Thank you to Netgalley, and the publisher for a chance to review this book.

I devoured this! It was amazing, and thrilling. Definitely a page turner that keeps you on the edge of your seat.
I love that it has multiple perspectives. One of them being the victim, and the way it's written you feel like you become the character. I felt like I was trapped inside with the character, and going through everything she went through. I highly recommend this to all thriller fans. I think even true crime fans would like this. (I'm one myself).
Pick up this book,and read it. I'm pretty sure you'll like it.

“eventually, people will stop looking for you. they will stop showing your picture. they will let you fade away. they will stop telling your story, until one day you’re the only one left to remember it.”

4⭐️ wow this book had me hooked from the start. i couldn’t put it down and i swear my heart rate was out of control during the entire thing!!! so well written from all the povs. i could sympathize with all of them despite knowing what i knew because the 3 girls each lived with a different view of aidan.

this is my favorite kind of thriller!!! my only disappointment was i wish the end had more detail. when may finally made it to the police station i was so ready to be there with her through it all but there was a time jump. i would’ve read 100 more pages of all the details finally coming to light!

I loved this book!!! What a debut. Loved the different perspectives and the fact that I could not stop turning the pages to find out what would happen next. Highly recommend!

I received an ARC of this book from Netgalley in exchange for my honest review.

REVIEW TO FOLLOW.

Maybe one of my favorite books I’ve read this year so far! I went into this book blind and could not be happier that I received an ARC copy. Thank you to the publisher. This book did an amazing job at talking about the complexities of psychological trauma and I can’t recommend it enough!

Holy cow. Such a unique way of telling a story about a monster. Makes me want to protest outside every school until all girls are given self defense classes. This stuff happens all the time. It’s so sad for us women to trust anyone nowadays and this book is a good reminder of what’s at stake when you test someone. Really well done!

I thoroughly enjoyed this fresh take on a serial killer mystery. The story is told entirely through the perspectives of women close to the killer, most notably his current captive victim. The voice of "Rachel" is written in the second person, which is a bold choice--but I felt that the detached nature really worked to show us how completely Rachel had hidden her true self away in order to survive her years with Aiden.

Although you know from the very beginning of the novel who the killer is and who his current victim is, there are still mysteries to be solved. What are his intentions with Emily? How does his daughter Cecilia feel about him, really? And will Aiden be able to keep up the facade he has created when he is forced to move Rachel from the shed to the house?

I have seen other reviews say that they gave up on the book because of the lengthiness of the prose (and, at times, I agree--how many sentences does it take to tell us that she laid down?), but I also think the long, descriptive passages fit with Rachel's state of mind. She had nobody to talk to for YEARS, and she did very few activities throughout her day. I'm sure her inner monologue DID describe every action she took in great detail. When you have nothing, the few things you do have probably feel very important--so, for example, to Rachel, she was not just laying down. She was touching a mattress for the first time in years.

In my opinion, Emily's segments started to drag about 30% of the way into the book, and I never really resonated with her again. Something about her personality just rubbed me the wrong way. She was a little too self-absorbed for me, and her actions in the second half of the book seem at times both unnatural and creepy. Who would act like that? But, in terms of the overall story, she serves her purpose, and I liked seeing her through Rachel's eyes.

This was a crazy ride with an incredibly vivid main character; I felt that I could really understand Rachel's mindset and motivations, and my heart hurt for her throughout her journey. I was second guessing how the story would end clear up to the last few pages.

This was a very clever, sinister book. It felt like I was reading a true-crime blog. I really enjoyed it, except for the ending. I wish there would have been a little bit more to the ending, but I still enjoyed it overall!

This man is a father. This man is handsome. This man is a pillar of the community.

This man also happens to be a serial killer.

THE QUIET TENANT is a thriller that 5-star dreams are made of. The story is primarily told from an unnamed woman who was kidnapped by Aidan Thomas and imprisoned in his shed for five years. When Aidan is forced to sell his house, he moves the woman into the new home he shares with his daughter under the guise of being a roommate.

The story doesn’t stop with an incredible premise at the outset as the tension is dialed up throughout the story. The Quiet Tenant strikes the perfect balance of page-turning plot with fascinating characters. We hear from Aidan’s daughter, his love interest, and his victims who each offer vastly different perspectives on what kind of Aidan is.

True crime culture can easily portray victims and serial killers as one-dimensional, dismissing the very things that make them similar to us. By telling the woman’s perspective in second person (“you”) I was forced to consider that I am no different from women who are victims of crimes. Clemence Michallon humanizes Aidan and gives us a glimpse into the life of someone who is extremely dangerous, but also makes mac & cheese for a daughter he loves.

While human captivity is an undeniably dark topic, the story is not gratuitous with descriptions of murder, abuse, or gore. The novel is less about the specifics of what happened to women at the hands of a serial killer, and more about the spirit inside the women that cannot be dimmed.

What a book! The tension in this story is simply unrivaled. I couldn't tear myself away from these pages and appreciate the questions Clemence Michallon raises. Readers who appreciate stories that highlight the fortitude of the human spirit or enjoyed NOTES ON AN EXECUTION won’t want to miss THE QUIET TENANT.

RATING: 5/5
PUB DATE: June 20, 2023

Many thanks to Knopf for an electronic ARC in exchange for an honest review. Review will be posted to www.instagram.com/kellyhook.readsbooks in advanced of publication date.

I received this book from Knopf, Pantheon, Vintage, and Anchor, Knopf and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. This statement is always true. I’m not given compensation to discuss a book and I’m not told how to rate a book. I am given a book in exchange for my opinions on it, and I am truthful in all my reviews whether I loved them or not.

This book was definitely worth the read. I found it suspenseful, I was biting my lip the whole time. The book starts with a woman in the shed and from there it is narrated by the woman (Rachel), Cecilia (the daughter) and Emily (the friend).

Aidan is a recently widowed husband and now a single father to a teenage girl. He is the nice guy, his friends and neighbors respect him as a hard working, caring, and loving father. but, Aiden holds a deep secret. He is a kidnapper and a serial killer. He hides this dark secret from everyone.

Aidan, unexpectantly has to move out of his in-laws house. He needs a plan for Rachel, his captive, his secret. Rachel convinces him to let her move with him. A backstory is made up. Cecilia thinks she's a friend of a friend who needs a place to crash for awhile, to others she is a family member visiting.

Slowly, Aidan is getting sloppy, Emily is getting curious about this stranger. As Emily gets closer to finding out the truth and as Rachel gets closer to winning her freedom, someone will end up paying for their mistake.

As the plot twists and turns into the unexpected, Michallon carefully develops the characters and the plot. It seems that she really put her mind into the mind of a serial killer. Calculating every move, hiding Aidan's tracks, and keeping a secret life separate from his real life. The book is gripping, thrilling, and suspenseful. I really like the idea that to the reader, nothing was hidden, the book was laid out from the eyes of the characters that were closest to the main character. It was like living in the moment and everything unfolded as if it would if it were a real scenario. She made the characters life like, she makes you care about them, she makes you feel as if you were there watching every step of this torture and horror. As a psychological thriller, it stands out on its own making it already a top favorite of mine.

I would definitely recommend this book to people who love psychological thrillers and suspense. This book will keep you on the edge of your seat. Who will survive, who will die, who will pay gravely for their mistakes?

Thank you NetGalley and Knopf, Pantheon, Vintage, and Anchor, Knopf for the opportunity to read and rate this book.

Excellent book! If you love,Serial killer,, psychological thrillers, and suspense you will enjoy this one. There’s talk of abductions, rape and abuse but not in great detail to scare you away.

This is narrated by the victims, daughter and girlfriend wanna be. I don’t want to give any of it away because it's a hard to put down what's going to happen next book.

Much thanks to Netgalley, the publisher and author, I Really enjoyed it.

The only thing you need to know is that this novel is the ABSOLUTE BEST Thriller of 2023!!

From the start you are pulled into the story as a main character, where Clémemce Michallon is using the word "you" when referring to things happening to the main female character who has been held captive for years. This alone pulled me into the story and what kept me hooked was the plot. Michallon weaves an incredible story of a man, a serial killer, who has to move due to a tragedy but what to do with the woman he has held captive for so long?

So he moves her with him and that is just the start of the push and pull of this story. The way Michallon has captured the relationship between the victim and her kidnapper is unlike any other book I have read and it is incredible.

If you like thrillers then you have to read this book! I swear you won't be disappointed.

Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC to review this book.

The HUGEST thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the eArc of this FANTASTIC read. I could not put this book down! I was so drawn into this and rooting for our main character “Rachel” to get away from Aidan and rooting for Emily to stay away from him and hoping Cecilia isn’t being hurt by her father! The last few chapters had me hanging on to every single word and I couldn’t put it down! 5 star read from me!

A novel about a serial killer narrated by the people closest to him.

Aidan is a father of a teenage daughter and a recent widow. Known as a hardworking family man throughout the small community he resides in, no one would ever suspect the dark secret he keeps well hidden, not even his new girlfriend, Emily.

Forced to move from their family home Aidan has no choice but to bring his one victim he has kept locked up in his shed for five years and introduce her as a family friend to his daughter.

The new arrangement seems to be working out until Emily gets a little too close to finding out Aidan’s dark secret.

Michallon’s prose is like no other. Her ability to engage the reader and make them believe they’re a part of the cast of characters silently observing from the sidelines is unbelievable. While the book has a few corny hallmark moments, it still holds on to the underlining eeriness of the“secret serial killer” living in a small town.

So well written; I felt as if I were watching a movie throughout the book and couldn’t believe how quickly I flew through the pages.

The publisher provided ARC via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

Potential spoilers…..


I am honestly struggling with how to review this book because loved so many aspects of it, but overall it ended up falling flat for me.

The topic is interesting and definitely attention grabbing. A serial killer is portrayed from the eyes of his daughter, captor, female suitor, and victims.

What I did like about this story was the POV narrative style. I also loved that the chapters were short. This book kept chapters short which helped to build suspense and kept me coming back for more. I read this book in about 3 days which is a few days less than my typical reads because couldn't wait for it all to come together and with short chapters it was easy to keep sneaking a few more!

What I didn't like overpowered what I did like which is why I ended up only giving this book 3 stars. The entire story was building to what I expected to be some shocking twist or epic conclusion but it just didn't. The chapters from the victims were wildly short and cryptic with absolutely no clarification or explanation. guess I expected to learn anything about Aiden and his former victims but that never happens. The chapters from Emily bordered on unhinged (absurd?) I half expected her to become a serial killer by the end. His daughter's perspective would've been good but it never actually lead to any clarification and there wasn't enough of her perspective either! There was no shocking conclusion or explanations. Anticlimactic comes to mind.

If you're looking for suspense you will certainly find it amongst the chapters of this book but if you're looking for a thriller with twists and turns this book is not it at all. I think my mistake may have been going in to reading this expecting a roller coaster ride so I basically just spent the entire story waiting for something (anything) to happen that never did.

The concept of this book was great because it was from all female perspectives and it truly felt like you could get into their psyches a little bit, but it didn't delve deep enough into that aspect to me so was left with a lot more questions than answers.

A big thank you to NetGalley and Knopf, Pantheon, Vintage, and Anchor for the opportunity to read this ARC.

Thank you NetGalley and Knopf Publishing for this eARC in exchange for an honest review.

I was really into the plot of this book, but the different POV (first and second person) didn't really work for me. The second person POV really didn't fit and was confusing to read. It was a pretty big factor and really got in the way of my enjoyment of the book. The writing, aside from the disastrous second person POV, was a bit flowery and melodramatic. Emily was an absolutely useless character. The romantic aspects were absolutely awful. However, I really enjoyed the story itself. The plot was good and it was fast-paced towards the end. I just wish it was more palatable to read.

This is one of the darkest and most sinister, bone-chilling, complex psychological thrillers that you may either hate or enjoy completely. Even though it will give you nightmares for a long time, I found myself allured by this book with its unconventional structure, slow-burn progression, mind-blowing, multilayered, and also disturbing characterization. I think it tainted me, haunted me, and destroyed me! Even though I finished the last chapter, my mind stayed on the detailed, heart-wrenching victim portraits that left a sour taste in my mouth. I think I’ll keep thinking about the dark atmosphere and the effective wrapping up of the whole structure.

As for readers, there's no middle way: you can stop reading this book after a few chapters later because it’s too slow, hard to digest, and eerie, or you can choose to continue by taking more steps in the dark side. I chose the darkness and I enjoyed the full wild ride!

The plot revolves around four characters: Rachel, a kidnapping victim who was chained for five years, presumed dead, abandoned, neglected, and forgotten. She’s not the first victim of serial killer Aiden Thomas, but she’s the only one surviving.

Aiden is cunning, manipulative, and a very dangerous chameleon who acts like a decent human being, such a grieving man, an excellent father, and a broken-hearted widower. His daughter Cecilia is only 12 years old, and has no idea about the real identity of her father, who is secretly hidden behind his perfect facade. She’s just an innocent, lovely child.

When a recent development pushes father and daughter to move to another house, Aiden convinces Rachel to move with them, introducing her as his old friend and quiet tenant to his daughter. Rachel has no choice but to stick to this imaginary scheme to survive, looking for a way to connect with Cecilia to help her escape.

The fourth party who is allured by Aiden is Emily, who may be the most irritating character of the book, making you curse a few times when she does something extra stupid, putting the others into more escalating dangerous situations. Aiden is gaslighting her adroitly, holding her strings like a puppet master, as Emily becomes more obsessed with him at each chapter.

The pacing, the nerve-bending, slow-building pressure make you bite your nails harder, keeping you on your toes. I honestly wanted to stop reading, put down the book, and go outside because I felt like I would have panic attacks. It’s absolutely effective, amazingly written, and penetrates into your soul kind of thriller. Especially Rachel’s parts affected me more than I expected.

I loved the conclusion. This is something so unique, thought-provoking, heart-throbbing, and different from the regular thrillers I read. I honestly enjoyed it a lot, and I’m looking forward to reading more works by the author.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Knopf, Pantheon, Vintage, and Anchor for sharing this brilliant book’s digital reviewer copy with me in exchange for my honest thoughts.

Wow, I gotta say…this was a pretty good debut. A story about Aiden Thomas. A well liked man in upstate NY that has a secret. He's a serial killer. This is told from the POV of 3 people in his life. Cecelia, his 13 yr old daughter. Rachel, a woman he's held captive for 5 years, to eventually kill, and Emily, who works at a restaurant they visit, and has a crush on him, and finds herself intrigued by Rachel and Cecelia.

This shows the strength these women have, the bonds they develop, and their persistence to survive. You get a look at Stockholm syndrome and how victims end up almost sympathizing with their captor. This was a dark read but really an interesting read!

Thank you to the publisher and netgalley for the gifted copy. All opinions are my own. Out June 20. My review will be posted on Goodreads, Bookbub, instagram, and Amazon once it publishes.

This book is told in a detached sort of haze, which is very very fitting. I felt as if I was really there with the woman in the house, being manipulated and so far from her own life. This is more of a heavy read, not for the lighthearted mystery lover. I would’ve liked maybe another perspective, perhaps from the detective investigating all of these cases, rather than Cecelia. Cecelia had very minimal chapters and they truly didn’t provide much insight into the story. Regardless, I still very much enjoyed the book and would recommend it if you love a twisted read.

Thank you to the publisher for the ARC.

The writing in this book is well thought out, descriptive, and intriguing. Overall, however, this book just didn’t end up clicking with me. I couldn’t seem to get into it enough to fully enjoy the read. I typically really enjoy multiple POVs, but I found this one to be a bit confusing and too much back and forth.

I did really enjoy the concept and idea behind the book. It just wasn’t a favorite for me so I have to go with 3 stars.

I want to thank NetGalley and Knopf for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.