Looking for a fast paced read you won’t want to put down? I got you. House of Glass is the book you’re looking for.

Beth and Ian Barclay are getting a divorce and fighting over custody of their 9 year old daughter, Rose. Stella is a best interest attorney - it’s her job to recommend the best custody arrangement. To determine this, it’s important for her to learn all she can about the family - and as she starts to investigate the Barclays, she quickly realizes this isn’t a typical case.

Creepy and compelling, I didn’t want to put this one down! Thank you to St Martins Press, Netgalley, and Macmillan audio for the free ebook and audiobook to review!

🎧4⭐️

As I absolutely loved Gone Tonight by the same author I was keen to read/ listen to this book asap.

I had the audiobook read by Laura Benanti who does a good job.

This is the second book I’ve read about child protective services, this is court appointed best interest attorney Stella who is investigating where Rose the appointed child’s best interest lies after her Nanny died in suspicious circumstances. The previous book concentrated more on the court procedure (Between the Lies Louise Tickle for anyone curious) This one is more investigative than court based.

Of course there are plenty of secrets, lies and twists it wouldn’t be a psych thriller without. It’s got a good pace. It kept me entertained, there’s a couple of dodgy decisions (nothing new there). There’s characters to love, hate and be suspicious of, sometimes all three.

I didn’t love it as much as Gone Tonight, but I enjoyed it.

Another quick, exciting book by Sarah Pekkanen! This is a fast paced, who dunnit? read with a reliable narrator (hallelujah!). I enjoyed Stella's character, her backstory, and the affects of it in the present story. The Barclay family, particularly the nine year old daughter Rose, are a flawed and peculiar bunch. The author cleverly caused me to be invested this family who are actually quite unlikable. I saw the main twist coming but the secondary twist totally blindsided me and added understanding and value to the overall story arc. A well written suspenseful, mystery/thriller than I imagine most who gravitate toward the genre will enjoy.

Thank you to NetGalley, Macmillan Audio, and Sarah Pekkanen for an audio ARC in exchange for my honest review.

I may never recover from this audiobook.
The narration is spot on. I really felt like Stella was talking to me. I was not expecting the ending at all. There were so many twists.

Unfortunately this was a miss for me. I enjoyed Sarah Pekkanen’s last thriller, but this fell flat for me. The plot and the conclusion were too far fetched, the characters felt flat and one dimensional, and there was a lot of unnecessary filler. I also found the narrator of the audiobook pretty grating. I do think the author is talented but this was a disappointment.

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.

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 Macmillan Audio for the free audiobook in exchange for my honest review. This is narrated by Laura Benanti who does a fantastic job!

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 a 3 star solid thriller about Rose Barclay who is a nine-year old who is essentially a mute. It can be traumatic when she witnessed the "possible murder" of her nanny. A lawyer who shares a similar history of dealing with a traumatic past - is assigned to Rose to try to have a breakthrough with Rose. In the end, it had a few twists and turns but it wasn't my favorite.

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.

I really wanted to love this audiobook because of the whole “The Orphan” vibe. BUT not only was the narrator irritating, the story was so long and drawn out. the way the two plots combine and overlap seemed like a large, unrelated stretch to me as well. The parts I liked though, I really liked.

House of glass
I really enjoyed this book!
4.5 stars

Stella is an attorney who decides which parent a child should live with. The client she has been placed with is Rose, a beautiful little girl who became mute after watching her nanny die. As Stella gets to know the family, the more questions she has about each member. The mom seems uptight and private, the dad openly admits to cheating on her multiple times, the grandma is overly involved, and Rose. Well, Rose seems to be collecting shards of glass for a hobby.

This was a fun domestic thriller with a side of creepy vibes. The narrator of the audiobook did a stellar job as well. I highly suggest adding this to your TBR pile for sure!

Thank you to the author, NetGalley, and MacMillan Audio for this ARC in exchange for an honest review!

3.5⭐️ rounded down

I enjoyed Sarah Pekkanen’s previous book, Gone Tonight. So when I saw she had a new book coming out I was excited to read it. This is definitely a twisty book that had me reading late into the night. I really wanted to find out what the heck was going on.

I was really invested in finding out what was going on with Rose and her parents. If she was really as evil as she was portrayed or if it was one of the parents. The subplot involving Stella’s past wasn’t my favorite. I felt like it detracted a bit from the main story with Rose. Charles was also a strange side character. I still can’t decide how I feel about his part of the story.

Overall, this was a good thriller that kept me guessing. I didn’t enjoy it as much as Gone Tonight, but still a solid read.

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!

I read a review of this book where no less impressive of a thriller writer than Freida McFadden said she loved this one so much that she didn’t want it to end. She’s not wrong.

Stella is a best interest attorney, which means that in child custody cases, she helps determine what living situation is in the best interest of the child. She never takes on young children as clients because she likes that older children have more agency. Young clients also hit a little too close to home in bringing back memories of Stella‘s own traumatic past, which included her father dying in a car accident, her mom dying of a drug overdose and her going to live with a relative who never really wanted her. in the case of Rose, however, a young girl who is mute after the trauma of seeing her nanny plunge to her death through a window, Stella’s mentor and father figure tells her she’s the only one who can do this case justice. Stella begrudgingly takes it on and we meet a cast of characters including Rose, who may be traumatized but may also be evil; her wealthy parents, including an old-money, elegant mother, the more down-to-earth father whose cheating with the nanny broke up the family; and his mother, who came to recover from surgery and never left. There is a lot of protection and deception taking place, and it’s up to Stella to figure out what’s what before her own past trauma gets in her way or she goes the way of the nanny.

This one kept me guessing through the large majority of the book, which isn’t always the case with thrillers. That takes a strong writer and a strong story. Pekkanen’s words are also so beautifully chosen. Her descriptive scene setting and other nuances are so evocative and really put you in the middle of the story. The only critique I can offer here is, as with some other psychological thrillers I’ve read, the author succumbs to the temptation to throw in “just one more twist.” Stella learns some information about her personal life that is a really interesting development at first, and then just veers into too much. I also wondered if some of her unconventional tactics could get her disbarred, but I’m willing to go with it for the sake of a good story.

In all, a really good read here. Bonus points for the narration from Laura Benanti, who I’ve seen on Broadway! This publishes on Aug. 6 and I thank #NetGalley, #MacmillanAudio and #SarahPekkanen for the advance listen!

Sarah Pekkanen’s House of Glass is tightly written and packed with surprises at every turn as her main character, ad-litem attorney Stella, takes on Rose, a young client stuck in the middle of her parents’ testy divorce. Complicating matters, Rose has gone mute after a traumatic loss. Stella’s work is made more difficult by Rose’s parents and grandmother, who want nothing more than to have Stella out of their way. Relentless to help the child, Stella uncovers the family’s secrets and lands in danger’s path.

Pekkanen’s plot is unique and captivating. Her clean writing, fast pacing, vivid imagery, and unforgettable characters make House of Glass all the more enjoyable. The audiobook narrator provides convincing variations between characters. At times, making the listener forget a woman is reading dialogue for male and child characters. Expertly done, all the way around.

Special thanks to the publisher and to NetGalley for an advance copy.

Thank you for the Advance Copy. I have read several books from the author and went into it knowing it would be great. This story did not disappoint. I thoroughly enjoyed it from beginning to end. This book kept you guessing and when you think you have figured it out, you are wrong. I loved it. It had several elements from mystery, suspense, heartbreak and even romance. I would recommend this book to anyone because it kept you invested in the story the entire time.

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.

This style of writing is perfect for an audiobook, so I was thrilled to be approved for an advance copy. And not only that, Laura Benanti, a very talented actress, is the narrator.

However, her delivery is on the overly dramatic side. I don’t know if it’s the direction she was given but it was a bit distracting. Her voice is lovely but it sounded overwrought. I still think the delivery was enjoyable for the most part.

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. Thanks NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for letting me read an advance copy in exchange for an honest review.

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!

Thank you to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for this ALC! This was a highly enjoyable mystery that I was able to binge in a few days. The mystery surrounding the nanny’s death, a child with traumatic mutism, and sketchy MC’s all worked to create a fun story that hooked me from beginning to end. My only critique is that I would have liked more jaw dropping twists but overall this was a highly enjoyable read that I think people will devour when it comes out!