When a nanny dies after falling from of a third story window at the house where she worked, the "perfect" family she worked for comes under suspicion and they bevy unraveling.
Stella, a child advocate lawyer, is appointed to determine the best living situation for the family's 9-year old, who's been mute and acting strange since the death of her nanny, when her parents decide to divorce. Everyone seems to be covering up something and Stella finds herself tangled up in their webs of deceit.
I was excited to read this, as I've enjoyed previous books coauthored by this writer, but I found this one uninspired and pretty predictable. Bummer.
Thanks to #netgalley and #stmartinspress for this #arc of #houseofglass in exchange for an honest review.

Wow, this was hands down one of my absolute favorite reads of this year! This is what every thriller fan needs to read.

You never know what goes on behind closed doors. Or even glass houses that is. Stella is a best interest lawyer and is set to help a couple find the best interest for their young daughter. In the midst of their divorce. The young daughter, Rose, who witnessed the brutal death or possible murder of her nanny. She is beyond traumatized and hasn't spoken since the incident happened. Now Stella needs to figure out the truth of what happend in this family full of lid and secrets. Nothing is as it appears. Will Stella be able to uncover the truth in time?


What I loved:
- this was holy heck of a ride. You will instantly be sucked into this book from chapter one. The pacing is excellent and you will probably stay up all night reading this too.
- I loved Stella! I thought she was a great MC. She really was there to help Rose and figure out what the heck was going down.
- the twists! I did not see any of the plot coming.


5 stars out of 5! This book helped me get out of my reading slump. Thank you Netgalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review!

Stella Hudson an attorney has been assigned to determine who Rose should live with after her parents' divorce. Unfortunately, a murder has occurred at their fancy home and Rose could have done it. There are lots of twists and turns in this book and it seems both parents are hiding something. Stella also has an interesting back story with the loss of a parent. This was a great quick read.

I was pulled in immediately to this story. Was the little girl behind everything that happened or was there something more sinister? I had an idea but was not completely prepared for the truth.

An affair with the nanny, and now she's dead. The child now has a traumatic mutism. What did she do or see? The parents are getting a divorce, and both want full custody of the child. But, how did the nanny die? And who should the child live with?

These were some of the questions I kept asking myself as I was reading this book. I loved the short chapters and how I literally had no idea what really happened throughout the book. A really well done whodunnit.

Thank you to Netgalley, Sarah Pekkanen, and the publishers for this free ebook. This review is 100% my own and honest opinion.

I really enjoyed this book. It’s rare that I’m unsure until the very end who the guilt party is. The author did a great job of character building. I appreciated her empathic handling of childhood trauma, how it impacted the lead character and the family that she is working with. If you enjoy a psychological character study/mystery this book is for you.

Many thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for sharing this digital reviewer copy with me in exchange for my honest opinions.

I enjoyed House of Glass. It was well paced and written, and I wasn’t entirely sure where the story would end up. I look forward to Sarah Pekkanen’s next novel.
Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for this ARC!
3.5/5

I have mixed emotions about this one. I have been loving Sarah Pekkanen’s books, but this one…. I’m struggling with how to rate it. It was very slow. I thought the build up was going to be this crazy plot twist, which in my opinion it wasn’t. However, the ending wasn’t rushed which was good.

I was expecting an unputdownable fast paced thriller. But unfortunately this wasn’t it for me. Maybe if I had less expectations, I might have enjoyed it a bit more.


“A young nanny who plunged to her death, or was she pushed? A nine-year-old girl who collects sharp objects and refuses to speak. A lawyer whose job it is to uncover who in the family is a victim and who is a murderer. But how can you find out the truth when everyone here is lying?

Rose Barclay is a nine-year-old girl who witnessed the possible murder of her nanny - in the midst of her parent's bitter divorce - and immediately stopped speaking.

Stella, the lawyer, notices there's something eerie about the house itself: It's a plastic house, with not a single bit of glass to be found.

As Stella comes closer to uncovering the secrets the Barclays are desperate to hide, danger wraps around her like a shroud, and her past and present are set on a collision course in ways she never expected. Everyone is a suspect in the nanny's murder. The mother, the father, the grandmother, the nanny's boyfriend. Even Rose. Is the person Stella's supposed to protect the one she may need?”


Thank you to NetGalley and St Martins Press for a DRC. House of Glass is available now.

Thank you to St. Martin’s Press for an e-ARC of House of Glass in exchange for an honest review.

Stella is an attorney who helps to place children with the best parent during divorce proceedings. Stella meets Rose, a 9-year old girl suffering from traumatic mutism after witnessing her nanny fall to her death. Rose’s parents are going through a stressful divorce, and Stella just wants to do what is right by Rose. But what if the nanny’s death wasn’t an accident, and perhaps Rose wasn’t just a witness?

I devoured this book while I was super sick. It was the best timing because I couldn’t do much other than cough in bed, and all I wanted to do was figure out what was happening in this book! I don’t know what it is, but if you put a creepy kid in a novel I am intrigued. Rose was very creepy, and I couldn’t decide if I was super suspicious of her or sympathetic.

The author also did a fantastic job of showing us Stella’s background and unraveling her story. I think focusing on two mysteries at once left the book moving so quickly for me. The characters were all great and it was very hard for me to riddle out what actually happened to the nanny. I didn’t end up guessing it by the end of the book, and my theory was way off base.

If you like thrillers, please read this. It was a wild ride and is in the running for my favourite book of October!

Such a wonderfully twisting and turning mystery! With every page you think that you might have figured everything out just to turn the page and realize that you are still nowhere near knowing the answers to this mystery.

House of Glass by Sarah Pekkanen follows Stella Hudson, a lawyer who takes on the mysterious Barclay family as clients. It was a favor to Charles, her father figure. Despite her reservations, Stella agrees to help and is thrust into a web of secrets. The Barclays’ nanny has been found dead, having plunged from an upstairs window in their home. Stella's task is to determine whether the family are innocent victims or if there's something far more sinister lurking beneath the surface.

At the center of the mystery is Rose, the Barclays’ 9-year-old daughter, who suffers from traumatic mutism. She hasn’t spoken a word since the incident, but she’s been quietly collecting sharp objects when no one is watching. Given Stella's own childhood experience with mutism, Charles believes she may be able to connect with Rose and understand what’s really going on. However, as Stella spends more time with the family, she begins to suspect that Rose, with her unsettling behavior, might not be as innocent as she seems.

An eerie detail catches Stella’s eye—the Barclay home has no glass anywhere. The windows are plexiglass, the tumblers are acrylic, and there isn’t a chandelier in sight. Beth, Rose’s mother, has developed a phobia of glass since the nanny’s death, adding another layer of strangeness to the family’s already secretive behavior. The Barclays are intensely private and clearly don’t want Stella prying into their lives, but the more she digs, the more she realizes that no one in the family is who they seem.

This book is truly unputdownable. The suspense builds as secrets are unraveled and the truth slowly comes to light. I found myself constantly guessing—who is the real killer, if there even is one? House of Glass is a thrilling, twisty read that keeps you on edge, perfect for anyone who loves a good mystery.

Thank you NetGalley and publishers for the e-book.

Thanks to the publisher for a copy of this to review. I was late due to my reading slump.

I really enjoyed this book. The nanny dies and no one knows who did it. Now a caseworker for the child is trying to figure things out in order to help her.

I was curious as to how it would end the entire time. Very enjoyable and the author was great at keeping the baddie a secret

3.5 stars. As far as whodunnits go, I thought this book was an enjoyable, quick read and very effective in making absolutely everyone a suspect in the nanny’s murder. I didn’t find any of the characters besides the best interest attorney Stella to be particularly likable, and her personal connection to the case she was assigned was an interesting thread. I did feel the angle about Stella’s love life was extraneous. Ultimately, I was surprised by the ending and how all the loose strings came together, but it did reach a satisfying conclusion. Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for my ARC of this book.

This is a fast-paced, addicting mystery!

I love reading books with my book club! We meet weekly so we really dig into reads as we explore the mystery, the plot, and the potential twists. This was such a fun mystery - one we all scratched our heads, spun our ideas and all wondered what was really going on.

Child attorneys, especially a Guardian Ad Litem, I don't bump into them a lot in stories and I loved that our POV is Stella. She did a great job of keeping Rose's best interests front and center and reminding us of what her job was.

The twists and turns were so high tension and perfect set. Every time I had to put the book down, I couldn't wait to pick it back up. The cover is gorgeous and the story matches. I can't wait until this author's next book!

A huge thank you to the author and publisher for providing an e-ARC via Netgalley. This does not affect my opinion regarding the book.

Rose Barclay is a nine-year-old girl who witnesses the (possible) murder of her nanny during her parents' bitter divorce and immediately stops speaking. Was it murder? If so, who did it? Who had a motive? Who can you trust? I was wrong in my suspicion, per ALWAYS. Sarah is such a gifted writer, and I don’t know how she creates all these twists that blow my rom-com mind away. I never know where her stories are going to go and I LOVE THAT! She is a genius for the plot lines and the characters she develops. I am always in awe! Add this to your MUST READ LIST! Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for this ARC. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for allowing me to read and review an advanced copy of this novel. I highly enjoyed it and will be recommending it to others.

Stella is a best interest attorney assigned to the Barclay's daughter, Rose. She witnessed her nanny falling out of a window, but was it murder? Rose is so traumatized that she isn't speaking. This all happened in the middle of her parents messy divorce. Every time Stella goes to the Barclays home, she feels a darkness that she can't explain. Will she be able to choose the right parent to give custody to, without Rose being sent to the wrong parent?

This is an interesting book that hooks you from the start, and ends with a curve ball that you don't see coming. Great plot and great character development.

Thank you to the Publisher and NetGalley for the ARC in return for my honest opinion.

I really liked this one! It was a very tight, fast paced book, while also offering up a lot of character development and investment in the people of this world. I also liked that even though this story involves a child, I was never triggered with how she was treated or handled. I find it extremely difficult to read books that grossly manipulate the reader's emotions using the child characters. This was perfectly written in that aspect.

The one thing I could have done without was the super random romance that sprang up at the last moment. It was a distraction, and seemed like it had been thrown in at the end to appease someone who was not the author. Other than that though, I loved this book.

This is a twisty domestic thriller with an undercurrent of suspense. You know something is coming, but you're not sure when it'll jump out and get you. Some of the introspection gets a little repetitive. There's a lot going on with Guardian ad Litem who is assigned to Rose. Her own childhood holds a mystery and she's thrust into a case that is eerily similar to her own history. As she unpacks and figures out both issues, you feel all the creepy feels and you're constantly wondering who the baddie is. I like the way this was laid out and how the suspense is palpable.

Do you know what’s better than a creepy kid book? Spending the book trying to figure out if you’re reading a creepy kid book. Thanks to #sleuthcrew for another fantastic buddy read. It’s always fun guessing what’s happening with a group of fellow thriller junkies.

I was guessing all of my out there theories and I didn’t crack this one. Did Rose kill her nanny? Why is there no glass in the Barclay house? What secrets are her parents hiding?

I was a little surprised when the book pivoted from young Rose to Stella and her many issues. But she was the main character from the start.

What started out as a somewhat straightforward family drama/mystery turned twisty in the second half. It kept me on my toes. And I may have suspected a piece of that ending, it really was unpredictable.