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

challenging emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

Let me preface this review by saying I own almost ever single one of Lucy Scores books and consider myself a fan but this book has really frustrated me and I want to lay out my issues with it. 

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  1. The FMC being the all mighty savior for the MMC. So Nash is healing from a gun wound and losing his memory of the shooting. He has depression and anxiety- panic attacks and every-time he is near her, the world is better and he feels like she is fixing him. I hate this trope or plot in books because that’s not romantic it’s enabling. Also it’s so frustrating to continue to see poor MH rep in books where the depression is magically cured through love. No- that is not at all how it works, please stop 🛑 with this kind of rhetoric. 


  1. The MMC is a cop with all of his unstable MH and in current affairs with cops in America please don’t do this. I know Lucy knows the state of it because it’s brought into this book with another cop acting racist and abusing his power over a Black couple. 

  1. This leads into my next issue- the fact that we see a good cop and bad cop often in cop romance books. But when you really break down the “good cop” they are also engaging in similar behaviors.  
There is a cop mentioned about that is abusing his power, physically harming others/ threatening people. But Nash does this with Lina. He threatens to arrest her while she is in a towel. He pulls her over and throws a fit. And then gives her a speeding ticket. He is also having panic attacks in hallways and public places but still continues to stay on the job. 

  1. The friend Sloan calling a person in the book a fat blob. Can we please I beg stop dehumanizing fat bodies. Even if they are “bad” it’s just not necessary. It feeds into hatred and shaming of fat bodies. 

  1. These characters are in their 30s and sometimes some of their actions are like teenagers. I mean I’m cool with 30 years olds being goofy and silly but some of this was just downright childish. 
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