Nobody Knows You're Here: A Psychological Suspense Thriller

I'll just say it had really tough and dark content but also even for fiction accurately depicts certain facets of human trafficking. I had to know how it ended so I binged it. I would say if you are sensitive to or a survivor of violence that it could be challenging. I would definitely read the author again.

5 stars While “Nobody Knows You’re Here” is not anywhere near the taboo realm of “All the Ugly and Wonderful Things”, Bryn still manages to make the reader feel things for people and situations that we can't help feeling even though we probably shouldn't. From the very beginning I was fully invested in Beatrice. She was taking hit after hit and just when things seemed to be looking up, she gets abducted by a criminal organization that thrives on torture and abuse. Through Bryn’s writing I could feel the fear and desperation not only from Beatrice, but from other characters in the story as well. The intense emotional pull had my heart feeling like it was stopping one moment, and then racing full throttle the next. The sense of dread and unease was overpowering, keeping me stressed out and on the edge of my seat so that I never could quite “settle in”. However, there is this underlying current of love (both platonic and romantic) that manages to keep the full-on doom and gloom at bay by creating hope in what seems like a hopeless situation. I adored “All the Ugly and Wonderful Things”, and while this story takes on a completely different tone, I found it to be just as profound. This book contains a lot of emotional, psychological, and physical trauma so please be prepared for that. Thank you to Podium Publishing for this complimentary ARC I received this year at ALA Annual. It is now a treasured addition to my personal library shelves.