The Quiet Tenant is possibly the best book I've read all year. I was hooked from the beginning to the end because I needed to know how this book would end. The second half of this book had my heart pounding. This book was written so well and was just amazing overall.

What a ride this book was. Once I started it I could not stop reading or thinking about it. I still cannot stop thinking about it. It was so well written and it invoked such emotions while I was reading it.

This is certainly a book that I will be recommending to everyone that will listen to me!
A story of a serial killer told from various perspectives: his girlfriend, his daughter, and chillingly … one of his victims who was spared.

This has been one of the best books I’ve read this year so far! It was so good, I read it twice! I read it digitally and then listened on audio within just a few weeks. I rarely re-read so to read a book twice in such a short period of time is high praise from me! After I started this book, I really did not want to put it down. I stayed up until 1am one night to finish it because I had to know what happened. The pacing was excellent and the characters were realistic. I thought the chapter titling and the short chapters from other POVs interspersed between the chapters from the main three character POVs were both very original and creative devices.

This book has so many five-star reviews and this is another one! If you like mysteries and thrillers, then you will probably like this book. I will absolutely read anything else Clémence Michallon writes in the future!

This was not for me. It was not what I expected it to be. No mystery or thriller aspect for it at all.

I'm sorry but I did not finish this one.

Thank you #NetGalley for this ARC.

The Quiet Tenant was dark and twisted and I loved every minute of it. I love how it was told from the different perspectives. Such a bingeable read and I can't wait to see what this author comes out with next.

It's always hard to know what secrets people hide. For Aidan, he's well known and respected in his small town and they come together to help out he and his 13 year old daughter, Cecilia after his wife passes away. He's always helped others when he could so now it's time for them to help him when he needs it most. However, what people don't know is his dark secret. He's killed 8 women and has another who has been kept prisoner in his shed for the last 5 years. Once he is forced to move, he agrees to take Rachel with him. He tells everyone she's a friend who was down on her luck and needed a place to stay for a bit. What everyone doesn't know is that she's still a prisoner. . . handcuffed to the bed or radiator in her room when he's not home. She's a fighter, though, and quickly becomes "friends" with his daughter, who can tell something is off. Told from Rachel, Cecilia and Emily's (his latest love interest) perspectives, we see what can happen behind closed doors, and that everyone is not always who they seem.

This story, in which a woman is imprisoned and hidden away for years in the home of a much-revered, supposedly upstanding husband and father, is quite engrossing.
There are several narrators, each with a compelling point of view that had me zipping through this audiobook.
Thanks to #netgalley and #knopfpublishinggroup for this #arc of #thequiettenant in exchange for an honest review.

This was a good thriller and kept me on the edge of my seat until the end. I don't particularly care for women being imprisoned and abused., but to be fair a lot of it was implied. I enjoyed it.

I loved this!!! I was pretty certain this would be great but no idea just how great it would be. I have read so many thrillers and horror and mystery novels but this was all those and electrocuted ten times over. I almost dnf'ed it because it's hard for me to deal with a slow plot but when it hit... man, did it hit. The character of Aiden will haunt me. The fact that he's so real and relatable and yet so evil... it's true to life and the poor victims... all I can say is go get this book now!

Special thanks to Knopf, Pantheon, Vintage & Anchor books and NetGalley for an ARC of this debut novel.

Image the premise of a kidnapper keeping the kidnap victim in his residence as a tenant, the tension, the suspence. It was a great plot.

I did find it slow in spots, but other than that a great first novel.

This was very well written and I enjoyed it a lot! Brainwashing and manipulation at its finest. A haunting story of two women who are in the sights of a kidnapper and serial killer. One brave woman's fight for survival after years of being held captive. The other woman who doesn't know if yet, but she's flirting with danger, and could possibly be his next victim. The thing that prevented it from being a 5 star read in my opinion was the ending. It was missing some elements to give me the closure I was looking for.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this eARC.

The Quiet Tenant by Clemence Michallon was a disturbing and dark read. It tells a story of Rachel, who has been abducted and held by Aidan for several years. He appears to be a normal man in a small town, and even is married and has a 13-year-old daughter named Cecilia. Emily , a local restaurant owner finds him very appealing and attractive. The story is told from these three woman’s point of views. Also, interspersed between these chapters are entries from different women that Aidan has killed previously. This book had a very claustrophobic feel but in a good way. I found myself rooting so hard for Rachel and feeling such sympathy for Emily. I found myself very apprehensive wondering how this could possibly end? Definitely read this book and you will not be disappointed. Thank you to NetGalley in the publisher for the advance copy of this book. All opinions on my own.

The Quiet Tenant started off a little slow, but once it got to the point where the decisions of each of the women could potentially decide the fate of the other two, it kept me turning pages to see what would happen next. The only thing that I didn't like was that the captive victim's story was told using second person POV.

This is a debut novel and I had really high hopes for it.

This was told from the POV of The Woman in the Shed/The Woman in the House, Emily and the victims. I like the way this was broken up.

Emily seemed a little too obsessed with Aidan. She knows that his wife just died but still she tries to do everything in her power to get him to fall in love with her.

I was a bit disappointed with the ending. The run from the captor was great but I really didn't understand why she felt like she had to take something with her, that seemed to slow her down.

Thank you NetGalley.

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Overall a great read!! I got a little confused at first with the amount of narrators. The main narrators are the girl in the shed, the love interest, the kidnapper, and the kidnappers daughter. However, there are also other various points of view from other kidnapper girls that were killed. The massive amount of points of view made it a little difficult to figure out at first. Once the story got going though and I figured out the layout, I started to really enjoy it!!

This book was different and interesting, but overall it kept me engaged with the style of writing and the various points of view in this book.

This was 💯 a BMMDI! The praises for this debut novel were all over my feed, so when I was fortunate enough to receive a gifted copy, I couldn't resist immediately diving in. I wish I would have stayed on deck.

I understand why people are attracted to the premise of this book. A kidnapped girl is held for 5 years by her serial killer captor, only to be slowly let out into the world. Can she escape or is this just a ploy to see if she can be trusted?

Sounds chilling, creepy, suspenseful, all the makings for a bingeworthy read!

Just not for me.

I'm pretty sure I got stuck in a time warp, as this took me a long time to read. What was probably 3-5 days felt like 17 months.

This book was delivered in different POV: the kidnapped, the killers other victims and his teenage daughter. Again, great idea!

Things just fell flat for me. The pacing was off and it felt redundant. I didn't like many of the characters, and needed much more page turning suspense.

I liked it, didn't love it.

While it was a little slow at times for my taste, I am surprised this one isn’t getting more buzz. It could be this year’s sleeper that eventually gets noticed.

It has an interesting premise. A girl is taken and being held hostage. All the chapters are the girl in the shed, girl number 7… I was never sure if all the chapters were from the same girl or if there was a play in time. There are multiple POVs, the girl in the house, the hostage taker’s daughter and his love interest. It kept me guessing about who was a reliable narrator and who might have other interests. It is cleverly constructed and while ultimately I did predict the ending, it kept me on my toes and reading a slow burn mystery.

“Rule number one of staying alive outside the shed: You don’t run unless you’re sure."

Aidan Thomas, your typical family man and hard-working lineman, has recently lost his wife. They have one child together, Cecilia. When his wife dies, he is forced to move. There is only one problem…this means that he will also have to move Rachel as well, who is currently being held captive in his backyard shed. He kidnapped her five years ago. Oh, and he is also a serial killer, having murdered eight woman already. But no one knows this about Aidan, and no one knows Rachel is in Aidan’s shed.

Aidan fabricates a story and convinces Cecilia that Rachel is having a hard time and will be staying with them, sticking mostly to herself. He continues to threaten Rachel, telling her that if she tries to make a run for it, he will know. There are cameras everywhere watching her. Is there anyway that Rachel can escape? Could she somehow get Cecilia on her side to help?

Here’s a disturbing fact that will get you “shaking like a leaf”. When you Google what country has the most serial killers you will get the response “The United States is the runaway leader in the category with 3,204 serial killers.” Well, that’s real comforting….NOT! I never would have guessed that many. Holy Moly!

What A Ride!! When I saw the cover of this book and read the blurb, I went to Net Galley to request it and I’m so glad that I was given a copy to read and review. This is an impressive, heart pounding, debut from Clemance Michallon. I will be on the lookout for more of her work in the future.

The story is told from the POV’s of Rachel, Cecilia, and Emily who is a local restaurant owner. I’m a big fan of multiple POV and I thought that it was done well. Rachel’s POV had me so stressed. The things this man put her through…goodness. It was interesting to read her list of “rules” along the way, a list to help her survive. She was smart and clever with things she did to try to stay alive. Overall, this thriller was a winner, winner, chicken dinner for me. It will have you rooting for Rachel and your heart just might skip a few beats in those final chapters. Be cautious…trigger warnings galore!

Thanks to Net Galley for my copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.