This premise felt familiar but the story still held my attention. I listened to the audiobook. Because it had multiple narrators, it helped to keep my interest.

The Perfect Neighborhood is very much your typical story of an affluent community of parents with young children that is built on gossip, competition to have the best, desire to be included. While it was easy to predict the storyline, it was just as easy to get sucked into the lives of these characters. There was nothing outrageously special that set this one apart from other family dramas, but the suspense was real. This would definitely be a great summer read.

"The Perfect Neighborhood" is a story things that go wrong in the perfect neightborhood which seemed quite bland.

The story is told from multiple perspectives: parents of missing children, residents, Allison, Sarah, Rachel and Cassidy. Although it was a slow burn, I was swept into the story rather early. It almost felt like an episode of "The Real house wives." Alterman did a good job at creating an anxiety filled environment. I could feel the mothers tension as the chidlren went missing. With that being saif, the chracters felt one -dimensional. I would of liked more complexity in regards to the story lind and chracters.


Overall, this was a fun story.

The Perfect Neighborhood by is an entertaining book that will take you on a ride!

I loved reading this so much, 2 days, that's how fast I read it 👓

Writing style is extremely important for me and I think it was a driving factor in the book. The characters and storyline are written so well.

I did feel the end was rushed and a few more chapters would have been welcomed.

However, I did like that the last few chapters gave insights on how things progressed after the story ends, I always enjoy such additions!

The book is 300+ pages and yet I read it so fast, you can imagine how engaged I must have been!

Perfect to get a reader out of reading slump!

This was a good read. It kept me reading even though the who done it was very predictable. I would recommend this to anyone that likes easy to read thrillers. There are some trigger warnings for child abduction, and extramarital affairs.

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for this read.

This was just ok for me. I like these kinds of thrillers but this one was predictable and I saw a lot of the plot twists before they happened

Small, idyllic Oak Hill is the perfect place to settle down and start a family. Isn’t it? It all starts when actress Allison Langley leaves her ex-rockstar husband, Christopher. It’s all anyone can talk about, until suddenly five year old Billy Barnes is missing. While the town speculates, another child goes missing, and suddenly nowhere feels safe. Will the cops find these children? And who took them in the first place? “The Perfect Neighborhood” by Liz Alterman is a story of gossip, secrets, and the dark side of suburbia.

Whew. What a heavy read. I don’t think I fully anticipated how dark this book would feel emotionally when I picked it up. I was completely gripped from page one. Luckily it was a quick read, so I didn’t need to hang out in that emotional space for so long.

Despite the heavy vibes, I definitely enjoyed this book. Once I got used to the various voices throughout the book, I really got sucked into this one. I was trying to piece the clues together and was only ever one step ahead.

In the end, I gave this book 3 stars. It was a good plot, but it was so heavy at times that it was hard for me to stay focused on the main mystery plot points. I feel like if I had kids, I would not have made it through this one.

Thanks to Crooked Lane Books and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for my honest review!

This book called out to me because of the setting of the plot. Just imagine – a family living in a cosy neighbourhood with a supportive community, everyone knows each other, kids have a safe space…or so Rachel thought…until her son, Billy went missing in this very neighbourhood! Accusations were made, gossip started to circulate and Rachel no longer feel safe in her own home. Suddenly, everyone is a suspect…but why?

I loved every bit of this. It is one of those reads that you can finish in one afternoon with a hot cup of coffee! Thank you Netgalley and Crooked Lane books for the arc.

I really, really love to read domestic dramas about families in wealthy neighborhoods. Each family in The Perfect Neighborhood had its own secrets to protect and storylines to advance. Liz Alterman's story centers on a missing child, so be warned if that's upsetting to you. More pieces of the puzzle are uncovered as four narrators alternate telling the story from their perspectives. I don't want to give anything away in describing the plot but it kept me guessing throughout the story. Fans of domestic suspense novels like those by Lisa Jewell and Joshilyn Jackson will enjoy this one.

3.5 stars rounding up.

The book felt more YA than I was expecting and that's really not one of my favorite genres, so I don't feel I am really the right audience for this one. The teenage babysitter hooking up with the older, married, has-been rock star just creeped me out. Add to that two missing small children and I was a little triggered.

However, it was a well-developed mystery that had me guessing until nearly the end. Other than the missing children, I didn't have a lot of sympathy for any of the characters. Everyone was pretty loathsome. At least I had the kids to root for. That said, the characters were pretty well-developed. I disliked them all for good reasons.

I would still recommend this, but for a younger audience.

I am a sucker for a neighborhood drama. I love that everyone feels like they have a right to know what everyone else is up to- no one can seem to mind their own business in these tight knit neighborhoods. This neighborhood is buzzing with the recent break up of the celebrity couple living down the street...that is until a little boy goes missing one day after school. All eyes are on the babysitter that didn't show up to get him on time..but who is really to blame?

This was definitely a slow burn domestic thriller. I loved that the story is told through various viewpoints. Among these viewpoints, we get the babysitter, Cassidy and the mother of  the missing boy. The variation of viewpoints really brings the story to life. 

Although I guessed the ending early on, I still loved the story and was completely immersed the entire time.

A whodunnit that will have you questioning most characters and their motives. Not terribly hard to figure it out as the story unfolds. Many narrators/perspectives to keep track of. High end neighborhood horror story.

The Perfect Neighborhood by Liz Alterman is a neighborhood/domestic drama with a mystery surrounding the missing children. It was a pretty slow burn, but I was able to stay fully invested thanks to the different viewpoints, and even though I thought I knew what was coming, I wasn't entirely correct. There wasn't as much drama as I was expecting as I was hoping for lots of gossip and other fun small neighborhood things, but it wasn't TOO heavy on that. The most drama came from Allison leaving, and then Lindsay's POV since she is right among the neighborhood gossips, but her part was a lot smaller than I was expecting. The mystery of the missing children, while being a main part of the story, did take a bit of a backseat at times in my mind, and the focus ended up being more on what each of the MCs was personally experiencing.

I found this book basically impossible to put down and it was a really easy listen/read. The audiobook was fantastic thanks to the different narrators for each viewpoint, and I loved Amanda Dolan, Priya Ayyar, Hillary Huber, Laura Jennings, & Gail Shalan all equally. Huber was the narrator for Lindsay's POV, so I was a little disappointed that she didn't have a larger part since she is one of my favorites, but I was really happy with all of them, so it all worked out in the end. The Perfect Neighborhood is so named because clearly nothing about Oak Hill is perfect and most of the residents are hiding something. I love these types of narratives and was definitely not disappointed. I also really enjoyed Alterman's writing style and would gladly read future books from her! If you want an escapist read that you can enjoy while sipping some wine on the patio during a summer night, The Perfect Neighborhood is a perfect choice.

I devoured this book in one day! The constant neighborhood domestic drama that was in this book was so interesting which made you turning them pages.

The missing children?? Boy oh boy what a wild ride!!

Thank you for NetGalley for providing me with this book for review. A great read, perfect way to spend a rainy afternoon.

This one took me a while to pick up because of the "missing children" plot point. I'm pregnant and currently very hormonal, so I had to wait until I could really handle the subject matter,.

That being said, I neither loved nor hated this book. The "what the neighbors are doing" genre is very in right now, so I feel as though I've read a lot of these types of books all in a row, and none of them are particularly unique. I liked Alterman's writing, I just didn't have a strong reaction to any of it either way.

What can I say, I'm a sucker for suburbia thrillers that have all the drama. This starting off with couple drama, leading into criminal drama is what hooked me. This book was an enjoyable read and definitely scratched my "neighborhood drama" itch that I always have.

A great read with plenty of twists and turns. Kept me guessing. Will definitely read more by this author. It was impossible to put down!

Really hard to finish this one. Unlikeable characters everywhere makes it so hard to connect or care about much of the plot line.

Terrible police work handling the missing children case and it was too similar to a previously read story.

This book started out great. A child kidnapped in an upscale neighborhood. Many suspects.
Told from many POVs. Then it started falling apart for me. And the ending seemed to come out of left field.
I just didn’t like this one.

Thank you NetGalley for this ARC. It was just not for me.

“The Perfect Neighborhood” is the story of an abducted child in a desirable, upscale suburban neighborhood. This psychological thriller, told from multiple viewpoints, details the many cracks in a seemingly perfect setting. I didn’t enjoy this book as much as I’d hoped to; I felt it was a little too contrived in its complexity. One too many twists and turns.