You Can't Hide

You Can't Hide is a bit of a mish mash, utterly readable, fast paced and twisted. The central theme is that of domestic violence- the kind that is seemingly inescapable. With a hidden plan, pulled off, one girl and her mother escape- but have to stay hidden. However an unsettling series of events le......more

In this book, Lexi escapes her old life with her mum to get away from her mum's abusive boyfriend Charlie. Following their life, she wakes up in hospital to her aunties and no mum in sight and no recollection of her memories of what happened. We discover she was in love with a boy called Finn after sh......more

Such a good read that kept me on my toes from beginning to end. Skillfully plotted and weaving in themes of coercive control, domestic abuse, peer pressure, bullying and more. A great and believable (if you get my drift) unreliable narrator. I loved the way the narrative unfolded with flashbacks to......more

Thriller with an amnesaic narrator. I found the spell-casting rather unconvincing and think the book would have been stronger without it, but the abusive step-dad was scary and menacing and the threat of his reappearance kept me reading. If you liked The One Memory of Flora Banks, you might enjoy th......more

Our first encounter with Lexi seems to be a memory of her experiencing domestic abuse at the hands of her stepfather. There seems to be no doubt that something very unpleasant is going on. Then we learn Lexi is in hospital. We don’t know what’s happening, but Lexi is visited by her aunt Gillian and h......more