A review by sami_leigh
Things We Hide From The Light by Lucy Score

emotional funny hopeful mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5
🌶️🌶️.5/5

Everyone was alive and breathing. Everyone but me. I was just pretending.

“It’s the Morgan way. Why shine the light on things when you can pretend they don’t exist?”

Whenever you’re close, everything is better. The closer you are, the easier I breathe, the less I feel like life is just a never-ending pour of lemon juice into an open wound that won’t heal.

“You’re not responsible for how you were brought up, but you are responsible for your actions and reactions once you’re an adult.”

“Tell me what you need to feel safe with this. With us.”

🪽 First person dual POV
🪽 Brother’s best friend/ex
🪽 Police chief / insurance investigator 
🪽 Forced proximity; neighbours 
🪽 Insta-chemistry
🪽 Both have secrets 
🪽 Representation of working through trauma and anxiety associated with a shooting and a medical ailment
🪽 Nickname 🥹
🪽 Found family
🪽 Banter 👌🏻
🪽 Small town vibes
🪽 ‘Touch her and I’ll kill you’ vibes (‘Touch him and I’ll kill you’ vibes 🙌🏻)
🪽 The way Knox & Nash are cinnamon rolls for Waylay 🥹
🪽 Well established secondary characters; Knox & Daisy (Book 1), Waylay (Book 1), Sloane (Book 3), Lucian (Book 3)
🪽 MC growth; risking a relationship, overcoming trauma, unhealthy family ties, boundaries, communication.
🪽 Consent culture 🙌🏻
🪽 Epilogue 
🪽 Bonus epilogue 2 years later

Available in audiobook, ebook and paperback.

⚠️ Toxic relationship (platonic), violence (moderate), gun violence (explicit), death of a parent (past), death, blood (minor), parental abandonment, kidnapping, medical trauma (moderate, past).
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