The writing alone stands out as capable of carrying the story even if the characters and plot were lacking-which they are most certainly not-due to its sheer power. When I first read the synopsis of this book, I was of course immediately hooked by its dark and enticing premise, but I didn’t expect to be reduced to a puddle of tears at midnight on a Saturday night when I finally finished it, clutching my overly-annotated copy with shaking hands. Soaked in suspense and teeming with an unshakable sense of dread, Hide is so much more than what it appears to be. While the book is about a group of fourteen young people offered a chance to win $50,000 in this strange competition run in the abandoned Amazement Park, the story that is told is much, much more than that.

Hide is slightly deceiving when it presents to you a story about a horrific, sadistic hide-and- seek competition. “Not a monster at all, but the most pathetically human of men.” – Hide, Kiersten White Kiersten White possesses a stunning grasp of her craft, and has yet again delivered a novel I’ll remember for the rest of my life. I was absolutely floored by the sheer magnitude of the story and the pace at which it unfolded, coupled with a writing style that I feel, as a reader, I have had the privilege to watch grow into what it is now. However, I don’t think any of us could have expected that she would churn out such a dark and gutting social commentary for her adult debut, and she would do it so well. It’s likely that most of Kiersten White’s readers have known from the beginning just what she’s capable of.

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