Yikes! I guess I didn't read the book description carefully, otherwise I would never have chosen to read this book. I received an ARC from NetGalley and the publisher. I expected a suspenseful whodunit with a twist, but what I read was a supernatural psychological thriller with an unsatisfying ending. After reading other readers' glowing reviews, I came to the conclusion it's not the book, it's me. Just not my kind of story.

I admit I was intrigued by the premise -- just the sort of book I like to read, full of mystery & twists. However, I only read the first 4 pages & was appalled by the awful language in just these pages (the "f" word was used in nearly every sentence. I didn't finish the book simply because of the unnecessary use of so much language. If the author will replace or remove that language the book would be SO much better.

I requested The Nesting because the plot sounded interesting but I still thought it would be just another suspense book. I was happily surprised when the book also turned out to be a gothic, mystery and ghost story set in Norway, Lexi , very unhappy in her life takes over the identity of a stranger ,Sophie, so she can become the nanny to two little girls who recently lost their mom. They’re all in Norway because their father is an architect and building his wife’s dream house on the side of a fjord to pay homage to her. So much goes wrong with the project, and with the other people in the house, but Lexi has never been happier caring for and loving the two little girls, except for the ghost she keeps encountering. A terrific page turning plot with tons of red herrings that kept me guessing right up to the end. Once started I couldn’t put it down.

Lexi Ellis has a brand new job as a nanny to Tom Faraday’s two little girls at a gorgeous home in Norway. The house may be beautiful, but it has a rather grim provenance. Faraday, an architect, built the house to honor his dead wife; it was built in the place she died. If you think there are going to be problems for Lexi, you’re right, as things begin to go bump in the night and the dead wife’s diary keeps showing up in Lexi’s room. Suddenly, it seems clear that Aurelia didn’t kill herself and that Lexi and the children may be in terrible danger. A fun, literate ghost story