Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the chance to read and review an early copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. House of Glass by Sarah Pekkanen will be released on August 13th, 2024.

Normally I am immediately hooked by any book that includes this author - but House of Glass just didn't hit the way that her books usually do. I'm not going to say the book was bad because it wasn't. The story, the concept, the writing: it was all great and I can't really pinpoint my exact issue other than I just didn't connect to the characters, but that could also be because I was in a bit of a reading slump and had other things going on in my life that took priority. I found myself struggling to keep focus on the story until about 75% of the way through, and then it was like her other books.


Rating this book is hard. I would definitely recommend the book.

Thank you so much to netgalley and Macmillan Audio for the arc of this one in exchange for an honest review!

I liked the audiobook for this one. The narrator was good and I liked her voice. It was an easy listen.

Unfortunately, I did not enjoy the book itself. I found the characters hard to relate to and just annoying. I don't feel like the twists were all that original and I just didn't care about the outcome.

I will be giving this one 3 stars since I liked the audiobook but not the story itself.

This was such a fun and easy read! The book grips you from the very first chapter. The premise is a classic whodunnit!
•Unsolved murder: ☑️
•All of the characters seem sinister: ☑️
•The majority of the story takes place in a creepy and unsettling mansion: ☑️
•The main character has a traumatic past that ties her into the current mystery at hand: ☑️
•Not all is as it seems: ☑️

All the pieces are there and lead to an unputdownable experience. I highly recommend picking this one up for the entertainment value alone!

I absolutely devoured this book in two days! It took me wholly by surprise. Honestly, I went in expecting a popcorn thriller that I’d enjoy but not remember, and instead I got this gem of a five-star read. I was totally hooked on this story. The psychological suspense was so gripping, with a shocking conclusion of events. It has creepy atmosphere, untrustworthy characters, easily absorbed writing. The pacing kept me turning the pages and unable to stop. A definite must-read thriller of the year! If you’re looking for an immersive, nail-biter read, this is the one. The narrator did a perfect job of capturing the voice of the character and the tone of the story.

A great solo title by this author. I really enjoyed the family complexities and complications that seemed natural to preventing the protagonist and reader from figuring out the truth. Great subplot as well.

House of Glass by Sarah Pekkanen is a gripping mystery novel packed full of trust, deception, and survival. Stella Hudson is a young lawyer appointed to serve as counsel for children in custody cases. She determines their best interest.

The Barclays prove to be the ideal couple on the outside but on the inside lies simmer beneath the surface of an already tainted marriage. When their young nanny, Tina falls to her death their nine year old daughter Rose begins collecting sharp objects and becomes mute. Stella is brought in to help determine what really happened. From the moment Stella enters the Barclays house, she can sense things are eerily amiss. It's a plastic house with not a shard of glass to be found. Stella senses the Barclays are desperate to hide their secrets and fears they will go to any lengths to do so. As danger wraps around the house Stella has little time to figure out the truth, who killed Tina?

This title will be released on August 6, 2024. Be sure to grab this one if you are looking for a fresh new gripping thriller!

Thank you to NetGalley, St. Martin's Press and Macmillan Audio for an advanced copy. All opinions are my own.

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House of Glass - ARC
By: Sarah Pekkanen
Genre: Thriller
Format: Audiobook, ebook
Publication Date: August 6, 2024

✨ I found House of Glass to be a fun, fast read and a relatively hard to put down thriller. I read it in just a few short days.

✨ I immediately compared this to The Silent Patient. The main difference is that a kid is experiencing traumatic mutism and not an adult like in TSP. To complicate matters, the father had a known affair with the nanny who ended up dead at their family home, a death likely witnessed by Rose, but still unsolved.

✨ The main character, Stella Hudson, is the lawyer appointed to represent the child, Rose, as her very wealthy parents go through a disagreeable divorce and custody battle. Stella also experienced traumatic mutism as a small child from when her mom died in the same apartment as her. As such, she is one of the few who may understand and be able to connect with the child and is convinced by a dear friend and mentor to take on the challenging case due to her personal connection and circumstances.

✨ Altogether, this does make for a rather interesting and forward-moving story. The characters all carry a certain level of intrigue and you can plausibly predict a number of different endings. I do love trying my hand at thriller predictions and twists!

✨ To that point, it wasn’t as big of a twist as I would have liked, but it was a satisfying ending nonetheless and probably the one that makes the most sense for the story.

✨ Thank you to Sarah Pekkanen, @Netgalley @macmillan audio and Macmillan for providing me with access to this e-ARC.

✨ I will definitely read more of Sarah Pekkanen’s books after this!

So many secrets.
What one wouldn’t do for money and comfort…Money isn’t the issue here. It is the love of money and luxury that is the downfall of any person. It’s the innate desire of every single one of us.

Stella takes on a case as “Guardian ad litem” for a 9 year old girl, named Rose. This little girl doesn’t speak after seeing her nanny crash through a window on one of the upper floors in her house. There’s a mystery surrounding the death as to who did it. During this time, Stella confronts her past. What she once believed to be true is completely turned upside down.

This story is creepy at times and suspenseful. I questioned every character’s motive and what they would gain or lose. When the dots finally connected, I realized it was all in there to begin with (why didn’t I see it?).

The narrative was voiced by Laura Benanti. I think it was done well and she captured the emotional entanglement of each character. 5/5 stars.

I love a good mystery.

Thanks to #NetGalley and #MacmillanAudio for the #ARC audiobook. Publication date is August 6, 2024.

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I devoured this book! There’s something so creepy about children sometimes, especially Rose, so I really wanted to get to the bottom of the situation alongside Stella. The book was full of misdirections and I loved that about it. I couldn’t trust my own thoughts and opinions and by the time I got to the end I realized that I had been manipulated, just like Stella! What an excellent use of the characters to create a certain perspective/narrative.

I alternated between the book and audiobook and fully enjoyed the experience that the audiobook narrator provided. I found myself up half the night listening and unable to turn it off!

3.5 but I rounded up to 4 since the first half started off really strong for me and only died off a little come the second half!

I do understand why it slowed down a bit, the author was really building up that eerie and claustrophobic vibe that the book was totally giving me! I felt the urge to keep checking over my shoulder while listening to this one so I’d say the author did an awesome job at creeping me out ahaha. I truly couldn’t figure out who did what in this book but the child was creeping me out A LOT lol. There was also quite a bit of the MC’s past which is definitely what was propelling her to figure out what was going on with this little girl that was seemingly harmless… but was she really?

There’s nothing but secrets and liars in this house missing glass, but it’s our MC Stella’s job to sort through the mess and discover who’s the biggest liar and why.

I am still reeling from this fabulous audiobook! The unique characters, setting and circumstances were the perfect ingredients for an edge of your seat thriller! Sarah Pekkanen is a master story teller and I absolutely devoured this book. It kept me guessing until the end and the narrator was wonderful. WOW!

Stella, a best interest attorney has been assigned to work with 9 year old Rose to determine which parent she should live with as her parents are divorcing. The reason for the divorce is nanny related, and the nanny is now dead, and it happened at their house. Who did it? Why?

I do believe that this was a bit drawn out and could have included some additional thrilling aspects throughout the first 3/4 of the book.

4.5 stars
Stella takes an assignment to protect the interests of a child who has gone mute after the death of her nanny. The nanny appears to have been murdered but the police can’t figure out what happened. Stella is determined to solve the mystery for the sake of her ward. As she pushes for more information, the family dysfunction unravels. Anyone and everyone is a suspect! This book hits hard right from the start and keeps you theorizing and guessing whodunnit until almost the very end. So well written and narrated. Definite recommendation!
*Thanks to St Martin’s Press, MacMillan Audio, and NetGalley for the advance reader/listener copies

Amazing. Absolutely loved this book.

The characters. The story line and plot. It was all great. I didn’t see anything coming and loved the personal aspect of Stella and her past.

Definitely recommend this book. Audio was done fantastic also

"House of Glass" by Sarah Peakenen is a mesmerizing tale that intricately weaves together the lives of three generations of women, each grappling with their own secrets, desires, and the haunting legacy of their family's past. From the very first page, Peakenen's storytelling prowess draws you in, putting you in a world where past and present collide.

I'm sad to say that I didn't love House of Glass. I have enjoyed other books by this author. I thought the book went on too long. I didn't enjoy the storyline of Stella and Charles although I understand why the author included it. I just felt it made the book too long. I didn't love the narrator. It just wasn't my favorite

Stella is working with the Barclays, a rich DC family, on their custody battle that is following their nanny dying from falling from the top floor of their home. Their daughter, Rose, has gone mute and that is similar to what happened to Stella as a kid. Stella has an uneasy feeling every time she is at their home and the grandmother that lives there as well gives her the creeps. Something else she finds strange is that anything that is glass has been replaced with with thick plastic. Although they look like the perfect family from the outside, they are farm from it.

This book had me guessing the entire time! As soon as I thought I figured out who did it, something would happen that made me second guess myself. There are a good core group of potential suspects to keep up with and I did not think that there were too many, just the typical suspects. The mom, the dad, the boyfriend, the kid, and the grandmother who also lived in the house. I did think the relationship between the dad and his mom was weird with how much she was going to bat for the mom to have sole custody instead of her own son. Overall, it was a great listen!

I haven’t read any of the other books by this author but I hear good things. This book was very good! I was very invested in the plot and characters. I will say I felt there were too many characters in the book and hard to keep track of who’s who but I still enjoyed it. The ending really surprised me with how abruptly it ended. Will recommend

✦ House of Glass by Sarah Pekkanen ✦
★★★★★ 5/5 stars!
Pub Date : Aug 6, 2024

✦ Read if you like :
-nail biting suspense
-creepy houses
-creepier kids
-traumatic mutism/weird phobias
-DC setting
-everyone is a suspect- literally EVERYONE
-short, bingeable chapters
-Books that would make great bookclub or buddy reads
-The Turn of the Key but 100x better!

✦ My Thoughts
Sarah Pekkanen was one of my first favorite thriller authors. Am I her biggest fan? Probably😍 I have read everything she's written (both solo + co-authored) & her 2023 title Gone Tonight was one of my top reads last year. Excited is an understatement when I got this new release!

Eerie, unsettling, & so so good. I couldn't put this book down. I DEVOURED IT.

With short, binge worthy chapters that kept me on the edge of my seat, palpable suspense & writing that gets you completely invested- this is the recipe for a perfect page turner.

I love how this book was like piecing together a big puzzle - you just have to keep reading to see how the big picture comes together.

House of Glass is a 10/10! I am only sad that we have to wait until August for it to hit the shelves! Add this to your TBR RIGHT NOW! This is a must read for thriller lovers - trust me, you aren’t gonna want to miss this one!

thanks to @netgalley, @macmillan.audio , @stmartinspress, + @sarahpekkanen for the opportunity to read this arc ◡̈

Thank you to NetGalley for the advanced audiobook copy.

I really enjoyed this book even though I knew “who did it” within the first few chapters. The audiobook was excellent. I highly recommend the book and the audio.