Thanks to @netgalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This was a dark and disturbing tale that unfolds around the abduction of young teenagers in various states across the US.

14-year-old Angel and her twin brother Bud are kidnapped from their home after their unstable mother goes off for the weekend with her boyfriend, leaving them unattended. They wake up in the basement of a house and soon discover they are the prisoners of a psychopath. But they are not alone with their abductor. There is also a young girl who has been missing for over a year.
Her father Peter, a retired journalist, has been looking for her ever since and when the twins go missing he finally discovers a solid lead.

I loved Peter and his search for the truth and how relentless he was in helping other parents who were going through the same nightmare.
The basement scenes were really creepy and disturbing and I was relieved when the next chapter focused on something else ... 😬

I wasn't very impressed with the writing and I think this is one of those books that could have really benefited from a thorough edit.
The chapters were short and concise and dated, which gave you a sense of the time that had passed in the basement. But there were some inconsistencies with the dates that I attributed to being an uncorrected proof ....

There’s also a great twist, which I enjoyed, although I saw it coming.

If you loved Last Thing to Burn and Flowers in the Attic you might want to pick this up!

I really enjoyed this book. The characters and storyline are written very well. It kept me intrigued, and the surprising twist was fantastic! I was immersed in this book and could not put it down! I know many will love this book, I do recommend checking trigger warnings.

The premise of the book is a creepy one. Alfred needs dolls for his dollhouse to eradicate past memories that haunt him. So he obtains human children to fit the role of dolls in his torturous dollhouse. The details of the dollhouse are definitely not short of disturbing. Sara Ennis captured the mind of a madman in dark detail. I was hooked from page one until the ending and still found a few twists and turns that I was not expecting. As the book ended and hinted at a part two of the story, I found myself excited to read more of the characters' story. Definitely a disturbing and well-written story!

Whoa! What did I just read?! This book is a crazy wild ride. There were many twists and turns, a few that I saw coming and some that totally surprised me. There also was no shortage of OMG movements. This was a very fast paced read. My only complaint is there is one part at the end that I felt was left a little unresolved. Highly recommend this one! Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for providing me a copy of this to read and review!

Alfred collects "dolls" and has a very traumatic and disturbing past that he tries to bring back to life with his dolls reenacting and recreating old photos and memories in hopes of rewriting his past. Angel and Bud, 14 year old twins, are Alfred's newest dolls. While Alfred is trying to escape his past and rewrite his future, Bud and Angel are just trying to escape "the dollhouse" and have a future, one that doesn't involve emotional and physical abuse at the hands of Alfred who enjoys nothing more than playing "games" with the dolls.

First, I want to thank Net Galley and the publisher for providing me with an advanced copy of this book via Kindle. Second, I want to be honest in that I was very nervous when I started this book. I had read reviews and, although intrigued by the synopsis, I was worried that it would be too much for me. I knew I was getting into a very dark, twisty, disturbing, graphic book.....and I was right. Some compared it to the movie Saw, and I can understand why those readers would mention that movie. It was a complete mind trip and had some very graphic, hard to read scenes. BUT I kept reading because I needed to know more! I needed to know how things would end for Angel and Bud and if Alfred would get what was coming to him (how I hoped he would-the psycho!). I predicted a few of the twists but not completely so I had a few BAM! (IN YOUR FACE!) moments.

I enjoyed this book, I immersed myself into this book, knowing all the while that if it got to be too much I could just stop reading. But I didn't want to! I will recommend this to others with the trigger warning of abduction, child abuse and graphic content. I read this at the same time as a friend and I think that doing so helped me keep going and provided me with some outlet as to what I was feeling from what I was reading.

There's actually a very quick prequel to this story and a sequel as well so I do plan on reading those to know more about Alfred's past and the future beyond the dollhouse.

Abduction, torture, horrific, disturbing, creepy, suspenseful, intense. So many words to describe this book. This story really grabbed my attention and kept it all the way through to the end with unexpected twists. Great writing with well-developed characters. Starting the second book in the series now.

Thank you to NetGalley and Sara Ennis for a copy of "The Dollhouse" in exchange of an honest review.

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for this ARC in return for an honest review.

The Dollhouse by Sara Ennis is a psychological thriller revolving around kidnapped teenage twins Angel & Bud. They are kept in what is referred to as a 'Dollhouse' by a sadistic kidnapper. Treating them like dolls to re-enact childhood memories.

I enjoyed this book although it was quite dark at times. There was no sexual assault/rape elements which was good but there was torture. It was good to read a thriller that was a bit different to other thrillers I have read. The author really helped you feel as though you were there in the Dollhouse!

Well written and great characters.

That was kind of mediocre, the concept of the book should've given the author a big opportunity to write some disturbing book, but because of the writing it was kind of lame and staged, the problem with psychological thrillers is if the book can't make you believe what is happening and let you feel hooked, it just turns into a big chore to complete it.
You could tell the author didn't really search beforehand about the mental illness that was supposedly portrayed in the book, so that was an issue,too.
The characters weren't ones you could really feel attached to, also, they were written from the third person perspective, which was a shame because that didn't give more layers to the book.
The ending wasn't that spectacular, but it was expected, so i didn't dwell on that much.
*I received an ARC of this book in exchange of an honest review via netgalley and the publisher*

Not in the mood to do much but read, I decided after watching a movie called Red Notice which by the way was a fun action-comedy flick with Ryan Reynolds, Gal Gadot, and The Rock to sit out in the sun with my kindle. I scrolled through and came to The Dollhouse which had been on my mind for a couple of days. This book starts with a story about a photograph which during the book, there are several photoshoot recreations and stories of the original photographs. The book then jumps to Sunshine leaving her kids for a couple of days - 14-year-old twins Bud and Angel. The two end up getting abducted by a woman named Jennifer and delivered to a place called "The Dollhouse". The twins met Olivia who was also abducted and the three of them are now Alfred's dolls. They are subjected to torture and his playthings, especially Bud and Angel. The book is told in three viewpoints - we have the view of the Dollhouse and what happens with the kids, then we have Paul - Olivia's dad and his search to find his daughter and the others, and then we have Edward - who is a school counselor who comes onto the scene about halfway through the story. I have to admit the book took a crazy turn when the truth was revealed about Alfred - one that I didn't see coming at all. Like most crime stories, this one does have sadness as we know what can often occur in stories of child abductions especially when the abductor starts to spin out of control and feels their world crashing. The ending too was unexpected, but in a way, it felt refreshing for one of the Dolls as she needed a fresh beginning. The Dolls by Sara Ennis is a long read but keeps your attention as you turn the pages hoping they may be freed and saved. As the main characters - The Dolls were 14/15 years old I found that overall, this book had more of a YA feel similar to Natasha Preston's books than an Adult Psychological thriller which it was published under.

I really wanted to love The Dollhouse, it’s all over Instagram and I know many will love it but it didn’t work for me because there was just too much detail pertaining to child torture and violence.

The Dollhouse is a dark and disturbing read, I felt it was more leaning towards horror. The characters were exceptionally portrayed and the storyline although predicable did have a surprising twist which was well executed.

The story is not for the faint of heart, teens are abducted and kept prisoner by a twisted individual who likes to play games with them and have them re-stage old photographs. He is overwhelmingly brutal and holds them captive in a place called the Dollhouse.

I really felt the terror of the captives, it was horrifying! The book did keep me intrigued but I would have loved more backstory and less torture scenes.

I have the authors second book to read The Hunted: Sins of the Father and look forward to reading this one.

Wow! What a wild ride. This book follows a man named Alfred and him abducting children and making them his “dolls”. I got Room mixed with Saw vibes with this book and I kept wanting to read more and more. Giving this 4 starts! I wish we learned more of Alfred’s back story to explain why he was the way he was otherwise, awesome read.

Wow what a rollercoaster of emotion. The dollhouse was deeply disturbing without being overtly graphic. Physiological horror at it’s best. How much can a human take without breaking? I can not wait to read what’s next from Sara Ennis!

Thank you NetGalley for this arc

Thank you for the advanced copy of this book! I will be posting my review on social media, to include Instagram, Amazon, Goodreads, and Instagram!

The Dollhouse was a pretty dark and disturbing read. It's not for everyone with the abuse and everything the main characters (kids) go through. I found it to be a little slow in the middle and picked up closer to the end. I read a lot of thrillers and I guessed correctly about the twist. I really liked the short chapters and the story and character development. Switching between informative accounts between the parents of the missing children gave me more insight into each captive's background. I'm looking forward to reading the sequel.

This book was definitely dark! It had a twist I didn’t see coming. It had a little too much torture for my liking.

The Dollhouse is a creepy, dark and twisted book. I had a very hard time putting it down. A kidnapper who takes dolls for his dollhouse. This might not be a read for everyone but if you love horror/thriller this is definitely for you

The twins Angel and Bud aww I feel die then. Angel is frighten and more vulnerable than her twin bud. The Dollhouse reminds me of the collector from charmed in a way expected more evil and sinister. This is an extremely dark and physiological thriller. It had my attention on every page. The author done an amazing job. Trigger warnings:
Ableist language, abuse, alcoholism, blood/gore, bullying, death, drugs, kidnapping, mental illness, mice, suicide

This story is about a group of children who are kidnapped by a man called Alfred, who is using them as dolls to try and recreate photographs from key moments in his past.

This is no normal kidnapping story. This was on a whole other level. It is so dark and at some points, outright terrifying.

This book kept me on the edge of my seat from page 1. This story was so dark and twisted. I honestly wanted to jump into the book and protect the kids from Alfred and his horrible, twisted games.

The development of each character was fantastic. I won't go into detail for fear of spoilers, but it was done beautifully. The characters were so diverse and unique.

For anyone looking for a dark thriller, look no further.

If I've read a story that's filled me with so much hate and anger, I can't remember. I was in such a bad mood 'til the very end of the story. I can't even finish this in one sitting! It fills me with so much negative emotions, it's like you can see a miasma of hate around me. Please be wary of the possible triggers (torture, abuse, bullying, abduction, despair, helplessness, violent deaths) before reading this story. For me, this is what horror is made up of—living in a perpetual state of anguish, at the mercy of another human who has never known compassion, only pain and hatred.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Sara Ennis for the chance to read an ARC of this book.

This was such a wild and twisted psychological thriller! It was enchantingly dark and creepy and I was totally invested throughout!

I also found it exceedingly disturbing and one hell of an emotional rollercoaster!

After seeing sooooo many 5 stars views, I was just hoping for a more mind blowing moment but still certainly a solid, suspenseful read and I’m looking forward to digging into the next in the Duality series!