House of Glass is the perfect summer thriller. The pacing is perfect, and I thought all of the characters were the villain at some point. Sarah Pekkanen had me fooled multiple times, which is just the thing to keep me flipping pages. Childhood trauma is difficult to write about and do it with sensitivity, but, through Rose's role as a BIA, it's done really well, and I can see these characters being great in a series. No spoilers, but the ending was just what I wanted it to be,

Very compelling and hard to put down. I've always enjoyed the author duo but Pekkanen is a force on her own as well! This was a read in one day thriller that keeps you on your toes.

I think my favorite part of this book was Rose. I didn’t care for the main characters back story whatsoever. I wanted more rose! The side story with Charles and her parents was just too much for me. You could skip 25-40 pages at a time and not be too confused. The ending was a joy, and I loved that. But the middle 250 pages were… not my favorite.

A solid mystery about an Attorney who is acting in the best interest of her minor client, Rose. Rose's nanny fell to her death and the family has unravelled. Could she have had something to do with the death and what are the parents and grandmother hiding? This triggers the attorney's issues from her own childhood. The characters are developed piece by piece through the current day and flashbacks. Some twists and an interesting side plot even out the action.

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I really enjoyed this story. I was convinced I knew who had killed the nanny from the beginning. I should have known better and that there would be a twist. There is also a twist with regards to her mom's death that I did not guess. The romance towards the end wasn't really necessary.

Ultimately I really liked this one!! I felt like it was predictable in that you knew the author wanted you to think the little girl killed her nanny but that that obviously wasn’t what happened otherwise the book would have no surprise. But I still didn’t expect the ending and I did binge read this one so definitely enjoyable.

Tragedy strikes a family after their nanny falls to her death, resulting in the young daughter Rose developing selective mutism. Amidst the turmoil, the parents move to divorce bringing children’s advocate, Stella, into their lives. Stella must observe the family,:mom, dad, daughter, and grandmother, and determine how Rose’s custody should be arranged. Without Rose’s voice, Stella must piece together the clues she can get from the verbal and nonverbal members of the household. But as Stella gets closer to her decision, some people start to feel threatened and Stella may need to be put in her place. An edge of your seat thriller that while you may think you know, still manages to surprise you.
Thanks to St. Martin’s Press, Macmillan Audio and NetGalley for the ARC. This is my honest review.

3.5 stars rounded up. This was a really entertaining, twisty thriller. It kept me guessing until the end because I was suspicious of everyone, including the child. Especially the child. It's that kind of book.

I did think the ultimate resolution was a bit of a letdown, but it did make sense and tied up most of the loose threads. There were a couple things that left me hanging, but that's okay I guess.

I liked the characters in this one for the most part. The tension at the end did keep me glued to the page. All in all, I'd say this was definitely a decent, above average thriller.

I read an ARC of this book from NetGalley. All comments are my own.

Such an eerie and strange set of circumstances surrounding the death of a nanny and a best of interest child’s attorney is brought in to determine the best outcome of divorce for the child, Rose. The attorney, Stella, has her own childhood things she is still working through as well, develops like a mystery inside the main plot. Loved Stella, loved the tied together so well ending with a killer I didn’t truly suspect but felt the eerie writing didn’t carry the whole way through. All in all not much to complain about from me. Had me thinking of the story when i wasn’t reading as well.

Thanks to Netgalley for my electronic advanced reader copy in exchange for my honest review.

Thank you St. Martin's Press and Netgalley for the electronic copy of House of Glass.

This book will make you question everything that is happening. There were some interesting dynamics and creepy kids are always...well, creepy. It's a domestic thriller/murder mystery that will put you right in the middle of the story.

House of Glass follows Stella, a best interest attorney, as she attempts to parse out the truth in a house full of suspects. I thought the pacing was great and the flashbacks helped give understanding behind Stella’s motivations. There were not that many twists, and the ending wasn’t a complete shock, but I thought the suspense built nicely throughout.

Meet the Barclay family. They're wealthy, live on a big estate in the DC area, and have lots of help to make sure their lives run smoothly. But life isn't always as wonderful as it seems from the outside and the family is facing some significant challenges. Their nanny mysteriously fell to her death, the parents are getting divorced and their daughter, Rose, seems to be suffering from traumatic mutism - or is she? Stella enters the picture when she's appointed by Family Court as the best interest attorney for Rose to provide a recommendation about her custody.
Their story starts out with one mystery: did someone kill the nanny or was her death an accident? Stella seems to take on an investigative role (in addition to her legal role) and uncovers reasons that could point the blame at each member of the household - ranging from Rose to Harriet, her grandmother. A secondary story focuses on Stella and her upbringing, which was also interesting.
I always like a story of wealthy people behaving badly, and House of Glass fits the bill.. There was a little twist at the end that I thought was gratuitous but otherwise, the different story lines wrapped up in an interesting and somewhat surprising manner.
Thanks to Netgalley and St. Martin's Press for the opportunity to read House of Glass in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you St. Martin's Press for a copy of this e-arc in exchange for an honest review.

Wow, I flew through this book. I loved the psychological piece of the book. There wasn't a single character that could be trusted. I mainly listened to the book on audio and the narrator, Laura, did a great job with the inflections in her tone. It helped create tension within the story. I think the short chapters made it easier to fly through the book and the ending caught me by surprise.

For any psychological thriller lover, I would highly recommend this read.

This was utterly gripping. Despite a slow start, House of Glass had me reading for 4 hours straight, because I just HAD to know how it ended.

When a wealthy family’s nanny dies in the family home, under mildly suspicious circumstances, Stella is called in as a Best Interest Attorney for little Rose. A 9 year old girl, suffering from traumatic mutism, after witnessing her nanny fall to her death from a window in her room. With her parents filing for divorce, and a live-in grandmother, everyone has secrets, and everyone is lying. Stella needs to award sole custody of Rose to one of the parents… but she’s afraid someone in the family is capable of pushing the nanny to her death.

What a wild ride!! In true Pekkanen fashion, I was kept guessing until the end. Every character was a suspect, with motive and opportunity. It was such a well-planned plot. I usually love books and then hate the ending - House of Glads gave me all the closure i needed (though I would desperately thumb through a sequel 🫢😉) Easily a top favorite read of 2024!

Thanks to the author and #NetGalley for the ARC for review!

House of Glass by Sarah Pekkanen is. a domestic thriller surrounding the Barclay family, featuring a young girl who is portrayed as quite creepy.

When the Barclay's family nanny tragically dies in their home, 9 year old daughter Rose stops speaking. Stella is appointed as counsel to Rose and begins to give this family a closer look to determine what, if anything, could help the child.

There was plenty of suspense and tension in this book that kept me reading though I did find it quite predictable. While I was intrigued by the family's drama, I found Stella's background story to slow down the plot a bit. Overall this book was good not great.

House of Glass is a terrific book about a nanny that is killed by falling out a window. Rose is a 9 yr old child that the nanny cared for. Her parents are in the middle of a divorce so an attorney is assigned to figure out who would be best to have custody of Rose. Since the death of her nanny, Rose has been non-verbal, which leads the attorney to try to figure out who the killer is in the household so she doesn’t assign custody to the wrong parent, if one is a killer. The father was having an affair with the nanny, and she was newly pregnant. Did he kill the nanny so she wouldn’t tell? Did the wife kill the nanny for ruining the marriage? Did the live-in grandmother do it because his affair with the nanny was ruining her family and upsetting her nice living arrangements that she was very fond of? Could Rose have pushed the nanny out the window? I flew through this book to find out what happens to 9 yr old Rose - was she evil or just stuck in the middle of a horrible situation going on in her home? I really enjoyed this book and the story of each character in it! Thank you NetGalley for allowing me to review this book.

Another great thriller by this author! I love the ones she does with Greer Hendricks, and this was no different. Untrustable parents, a nanny and a creepy child, what more could you want?

Thank you for granting my request for this chiller thriller. It quite creepy and very intense. After Rose's nanny falls, (or was she pushed) from a third story window the nine-year-old child develops traumatic muteness. She also collects sharp objects. As a result of the parents impending divorce and Rose's strange behavior all the glass from the house has been removed and plexiglass has been substituted. Stella, a child advocate is brought in to determine what will be in the child's best interest. Every character is flawed with lies, secrets, betrayal and deception. Stella's early life mirrors Rose's trauma and the unsolved mystery of how her parents died. What goes on behind closed doors is eerie. It's a book that's hard to put down with a heart stopping intense ending to a great story. If you like a suspenseful thriller, you'll love this book as much as I did.

House of Glass is a highly addictive, spine tingling suspense where everyone is in question.

The Barclays are a seemingly perfect, wealthy family. But when their nanny falls to her death and a divorce is imminent with an ugly custody battle on the horizon, a best interest attorney is put on the case to represent the young child, Rose. Stella usually doesn't take cases with kids that are not in their teens, but the judge on this particular case knows Stella is the perfect person for the job. Stella is the type of attorney that is beyond driven and will stop at nothing to get to the bottom of everything.

But when Stella steps into the Barclays home, she knows that this case will be unlike anything she has experienced before. She not only is acting in the best interest of the child, but now is drawn in by the creepy "plastic" home and its inhabitants. Everyone is off and seems to be keeping her from the truth that lies within the walls. Stella feels that she must now find out what happened to the nanny in order to come to her resolution concerning Rose. Who is guilty and who is telling the truth? The mother, the father, the nanny's boyfriend, the grandmother and even Rose herself are all suspects.

Sarah Pekkanen did a great job of creating a setting that was both suspenseful and characters that all seemed like they were hiding something. Even when it came to Stella's personal life, you had to wonder how that all fit in with the case of the Barclays and the nanny's death. I liked that everyone was a suspect and seemed to be lying or at least withholding truths. There was always an underlying tenseness within the characters. Their actions intrigued me. While I didn't feel this was a thriller that was full of twists and turns, it felt more like a psychological study on the characters and their actions. And I love a good "who dun it" with a bunch of questionable characters.

Overall, this was a good suspenseful thriller with some interesting characters that all seemed guilty at one point or another. I was led to believe that all were a little bit sinister. WIth the short chapters and interesting characters, Pekkanen brought a sense of urgency to the story and made it that much more exciting. A good overall read.

This gripping domestic thriller was a real page turner. It kept me interested until the end - and it was unsettling at times. The story was good - twists and turns throughout - satisfying ending. It had great elements: nanny death, traumatically mute child, custody battle, best interest lawyer trying to do the right thing. What cemented this for me as a book to recommend is that I really genuinely liked the protagonist Stella Hudson. She had a strong character with a big heart. Smart and empathetic. I do miss the collaboration books that Sarah Pekkanen has written with Greer Hendricks - those have been my favorites. This one is 3.5 stars rounded up to 4 for me.
Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the ARC. This book is available now - worth the read!