean girl drama most of the way through. It was fast paced and I liked the dual timelines to tell the “before” and “now”. I didn't find our main character to be very likeable so my worry and sympathy for her only extended so far.
The last twenty percent though! I knew fairly early on that it would take the turn it did but I didn't realize how unhinged it would become!
It was a 3 star until the end. Enjoyable but nothing new. The ending bumped it up to a 4 star read for me.
I'm interested in reading more from this author!

This was like Mean Girls meets a slasher movie, and I couldn’t put it down! I didn’t think Lally’s newest book could top That’s Not My Name, but even though this was different, it was just as awesome!

Brooke Goodwin seemingly has it all. She’s beautiful, rich, comes from a prominent family, and she just found out she’s been accepted to Yale… but things aren’t as they seem. There was an incident at a party she threw earlier in the year, her parents haven’t looked at her the same since, and she’s been severely harassed by an unknown person ever since.

After months of being a recluse, she finally decides to take charge of her life again and celebrate her acceptance with her friends at a party. But when she and her best friend leave in her car, things take a deadly turn. The unknown stalker is now trying to run them off the road and is threatening their lives unless Brooke comes clean about what she did. However, Brooke is adamant that she didn’t do anything wrong. What starts off as a night of celebration quickly turns into a fight for survival.

- This has two timelines: before the “incident” and now
- One POV with short chapters
- Fast-paced and eerie… my anxiety was through the ROOF
- The way I felt from beginning to end gave me whiplash 😅. I kind of saw it coming, but the execution was perfection.

If you’re in the mood for a fast-paced YA thriller with major Mean Girls vibes, then definitely pick this one up! Thank you, NetGalley and Sourcebooks Fire, for the ARC! This publishes on 1/7/25.

Megan Lally has done it again! I jumped on her debut novel, That's Not My Name, when it first came out, and was not disappointed. Knowing this was a sophomore novel, I went in with an open mind because we all know the sophomore might be scarier than the debut. I can happily say, this novel was different, but just as fantastic.
If there's one thing Lally can do well, it's create suspense. I couldn't turn the pages fast enough to find out what happened next. I love that the dual storytelling was brought back, but mixed up with it being dual timelines instead of POVs. It created a sense of anticipation without losing focus on the current story.
For fans of academic settings like the One of Us series and true crime fans, this book gave the same feeling as your favorite true crime docuseries. I love the way Lally is able to keep some surprises easy to figure out, but others we find out with or just a bit before the characters.
I cannot give enough praise for this book or this author. I am a forever fan!

Meghan Lally has done it again with No Place Left to Hide! This fast-paced thriller kept me on the edge of my seat from start to finish—I genuinely couldn’t put it down. After reading her impressive debut earlier this year, I knew I had to get my hands on this ARC from NetGalley, and I was thrilled to be accepted.

The story is gripping, with twists and turns that kept me guessing until the very end. However, I’m rating it 4.5 stars (rounding up to 5) because, without giving away too much, most of the characters are quite unlikable. In addition, I felt the ending was a little unfair when it came to some characters.

That said, fans of high-stakes drama and tightly wound mysteries will absolutely love this one. Highly recommended!

My head is still spinning! What a ride! It definitely gives Pretty Little Liar vibes, and while I'm not always an avid YA reader, I enjoyed that show and really enjoyed this book. It was definitely action packed and a fun, easy read.

This was quick and easy read. If you have 6 uninterrupted hours, it can easily be read in a single sitting. This YA thriller is full of twists, turns and suspense. It was slightly predictable but I kept turning pages because I needed to see how it played out and to see if I was right. I really liked the plot and how the storyline progressed. The suspense truly had me on the edge of my seat and I don’t say that about a lot of thrillers. The highway scene had me chewing my fingernails. You could feel the surge of adrenaline right along with the characters. The characters were very well written and I thought the dual timeline worked very well in this story. I had a hard time trying to determiner who was “good” and who was “bad” in this story. You are led to feel sympathetic towards one character and disgust towards another but as you learn more about both characters, you start questioning whether any of them are really good people. All of their behavior is morally questionable. I found Brooke’s way of talking about her family in third person really annoying…”Goodwins do this and Goodwins don’t do that.” I could have really done without that but I do understand how it added to her character’s persona. All in all, this was a solid 4 star read. If you are into quick, easy, fast-paced, high tension YA thrillers, then I recommend you run out and grad this one on January 7th.

📖 Book Review 📖 Have I mentioned before how glad I am that my high school days are over (though I had a blast), the pressure of college and life ahead was a lot…and I did not even have Ivy League aspirations. The pressure for Brooke during her senior year leaves her no room for error, with everything to lose. This fast-paced, gripping thriller is full of twists and turns that will leave the reader wondering if the past will come back to haunt Brooke and shatter everything she has wanted and worked so hard for. Megan Lally delivers one captivating young adult novel!

A very good book for teenagers without being overly graphic or violent. I appreciated that the author toggled between two different periods of time but did so in a way where you were not having to guess on which period you were reading. The writing was in such a way that it was clear without being confusing. While the plot felt slightly predictable I appreciated the ending and did not have any questions or unresolved storylines.

Wow!! What a great YA thriller! Mean girls style, psychopath tendencies and a literal piece of evidence that some people would do whatever It takes to get what they want…and I mean WHATEVER It takes! Megan Lally has done It again with another great book!!

This was an entertaining ride. While I appreciated Megan Lally's debut novel more, this one still held considerable suspense and kept me engaged until the very end. I would recommend checking this one out for yourself.

No Place Left to Hide is the upcoming release from Megan Lally, author of That's Not My Name.

It's a quick and entertaining read. The plotting isn't as strong as in Lally's previous work, but fans of YA suspense will enjoy it!

This was a fast-paced thriller and I had fun reading this one! It was predictable at times, but I couldn’t put it down all the same. Can’t wait to read whatever this author writes next.

Thank you to NetGalley and Sourcebooks Fire for the ARC!

This fast paced thriller had me questioning everything I thought I knew! I loved the flash backs and the plot twist. I did predict a part of the twist during the beach party but I didn’t see the rest of the twist coming. Chefs kiss!

Thank you NetGalley! This was my first book by this author, and I loved it! I always enjoy the back and forth between past and present. What a great YA book

Brooke Goodwin is a lawyer’s daughter and Yale hopeful. An “incident” occurred that threatened to take down her family, so she needs to be careful to uphold their image until she leaves for college. When she starts getting threatening phone calls, she turns off her phone. But when she gets tailgated on a secluded road with no cell service, she needs to figure out how to survive and get home with no place to hide.

This story had more twists and turns than the roads in the book! I have found that I’m not as into books set in high school or college anymore, but this one held my interest. It had major Pacific Northwest vibes, family secrets, and friendship drama. I also think it was scarier that she was tailgated by a white Bronco - it reminded me of the OJ chase and had my heart racing!

Thank you to NetGalley for a free digital copy in exchange for my honest review!