I read this book for a review and I could not put it down! This is one that, if I had time or not a huge tbr lost, would read again. I was definitely surprised by the ending.
I related to this book in several ways and I liked the topics that it broached: divorce, relationship issues, loss of parents and childhood trauma and how it can affect a person until adulthood.
To summarize, Stella steps into this family after a tragedy had occurred. The nanny for the child, Rose, had fallenen and died out of a top window. The parents are initially suspects but there is a lack of evidence. The parents are in midst of divorce and Stella is there to make a decision on placement for Rose. The more she interacts with thus family, she realizes something is off and sinister in the house. I don't want to reveal much so definitely read it!

Traditional format (digital). House of glass is a real page turning thriller. The story follows a best interest attorney who is trying to figure out the best custody arrangement for a young child and her divorcing parents. But this just isn't any ordinary divorce situation.....the father was sleeping with the child's nanny who plunged to her death out the attic window of her house. So the story was two fold; solve the "who done it" and then the back story of the life of the child/family. And there were a few other sub plots thrown in there to make things interesting.

I have a few criticisms of this book. First off, I felt the author tried a little too hard to make it look like one of the characters committed the crime, so when the big plot twist came it was a bit of a letdown because I knew that the author would not have spent the whole book writing about them and then them actually being the person who did it. Secondly, this book was a little longer than it needed to be. I would have liked this to be about 50-75 pages shorter as I found it a little draggy at points with some unnecessary plot elements. I think a shorter book would have packed more punch.

Overall this was a decent book and enjoyable to read. Because of the predictability of the main plot twist however I am only going to give this a 3.5/5.

Thank you to St. Martin's Press and Net Galley for a digital ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review

Thank you to NetGalley and St Marten Press for providing me a free copy of this book for my honest review.

It is a murder mystery and I enjoyed reading it. It centers around a family with a 9 yr old daughter Rose. Rose lives with her parents Beth and Ian who are very protective of her. They are in the process of divorcing and battling custody of Rose.. Ian's mom, grandma Harriet lives with the family and home schools Rose. Rose has a nanny, Tina. Tina is pregnant with father's baby. It is Tina who goes out a third floor window to her death.

The other main character is Stella Hudson, Rose's lawyer. Stella relates too the death of a loved one since both her parents had dramatic deaths. Her feelings and effects on her are brought out in the story. But, is why she will protect Rose as best as she can.

The house where they live is strange. The windows were glass and now are plastic. Rose was kicked out of school because she started to collect sharp items and brought a box cutter to school.

The story is written well so you can follow the clues and guess who did it but it's not obvious. The story and clues follow until the ending which is good. I recommend this book a quick murder mystery but a fast read with a satisfying ending.

This is a very fast paced, heart racing thriller with lots of twists and turns to it! On page one I thought I had gotten a clue and thought i knew how the book would end, but the more I read, the more I kept changing my mind about who was really the guilty party, and who I needed to believe It was a good thing I didn’t have anything else to do on a lazy Sunday afternoon and literally read it from start to finish in one day. Thanks, NetGalley for letting me read this arc for an honest review in return. I will be reading more of this Sarah Pekkanen’s books in the future.

Rose, a nine-year-old girl witnessed the possible murder of her nanny and immediately stopped speaking. Her parents are divorcing and Stella, a best interest attorney, is appointed to serve as counsel for Rose in the bitter custody battle.

Stella quickly realizes the case is even more twisted, and the Barclay family far more troubled, than she imagined.

And there's something creepy about the house itself: there’s not a single shard of glass to be found: all glass was replaced by plastic.

Stella has quite a complicated past herself when she witnessed her mother’s death when she was a child, and also suffered from traumatic mutism. Which makes her the perfect person to relate to Rose.

Everyone in the house is a suspect, and everyone is lying. As Rose uncovers secrets she’s also forced to confront her own past.

This was an interesting premise that kept me guessing. A fun read, even if I did have to set aside some issues I had with the story, so a 4 star from me.

Talk about a thriller! I could not put this book down. It grew creepier with every page. An ad litem lawyer gets caught in a web of deceit with a muted by trauma child at the center. Adding to the story is the lawyer’s search for the true details about her mother’s death which cause intensified emotions.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Wow! Couldn't put this book down once I started reading it! Really enjoyed it. Rose's parents are divorcing Stella needs to figure out who the primary guardian should be.

It talks about a nanny who was killed reasons/cause unknown. Lots of family dynamics throughout with twists and turns

House of Glass by Sarah Pekkanen left me guessing the whole time! In Sarah’s new book you are following Stella Hudson who is a counsel in custody cases and lawyer who is assigned to help this custody battle between the parents of Rose Barclay. Rose’s nanny (Tina) has mysteriously ended up dead from falling out of a window on the Barclay’s house. Every member of this having is under suspicion.

This whodunit book has so many potential suspects as well as you are following along a few different story lines in Stella’s life. Stella is newly divorced, her mother was murdered in her childhood, she is the lead custody lawyer on the Barclay divorce, as well as trying to discover the murder of Tina while they same things that happen to Tina before her death begin to happen to Stella.

I enjoy this thriller and was checking behind me while reading. It left me on my toes and throughout I had no clue who the murder suspect was till the very end. I was hooked from the beginning.

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for the opportunity to read this arc!

“Here in DC, lies are as ubiquitous as pollen in the spring air”

Thank you to St Martin’s Press and NetGalley for the ARC! I was so excited to read another thriller from Sarah Pekkanen and House of Glass did not disappoint! Filled with twists, suspense, family, and amazing character development.

Stella Hudson is called in to determine the custody of little Rose Barclay. Rose is not talking and has seen something traumatic happen to her nanny. Stella, herself has suffered from the same thing when she was younger, so it seems like she is the perfect person to decide what is best for Rose. I personally thought I knew who was causing so many problems for the child, but I was oh so wrong! Plus, Stella gets some of the answers she has been seeking in her own life. I voluntarily reviewed a copy of this book.

The nanny, Tina, falls through a third floor window to her death and circumstances are unclear as to murder vs accident. Stella is appointed to decide what should happen to the traumatized, mute little girl, Rose.

This book is a total page turner, which is why this gets 4 stars, but I wish things were a little bit simpler plotwise. Stella's own background story could use a book all of it's own, that's how complicated it was, and for whatever is revealed in this novel, it came off as a bit convoluted. Pretty much all of my questions that came up were answered by the final couple of chapters, but it was too neat and tidy of a wrap up. I enjoyed House of Glass immensely, but total satisfaction just wasn't there.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read and review this book.

A huge thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for this psychological thriller.

What a fantastic ride! Had me on the edge of my seat and second guessing myself at every turn.

Had mebreading long, long past my bedtime. Let me just day Rose is a freaking creepy 9 year old.

Highly recommend.

I loved this book! A very compelling story. Sarah Pekkanen does not disappoint, this is another gripping story with so many twists and turns. Great read!

House of Glass is my second Pekkanen novel and I enjoyed this one as much as the first. This story follows Stella, a best interest attorney, as she works with a troubled child named Rose. Rose has witnessed the death of her nanny, who also happened to be having an affair with her father. There is no shortage of drama here! Very fast paced and nicely written characters. I especially enjoyed Stella. The only thing that kept it from being 4/5 stars is that I saw the big twist coming fairly early in the story.

This book was definitely a very slow, boring and drawn out read! Could have been a great story because it was eerie and kept me wondering who the killer was but the storyline was repetitive and went in circles for the first 3/5 I finished it just to see how it wrapped up and I have to say the ending was the best part and it didn’t disappoint. Would not recommend this book but would definitely read another book from this author.

Stella is a lawyer, but she works to determine how to disposition child custody cases. Stella is asked by her mentor to work on the case of Rose Barclay who hasn’t spoken since her nanny died falling from an upper level of Rose’s home. There’s a dark undertone to the story, such that it is not hard to imagine the Barclay house and grounds with a gothic atmosphere. Stella is uncomfortable at the Barclay house and she relates to Rose on another level. She’s trying to get to the bottom of what is going on in the family so that she can make a decision about what is best for Rose, but could something darker be going on with Rose? I enjoyed the story and couldn’t figure out who were the good guys and the bad guys. Love the dark and twisty nature of the story.

This is a classic “who done it” where everyone is a suspect. It was fast paced and suspenseful. Kept me guessing. Even though I pretty much figured out “who did it” early on it didn’t ruin the story for me. There were smaller stories within the story. I’ve only read one other book by this author, and I did not like it so I was pleasantly surprised that I enjoyed this one. I would say pick this one up. Definitely worth a read.

Oh my gosh, this book was fantastic! It kept me guessing. It was tense and kept me on the edge of my seat. Best book I’ve read in a while!

Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for the eARC in exchange for an honest review.

Everything about this book was wild. So many twists and turns, with a completely unexpected ending. I was baffled because they were all sketchy, every single one of them. I didn’t trust a single soul, not even the kid. The way it was written really had me thinking the kid did it. It was written well, good characters, even if they were sketch, and a great plot. It had me on the edge of my seat the entire time. Complete nail biter. I kept wondering what would happen next, in hopes I could figure it out before it was revealed. It was wild. Absolutely insane. Definitely worth the read, if you’re into mysteries and thrillers. The only thing I disliked was it can be confusing, at times. Everything is a key element to what really happened, so if you miss something, you could miss a really big detail in the plot, but other than that, it was great.

This is equal parts women’s fiction and thriller; read it if you like healing from childhood trauma.

This book follows Stella, a lawyer who represents the best interest of children whose parents are in the midst of a contentious divorce. Stella is appointed to help the court determine who should be granted custody of a 9-year-old named Rose. Rose just witnessed her nanny fall to her death from the third story of Rose’s creepy old home.

Stella goes to visit Rose’s house and finds something disturbing: there’s no glass anywhere. No mirrors. Plexiglass windows. Rose lives with her mother, father, and grandmother, all of whom seem to be a little too polished and rehearsed for Stella’s liking. Stella decides that, in order to determine who should get custody of Rose, she also needs to figure out who (if anyone) pushed Rose’s nanny out of the window. Anyone in the family could have done it, and all had reason to: the nanny was pregnant with Rose’s dad’s baby. While Stella works on Rose’s case, she also reopens the case file for her own mother, who died of a supposed overdose decades before.

While the story sounded interesting, this book just ultimately didn’t work for me. I’ll start with the good parts: 1) the author does a good job of making every character creepy, and 2) it’s not obvious whether there is a murderer and if so who it is. Also, the setup of the story was interesting enough to keep reading.

But that’s, unfortunately, where the good parts end. The writing style just didn’t grip me. It was boring, and the narrator added boring and well-known legal facts. But even worse, I felt that the story completely fell apart at the end. There were so many threads and story lines but none of them ended up mattering or being relevant. There was really no connection between any of the plot points in the story, and you think that Stella’s and Rose’s stories are going to be relevant to each other, but they aren’t. Also, I really didn’t find myself rooting for the narrator, Stella. I didn’t get a great sense of who she was or anything about her. What makes her tick? She also gets a strange love story out of left field toward the end of the book.

Ultimately, this book didn’t offend me or anything. It just wasn’t my cup of tea. I wish I had liked it more.