Please know that this book has a student/teacher grooming situation. If this is a trigger for you then don’t read this one. It’s closed door relations, but it does talk about the things that happen. I feel like this was one of Freida’s riskier books with the content. There’s no smut of course. I really enjoyed this one. I felt like it was predictable, but it also had some twists I didn’t see coming and I was shook. This book made me angry and I wanted to throw my kindle, but I didn’t because I love my kindle. I wanted to see justice happen because this stuff really happens and teachers are supposed to be someone our kids trust.

When the whole school seems to hate you for a misunderstanding with a math teacher from the previous year, your father who passed away that same year, it's rough. You have no one to confine in, no one who will talk to you. High school is rough as it is. But when your new math teacher hates you and your being bullied and the only person who is there for you, and shows interest in your work is your hot English teacher why wouldn't you get closer to them?

All I have to add is as a parent as a teacher I love your children as my own children my job is to protect them. It makes me sooo sick and mad on how adults abuse that privilege. We send our children to school thinking/ knowing/ hoping that they are being taken care of and protected not being mentally and physically abused.

This book will have you on the edge of your seat as you reach the end of every chapter, you have to keep going. You think you know what's going to happen but Ms. Freida McFadden will get you every single time. The twist in the epilogue did leave me wanting a little bit more information, and a little more from the story of what happened from "that person's" point of view. Other than the epilogue, I absolutely loved this book. It's easy to read, fast paced, and keeps you interested in Nate's, Abbie's, and Eve's story. I would definitely recommend to everyone who loves a good thriller.

Oh my gosh, Freida has done it again!

First, this review has spoilers. So here is your chance. I got this book early from netgally and the publishers in exchange for a review.

First, for the Freida books that I have read previously, this one seemed to start off a bit slower than the others. Literally, the only thing I have to say bad. But it quickly picked up the pace and I obviously couldn't put it down, in between caring for my kids that is.




Spoiler ahead!


I had a feeling just based on some of her other books that the wife wasn't dead. What I didn't see coming was her killing him, Kenzie being involved with Nate, and Jay being Hudson! I said out loud, as I tried not to wake my three month old that I'm holding, "oh my gosh" as I read the last part.

Everyone kept saying that this is her best book yet, it definitely is a contender for being her best book! I'm so happy I got to read it early. Thank you!

Okay. Freida McFadden did it again.

She had me hooked from page one. How can you not get hooked when the first scene is a body being buried???

And then the underlying theme (trigger warning) of a teacher/student relationship is one that has haunted me since the Mary Kay Letourneau scandal. Having poetic references to Edgar Allen Poe run throughout the story was fascinating. Finding out someone who was dead might not be is disturbing. And then the twist - literally on the last page! - oh my God!!!!

I will never forget the storyline to this book. #HighlyRecommend

Sourcebooks kindly provided me with a free advance reading copy and all opinions are my own.

Two teachers, unhappily married to each other, only kissing three times a day, a monthly scheduled intimate time and one student who comes back to school after a year of scandal. Much can happen....and it does!

This book was unputdownable (if that is a word). I started it the second I was approved and couldnt stop. I have read almost all of Frieda McFadden's books and thought I had her twists figured out. NOPE. The epiloge!!! I seriously was saying WHAT!!! out loud. So good and twisty.

I absolutely love my Freida books! There are so many things about her writing that work for me. I love the fast pace, quick chapters. I love that 90% of the time I think I have it figured out and surprise....I don't lol! In The Teacher, there were plenty of characters to hate on for sure. I did have empathy for Addie and another student (no spoilers). I do wish Addie would have came off a little more mature but I think that was the point. If you are looking for a book you can't put down, grab this one! Thank to Freida for being awesome :)

I had fairly high expectations going into this. Freida McFadden's books are gaining popularity among our patrons and I've had several recommended to me. I love a good, fast-paced thriller and from what I've heard it sounds like McFadden is great at that. However, I do not think that this particular book should have been my first introduction to the author.

I found all of the characters to be quite unlikeable, though it seemed that Eve was intentionally written to be that way...maybe as a way to justify what would happen to her later.

The teacher/student relationship is where this book lost me. This was very gross. Addie is a sixteen-year-old girl who, like her other peers, is enamored with Mr. Bennett. He's young (even though he's over double their age), and attractive, and he's "intelligent". Mr. Bennett and Addie engage in a sexual relationship and the reader is led to believe that this is the first time something like this has happened, though you later find out he preyed upon another girl two years earlier. When she was FOURTEEN.

The epilogue reveals that Eve was also having an affair with a student. Throughout the book there is really no inclination that Eve believes him to be anything other than an adult, but it still ends up being another gross, upsetting addition to this book.

I like Freida McFadden because she is a quick read and her books keep me interested— this was no exception! The book started out great and kept me wanting more and did not disappoint when it was finished. Good characters, i kind of didn’t like almost any of them to be honest.

The teacher - Freida McFadden

Wow, this did not disappoint at all!
I had no idea where this story was going, and was delightfully surprised by they way everything worked out. I really enjoyed the characters narrative switching between Eve and Addie, really kept you hooked on the story and wanting to know what happened next.
A very thrilling read that will keep you hooked from the first page!

Highly recommend

Thanks to NetGalley and Poisoned Pen Press for the ARC!

The Teacher by Freida McFadden was the second book I have read by this author. While I liked the other one, this book blew me away, as it was bonkers in the best sort of way. Sure, some of the plot points were over the top unbelievable, but that only added to the thrill ride.

Eve and Nate are both teachers at Caseham High. From the outside their marriage appears to be perfect, but much is simmering beneath the surface, and it gets stirred up when sophomore Addie is assigned to both of their class rosters. She has a bad reputation stemming from events the previous school year, but no one else really knows whether it was her fault.

The pacing of the story was even and was pressed along by some well-placed reveals. The biggest one, however, is saved for the end and I dropped my jaw when I read it. Trust me; you won't see this one coming.

I will recommend this to readers who like domestic thrillers with shocking twists.

Thank you to Poisoned Pen Press and NetGalley for the digital ARC in exchange for my honest review

Here comes Freida again with a twisty thriller. Just when you think you have seen the twist, here she comes again to add to the deliciousness of reading Freida McFadden. Eve and Addie are the main characters, but there are other important characters that almost share that role. This is one you will want to discuss with your friends after everyone finishes reading - no one will see it coming and that makes it all the more fun! I am recommending to all of my readers who love a thriller with a twist (and do not like gore and horror). I look forward to the next one from Freida McFadden.

I think I can officially say after reviewing three books I am just a Frida McFadden fan. I have yet to come across a book of hers that I do not like. She is a master at weaving together the perfect mystery and characters that will always keep you on your toes. Addie is the perfect character who is wrapped up in a scandal that she keeps trying to tell others never happened. But sometimes rumors can become true, especially when the right person persuades you. Readers will be swept up in this story and fully immersed in all the drama. Getting the story from both Eve and Addie’s point of view provides the perfect story.
Thank you so very much to Poisoned Pen Press and Netgalley for allowing me to read an advance copy of this book. I can’t wait to recommend it!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️-Format: ebook, Genre: thriller, suspense, TW: Adult/teen relationship

Addie is a troubled teen with a bad reputation at Caseham High. She has a crush on her English teacher Nate Bennett. He sees a lot of promise in her poetry and asks her to join the schools poetry magazine. Eve, Nate’s wife, is weary about Addie spending time with her husband because what she did last year.

This is another great book from @fmcfaddenauthor! It’s a quick read, and kept me engaged. And, as always, there’s twist after twist!

Thank you @NetGalley and Frieda McFadden for the opportunity to read this ARC for an honest review!

I enjoyed the book a great deal, but it was a slow start for me. I didn’t get genuinely interested till about 80% in and felt like I had it mostly figured out the twists, till the very end. It was a good read content wise, just wish there were more twists earlier on, instead of mostly in the last quarter of the book (for me).

I couldn’t put The Teacher down. This was so well written and so engaging . A husband and wife went way beyond the norm in this book of lust and desire. I was amazed at the twist at the end. It was one hour after I finished the book that it hit me. Wow

Whilst reading this book, I was kept on the edge of my seat! McFadden never disappoints. I discovered this author in the beginning of 2023, and I realised what I truly was missing. If you need a really really good psychological thriller, this is for sure the go-to author!

The school year has begun and Addie doesn’t want to go back. It’s not that she has the typical dislike of high school, but Addie has had a tough year and knows she will be ostracized by other students. Addie struggles with losing her best friend, Hudson, and trying to stay under the radar with both other students and her math teacher, Eve Bennett. That is, until her English teacher, Nate Bennett, married to Eve, acknowledges her poetry and is the only person who doesn’t punish her for her mistakes the previous year.

Just when I thought I had this one figured out, Frieda holds one final twist that I never saw coming until the very last page. Freida’s detailing of the story and callbacks throughout the story keep you on the edge of your toes to find out what happens next.

Another great, fast paced thriller from Frieda Mcfadden! I was hooked from the very beginning and it never slowed down. I do think the plot had a few holes but I don't believe it took away from the story. The twist at the end is a good one!

The teacher is one of my favorites by Freida. Would totally recommend!

Thank you Netgally and Freida McFadden for my first ARC!

I enjoy psychological thrillers, but had not previously read anything by Freida McFadden (One By One, The Co-Worker, The Housemaid) , so I had no expectations when I received a copy of The Teacher from Poisoned Pen Press and NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.

The story has two main characters: Eve is a math teacher at Caseham High, and Addie is one of her students. Poor Addie is taunted and bullied by her classmates as a result of allegedly inappropriate behavior involving her and an older male teacher during the previous school year. That teacher (no longer employed) warns Eve not to trust Addie, and Eve passes that warning along to her husband Nate, who teaches English at the same high school, and also has Addie in one of his classes. The warning about Addie is true: she for SURE can’t be trusted.. Plus, she lies and hurts people, and the other students go out of their way to make her miserable.

Unfortunately Nate is thinking with the wrong part of his anatomy, inappropriate conduct soon occurs (there is no “allegedly” this time), and the twists and turns begin.. There are tons of secrets, “OH NO” moments, and a wonderfully twisty plot with surprises galore.

As a retired teacher, I particularly enjoyed it…and have recommended it to my husband – a former English teacher who encountered an Addie or two before his retirement.. I loved this book, and stayed up for HOURS to finish it. It is just good entertainment. Five stars.