Stella is a guardian ad litem – she determines what’s in the best interest of the child in custody disagreements.

Rose the client. At 9 years old, Rose has traumatic mutism after seeing her nanny fall from the second floor window and die.

As Stell a observes Rose, she notices the young girl sneaking to pick up sharp objects – a shard of glass, a box cutter. But, as Stella coaxes Rose out of her shell she is not prepared for the secrets the entire family is hiding.

This one had me hooked from the very first chapter, and as more got revealed I could not put this one down!

RECOMMEND I’d also recommend The Wife Between Us and The Golden Couple by this author.

Thank you #NetGalley for the complimentary copy of #HouseofGlass in exchange for an honest review.

House Of Glass is a suspenseful, chilling and sinister read. The atmosphere in this book was perfect. It is somewhat of a slow burn, but never did I feel bored, it held my attention from start to finish and I absolutely needed to know the final conclusion.

The characters were all suspects pretty much and my mind kept changing throughout the whole book. I loved how the author dropped little hints here and there to steer you in multiple directions. The tension was slowly building from page to page revealing twists and information at the right time to keep the reader engaged.

I really loved the storyline and the plot. I thought it was well written and well developed. Definitely worth the read.

🎧 The narration by Laura Benanti was really good. She did amazing at setting the eerie and creepy feeling of the house. She was great with portraying the emotions as well. She truly kept me hooked.

𝕽𝖊𝖑𝖊𝖆𝖘𝖊 𝕯𝖆𝖙𝖊 : August 06th 2024

𝕸𝖞 𝕽𝖆𝖙𝖎𝖓𝖌 : ✭✭✭✭

✨️Thank you to @netgalley, @macmillanaudio, @stmartinspress & @sarahpekkanen for my gifted ARC & ALC in exchange for an honest review.
House Of Glass is a suspenseful, chilling and sinister read. The atmosphere in this book was perfect. It is somewhat of a slow burn, but never did I feel bored, it held my attention from start to finish and I absolutely needed to know the final conclusion.

The characters were all suspects pretty much and my mind kept changing throughout the whole book. I loved how the author dropped little hints here and there to steer you in multiple directions. The tension was slowly building from page to page revealing twists and information at the right time to keep the reader engaged.

I really loved the storyline and the plot. I thought it was well written and well developed. Definitely worth the read.

🎧 The narration by Laura Benanti was really good. She did amazing at setting the eerie and creepy feeling of the house. She was great with portraying the emotions as well. She truly kept me hooked.

✨️Thank you to @netgalley, @macmillanaudio, @stmartinspress & @sarahpekkanen for my gifted ARC & ALC in exchange for an honest review.

I pictured this book as a horror movie in my head. It had all the horror details - a troubled child hoarding glass and weapons. The pregnant nanny who fell out with window to her death - was it an accident or murder? The husband, the married man who got the nanny pregnant and put strain on his relationship with his wife. The wife, who is a bit moody and terrified of glass. And finally. the frail grandmother who will do anything to protect her granddaughter.

Who killed the Nanny and why is the 9-year-old child collecting weapons and reading Ted Bundy books?

So many intriguing characters in his book. I was enthralled until about halfway through. It got to be a bit boring and some parts of it were clichéd. I love the premise of this book. It is an amazing concept. I just thought the execution was lacking. I give it 2.5 stars rated up.

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Thank you to St. Martin’s Press for the free ARC via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review! This is out 8/6/24!

Thriller. Stella is a Best Interests Attorney who is tasked with deciding the best placement for a child during a divorce. In the wake of the mysterious death of a family’s nanny, the wealthy Ian and Beth Barclay are getting divorced and each is petitioning for full custody of their brilliant daughter, Rose, who witnessed her nanny’s death and since then has been diagnosed with traumatic mutism. Stella, who once suffered from traumatic mutism herself, is determined to help Rose and make the right decision for her. But as she spends time with the family she uncovers some disturbing things - flashes of anger from the parents, Rose’s collection of sharp objects, and the fact that there is no glass in the house, from picture frame panes to new plexiglass windows. Stella’s suspicions and paranoia continue to mount and she begins to wonder if the nanny’s death wasn’t an accident, and if so…who’s responsible?

This took me a minute to get into, but once I was in I was hooked. This is definitely a slow burn with tensions building throughout, and the twist was solid and I did not see it coming. There is a b-story twist about Stella’s own traumatic upbringing that I did see coming from pretty early on, but as it wasn’t the main twist I wasn’t too let down. Overall, a super solid domestic thriller!

ℝ𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ | 𝔽𝕠𝕣𝕞𝕒𝕥: 𝐸-𝐵𝑜𝑜𝓀 & 𝒜𝓊𝒹𝒾𝑜𝒷𝑜𝑜𝓀

ℝ𝕖𝕧𝕚𝕖𝕨: 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐰! 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐞-𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝! 𝐀 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐈 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐨 𝐈 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧! 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭. 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐈 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐤𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭. 𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫!

𝒯𝒽𝒶𝓃𝓀 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓉𝑜 𝒮𝒶𝓇𝒶𝒽 𝒫𝑒𝓀𝓀𝒶𝓃𝑒𝓃, 𝒮𝓉. 𝑀𝒶𝓇𝓉𝒾𝓃'𝓈 𝒫𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓈, 𝑀𝒶𝒸𝓂𝒾𝓁𝓁𝒶𝓃 𝒜𝓊𝒹𝒾𝑜, & 𝒩𝑒𝓉𝒢𝒶𝓁𝓁𝑒𝓎 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒜𝑅𝒞! 𝒜𝓁𝓁 𝑜𝓅𝒾𝓃𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓂𝓎 𝑜𝓌𝓃.

Many thanks to NetGalley and St Martin's Press for the free e-ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Stella is appointed as the attorney for Rose Barclay, an 8 year old girl, in her parents divorce. The Barclays are super wealthy, living in their luxurious estate in DC. Along with the divorce, there is a criminal investigation into the death of their live-in nanny who fell to her death from her attic room and so happened to be pregnant with Mr Barclay's baby. Stella sets out to get to know her client, who is struck mute by the tragedy and collects sharp objects. Who killed the nanny?

This story is a suspenseful, fast paced, page turner full of lies, secrets, and deceptions. This is a well written and well planned character driven story, and I loved how the tension quickly built throughout the story. There is an ever present feeling to the story that everyone is lying and nothing is as it seems.

Each of the characters are well developed with their own backstory and behaviors. I honestly thought each one of them was the killer at one point in time in the story and did not figure it out until the very end! Lots of red herrings, twists and turns! Another great story by this author!!!

Highly recommend

This was sooooooo good!!! I was really creeped out. Her description of the feeling in the house and Charles felt a bit lovely and creepy. I am mixing characters and space, but to be honest the house really felt like a character.

I would round up to a 3.5

The first half of the booked was a complete page turner, wonderful twists and turns, I kept changing my mind on who I thought was the murderer!

I had such high expectations with the book grabbing my attention right away! The second half the book i felt fell flat. There was a lot of Stella and her background as a child, (to much so) and less about the true crime that occurred.

There are some intense moments that brought the story somewhat together and some others that i felt dragged on. The ending I felt very predictable and brought some additional plots that were not needed to end the book.

With that being said I will round up on this 3.5 STAR review!

Thanks to Netgalley for my early copy! the book hits shelves on August 6, 2024

I loved this book. It was gripping from the very beginning. I was hooked throughout the story. The ending played out a bit dramatically than realistically hence the four stars instead of five. I would love to read more by this author. I recommend this book to anyone who loved a gripping psychological thriller!

I got an opportunity to listen to this book instead. Here is my audio review:

Audiobook/Psychology Thriller: I liked this book until the ending. It's written in first person, my favorite. It did keep me guessing: he did, then she did it , the kid did it, all four did it.
The ending was disappointing because it could have ended with a good feeling, but instead, after the climax, it was five chapters of stuff.
The narrator was great.
I want to thank Netgalley for a copy of the audio.

A couple in the midst of divorce. A nanny is killed (and is pregnant at the time of death) A creepy mother-in-law and a child silenced by trauma. This book has it all. Throw in a court appointed lawyer who also suffered trauma as a child to add to the creatitivity of this book. I enjoyed trying to figure out who was responsible for the nanny’s death and getting to know all of the characters, If you are looking for the next best summer read, give this one a try.

When Rose Barclay become mute after her nanny dies tragically at their home, Stella is tasked with getting to the bottom of which parent she should live with when they divorce. At their home, Stella notices there is no glass. Is that to keep Rose safe? Is she dangerous? And if not, who is?

This was so propulsive (as I have come to expect from Pekkanen). I was so invested from the beginning and loved the depth of relationships between the characters she was able to build, which is not common in the domestic thriller space. I couldn't wait to find out how the story would resolve, and I loved the different layers of mysteries that were uncovered.

What a book! I was sucked in by the characters right away and just had to know what happened. I absolutely loved every minute, never knowing who to trust. I listened to the audiobook version, and I thought the narrator did a fantastic job. She really brought the whole book to life. Well done!

Thank you to NetGalley for the advance reader copy of this book. Loved Sarah's Gone Tonight, so was thrilled to try this book. It is just as amazing with twists and turns throughout. The addition of a nanny (love nanny stories) and the child who won't speak (I have a daughter studied the speech and hearing sciences in college) make this book exceptional. The story includes a mysterious house and an attorney with an interesting back story of her own. 5 stars!

In House of Glass, Sarah Pekkanen is back with another domestic, slow-burn novel of suspense. (NOT a thriller). We have a family, a dead nanny who might have been murdered, several suspects, and a lawyer, who is tasked with helping decide what will happen to the child involved. This is told in first person present tense, which I usually don’t enjoy, but in this case, it worked well. Pekkanen is a talented writer, very good at creating interesting characters and a plot with some unique elements. I did guess some twists pretty early on, and the plot just didn’t really hold my interest in the same way as her previous novel, so this will be a three star book for me.

This is exactly what I want from a mystery/thriller. Gripping and addictive, House of Glass kept me wanting to keep reading long past my bedtime. Nothing better than a shocking hook at the end of a chapter to make you need more.

Stella is a woman struggling with her past life tragedies, her recent divorce, and doing her best to help a child she senses needs her help desperately. It’s and tense and emotional whodunnit with plenty of twists and turns.

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s press for the advanced copy.

Loved this book! I stayed up way too late reading because I was couldn’t wait until the end. I love a book that truly makes me question things as I read. I never could figure out who I thought was good or who I thought was bad! There were so many things that happened that made it impossible to predict. The character of the young girl, Rose, was even done in a way that truly made me question if she was crazy! The ending was satisfying and finally putting the pieces together at the end was enjoyable. I would highly recommend this book to anyone that loves a good mystery!

Just WOW! Sarah Pekkanen hits another one out of the park! I loved so many things about this book. The setting and characters were out of this world fantastic and kept me flipping pages long past my bedtime. (Well worth the lack of sleep). It was impossible to know who to trust. I thought I had it figured out many times but I was completely off base. Packed with secrets, tension and so many lies. Deliciously dark and creepy. I loved it.
Thank you NetGalley, Sarah Pekkanen and St. Martin’s Publishing for the opportunity to read and review this book.

This one took me a few chapters to fully get invested in, and then I definitely wanted to read to find out what would happen next! It wasn't the best thriller I have ever read... and to be honest, this was more of a psychological thriller than "thriller-thriller", but it was still a good read! I would recommend for sure to anyone looking for a twisty read!

3.5 stars rounded up.

Thank you to Netgalley, the publisher and author for an ARC!