i definitely prefer megan lally's first novel, but this one was still a lot of fun. the main character was a little insufferable at times, but those final twists really kept me going.

Brooke strives to keep the image of the perfect girl intact, even more so after “an incident” threatens her downfall. Lately she has been receiving threatening messages from someone claiming to know what happened, threatening to expose her. But they are just messages…right?

I found “No place left to hide” to be a pretty basic YA Thriller, and none of the twists and reveals were THAT shocking, I could see them coming from very early on.

That being said there were definitely some very tense moments throughout the book that kept me on the edge of my seat. Moreover, this was by no means a bad book, I love her writing and her books are so quick and entertaining to read.

I’d probably recommend this book to those that love YA Thrillers, and definitely check her other book out if you liked this one.

After Megan Lally’s first hit “That’s not my name” I had very high hopes about her second book. I definitely did not love this one as much, and it was somewhat of a disappointment after her masterpiece of a debut. However, it will not stop me from reading whatever she next puts out. I can’t wait for her next book to come out!

Big thanks to Netgalley, Sourcebooks Fire, and the author Megan Lally for allowing me to read an E-Arc of this novel.

A gripping cat-and-mouse game that explores how trauma and paranoia blur the lines between real and imagined threats.

Loved this book, Megan lally writes really great YA thrillers. I did like the first book better by her but this was pretty good as well. Not what I was expecting

Second books are hard" is the first line of the author's note at the end, and yeah, this was rough. Her last book was a five star read for me, and I was excited to receive an ARC to read her next book

What a let down.

Main character Brooke is annoying, and we spend the entire book in her head. The book travels back and forth between an incident involving a frenemies death and present day when Brooke's own life is in danger.

It was slow, repetitive, and extremely boring.

I loved Megan’s first book and was looking forward to this one as well! She did not disappoint! It was thrilling from start to finish!

3.5 ⭐

The main character, Brooke Goodwin, is an Ivy-hopeful from a majorly well-to-do family, and she just needs to get through the end of her senior year (at a Waldorf private school, of course) unscathed. The problem is that someone clearly has it out for her in the wake of some Serious Drama™️ that took place at the back-to-school party she threw at her family's lake house. Now, she's finding slashed tires on her car, dirty lake water in her locker, and literally hundreds of calls from a mysterious blocked number on her phone. The last thing her family needs is its name dragged through the mud when they are waiting on her Yale acceptance and her dad's appointment as judge, so Brooke quietly cleans up the messes and puts her phone in airplane mode. If she ignores this, it will just go away, right? Right?!

Told from Brooke's first-person POV in two timelines, "before" (in the fall) and "now" (in the spring), the entire plot of No Place Left to Hide is the incremental revelation of who is after Brooke and what happened back in the fall that has them putting pressure on her.

I have mixed feelings about this book. I felt like the first half dragged along, but the second half was perfectly paced, especially once it became clear that the truth about both the past and present would be revealed at the end. These characters have exactly ZERO charm—in fact, they are downright insufferable—but I found their story ultimately satisfying.

Full review on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/201632616-here-lies-a-vengeful-bitch

I was hooked on this thrill of a ride novel until the very end. I enjoyed trying to guess what was going on, and trying to figure out who was following them and why? I highly recommend this book.

I will say the dedication of this book was a 10/10!!
I was hooked from the start, so many questions that I can't wait to find out the answers! read it pretty fast, I like the writing. I'm getting very intrigued about what happened at the lake •• the writing was great, I enjoyed the whole book
overall, the only reason why it wasn't a higher rating was because I have read another book with a similar "trope" and even thought they were totally different I couldn't get the other book out of my mind, also, the end was lacking something for me, I wanted more. I will say the last 30% of the book was so quick and I couldn't put it down. I will for sure recommend this book!
Thank you NetGalley for the E-Arc and also thanks to the author!

3.5 stars rounded up to 4 stars.

DANG. This is a fast-paced YA book that was a quick read for me because I couldn't put it down. The suspense was wild and these teens were scheming like adult criminals! The noises coming from me while reading was probably entertaining - lots of "dayum," "giiiirl," and "whooooa." The plot is out there, but I cared zero ounces because it was so entertaining. I did figure out the twist before it happened, but I didn't even mind since it was fun ride.

Thank you Netgalley, Sourcebooks fire and Megan Lally for the eArc of No Place to Hide.

This is the first of Megan Lally's books and I was pleasantly surprised how much I really enjoyed her writing style. No Place to Hide is writing on a duel time line, then and now which works really well in this mystery/thriller. The pacing of this narrative is medium and keeps you engaged as our main character, Brooke starts to find that someone knows about an " incident " that happened in the past. As the two timelines starts to come together, we get to see a great cat and mouse thriller.

As this is a YA, it doesn't shy away from age appropriate messages about life, love, trauma and the drama that comes with older teens. It's also not overdone so there is a nice balance between mystery/thriller and teen life which makes No Place Left to Hide a really enjoyable read. Im looking forward to reading her first book and others in the future.

4 stars

Awesome YA thriller. This will be a great pick, for the library, and it was full of action. Lots of twists and turns in this one.

Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this eARC.

A captivating and well-written mystery about a young woman with a dark secret, and the crazy means she will go to to ensure that her actions and motives remain hidden.

An addictive psychological thriller - with some jaw+dropping twists!

Well, I was hooked from the dedication. (Peak, absolute peak author dedication in this one!) The pacing is fast even with the time jumps from past to present. The slow reveal of who the villian(s) were was excellently plotted and executed. By the time I realized what was happening, i was in too deep to be upset about it. (Did I kind of want the villain to win at the end?...yes, yes I did. Not because I liked them, but because I was sucked in. And because a lot of times in real life, the villains do get away with murder.) The exploration of wealth and privilege is handled so well, you don't even really see it until the climax, which makes the themes hit so much harder. Reading this also gave me 2000s thriller vibes and the story would slot right in next to I Know What You Did Last Summer. Overall, an excellent and fun thrill ride that's extremely well-written and plotted!

I have been hella excited for this since I knew it was a thing. I knew there was going to be some crazy shit that happened just like in her debut from last year. And it definitely did. Lally really has a weird imagination lol

Ok so when I read the plot of this I was confused as to how she was going to make a car ride thrilling and not repetitive. But I shouldn’t have worried. This whole thing might be a car ride, but the stakes keep climbing and so did the speedometer. It really was a lot. It stressed me out so bad in some places I had to pause and go color lol And let me just also say regarding the plot, please know that whatever you think you know, you don’t. I did get one part, but that was a tiny blip on the scale of what this book is. Trust me, you will NOT get everything there is to know about this.

As far as the characters….. Whew…. I don’t even want to go there. They were all over the place. I can’t say much about them, but yeahhhh they were all crazy. And when things start happening, I thought that person was so smart. But the other people ere smarter, I hope one day some friends as smart as them. You won’t understand it until you read it.

Now y’all know how I am when it comes to books that make me feel things. And this one is one of those books that makes me feel things. And the way it made me feel? Stressed lol The pacing has a lot to do with that. Even though they’re in the car, there’s always something happening. And the way they’re driving all erratically, it makes your heart hammer and stay there lol

This book is so crazy. Which is why I needed it in the first place. I knew this was going to be a good one as soon as I saw it. If you haven’t read Lally’s first one, you need to fix that by reading both of them ASAP!

this was an amazing ya thriller. it was gripping and had a lot of plot twists. I would recommend it if you like the sound of that.
its only four stars for me because some of the plots didn't surprise me.

Read Completed 1/20/25 | 3.25 stars | Book #4 of 2025
Megan Lally's debut, THAT'S NOT MY NAME, was my favorite book of 2024, so needless to say, I had really high hopes for this one. I did get to see seem reviews that put my expectations in place before I read it, so that definitely helped my enjoyment, though.

This was an easy read, much more young adult in terms of.... reading level? It was much simpler and less complex than THAT'S NOT MY NAME. I didn't enjoy it as much, but it was easy to breeze through and I really did like the ending! It had a little bit more of a slasher vibe than psychological thriller, which can still be fun but usually doesn't blow me away.

The beginning took a little too long for my tastes, since it's a shorter book. By 20%, I'm hoping to really be into the heart-pounding thriller aspects and we were still setting up high school parties -- in the present and in the past. I wished there was a little more sinister of a feeling to the flashbacks. It took a while to really get dark!

I liked a lot about the ending and I could have given it 3.5, but part of the believability took me back down. It was still a fun read, but much less gripping than TNMN, in my opinion!

No Place Left to Hide by Megan Lally is a YA thriller and follows Brooke as she gets accepted into Yale and spends the evening with her best friend and crush at a beach party to celebrate. Her family's reputation and her public image are super important to her and must be upheld at all times. But tonight, terrible secrets are revealed and things must be hidden once and for all.

I was so excited when I recently read Lally's debut YA thriller, That's Not My Name. I don't often pick up YA books, but it was written in such a way that it didn't feel like YA and the plot pulled me in and wouldn't let me go. I read it so quickly and was equally excited to recieve the ARC of her sophmore novel, No Place Left to Hide. Unfortunately this one was nothing like the first.

No Place Left to Hide was full of immature characters that were highly unlikeable, unbelievable plot, mean girl drama that tried to be thrilling, and immature dialogue. The plot was so far-fetched and I kept telling myself that there had to be one more mind-blowing twist (but nope, it was all pretty much predictable). I found myself truly hating the main character Brooke and was glad when the book was over.

I hope that her upcoming novel is as good as her debut!

Thank you to the author, publisher, and NetGalley for the advanced copy of this book in exchange for my honest thoughts.

No Place Left to Hide by Megan Lally is a thrilling YA novel that will captivate fans of unreliable narrators and suspenseful twists. Told in a seamless dual timeline, the story keeps you hooked with its constant reveals and high stakes. Though I anticipated some of the twists, it didn’t lessen my enjoyment, and I stayed up late reading to reach the satisfying conclusion. While I didn’t particularly connect with the main character, I was thrilled by her outcome. This fast-paced, page-turning thriller will appeal to readers of all ages and is a must-read for anyone who loves a good mystery. Highly recommend adding it to your TBR—I'm already looking forward to getting the physical copy for my library! Thank you to NetGalley for the opportunity to read this title!

Megan Lally knows how to write a spine tingling thriller that you cannot put down. Both of her books I read in less than 48 hours because I HAD to know what was happening. She knows how to twist things in a way that you do not see the ending coming and keep you guessing. Loved it.