Week 48 Review: What You Hide

From Goodreads:

Mallory didn't want to leave home, but it wasn't safe to stay. So she sleeps at her best friend's house and spends the rest of her time at the library, doing her online schoolwork and figuring out what comes next. Because she's not going live in fear like her mother.

Spencer volunteers at the library. Sure, it's community service for a stunt he pulled, but he likes the work. And it's the perfect escape from his parents' pressure to excel at school, at ice hockey, at everything. Especially after he meets Mallory.

Then there is a tragic death at the library. Suddenly, what was once a sanctuary turns sinister. Ghostly footprints, strange scratching sounds, scrawled messages on bulletin boards and walls... Mallory and Spencer don't know who or what is responsible, but one thing is for sure:

They are not as alone—or as safe—as they thought.

My Review:
I had a great time reading this book. It was just so fast and easy to read, I couldn't put it down. I wanted to learn more about Mallory and Spencer-and to find out what the heck was going on in the library! It was such a great read! 

At points, this book was extremely creepy. But at others, it was romantic. And it was really fun to have that dichotomy. Especially since as their relationship builds, it builds the tension when the scary stuff is going on! Loved it! 

I really enjoyed getting to know Mallory and Spencer. Mallory was is an awful place, what with her non-physical abuse stepfather. And Spencer is drowning in that pre-college time of life to make decisions for the future, and feeling like he's wasting the privileged life his adopted family has given him. 

And that ending! The pieces were pretty easy to put together, but they either were too scared to think logically, or they just didn't make sense. But then they did, and it made for a really satisfying ending. Loved where these characters ended up, the bright futures that they hold! 

This was another great book from Natalie D. Richards, and I just need to read We All Fall Down to have caught up to what's been currently published, yeah! 

Author: Natalie D. Richards
Read: November 22nd, 2020
Source: NetGalley 
Reason Why: Love her writing and it sounded really great, and it's a SAC 2020 Book! 
Publisher: Sourcebook
Published: December 4th 2018

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