What You Hide by Natalie D. Richards

Review by Sasha Have you ever felt like you don’t belong in your own life? Or, that you have been given a life that you don’t deserve? Natalie D. Richards'What You Hide explores just that. Spencer feels this way about his own life. He was adopted into a wealthy family and while everything up until now has been going perfectly well, he suddenly finds that he’s searching for a bigger purpose to dedicate his life to. A brief run-in with the law leads him to community service where he must help out at the library. He expected his days to be filled with re-shelving books and answering random inquiries. What he didn’t expect was meeting Mallory, who would show him how the other half lives. Mallory doesn’t feel safe in her own home. Her mother refuses to escape from Mallory’s step father’s control. Left with no more options, Mallory takes to the streets. She’d rather be in danger on her own than be scared for her life while living with the monster in her house. With limited options to keep her life on track, she does everything she can to save herself and keep her family safe. When the streets begin to fill with strange figures and dark corners, she decides to hide out at the library. There she meets Spencer, Mr. All American, with everything going for him. When he suddenly wants to help her, she instantly wants to recoil. Mallory and Spencer both need to learn from each other. Their friendship is tested when they discover that there might be a person hiding out in the library. Spencer and Mallory both want to find the other person living inside the library before the cops do, but what if the person lurking around the library doesn’t want to be found? There are so many twists and turns in this book that I did not see coming and I just loved it! The plot kept evolving as the chapters went on so that the reader was awaiting the next change. Both Mallory and Spencer’s perspectives are told in the narration which was helpful to their character development as they come from completely different socioeconomic worlds. The interweaving of genres was blended in a balanced way and showcased a new look in suspenseful reads. **ARC provided for an honest review**

Release Date: December 4, 2018

Add to Goodreads TBR: https://bit.ly/2Aey8kY

Purchase on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2RVIQ6M