I really enjoyed reading this!
My first book by Sarah Pekkanen and from start to finish I was hookeddd, some parts had me in suspense and had me holding my breathe wondering what was gonna happen next.
The chapters are short and gripping enough that you can finish this in one setting. which is what I did.
Def recommend it!

Stella works as an attorney advocate for children, helping the courts decide on custody cases. The reason she went into this work was because of her own childhood where she lost her father to an accident, then her mother began drinking and doing drugs ignoring Stella until one day she died when Stella was hiding in the closet. Stella is assigned the case of a little girl named Rose. Rose's nanny just died from a fall from a high window and her parents are getting a divorce. Rose has become mute since the incident with the nanny and both parents want sole custody. it is up to Stella to find out why Rose no longer speaks and she also takes it upon her self to try to find out more about the nanny's death since it likely the reason for Rose's inability to speak. Her investigation is difficult though since Rose's wealth parents seem to be hiding something and Rose herself might be violent.

I appreciated the way Stella always put Rose's interests first even though the Barclay family including the grandmother seemed to be more interested in hiding things from Stella. A side story with Stella trying to find out more about her own mother's death tied in with the feelings she has toward protecting Rose. I did guess both of the twists but that never stops me from enjoying a well written storyline. At times I thought Stella wasn't very professional in that she lets the Barclays treat her a bit like a servant, but I knew she would get to the heart of what was going on with Rose. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for a copy of this ARC in exchange for a review.

House of Glass by Sarah Pekkanen is a thriller about a family whose nanny plunged to her death and their daughter who now refuses to speak. Rose witnessed her nanny's death, her parents are divorcing, and she refuses to speak. Stella is appointed as her attorney and must decide what is best for Rose. But how can she do that if Rose won't speak? Stella has to figure out what happened to the nanny; but in the midst of her investigation, she finds a lot more than she expected. This story was very unique and twisty, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Thanks to NetGalley for the free digital review copy. All opinions are my own.

I went into this one blind and without having 5 star expectations or knowing much about the author and I found it to be an enjoyable read!

House of Glass is an addicting thriller that I finished in one day.

Main character, Stella, has been assigned to represent 9 year old Rosie Barclay during a bitter custody battle. This case is muddied by the fact that the catalyst for divorce is the suspicious death of Rose's nanny; who just happened to be pregnant with Mr. Barclay's love child.

Stella finds herself caught up in the mystery of who killed the young nanny, and everyone is a suspect including 9 year old Rose.

As stated above I found this to be a page turner from the start; however, my biggest critique is that it started to drag a little too long near the end. There are only so many possible suspects and once you've figured it out the book continues for several more chapters.

If you're looking for a highly entertaining read with some decent suspense, this is the book for you!

Thanks to St. Martin's press and Netgalley for a free digital copy in exchange for a fair and honest review.

Fast paced until the very end!
This was my first time reading a book by Sarah Pekkanen as a solo author and I loved it! The main character Stella is a best interest attorney for minors during court proceedings for cases regarding custody agreements. Going against her personal boundaries she has put up she takes on younger client Rose. Rose has become selectively mute after witnessing a traumatic event. As Stella enters into Roses world she begins to suspect that darker things are going on within her home. As Stella seeks to make the best choice for Rose she discovers things about her own past that she has .worked hard to keep buried as well as the terrors that go on behind the closed doors of the Barclay home.

Filled with some shocking as well as predictable thrills House of Glass has made me look forward to reading more from Sarah Pekkanen.

Main character Stella is an attorney who is hired to observe a divorcing couple and their child Rose to see just who Rose should live with after the divorce. Stella, with a traumatic childhood we later learn about, is the perfect person to make this difficult decision. Add in the suspicious death of the nanny and the live in grandmother and you get a very suspenseful, well written thriller. You may think you know what is going on but you probably don't. I throughly enjoyed this one, as I have all of Ms. Pekkanen's that I have read. I highly recommend this book.

I have always been a fan of this author and this book just proved why! I love the writing style and how Pekkanen pulls you in right from the beginning. The twists and turns had me on edge and I felt i could not turn the pages fast enough.

A lawyer turned child advocate who makes recommendations to the court on custody matters gets asked to take on a case of a child who has gone mute since a death of her nanny at her home. The parents are divorcing, in part due to an affair the father had with the nanny. I thought this was an great read with interesting twists and turns.

Nine-year-old Rose Barclay stopped speaking after seeing her nanny Tina fall to her death from an upstairs window. Stella Hudson, a lawyer and child advocate, is sent to determine which of the parents Rose should live with after their upcoming divorce. During this, she tries to find out if the nanny's death was accidental or a murder. Everyone in the house seems to be lying, making it harder for the lawyer to make any decisions about the child's final custody.

I admired Stella's determination to find the truth as she focuses on suspects, even considering Rose a one of them. Flashbacks to Stella's own childhood trauma - hearing her mother's murder - is relevant to this story as Stella decides to finally find out the truth about her own mother's death.

The book focuses on childhood trauma and its consequences. I didn't forsee the ending and the outcome of Stella's investigating.

Intriguing story, from a perspective not often considered. Much of the book was just too hard to believe (replacing ALL the glass??). In the end, I felt really sad for the narrator. Reading about a character who suffered from so much trauma and exploitation felt wrong, especially since she never really got the help she needed.

Thanks to NetGalley for an early copy! 3.5 stars rounded up for Goodreads. I always enjoy a book by this author. She creates a story and a narrative that keeps me hooked. Stella, the narrator, is a child advocate attorney and she has been given the case of Rose, a 9 year old in an extremely difficult situation. I like how the author wove the story of Stella's childhood in with this case. It was definitely a quick read, a page turner at times, had me guessing but not my favorite by this author. The ending was a bit over the top and there weren't as many shocking twists as in her previous books. I did round up to 4 stars because I read the book in a day and it had me wanting to know what was going to happen.

Why is this called The Glass House when there is no glass to be found?
In this thrilling new release by one of my favorite authors, Stella Hudson has been hired to act as guardian ad litem (or BIA—best interest attorney) for young Rose. Roses’s parents are in the process of divorcing when their nanny, Tina, falls to her death from the third floor of their historic colonial house near Potomac., MD. Was Tina pushed or did she fall through the old floor-to-ceiling window?
It’s Stella’s job to determine who gets custody of Rose. But after Tina’s death Rose has become mute, and Stella is caught in a web of lies woven by Rose’s parents and maternal grandmother who also lives in this house where nobody trusts anyone, least of all Rose.

Suspenseful and atmospheric! I couldn’t put it down. Many thanks to net galley for this advanced reader copy in exchange for my honest opinion.

I really loved the authors last book so I was stoked to get this one. Unfortunately this one kind of dragged for me. It was a bit predictable. I also wasn’t as creeped out as I think you’re intended to be. It was a decent read but not my favorite

Enjoyed this read from the beginning. Struggled to get through the middle and a lot of the dialogue and scenes felt repetitive. Several twists were surprising, yet I wished the ending had more of an unexpected turn. At several points in the book I felt like any of the characters could have killed the nanny and I wouldn’t have been surprised either way. Overall, I felt I could relate to the narrator, Stella and enjoyed following her personal journey along with the plot of the book.
Huge shoutout to NetGalley for this ARC!!

House of Glass had me page turning from the start with the creepy kid theme like The Perfect Child, The Push, and Baby Teeth. I really liked the premise of nanny's unsolved murder and Stella being appointed as the best interest attorney (BIA) for Rose during her parent's divorce. All of the suspects were believable and kept me guessing who was the murderer throughout. Stella's parallel plot of trying to learn about her own mother's death and her childhood case of traumatic mutism were plausible. I enjoyed the short chapters and the ending, but I'm not going to spoil it for you!

Thanks to NetGalley for the arc! I really loved this book, I read it in one sitting. The narrator is Stella, attorney guardian at Leitem, which is an attorney that represent children in custody cases. The murder mystery is surrounding a nanny named Tina, who Fell out of a window/was pushed. The nannies charge was rose, a nine-year-old girl who now doesn’t speak at all. Father, Ian, was having an affair with Tina and she was pregnant with his child at the time of her death. This book has some twists and turns, there’s a secondary mystery about Stella‘s mom and how she died. I found the characters to be a little one-sided, but in general, they were flawed yet likable. If you like thrillers and mysteries, this would be a great book for you.

Stella Hudson is a best interest attorney that works with children, but usually never under age 13 due to her difficult childhood. Her mentor, Charles, a judge, recommends that she takes the case of Rose Barclays, a 9 year old that witnessed the horrible death of her nanny after she fell to her death from a window of the family mansion and is now mute. Rose's parents, Ian and Beth are going through a divorce and it is up to Stella to determine the best custody arrangement. In order to do this, she must spend a lot of time with the Barclays and Harriet, Ian's mother/Rose's grandmother because she has her own wing in the mansion.

Stella quickly realizes all is not as it seems and everyone has something to hide. She witnesses some disturbing acts by Rose and grows increasingly concerned about what is going on at the Barclay house once she realizes there is absolutely no glass anywhere in the house.

Soon, strange things began to happen and Stella is worried about her safety. She sees the parallels between Rose and her own childhood and is forced to deal with the past and why Charles thought this would be a good case for her. The story is told in first person by Stella with some flashbacks/memories to help us learn about Stella's trauma. The book is not long, but it is slow with a tremendous amount of background, digging into the Barclay's and interviewing anyone that came in contact with Rose, as well as the side story of Stella's past and her current disintegrating marriage and possible new romance. Also many mundane details and descriptions bog the story down--I don't need to know about placing multi-grain bread in the toaster!!

It is a whodunit and there are plenty of red herrings to push you in one direction but once the mystery is solved, it is not what you think. The other "mystery" of her past was super obvious and I don't know that I really needed that for the story to work. Not a bad book but nothing mind blowing or earth shattering. Three stars.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. All opinions are my own.

Whether alone or along with Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen is one of those authors who consistently writes a good thriller. House of Glass is a high stakes, whodunit that had me questioning everyone. I found myself incapable of putting this one down until the twist was revealed. I had so much fun reading House of Glass and I think a lot of thriller fans will too.

House of Glass by Sarah Pekkanen will be available on August 8. Many thanks to St Martins Press and NetGalley for the gifted e-arc!

Simple summary: Best Interest Attorney (BIA) Stella Hudson takes on the case of Rose Barclay, a nine-year-old with traumatic mutism following the death of her nanny, Tina. Was it a terrible accident or murder? Rose can't say, though she has developed an unnerving habit of collecting sharp objects. Amid the contentious divorce of her wealthy parents, Rose needs Stella's help deciding in whose custody she'll be best suited. But the more she digs deeper into the family, the more Stella begins to feel as though Tina might not be the only casualty in their house. Stella herself might be next.

I enjoyed this book for the most part, as I have of the author's others, but it was far from my favorite. There were a lot of things that left me either confused or just annoyed.

First is the matter of Stella herself. I found the job as a BIA to be interesting, as lawyers are often a favorite pick of main characters' careers, but I haven't come across this type. I may like to do a little more research into this field as it seemed a little farfetched in this context (I know, I know; it's fiction). My understanding is that the parents had a burden of proof to show who would be the most appropriate custodian. But the Barclays treat Stella like an intrusion, show very little fight for Rose, and Stella herself acts like a social worker more than anything else. I had to remind myself that she's in law, and supposedly a sharp mind in the field. But she's extremely susceptible to manipulation, seems incredibly naïve and makes terrible decisions only to drive the plot forward.

Stella's relationship with Charles is a bit sketchy, but I suppose that's subjective; it was fleshed out and I thought the author connected the pieces of Stella's past and present nicely.

The pacing wasn't bad, but I did feel things dragging as the book went on. I missed having more of Rose in the book. I felt much was spent trying to get us to suspect her, and I suppose not much could be done with a girl suffering from the type of mutism she was, but we're given snippets of her actions which are all hastily explained in epilogue form. I would have loved some chapters from her voice. And for a woman who basically pined over her ex husband and seemed devastated by her divorce and his new girlfriend, Stella's "OMG I think I like girls!" eighty percent of the way though the book comes way out of left field and really did nothing to add to the plot. But it did add to unnecessary length and feels gimmicky, like someone trying to check off a box to claim their book has representation.

Overall, even with these comments, this was a fairly solid read for me. I got through eagerly and quickly. And though it's not my favorite from the author, I'm certainly looking forward to more from her.

Thanks so much to St. Martin's Press for the invite to read and review House of Glass through NetGalley.