Wow!! What did I just read?! I couldn’t put this book down!! The characters were well developed and I found myself staying up way past my bedtime to finish it. Thank you so much for the opportunity to read this incredible book! I will definitely be sharing it with all of my fellow book lovers!

Sarah Pekkanen is a must read and an auto buy author for me. I loved every second of this story. It follows a lawyer who is the deciding factor in who should get custody of a 9 year old child. The plot was full of twists and turns and the story was so well written. I devoured it!
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I appreciate that pekkanen doesn’t o we complicate her plot lines yet she delivers a well versed and captivating story. Bravo! A must read and one I absolutely recommend!

House of Glass by Sarah Pekkanen is another winner! Honestly, whether she writes on her own or with another author she always hits it out of the park and I found myself entranced in this one. I couldn't put it down! I recommend everything she's written!

Wow! This was crazy good! Very nail biting when you don’t know who is the bad guy (or was it an accident?). Who’s lying? The weirdo mom or dad? The grandmother? Or the super creepy little girl who has trauma mutism and won’t talk. Poor Stella who has her own childhood trauma, has to figure out who should get custody when the parents decide to get divorced. She’s now a BIA (best interest attorney). Is she in danger when trying to uncover the truth among all the secrets? Really good!!!

Talk about a thriller! I could not put this book down. It grew creepier with every page. An ad litem lawyer gets caught in a web of deceit with a muted by trauma child at the center. Adding to the story is the lawyer’s search for the true details about her mother’s death which cause intensified emotions.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

3.5 Frantic Child Chilling Stars !!

The Devil is in the Details of this book!

House of Glass is my first read by this author and will not be my last .

The story is told through one narrative Stella Hudson who is a lawyer who has been called to counsel a young girl by the name of Rose who's parents are going through a divorce . The house nanny Tina who took care of Rose has tragically plumaged to her death out of a 3 story window , was she murdered or was it mere accident ?? Young Rose witnessed it all , and has now become mute caused by severe trauma .

Stella is to document her time with the family and decide who should receive full custody of Rose. Quickly out of the gate Stella can't shake this strange feeling upon her first visit with the Barclay family . She has the sense she is being watched, something isn't quite right and notices that there is no glass in the house what so ever, even the picture frames the glass has been removed.

While Stella is doing her research , her past child hood trauma is brought to surface ,her mothers mysterious death when she was a little girl .Things start to unfold quickly and Stella realizes something is off t with Rose , and why is a 9 year old girl reading a story about a famous murderer ? Stella is trying to keep her composure balancing between her past trauma and staying focused on the task at hand , and that is the safety of Rose, but who is the one who should be really scared here??

If slow burn thrillers , creepy children and surprise endings are your jam, then this is a read for you!

I think fans of The Perfect Child , The Push and followers of B.A. Paris will gulp this one down and be left gasping !

The only thing holding me back from a full 5 stars, is I found the main character to be unrelatable and slow at times almost repetitive, however the story definitely kept me engaged the whole way though !

Thank you Netgalley , St. Martin's Press and Sarah Pekkanen for this hair -raising read!

Respectfully Another Read by Angie

Of course the Barclay's are the perfect family from outside looking in. But this family is far from perfect. The Barclay's nanny is found dead, whether she jumped or perhaps was pushed to her death is to be determined. Poor little Rose is now unable to speak, traumatized by seeing the nanny fall. Now the Barclay's are filing for divorce and the courts have appointed Stella to decide where Rose would be best living full time. Stella, after having a traumatic childhood herself, is the perfect person to try and get through to Rose. As Stella gets to know Rose and the family better, she can't decide who would be the best parent to have Rose the majority of the time. And what happened to the nanny? Everyone seems to be a suspect and everyone has a motive.
I have read several of Sarah Pekkanen books, especially her work with Greer Hendricks, and I love all of them. House Of Glass also delivers quite the suspenseful mystery. Sarah had me guessing who did it throughout the whole book. I really thought I had it all figured out, but I was wrong. Pekkanen's writing is so easy to read and follow. Chapters are a good length which makes it easy to pause in between chapters. I will always recommend Sarah Pekkanen's work to my book friends and I will also look for her other work. Special thanks to NetGalley, Sarah Pekkanen, and St. Martin's Press for the advanced digital copy in exchange for my honest opinion. 4 stars for me.

Stella is a Best Interest Attorney with her own traumatic childhood that she is still grappling with. When she is assigned to Rose’s case, it brings up many of her repressed feelings to the surface, as both of them were rendered mute during childhood by the trauma they saw. Rose’s parents, Beth and Ian, are divorcing after a messy affair with the nanny and the death of the nanny. Was the nanny’s death an unfortunate accident, or a sinister murder? Stella is determined to find out, while also resolving mysteries from her own past.

Sarah Pekkanen is a master of the thriller, and I love her work both as part of a duo with Greer Hendricks and as a solo author. This book was creepy, mysterious, and had that gothic murder mystery feel to it that I’m drawn to. An adulterer husband, a cold but rich wife, an overprotective grandmother who is angry with her own son, and a silent child who has creepy tendencies and questions surrounding her behaviors make this an unforgettable cast of characters. The house of plastic where no sharp objects can be found and unexplained voices can be heard complete the creepy setting.

I am not easily creeped out but this book had a few moments that got me! It reminded me a bit of The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware, which is one of my top thrillers of all time. I loved how the author drew so many parallels between characters: Stella and Rose, Stella and Tina, Charles and Ian. It was a page turner that I’ll be thinking about for a while!

Thank you to Sarah Pekkanen, St. Martin’s Press, and Netgalley for the arc in exchange for my honest review.

House of Glass was a good read! It was a psychological thriller that captured my attention from the beginning and left me with a sense of foreboding almost throughout the story. It follows Stella, who is a best interest attorney and she's working to make child placement recommendations for Rose, whose parents are in the middle of a nasty divorce. Oh and the nanny is dead and maybe Rose did it.

Stella doesn't usually work with children, however her very close friend who is like a father figure to her, specifically requests she take on this case. Both Stella and Rose have experienced trauma, and he feels like Stella will be able to break through and help Rose. I actually liked Stella, even though she oftentimes made decisions that didn't make any sense. When we meet her she is about to sign divorce papers, and I have to be honest, I'm not sure what this provided to the story. I think it could have been mentioned, but there was a decent amount of time that was spent discussing the divorce, and then was pretty much dropped until the last chapter. There was also a ton of focus of what Stella ate. I initially thought this was foreshadowing and they were poisoning her or something, but this wasn't the case. It was just super descriptive prose on all of her meals, drinks etc. So that ended up a little odd.

As Stella gets to know Rose and the Barclay family, it becomes a whodunit, and you are suspicious of basically every person in that family as well as anyone who knew the nanny. What's funny is that there is a part of the story where the nanny's boyfriend yells at Stella that the nanny has a name, and to say her name. And after reading the story and coming back to this a couple of days later, I honestly have no idea what her name is.

Creepy things happen basically daily, and start to mirror events that happened to the nanny so Stella gets freaked out and it feels like she's trying to solve a crime, instead of just figuring out what to do about Rose. Is she a laywer or a detective? In the beginning I was creeped out by Rose just like Stella was. Creepy children in stories always get me! And the fact that the house they lived in was also creepy, didn't help matters, but as I read more in to the story, I felt like Rose was intentionally not speaking. To me it was obviously someone who was close to her and she was scared. The Detective Garcia thing was so unnecessary and out of left field at the end. It also served no purpose to the story, so I'm not sure why it was even included.

Overall there are some twists and turns, and you will probably see at least one of them coming. I guessed the killer, and the one twist I also had a feeling about and wasn't my favorite. But it didn't take away from the story which I really enjoyed! It was a really quick, fun, unnerving read that I recommend to anyone who just needs a nice entertaining book that isn't heavy. 3.5 stars!

Thanks to NetGalley and SMP for this arc in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you NetGalley & Sarah Pekkanen for giving me the opportunity to read House of Glass. Reading the book was a wonderful experience. The gripping twists & turns kept me on the edge of my seat. I look forward to reading more from Sarah.

A woman falls (is pushed?) out of a window. What happened? How did it happen? Is something sinister going on?

A lawyer is asked to decide the custody handling of a girl whose parents are divorcing. But what’s really going on in this family? Are things really as they seem? Is someone hiding something ? And what’s going on with this girl, Rose, who suddenly can’t speak after this terrible tragedy happens at her house.

Will anyone get to the bottom of it? What fate is in store for this (innocent?) little girl?

Read this novel to find out! It’s a good one! Part drama, part crime drama, part thriller—this book’s got it all! I highly recommend it.


Review is for NetGalley and the author/publisher in exchange for reading an ARC of this book.

Stella Hudson is a different breed of lawyer. Her practice involves being a best interest attorney for minor children whose parents are going through a divorce. When a judge who is Stella’s mentor and long time friend asks her to take the case of a nine year old Rose Barclay, she is wary. The very wealthy family was the focus of the investigation into the death of their nanny but the case has gone cold. Stella needs to know who may have been involved in the nanny’s death before she makes her recommendations for custody of the girl. Rose appears to be suffering from traumatic mutism and isn’t communicating what she saw when the nanny fell to her death. As soon as Stella enters the mansion, she knows something about the environment is very wrong and she begins to question everything she has been told about this family and their relationship dynamics.

Stella has just finalized her divorce from Marco and is navigating the dynamics of losing her role in his family, the only family she has. Her own traumatic childhood influences her personal and work lives. How does she figure out starting her new life at the same time she tries to solve the circumstances of the nanny’s death? Is Rose in danger from her own family?

This book is a well written page turner. The twisty story line and complicated relationship keep you guessing and engaged. Highly recommend.

Best I can do is 3.5 stars. It is a quick read and a page turner. The story is well developed making it an easy to follow read. I liked the storyline and the difficulties Stella faced with her current job. Though this novel gave needed background of Stella for the plot, I felt as if there were two stories happening instead of one. I will recommend to anyone wanting a quick suspenseful mystery.
Thank you to the publisher for an ARC through NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.

I always jump at the opportunity to dive into a Sarah Pekkanen novel. She's quickly become a favorite of mine. I loved the buildup and intensity of this book. It's the story of a young girl with traumatic mutism following a horrific incident in her family home. Up until the last pages you don't know whether to fear her or feel for her. The twist was one I didn't see coming. Highly recommend! Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read an advanced copy of this thrilling novel!

Once I started this book, it was very hard to put down. Y0u are immediately wondering about the little girl who witnessed her nanny's possible murder and wondering what she is hiding. I flew through the book in a couple days and it kept me guessing.

Thank you Netgalley and St Martins Press for the ARC .

Stella is a Best Interest Attorney for Rose Barkley, a child caught in the middle of a divorce and the murder of her nanny. Stella's investigation follows all the twists and turns of long buried family secrets and a family in which no one is what they seem.
A fast-paced twisty mystery that had me guessing until the end. I really enjoyed the writing style and insights into each character.

3.5 out of 5 ⭐️

I devoured this book in less than a day because it was so captivating. There's something about a chilling tale involving children that really grabs your attention, and this one delivers.
The plot twists in this story took me by surprise, yet they remained plausible. I was consistently engaged, always receiving just the right amount of information to keep me hooked, which is a key element for me in a great thriller: impeccable pacing.
My focus never wavered; every detail felt significant, and I genuinely enjoyed the experience! I'll definitely be adding a pristine copy to my library as soon as it's released

When the nanny of a wealthy family mysteriously dies after a fall out of a window in the family estate, the families child, Rose, goes silent.

As part of Rose's parents pending divorce and custody battle, Stella, a BIA (best interest attorney), sets out to discover what custody situation will be best for Rose and report back to the judge.

Upon Stella's arrival, Rose's behavior becomes increasingly concerning and disturbing. Having had childhood trauma herself, Stella is determined to heal Rose and get to the bottom of what truly happened to her Nanny.

House of Glass sucks you in from the very first chapter. Throughout the read, Pekkanen does an expert job of twisting a web of lies and deceit that leaves you questioning what you truly believe.

Completely unputdownable, dark, and complex, House of Glass is perfect for reads of Jennifer Hillier, Freida McFadden, and Heather Gudenkauf.

4.5/5

Stella’s job is to advocate for children in divorce proceedings. When she’s faced with a young client with traumatic mutism after a nanny is murdered, she must decide who, if anyone, is the safest guardian for Rose. Is there a safe guardian when it may be the child who is the most dangerous?

A wonderfully twisty thriller with interlaced storylines that will have you flying through it. A must read for anyone looking for a suspenseful novel that will grip you until the very last page.

Thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for the ARC in exchange for a fair review.

This book was a fast paced thriller that kept the reader guessing until the end. Really enjoyable and easy to follow with twists and turns at every page.