Thank you NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to review "The Perfect Home." I am not sure that I would list this book as a thriller it is more of a chic-lit read. I am not a big fan of this genre but if I was I would enjoy this book. It reads easily and is fast paced. A definite beach read.

My opinion doesn't matter and I nearly died but sure, let's hurry up and read books for a publisher who doesn't care anyway. I'm just going to stick to the books I know I will like and stop wasting time and money on things that don't matter.

I enjoyed the drama in this one. This is a domestic thriller that started a bit slow but picked up and just kept getting better. I loved the intensity and the setting of Nashville.

Fantastic read! Kept me on the edge of my seat! I can’t wait to read more by this author!! I really enjoyed all the twists and turns along the way.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the arc in exchange for a honest review. As someone else said I too believe this was a quintessential three-star read. It balances both strengths and weaknesses making it an easy read. Pretty predictable but yet kept me engaged and entertained until the end.

I enjoyed this domestic thriller which focuses on a married couple who seems perfect on TV is slowly cracking behind the scenes until a a dark secret is revealed between the two and Dawn takes off with their twins. This was fast paced, twisty and a fun ride. My only wish is that Dawn has been made a stronger character as she often made poor decisions they seemed fairly obvious.

"Fixer Upper meets Gone Girl in this suspenseful and witty domestic thriller set in the world of home renovation TV—featuring a woman who becomes public enemy #1 after a horrifying discovery prompts her to flee her celebrity husband with their twin babies."

Thank you for the chance to read and review The Perfect Home.

As someone who loves mysteries, thrillers and DIY it was so excited to read The Perfect Home. The story starts off with the perfect marriage to match the perfect home that Wyatt and Dawn live in. Wyatt is handsome, charming, rich and attentive to Dawn - on paper he is everything you could want. But as they try to start a family, Wyatt takes extreme measures to be the perfect man and give her children. As his behavior continues to change and become increasing alarming Dawn starts to wonder if their marriage was a fake as the staged jokes on their TV show.

The Perfect Home by Daniel Kenitz is a dual POV thriller that I could not put down! The premise is so well-done: what is truth in a reality-TV obsessed, social media driven society? Add in the infertility angle, along with the experimental drugs, and you have a really compelling story. Can a medication change a person's personality enough to cause sociopathic behaviors? Where does acting the part for the public end and gaslighting and manipulation in private begin? The fact that the reader knows who is telling the truth but everyone else in the book does not creates a wonderful tension, resulting in this well-written suspense/thriller. The only part I found unbelievable was how Dawn's relationships with Alice and Victoria were tied up at the end.

Many thanks to the author, the publisher, and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this e-galley.

I really liked the beginning of this but ended up finding it really boring /: there are a few small reveals throughout the book, but there's really no big twist or mystery going on. the synopsis pretty much tells the whole story and you're just seeing exactly how it plays out.

The Perfect Home blends two of my favorite concepts: reality TV and psychological mystery. Daniel Kenitz's debut novel features Dawn and Wyatt Decker-the married DIY couple on the top rated cable show on HLTV. Wyatt is handsome, charming and seemingly talented-perfect for reality TV, while Dawn balances him out and provides some levity (scripted of course). They are living a charmed life in Nashville-TV show, a popular home store, numerous books and possible spinoffs. All that's missing is the perfect child to go with the perfect life. The cracks start to show when Wyatt's behavior becomes erratic during Dawn's pregnancy. Fearing for their lives, Dawn takes the twins and leaves-while Wyatt frames her as having postpartum issues-and is so convincing even her good friends start to believe it. Dawn will stop at nothing to save the twins and herself but at what cost? The story is told from both Dawn and Wyatt's perspective-which works well as we are clued in to Wyatt's perspective early on-as well as some twists along the way. I really enjoyed this debut; it is fast-paced with well-developed characters and the reality TV show and Nashville serve as the perfect backdrop.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for my honest feedback.

The perfect marriage, the perfect family - the perfect little home. Dawn can't believe she can be so lucky. Her marriage to a reality star 'home improvement' personality still surprises her every day. Wyatt is perfectly sweet and attentive, driven and understanding. He's the perfect husband.

But soon after they start trying to have kids, they realize one of them is the reason they haven't conceived yet. Wyatt shouldn't take it hard, but he does. He has to fix this.

The story was a race and once I started, I didn't want to stop. Dawn was so darn easy to like. She was down to earth and realistic. Wyatt was easy to imagine and his charm oozed off the page. After Part 1, my jaw was on the floor. From there, each new part was a new shock and I needed to know how this would end.

The twists and turns kept me hooked and I loved how this one end, each lovely last chapter. Absolutely phenomenal, I will definitely look for more from this author!

A huge thank you to the author and publisher for providing an e-ARC via Netgalley. This does not affect my opinion regarding the book.

This domestic drama was very engaging. It was great for showing the power of media - for good and ill. The nightmare that Dawn has to go through is so believable. This is not a mystery/thriller in the sense that you are wondering what is happening, as you know the whole time. The strength of this book is in the way you are right there with Dawn and just want to see it through. 4 stars

Thank you to Netgalley and Scribner for this advance copy for review purposes.

The Perfect Home by Daniel Kenitz was not the typical suspense novel's plot. There were many twists and turns that left me wondering what direction the story would go. It was difficult to put down. Kenitz planned a thoughtful thriller that left the reader guessing what the husband and wife do, especially in the limelight of reality television. There were many realistic elements to it as far as how people can wear so many masks that you never truly know the real, true self. The different plot dealing with reality tv grabbed my attention and made me think about other real life television stars and how they only want certain angles of themselves on display. Great read!

The Perfect Home is one of those books that makes you want to throw it across the room while reading it because the characters are just that despicable. I loved Dawn and later Kelly and Tim, but that was about as far as it went on the likeable spectrum. My mouth dropped open at some of the things these characters did, and I was so angry for poor Dawn. This is Daniel Kenitz’s debut apparently but it didn’t feel like one, and I loved the way he got my emotions all fiery while I was reading this. The viewpoints alternate between Dawn and her mess of a husband Wyatt, and it gives new meaning to the phrase things are not always what they seem. Especially when you are dealing with Reality TV versus real life.

I would recommend listening to The Perfect Home over reading it, simply because Michael Crouch & Amanda Stribling made this book everything it could be plus more. They both fit exactly what I was expecting for Wyatt and Dawn in my head and their narration throughout was solid as they expertly captured the feeling and voice of the book. My advice to you is to go into this book as blindly as possible as it is my opinion that the synopsis gives away TOO much. I’m glad I didn’t read it prior to starting and all you really need to know is that this a thriller set against the backdrop of a home reno show.

Read this if you love over-the-top narratives, popcorn thrillers, and frustrating characters.

Book Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5
Audiobook Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

I'm a big fan of HGTV but I've always thought Chip and Joanna Gaines had weird vibes. Like, how do they keep getting on the cover of magazines? Why do I know their names but I don't even watch their show? I'd recognize these guys in the street! I know they had marital issues at one point -- that kind of culture-integrated fame is so creepy. And malleable. Kenitz takes those vibes and turns them into a gaslighty, high-profile, celebrity domestic thriller built around that rabid addiction to attention.

This story had a loooong setup. A good chunk of the book was Dawn and Wyatt trying to get pregnant and just constantly talking, thinking, writing, journaling, and rearranging their lives around becoming parents. As both a parent and a thriller fan, I thought that was a bit much. There were many times I thought, "Okay, I GOT it, I GOT it." But as I went on, I saw that building up so much trust and love was necessary to make the lies work.

Once the beat dropped, I was hooked. Dawn was SO cornered I had NO idea how she was going to disentangle herself. Wyatt was omnipresent and oppresive. The way this ramped up really paid off. And it made me want to watch reality TV.

Looking forward to what's next from Kenitz.

Thanks to NetGalley, the author, and the publisher for providing a speak peek.

The summary for this one intrigued me since it featured a couple that worked on a home improvement type reality show. It quickly became clear that the fame part of this situation would have the most impact on the story. The public sees one side of this couple, but in private the situation was a whole different story. There was gaslighting and knee jerk reactions and I just couldn’t help rolling my eyes through a lot of it. The evidence was easy come, easy go, and one of the characters just never seemed to learn anything. I guess this was a case of just not for me.

Thank you to Netgalley and Scribner for a copy provided for an honest review.

This book is a quintessential three-star read for me—solidly balanced with both strengths and weaknesses. It’s a quick, engaging read that keeps you turning pages, even as you anticipate the inevitable. In other words, it’s highly predictable, but in a way that still holds your attention.

That said, it leans into some overused tropes I’d love to see retired—namely, women pitted against each other and men gaslighting their wives to dodge accountability for their own mess. But then again, isn’t that just a little too reflective of real life?

Thank you NetGalley & Scribner for the ARC.

Thank you to Netgalley and the Publisher for this Advanced Readers Copy of The Perfect Home by Daniel Kenitz!

First off, I loved the dual point of views. At times it really made you wonder who you could believe. We live in such a social media world, it was so east to get sucked in. I do wish there was more at the end, because I was like thats all! It was a great easy read.

Daniel Kenitz wrote his first novel in seventh grade.

“It was on looseleaf paper, when I had extra time in class,” said Kenitz, who grew up in Hartford and, after spending some time working in Milwaukee, lives there still.

He didn’t get serious about writing until the last decade, when he left a full-time job in online marketing to devote more time to freelance writing and pursue his dream. His debut novel, “The Perfect Home,” is set for publication by Scribner on Jan. 7.

The novel is a gripping domestic thriller. Wyatt and Dawn Decker, a married couple, host a hit home renovation reality show, “The Perfect Home.” Their on-screen chemistry masks the strain of personal challenges, like the stress of trying to conceive. A chain of increasingly shocking events dismantles the stories they tell themselves as their relationship begins to unravel.

Read the interview here: https://captimes.com/entertainment/books/daniel-kenitz-s-debut-novel-explores-the-dark-side-of-reality-tv/article_c81baee0-c79c-11ef-ad5b-63c5d8b30928.html