Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC - this was my first book by the author written without Greer Hendricks!

The main character, Stella, finds herself involved in a new case surrounding a rich family with the suspicious death of their nanny. As a lawyer working to make custody recommendations for the best interest of the child, she finds herself involved in this whirlwind of suspense. Who is responsible for the death of Tina (the young nanny)- cheating husband, jealous wife, dangerous nonverbal child, live-in grandma, nanny's boyfriend? A house with all the glass removed and replaced with plexiglass, plastic.. who is responsible for needing this? A destructive child or a mother with a fear of glass or something else?
This tangled web was really enjoyable and kept me invested until the end. Stella's past history was also important and I felt it was tied in nicely with the plot.
Would definitely read this one for those looking for a fast-paced thriller!

Thank you to Net Galley and St. Martin’s Press for this digital ARC. I alway look forward to Sarah Pekkanen’s books and this one was no exception. The anticipation and needing to know what happens had me binge-reading this. It’s creepy, mysterious, and suspenseful.

Thoroughly enjoyed this book. Loved the unique concept of finding the best placement for a child and enjoyed the pace of the story.

I'd give this book a 3.5 but couldn't quite round it up. The premise for this book was nothing special but I find Pekkanen's writing easy to follow and hard to put down. That being said, this book felt like it took an exceptionally long time to get to an anticlimactic point.

The plot was decent, the twist wasn't mind blowing but also not entirely predictable, yet the ending was wrapped up a bit too neatly for my liking. An engaging enough novel, despite its slower pace.

Many thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for sharing this digital reviewer copy with me in exchange for my honest opinions.

I really enjoyed reading this!
My first book by Sarah Pekkanen and from start to finish I was hookeddd, some parts had me in suspense and had me holding my breathe wondering what was gonna happen next.
The chapters are short and gripping enough that you can finish this in one setting. which is what I did.
Def recommend it!

Stella works as an attorney advocate for children, helping the courts decide on custody cases. The reason she went into this work was because of her own childhood where she lost her father to an accident, then her mother began drinking and doing drugs ignoring Stella until one day she died when Stella was hiding in the closet. Stella is assigned the case of a little girl named Rose. Rose's nanny just died from a fall from a high window and her parents are getting a divorce. Rose has become mute since the incident with the nanny and both parents want sole custody. it is up to Stella to find out why Rose no longer speaks and she also takes it upon her self to try to find out more about the nanny's death since it likely the reason for Rose's inability to speak. Her investigation is difficult though since Rose's wealth parents seem to be hiding something and Rose herself might be violent.

I appreciated the way Stella always put Rose's interests first even though the Barclay family including the grandmother seemed to be more interested in hiding things from Stella. A side story with Stella trying to find out more about her own mother's death tied in with the feelings she has toward protecting Rose. I did guess both of the twists but that never stops me from enjoying a well written storyline. At times I thought Stella wasn't very professional in that she lets the Barclays treat her a bit like a servant, but I knew she would get to the heart of what was going on with Rose. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for a copy of this ARC in exchange for a review.

House of Glass by Sarah Pekkanen is a thriller about a family whose nanny plunged to her death and their daughter who now refuses to speak. Rose witnessed her nanny's death, her parents are divorcing, and she refuses to speak. Stella is appointed as her attorney and must decide what is best for Rose. But how can she do that if Rose won't speak? Stella has to figure out what happened to the nanny; but in the midst of her investigation, she finds a lot more than she expected. This story was very unique and twisty, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Thanks to NetGalley for the free digital review copy. All opinions are my own.

I went into this one blind and without having 5 star expectations or knowing much about the author and I found it to be an enjoyable read!

House of Glass is an addicting thriller that I finished in one day.

Main character, Stella, has been assigned to represent 9 year old Rosie Barclay during a bitter custody battle. This case is muddied by the fact that the catalyst for divorce is the suspicious death of Rose's nanny; who just happened to be pregnant with Mr. Barclay's love child.

Stella finds herself caught up in the mystery of who killed the young nanny, and everyone is a suspect including 9 year old Rose.

As stated above I found this to be a page turner from the start; however, my biggest critique is that it started to drag a little too long near the end. There are only so many possible suspects and once you've figured it out the book continues for several more chapters.

If you're looking for a highly entertaining read with some decent suspense, this is the book for you!

Thanks to St. Martin's press and Netgalley for a free digital copy in exchange for a fair and honest review.

Fast paced until the very end!
This was my first time reading a book by Sarah Pekkanen as a solo author and I loved it! The main character Stella is a best interest attorney for minors during court proceedings for cases regarding custody agreements. Going against her personal boundaries she has put up she takes on younger client Rose. Rose has become selectively mute after witnessing a traumatic event. As Stella enters into Roses world she begins to suspect that darker things are going on within her home. As Stella seeks to make the best choice for Rose she discovers things about her own past that she has .worked hard to keep buried as well as the terrors that go on behind the closed doors of the Barclay home.

Filled with some shocking as well as predictable thrills House of Glass has made me look forward to reading more from Sarah Pekkanen.

Main character Stella is an attorney who is hired to observe a divorcing couple and their child Rose to see just who Rose should live with after the divorce. Stella, with a traumatic childhood we later learn about, is the perfect person to make this difficult decision. Add in the suspicious death of the nanny and the live in grandmother and you get a very suspenseful, well written thriller. You may think you know what is going on but you probably don't. I throughly enjoyed this one, as I have all of Ms. Pekkanen's that I have read. I highly recommend this book.

I have always been a fan of this author and this book just proved why! I love the writing style and how Pekkanen pulls you in right from the beginning. The twists and turns had me on edge and I felt i could not turn the pages fast enough.

A lawyer turned child advocate who makes recommendations to the court on custody matters gets asked to take on a case of a child who has gone mute since a death of her nanny at her home. The parents are divorcing, in part due to an affair the father had with the nanny. I thought this was an great read with interesting twists and turns.

Nine-year-old Rose Barclay stopped speaking after seeing her nanny Tina fall to her death from an upstairs window. Stella Hudson, a lawyer and child advocate, is sent to determine which of the parents Rose should live with after their upcoming divorce. During this, she tries to find out if the nanny's death was accidental or a murder. Everyone in the house seems to be lying, making it harder for the lawyer to make any decisions about the child's final custody.

I admired Stella's determination to find the truth as she focuses on suspects, even considering Rose a one of them. Flashbacks to Stella's own childhood trauma - hearing her mother's murder - is relevant to this story as Stella decides to finally find out the truth about her own mother's death.

The book focuses on childhood trauma and its consequences. I didn't forsee the ending and the outcome of Stella's investigating.

Intriguing story, from a perspective not often considered. Much of the book was just too hard to believe (replacing ALL the glass??). In the end, I felt really sad for the narrator. Reading about a character who suffered from so much trauma and exploitation felt wrong, especially since she never really got the help she needed.

Thanks to NetGalley for an early copy! 3.5 stars rounded up for Goodreads. I always enjoy a book by this author. She creates a story and a narrative that keeps me hooked. Stella, the narrator, is a child advocate attorney and she has been given the case of Rose, a 9 year old in an extremely difficult situation. I like how the author wove the story of Stella's childhood in with this case. It was definitely a quick read, a page turner at times, had me guessing but not my favorite by this author. The ending was a bit over the top and there weren't as many shocking twists as in her previous books. I did round up to 4 stars because I read the book in a day and it had me wanting to know what was going to happen.

Why is this called The Glass House when there is no glass to be found?
In this thrilling new release by one of my favorite authors, Stella Hudson has been hired to act as guardian ad litem (or BIA—best interest attorney) for young Rose. Roses’s parents are in the process of divorcing when their nanny, Tina, falls to her death from the third floor of their historic colonial house near Potomac., MD. Was Tina pushed or did she fall through the old floor-to-ceiling window?
It’s Stella’s job to determine who gets custody of Rose. But after Tina’s death Rose has become mute, and Stella is caught in a web of lies woven by Rose’s parents and maternal grandmother who also lives in this house where nobody trusts anyone, least of all Rose.

Suspenseful and atmospheric! I couldn’t put it down. Many thanks to net galley for this advanced reader copy in exchange for my honest opinion.

I really loved the authors last book so I was stoked to get this one. Unfortunately this one kind of dragged for me. It was a bit predictable. I also wasn’t as creeped out as I think you’re intended to be. It was a decent read but not my favorite

Enjoyed this read from the beginning. Struggled to get through the middle and a lot of the dialogue and scenes felt repetitive. Several twists were surprising, yet I wished the ending had more of an unexpected turn. At several points in the book I felt like any of the characters could have killed the nanny and I wouldn’t have been surprised either way. Overall, I felt I could relate to the narrator, Stella and enjoyed following her personal journey along with the plot of the book.
Huge shoutout to NetGalley for this ARC!!

House of Glass had me page turning from the start with the creepy kid theme like The Perfect Child, The Push, and Baby Teeth. I really liked the premise of nanny's unsolved murder and Stella being appointed as the best interest attorney (BIA) for Rose during her parent's divorce. All of the suspects were believable and kept me guessing who was the murderer throughout. Stella's parallel plot of trying to learn about her own mother's death and her childhood case of traumatic mutism were plausible. I enjoyed the short chapters and the ending, but I'm not going to spoil it for you!