Wow! No Place Left to Hide grabs you from the very first page and doesn’t let go. This fast-paced thriller dives deep into the pressure of trying to be perfect and the secrets we try to bury. The way Megan Lally alternates between Brooke’s present and her haunting past keeps the tension building with every page. I couldn’t put it down and ended up reading it all in one go—it was that gripping.

That said, the book isn’t without its issues. Without spoiling anything, the ending didn’t quite land for me. It felt rushed, and some of the big reveals didn’t make total sense, which was a bit disappointing after such a thrilling buildup.

The characters were another sticking point. Brooke, the main character, is hard to like. Her obsession with perfection and self-centeredness made it tough to really root for her, and most of the other characters weren’t much better.

Even though this is labeled as a Young Adult book, it doesn’t feel overly YA or juvenile. The story is intense, smart, and well-paced, so it’s easy to enjoy regardless of age.

Flaws aside, I’d still recommend this book to anyone who loves a good, edge-of-your-seat thriller.

Thank you publisher and author for sharing this book with me.

WOW! This book had the perfect build. It kept me hooked the whole time. More importantly, it had me guessing constantly. Any time I was certain I knew what was happening, I was wrong. I really enjoyed the twists in this, because none of them felt boring or predictable.

This was such a good book! Had me not wanting to put it down the whole time I was reading it! Pasted my social review below.

I don’t read a lot of YA novels, but I will never say no to a Megan Lally novel. Her second book and man is it good! 50% through the end had me on my toes the whole time. My predictions did come true but did not take away from the thrill of the book. MY heart was even racing at some points. Highly recommend for ANYONE who likes their books a little spooky and…revenge-y. Also love love love the setting of the book! I love feeling like I know exactly where everything is taking place.

Brooke is eager to find out if she made it into the school of her family's dreams, and we're immediately put into the action trying to decipher what is going on with her car.

The action was slow to start, but it went from nothing to "hold on tight" in the span of a couple short chapters. I loved how well the author put in alternating chapters of the differing timelines and how both unraveled simultaneously. I was frequently getting really into what happened in a chapter, only to find out we were flipping to the other on the very next page. It kept the story moving at a quick pace, and kept me from being able to put it down because I needed to know what was being revealed next.

Were they any major innovative moments in the book? Nothing I hadn't ever really seen before. However, the way it was brought together was different. I would have loved to see more with anyone other than Brooke the whole time, maybe get another perspective on things, but that is truly my only thought on what could improve it.

No Place Left to Hide will leave your heart racing as you hurriedly read page after page.

8.5/10 i could tell this was written as a YA book, but it still was a good book, and a very fast, short read. it was another well written book by Lally where nobody was likable and you kinda hated everyone. i started to know what was happening, but i still wanted to get to the end! i read it in a day, it was a fast read. Lally manages to write her characters really well. i’ll definitely read anything else from her.

What a fantastic second book
This was the perfect YA thriller
It kept your attention from the off
It as suspenseful and tense.
I throughly enjoyed myself reading this
Thank you so much

This was a wild ride. It reminded me of a teen horror movie. I read this in basically one sitting. It is is good read for an afternoon.

In true Megan Lally fashion, this heart-pounding thriller is a non-stop ride of suspense and intrigue. The pulse-pounding pace, coupled with the exhilarating time jumps, keep you guessing until the final page. I’m torn on loving this book though because every single character was just so despicably unlikeable which made it harder to really engage with and believe in the story. While the ending left me with more questions than answers, the sheer intensity of the story made it a compelling, if imperfect, read. The thrilling plot and shocking revelations will definitely make this an appealing read for YA thriller lovers!

An enjoyable young adult thriller. Quick read and very suspenseful!!
I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

Oh my god! WOW! SO INTENSE! After I read that’s not my name I ran straight here for no place left to hide and it did not disappoint! 100% rec!

Brooke protects her image at all costs. After all, that's what is expected of her by her family, her friends, her teachers, everyone. But what happens when Brooke's perfect image starts to crumble after an "incident" that occured after a back-to-school party she threw at her family's lake house. Can Brooke move fast enough to keep all the balls in the air and make sure she maintains her perfect image long enough to graduate and get out of town? If not, what will be left of her life when she no longer has a place to hide?

This was the sophomore title by Megan Lally, and in what seems to be her fashion, it was an engaging, twisty mystery that keeps the reader guessing about what is really going on until the end. I will say that I liked That's Not my Name a little more than this one because I found the characters in her first book more empathetic than this one, Brooke was struggling to maintain her perfect image, but while I did feel a little bad for how her friends were treating her, something felt off about her from the beginning.

Overall, this book was a quick read that I think will have wide student appeal, and I will definitely add it to my library collection.

Was excited to read this after That's Not my Name was my favorite YA thriller of 2024. This didn't let me down and was a fun, intense read.

Brooke has worked hard to maintain perfection in all aspects of her life. She is working to recover after an "incident" that changed her life forever and almost ruined her prominent family name. Since the incident, her parents haven't been the same and everyone has treated her differently. After finding out she got into Yale, she is talked into enjoying her first social night out since the incident. She thinks this will change everything and give her a fresh start. On her way home with her best friend, Jenna, she notices a truck tailing her. She wonders if this has anything to do with the calls, slashed tires, and newspaper clippings left about the special investigation into the incident. Someone is searching for secrets she does not want to reveal. It was an intense action thriller chase as they travel into a barren area with no cell service, at least 40 minutes away from the next town.

The book goes from present POV to the past POV detailing the incident that changed everything. It involved Claire, Brooke's old best friend who had a family scandal that made her move out of town. Claire shows up in Brooke's life again at a party and ruins everything. But did Brooke cause her death? This was a fun, fast paced suspenseful read. Similar to That's Not My Name, it doesn't read as YA in my opinion and I enjoyed it very much as an adult!

Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review. Newly released 1/7/25.

This book was a typical YA "popcorn" thriller.

The characters were extremely unlikeable, the plot jumped all over the place, I figured out a lot of the twists before they happened, the book seemed to drag on and I found myself skimming a lot, and parts of the book it felt like I had read in other books before.

Overall, it was just, "meh" for me.

No Place Left to Hide is a fast-paced thriller with a dual timeline layout. The story follows Brooke during the before and after/now timelines as we try to uncover what exactly went down that fateful night when a classmate lost their life. This story is engaging, suspenseful, and full of twists and turns that enthrall the reader. I highly enjoyed this book and think fans of We Were Liars will love this story, too.

4.25 stars

happy late publication day!

Firstly, thank you so much to Netgalley and the author Megan Lally for providing me with an ARC copy of this book. It took me a while to get around to it, but I'm glad I finally picked it up.

I devoured this book in a single sitting, 2 hours to be exact, which shows just how fast and bingeable No Place Left to Hide was. The story follows Brooke, the "perfect girl" of her school. An incident takes place at her lakehouse, which then causes her to be anonymously stalked and harassed as people think she is to blame. Brooke then goes to a party, the first one since the lakehouse incident, where her and her best friend are manically tailgated by the stalker on the way home.

I loved the alternating chapters from past and present, I was kept in suspense on both timelines and I really enjoyed it. I was unable to give this one five stars because the ending didn't surprise/shock me too much, and that usually what I rate my thrillers on.

Overall, it was an amazing YA thriller which was both easy to read and digest, as well as packed with suspense. Would definitely recommend to fans of Five Survive by Holly Jackson, as it gave the same vibes.

I really enjoyed the author's debut novel, and I think I might like this one even more!

High school senior, Brooke, is so close to escaping her hometown and the memories of a party gone awry at her parent's lake house. With her acceptance into Yale she's one step closer to leaving it all behind. Too bad someone else desperately wants Brooke to remember what really happened the night her ex-best friend, Claire, died. After months of harassing calls and vague threats, Brooke's stalker is demanding her confession, or she might not survive the night.

I thoroughly enjoyed this fast-paced and twisty thriller! This is high school pettiness at it's finest, and I loved every second of it. Even though these characters are definitely extreme examples, I thought the author did a great job of showcasing how tumultuous friendships can be at this age. Everything feels so high stakes it can cause two people to be best friends one second, and sworn enemies the next.

I love that the author chose to tell the story from Brooke's perspective. This was one of the best uses of the unreliable narrator that I've read in a long time. The way Brooke's character and intentions were revealed over the course of the story was masterful. We see from the beginning that Brooke is a bit of a spoiled, rich girl, but she's also under enormous pressure from her parents, and she clearly cares about her friends, which creates this confusing dynamic.

There were some other plot points that were maybe a little predictable, but this is where I think the story's fast pacing does it some favors, because the reader doesn't have to wait too long to find out if their predictions were correct.

Megan Lally is 2/2, I will read anything she writes.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher, SourceBooks Fire, for the eARC in exchange for an honest review.

Entertaining popcorn thriller. It did keep me reading until the end, but, wow, what a cast of unlikable characters! I really didn’t care what happened to any of them, but the book was compulsively readable and I had to find out what was happening, so four stars for that!

Thanks for the opportunity to read in advance!

this book was absolutely good!! it kept you wanting to read and the twists and turns were crazy for me. i didn’t mind the time jumping at all, and although ALL the characters sucked - they were written so good that you loved to hate them!

This book is a fun popcorn thriller. The book won't keep you guessing if you read a lot of thrillers but you will enjoy the book. If you are new to thrillers then you will love the wild ride! Rating 4 but probably more 3.75

No Place Left to Hide was a fast-paced read with a compelling mystery following two girls who find themselves targeted on an isolated road.

Brooke Goodwin has worked hard to repair her reputation since "the incident" that threatened to take it all away. Getting into her dream university is just icing on the cake so when her classmates want to celebrate their college acceptances, Brooke can't say no. After a perfect night, Brooke and her best friend begin the ninety minute drive back home when an old truck starts aggressively tailing them. Someone thinks they know what really happened the night of "the incident" and they won't stop until the truth is exposed.

No Place Left to Hide alternates chapters between present day and six months prior when "the incident" took place. The dual timelines was a great choice as it helped build up to the reveal of why someone was after Brooke. In the flashback chapters we learn something major happened at a party Brooke hosted to celebrate the start of senior year. It doesn't take long for us to learn what happened between the clues revealed in the two timelines although the full truth of what happened does take longer to come out. I was really invested in the flashback chapters, wondering how we'd go from a fun party to something much darker.

The present day chapters are where the bulk of the suspense and action in the story are. After a few chapters of set up, we get to the part with Brooke and Jena trapped in Brooke's car as someone is chasing them down which is the majority of the present day section. With the two of them in danger, Brooke reveals to Jena that someone has been harassing her for months after the special investigation into what happened rules it an accident. It becomes clear that whoever Brooke's stalker is, they're also the one chasing her but the author does a good job keeping their identity shielded. The ending of the book is incredibly well done and contained several twists I didn't see coming. We also get an epilogue of sorts where we see the planning and aftermath of what happened which was an excellent choice.

Overall No Place Left to Hide was a fantastic read and I would highly recommend it if you're in the mood for a quick thriller.