Lisa Jewell weaves another creepy suspenseful tale in this book. A cult leader moves into the eccentric family's home and succeeds in taking over their lives with dire consequences. When a murder/suicide occurs, the reader is lead on an intriguing journey to find the truth!

My sincere thanks to NetGalley and Simon & Schuster for providing me with an electronic ARC in return for an honest review.

Lisa Jewell does it again. She inspires your interest from the first page and then you have to know the twisted tale of this intertwined family. There are many surprises and you will not want to put this book down until you know all the answers.

Thanks to NetGalley for the ecopy for my Kindle.
If you, like me, do not read books or like to read books about child neglect or abuse, then don't read this one. A very disturbing book to read involving multiple time lines and several families/people living together in one house as a cult
I've read several of her books, but this one wasn't not a good one for me.

I'm really liking this author. She really knows how to craft a good story. I really can't say much about this book without giving too much away. Suffice to say some really crazy things happen in a mansion in London. Great characters, some creepiness and a strong desire to find out what happened keep the pages flowing. Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the advance copy.

I was quite excited to read this book because I love Lisa Jewell. Perhaps I should start by saying that I began this book with a certain expectation for a fast-paced read. That was a mistake. However, by no means does that take anything away from this book. In fact, it speaks to this author’s talent and ability to write novels that are both fast-paced and thrilling, along with novels that are a slow-burn and chilling. There is a lot going on in this novel, and it takes you through a whirlwind of situations. The level of realism and character development is so good that you become engrossed in the story and truly detest certain characters. I highly recommend this read.

Shortly after Libby Jones’s twenty fifth birthday, she receives a letter from a solicitor about the trust established by her birth parents before their death. Libby is shocked to learn that she has inherited a mansion in Chelsea and that she has san older brother and sister who haven’t been seen or heard from since their parent’s bodies were found in the home. Libby feels compelled to learn more about the strange things going on in the home prior to the deaths and hopes to solve the mystery of her siblings whereabouts along the way.

Lisa Jewel has a talent for creating complex family dramas that draw the reader in from the first page, making it difficult to accomplish anything else while reading one of her books. The Family Upstairs has become my favorite Lisa Jewell book and I highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys a well executed story with twists and turns to keep you engaged until the very end.

An interesting peek into how a family can get sucked into the whirlwind of a charismatic person’s control and the devastation it causes.

Not at all what I was expecting!!

This story takes a few different turns and seem to be running off the rails with every time jump. There are several different narrators as they all have something to contribute.

I don’t feel as if I can properly review this story without giving away crucial plot points.

I will say the writing was excellent and you could picture everything that was going on, right down to what the characters look like. I am a fan of Lisa Jewell’s writing style and think she should be given a fair try.

This is a murder mystery told from different points of view. It is a dark story about betrayal and abuse. It divulges how easy it is for a charismatic person to get people to do his bidding in belief of his higher cause. Who is the baby? How did the people in the mansion die and where did the children go? This 25 -year-old-mystery is now resurfacing. 25 years have passed and the baby has returned to the mansion where she was found among the dead. She has no idea of who she really is and how this mansion has become hers. Follow the journalist as he discovers what really happened that night and where the children had gone. You will experience sadness,anger,and revolution as the story unfolds. I was given a free copy of this book and am voluntarily writing my review.

I used to love Lisa Jewell but for her last few novels I feel like I enjoy one storyline and the other threads are just a mess. The skipping around and the random murder of an ex spouse took away from what would have been a really fun story if it had be told in more linear way. I understand that’s the trend now but I don’t think it best serves every book or story.

I have LOVED every one of Jewell's books, but this one did not strike a cord with me. I liked the premise but the book was ALL OVER the place. Too many characters, too many threads to follow with only a clunky attempt to stitch them together at the end.
I will check out Jewell's next book, though. Everyone has an off day now and then.
I received an ARC from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

I’ve recently discovered Lisa Jewell, and she is very quickly becoming one of my go-to authors. I had high expectations of The Family Upstairs, and it did not disappoint! I loved the alternating perspectives, and I felt like every chapter ended on a cliffhanger that kept me reading long past my bedtime. The characters were incredibly interesting, each with a very different voice and I couldn’t decide which character I was most drawn to. The story of the past was fascinating and I found myself rereading pages just to make sure I grasped it all and because I found it so interesting and disturbing. This may be my favourite Lisa Jewell book yet, and I highly recommend The Family Upstairs to fans of character-driven, atmospheric thrillers with plenty of twists and turns.

I believe that this author just gets better. Creepy story that all came together in the end. I loved guessing and getting it wrong. Just very well written.

This was my favorite Lisa Jewell book yet! Told from multiple perspectives, this books weaves past and future to tell the story of an old house in Chelsea. I thought Jewell did a great job keeping this book twisty and interesting without feeling unrealistic or overly exaggerated. I flew the book in two days, picking it up any time that I had a spare minute. I definitely can't wait to see what else she has in store

This was a good one! So original and kept me interested the whole way. There are a few different points of view, which together start to reveal the whole story. The book will have you trying to guess what is really going on, because you know there has to be something more than what they first tell you.

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Beyond amazing I enjoyed this book so very much. The characters and storyline were fantastic. The ending I did not see coming Could not put down nor did I want to.

This book was amazing! It was wonderfully written. I couldn’t put it down. It was intense! The suspense kept me tied to each page. I couldn’t read it fast enough!

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own

I was so excited when I got an email from the publisher to read this book, based on one of my other reviews of one of the authors'. While I did not like the storyline as much as the others, it was still very well written, with a strong attention to detail. I could imagine myself being in the setting along with the characters, which is sometimes extremely hard to do when telling this sort of story. Would recommend -- a great summertime read for someone who enjoys darker tales.

3 Stars.

Creepy and Disturbing. Par for the Course with Lisa Jewell, Right?!

The Past: Houseguests. They are never pleasant. Unless they are temporary. For a family living in a mansion in Chelsea, a ringing of the doorbell signals a whole host of changes that influences their entire lives, forever. Call it dark, eerie and downright strange.

The Present: On Libby Jones’ twenty-fifth birthday, she inherits a house. Not just any house, a mansion in Chelsea. Though dilapidated and vacant, it is a total windfall for someone like Libby who has always lived paycheck to paycheck. When she visits her new “home” she discovers something frightening and begins digging into its history. What she finds is unlike anything she ever imagined.

Lisa Jewell’s “The Family Upstairs” is a novel told in different timelines, containing lots of characters to keep track of. Once you get going, the storyline flows and you become enmeshed in the mystery of the mansion and the ominous feeling of the story. While this wasn’t my favorite of Ms. Jewell’s novels simply because I felt like it was lacking something, it was a super quick read, which I tore through in a just a few hours.

Another buddy read with Kaceey!

Thank you to NetGalley, Ariele Friedman at Atria and Lisa Jewell for an arc of this novel in exchange for an honest review.

Published on NetGalley and Goodreads on 6.10.19.
Will be published on Amazon on 10.29.19.

I would like to thank Netgalley and the publisher for an advance copy in exchange for an honest review. I have never read any other books by this author, and after reading this, not sure why! This book kept me interested from beginning to end with plot twists and turns and interesting characters. Will have to go back and read her other works.