Freida McFadden’s newest title, The Teacher, is hard to put down. If you’re looking for a quick read, try this addictive new thriller. The plot unfolds with alternating points of view from the three main characters as secrets are revealed.

Caseham High School is still talking about last year’s scandal when a teacher was accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a student. Addie, the student in the scandal, is facing a school year with the alienation of her classmates and the lingering trauma of her father’s death. As the new school year begins. Eve and her husband, both teachers at the school, learn Addie is in their classes. Eve and Nate’s marriage is strained, Addie is not to be trusted and Eve has her own secrets to hide.

McFadden has created an atmosphere of uneasiness during this psychological thriller. I loved the references to Edgar Allan Poe. My favorite of her titles so far and the perfect escape read!

Thanks to Sourcebooks, Poison Pen Press and NetGalley for the advance copy in return for my honest review.

I love this author’s writing style as it is always believable and you are always gifted with several surprise twists at the end. This book was no different and held to my expectations. While a couple twists are expected, I think that is ok because that is what makes it believable and draws me in to feel what the characters would be feeling in the moment, but then BAM! …she gets you! I felt that the characters were relatable. I felt angry, sad, vengeful, empowered, happy, and probably many other things. AND, yes Freida…it kept me up until the late hours of the night!! BUY THE BOOK!!

Greatly anticipated this book and it did not disappoint! Twisting and turning until the very end. When you think you know the full story, you still don’t!

You did it again Freida! I was so anxious to read this and found it very hard to make myself move to do things that needed to get done... laundry... make my family their meals. I finished it quickly and just when I thought it was all wrapped up....WHAM...I was thrown for a loop. I couldn't believe the twist and I bet nobody will see this coming. Loved it!!!! Well done...Freida's books never disappoint me.

If Freida writes it I’m going to read it. However I have to say this isn’t my favorite of hers.

The prologue opens with someone digging a grave for someone and then we are taken back 4 months. To Eve and Nate getting ready for school, as they are both teachers and Eve is putting on her Jimmy Choo heels. From the aspect of wearing heels all day and o teach math I find this impractical. I also don’t know why she is obsessing over her husband being hotter than her?

Next we have Addie a “troubled” student that was rumored to be with a teacher last year. Which perfectly sets up for her to have a relationship with Nate.

This was a decent book, however, certain unbelievable things left me confused.

But loved the Epilogue put everything into perspective with Eve and Jay that I didn’t realize was needed

I devoured this book in less than 24 hrs, Frieda really captures my attention and I couldn’t put the book down. I didn’t see any of the twists coming and at the very end I regretted reading an ARC because I was so confused and shocked and needed to vent and read what others thought. When I read the synopsis there was no mention of inappropriate relationships, I think that should have been mentioned as a forewarning. I rounded up, but I’d give it a 3.75 stars. I know people will love it!

I’ve only read one other book by Freida, and I found this one tone just as engaging as the other. Yes, some of the twists and dialogue were hard to believe. BUT, I enjoyed this book as pure escapist fiction.

The three perspectives alternate smoothly, and I truly wasn’t a fan of any of them. They all had their flaws and moments, which made the whole twisty feel of the book more appealing. That said, I can see how some readers may be bothered by the inappropriate grooming relationship between a male teacher and his female student. It wasn’t graphic, definitely closed door. The one thing I found odd was Eve’s obsession with shoes.

4.5 stars

In this fast-paced thriller, Freida McFadden shows what happens when a tumultuous marriage shows its cracks as terrible secrets are exposed and high school drama becomes deadly. Eve and Nate are married teachers at the same school where one of their older colleagues has not returned due to a scandal involving a student. As the school year goes on, both Eve and the student, Addie, butt heads as Addie struggles in math class and with bullying from the popular students. Nate, on the other hand, takes an interest in Addie as he attempts to help the troubled teen. As their marital struggles begin to explode, Addie's relationship with both teachers will also cause more strife. McFadden's pace and style provides a gripping read. Thanks to NetGalley and Poisoned Pen Press for the galley.

This was such a good book! I always love Freida’s books but this one was a little different, but none the less amazing! The ending had my jaw on the floor. Every chapter had a crazy twist you would never expect. I am definitely recommending this one to all my friends. Great job, Freida!

I've read a few Freida McFadden books and have liked them reasonably well. This one, however, fell incredibly short for me. The total focus of inappropriate student/teacher relationships was difficult for me to stomach (though I'm not always averse to such plots), and the final twist was just ridiculously unbelievable. My biggest problem with the book, though, is the writing. I understand that thrillers are not literary fiction, but I'm beginning to think McFadden is just trying to churn these out too quickly and not taking the time needed with the writing itself. The characters were SO two dimensional - caricatures of their role in the story. The plot was over-explained and characters' reactions to what happened were repetitive. And I think more care could have been taken with the prose, in general, and with editing once the prose was set down on paper. So this one was a definite miss for me.

Please know that this book has a student/teacher grooming situation. If this is a trigger for you then don’t read this one. It’s closed door relations, but it does talk about the things that happen. I feel like this was one of Freida’s riskier books with the content. There’s no smut of course. I really enjoyed this one. I felt like it was predictable, but it also had some twists I didn’t see coming and I was shook. This book made me angry and I wanted to throw my kindle, but I didn’t because I love my kindle. I wanted to see justice happen because this stuff really happens and teachers are supposed to be someone our kids trust.

When the whole school seems to hate you for a misunderstanding with a math teacher from the previous year, your father who passed away that same year, it's rough. You have no one to confine in, no one who will talk to you. High school is rough as it is. But when your new math teacher hates you and your being bullied and the only person who is there for you, and shows interest in your work is your hot English teacher why wouldn't you get closer to them?

All I have to add is as a parent as a teacher I love your children as my own children my job is to protect them. It makes me sooo sick and mad on how adults abuse that privilege. We send our children to school thinking/ knowing/ hoping that they are being taken care of and protected not being mentally and physically abused.

This book will have you on the edge of your seat as you reach the end of every chapter, you have to keep going. You think you know what's going to happen but Ms. Freida McFadden will get you every single time. The twist in the epilogue did leave me wanting a little bit more information, and a little more from the story of what happened from "that person's" point of view. Other than the epilogue, I absolutely loved this book. It's easy to read, fast paced, and keeps you interested in Nate's, Abbie's, and Eve's story. I would definitely recommend to everyone who loves a good thriller.

Oh my gosh, Freida has done it again!

First, this review has spoilers. So here is your chance. I got this book early from netgally and the publishers in exchange for a review.

First, for the Freida books that I have read previously, this one seemed to start off a bit slower than the others. Literally, the only thing I have to say bad. But it quickly picked up the pace and I obviously couldn't put it down, in between caring for my kids that is.




Spoiler ahead!


I had a feeling just based on some of her other books that the wife wasn't dead. What I didn't see coming was her killing him, Kenzie being involved with Nate, and Jay being Hudson! I said out loud, as I tried not to wake my three month old that I'm holding, "oh my gosh" as I read the last part.

Everyone kept saying that this is her best book yet, it definitely is a contender for being her best book! I'm so happy I got to read it early. Thank you!

Okay. Freida McFadden did it again.

She had me hooked from page one. How can you not get hooked when the first scene is a body being buried???

And then the underlying theme (trigger warning) of a teacher/student relationship is one that has haunted me since the Mary Kay Letourneau scandal. Having poetic references to Edgar Allen Poe run throughout the story was fascinating. Finding out someone who was dead might not be is disturbing. And then the twist - literally on the last page! - oh my God!!!!

I will never forget the storyline to this book. #HighlyRecommend

Sourcebooks kindly provided me with a free advance reading copy and all opinions are my own.

Two teachers, unhappily married to each other, only kissing three times a day, a monthly scheduled intimate time and one student who comes back to school after a year of scandal. Much can happen....and it does!

This book was unputdownable (if that is a word). I started it the second I was approved and couldnt stop. I have read almost all of Frieda McFadden's books and thought I had her twists figured out. NOPE. The epiloge!!! I seriously was saying WHAT!!! out loud. So good and twisty.

I absolutely love my Freida books! There are so many things about her writing that work for me. I love the fast pace, quick chapters. I love that 90% of the time I think I have it figured out and surprise....I don't lol! In The Teacher, there were plenty of characters to hate on for sure. I did have empathy for Addie and another student (no spoilers). I do wish Addie would have came off a little more mature but I think that was the point. If you are looking for a book you can't put down, grab this one! Thank to Freida for being awesome :)

I had fairly high expectations going into this. Freida McFadden's books are gaining popularity among our patrons and I've had several recommended to me. I love a good, fast-paced thriller and from what I've heard it sounds like McFadden is great at that. However, I do not think that this particular book should have been my first introduction to the author.

I found all of the characters to be quite unlikeable, though it seemed that Eve was intentionally written to be that way...maybe as a way to justify what would happen to her later.

The teacher/student relationship is where this book lost me. This was very gross. Addie is a sixteen-year-old girl who, like her other peers, is enamored with Mr. Bennett. He's young (even though he's over double their age), and attractive, and he's "intelligent". Mr. Bennett and Addie engage in a sexual relationship and the reader is led to believe that this is the first time something like this has happened, though you later find out he preyed upon another girl two years earlier. When she was FOURTEEN.

The epilogue reveals that Eve was also having an affair with a student. Throughout the book there is really no inclination that Eve believes him to be anything other than an adult, but it still ends up being another gross, upsetting addition to this book.

I like Freida McFadden because she is a quick read and her books keep me interested— this was no exception! The book started out great and kept me wanting more and did not disappoint when it was finished. Good characters, i kind of didn’t like almost any of them to be honest.

The teacher - Freida McFadden

Wow, this did not disappoint at all!
I had no idea where this story was going, and was delightfully surprised by they way everything worked out. I really enjoyed the characters narrative switching between Eve and Addie, really kept you hooked on the story and wanting to know what happened next.
A very thrilling read that will keep you hooked from the first page!

Highly recommend

Thanks to NetGalley and Poisoned Pen Press for the ARC!