Have you ever read a book you couldn’t put down? But it was getting so late you had to stop reading and go to sleep, just to wake up 2 hours later because you were dreaming about the book and you had to find out what happened?! Well this is that book!

By far the BEST book I’ve read all year! This was my first book by this Author, but I will be looking up more of her books now!

I am so happy that I was given an early copy of this book through NetGalley in exchange for my opinion.

Definitely put this on your TBR list!

⭐ Actual Rating: 3.5 ⭐

Millie desperately needed a job, and not just a job but a decent one, or else, she would go back to prison. When Nina Winchester called her to be their housemaid along with a lot of benefits, there was no reason for Millie to say no. Finally, after living on her car, she would have a place to stay... in the attic of the Winchester's house.

𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴: Physical abuse, Mental abuse

This book had a tight grip on me and it was hard to put it down. I did not see the plot coming until the author slowly unfolded it in the middle part. It had a theme of cheating that made me uncomfortable but the plot called for it. It was part of the game to stir the readers and shock them of what was about to come.

There were so much lurking around the house of Winchester family when Millie came. There was her girl boss, Nina Winchester, who seemed to have mental problem; her attractive husband, Andrew; Andrew's mom; the spoiled brat Cecelia; and Enzo, the gardener. 𝗗𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸. 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘆 𝘃𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁.

Watch out for this psychological thriller book on April 26th. Thank you NetGalley and Bookouture for granting me an eARC.

P.S. The tagline on the book cover is kind of misleading.

THE HOUSEMAID - FREIDA MCFADDEN

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐/5

OMG this one was a book that I couldn't stop reading. It was a forget everything else and all my adult responsibilities and read it in one day type of book.

This is my first Freida McFadden book and after this I am determined to READ THEM ALL.

All I can say is PICK THIS BOOK UP. It is released in a few days on 26th April and I will be recommending it from now on.

This is a book that has you feeling you just read only 100 pages (not the 300+ pages it is). It's fast paced, suspense filled and a perfect domestic / locked room / house thriller. It's written in 3 parts and by the end you finally have revealed wtf is going on with these crazy people.

I won't say much more but this is so well worth the read and I'm so thankful for @netgalley and Freida McFadden for the ARC of this book.

This was my first Freida McFadden book and what a ride it was! Parts of it reminded me of Behind Closed Doors or The Turn of the Key, but it had plenty of twists on its own. This one was super entertaining. I couldn’t put it down and flew through it! Yes, parts of it were predictable and a little too similar to other books I read, but I still enjoyed it. Highly recommend!!

Read this book if you like: Fast pace thrillers, trapped trope, secrets, multiple POVs

Winnie has recently lost her job. She's been living in car and doing as many job interviews as she cam. She gets the opportunity to clean for a rich family. Every day she cleans the Winchester's beautiful house top to bottom. She gets their daughter from school. She cooks a delicious meal for the whole family before heading up to eat alone in her tiny room on the top floor that locks on the outside.

Nina, the wife, makes a mess just to watch her clean it up. She tells strange lies about her own daughter. Andrew her husband seems more broken every day. Even stranger things start to happen. Little do they know Winnie has her own dark secrets she's been keeping.

I could not put this down. The second I started it I knew I had to fly through it. What a wild ride this book was. I wish I could say I loved it all. It was very suspenseful. I liked the pacing and the chapter length. Millie, the main character makes incredibly stupid decisions and a lot of this book could have been avoided. The twist was obvious right away to me. There was SO many unbelievable parts. I liked it, didn't love it. I will try other books by Frieda.

Thank you for Netgalley, Frieda McFadden, and Bookouture for my gifted copy.

I have not read anything by this author before but I really liked the sound of this and the cover grabbed my attention. Wow! This is one of my favourite books so far this year. It was fantastic and kept me hooked from start to finish. It was full of twists and turns that totally shocked me. Highly recommend and I look forward to reading more by this author

Thank you to NetGallery for the ARC in return for my honest review.

I recently finished (and was underwhelmed) by the Maid so I was excited and intrigued to see how this one would compare.
Millie is living in her car when she gets hired to work for a SUPER wealthy family, she's buzzing about this of course, but soon she figures out that not everything is as it seems. I have to say this was gripping and I did want to continue listening to it/reading it just to find out wtf happens. But it was CONFUSING, I wasn't 100% sold on Millie's character, it seemed not fully fleshed out, there were many contradictions.
I actually quite enjoyed the POV being written from a sorta Dear Diary perspective, I found it a good insight and quite funny at times, it felt like the character was sending me voicenotes about her day, which I guess not everyone would love but.
I can't say I was surprised by the ending but it was still GREAT I enjoyed the 'twists' and how we got there. Overall I'd say this was a good fun quick read!

I have just finished reading The Housemaid by Freida McFadden.

This is a Psychological Thriller, and the first book that I have read by the Author.

Nina Winchester lives in a beautiful house, has a handsome husband and a young daughter. This perfect lifestyle and family who have more that a few secrets.

They are looking for a maid to assist with household chores, when along comes Millie for an interview. She has many secrets of her own and is currently living in the backseat of her car.

There are some dramatic twists and turns at the mid point of the book, and quite a few surprizes thrown in as well.

An enjoyable read, but for me had a bit of a harlequin romance feeling to it, however a good read just the same.

Thank You to NetGalley, Author Freida McFadden, and Bookouture for my advanced copy to read and review.

3.5 Stars

#TheHousemaid #NetGalley

What an amazing book, part two had me jaw dropping. Great read if you like a little twisting and turning. Thank you to the author, publisher and NetGalley for the complimentary copy.

I stayed up til 2am reading this one! I thought I had it figured out halfway through and then a twist! I would absolutely recommend this to anyone looking for a fast paced thriller with a satisfying ending.

The Housemaid (by Freida McFadden), is exactly what it says it is. A thriller with plenty of plot twists to keep you reading. I admit, I don't usually read books with this particular thriller formula, but this one did keep me hooked!

Millie is an ex-con who's always getting buffeted by the more tornado-like winds of chance. She's been struggling with finding and keeping a job and a roof over her head, as she needs to have both to keep from violating her parole. But she's wound up getting fired, and her only roof is the one her old, small car provides. She beyond sick of eating the kinds of sandwiches that will keep in a small cooler, and she's desperate to change her circumstances as another meeting with her parole officer looms large on her horizon.So she takes a chance on an interview for a job she assumes she won't pass the background check for. What's she got to lose at this point, besides her freedom? To her shock, she's offered a job, with living space in the home of a wealthy family. All she has to do is keep it clean, cook dinner, and occasionally pick up the daughter from school. But then the oddities start too stack up. The new boss is a nightmare of epic proportions, the daughter hates her guts, and she falling for the handsome and charming husband. It's all here, these little bomb makings, mashed together and ready to explode. You can practically hear the timer ticking. Let the fun and games begin!

The Housemaid follows it's formula perfectly. I admit I did struggle to really care for any of the characters at first, as they're all kind of morally in the muck together. However, as more and more comes to light (or the shadows of the dark hallways where Millie's tiny room is), the reader is forced to admit that something more is going on than they thought. And that maybe appearances are even more deceiving than we're led to believe. I did figure out the main twist, but the author did keep me reading and she definitely had that plot twisting in the winds right along with Millie. I liked that the one thing Millie did that was flat out wrong did feel organically like something someone you might know would do, given the same circumstances. I'm being vague so as not to give away a major plot point here, but McFadden is very good wending through the twists and turns of her tale while keeping everything natural for that character to do. I really liked the character of the lawn care guy. The deceptively simple plot wasn't so simple and kept my interest. It really reminded me of the classic horror movies of the 80's in a way. The book made me want to yell at the pages "Don't go upstairs, girl!"

Overall, I enjoyed the ride while reading The Housemaid. It hit all the points it was supposed to but included much more in the way of plot twists than you'd normally get. Freida McFadden did a bang up job of keeping her plot points straight. The couple times I thought maybe she'd forgotten something, she'd slip in another turn of the story line and clean it all up. The ending wrapped up neatly, and it was exactly what you'd want in a good, exciting beach read. It's the perfect vacation book! Just don't read it before bed, or you'll be up all night reading to see what happens. This was my first time reading a book written by McFadden. It won't be the last.
My thanks to NetGalley and the publisher, BookOuture for the digital copy of this book in return for my honest review.

Absolutely Brilliant
What a page turner of a book from start to finish, Millie is living in her car she has had a hard time being in prison and not being able to keep jobs, Nina is married to Andrew they are extremely well off, Millie applies for the live in housekeeper job, not is all as it seems in this household, Millie thinks Nina is a tad crazy and hears the rumours in regards to Nina being lock up in a psychiatric hospital, Andrew seems to put up with Nina’s strange behaviour but this is where the book gets interesting and absolutely no spoilers from me, the truth comes out in the end congratulations Frieda McFadden this book is brilliant

I’m not a huge fan of domestic thrillers but this one was very intriguing from the start. There’s something mysterious about Millie…she’s been to jail, is homeless, and has been fired from her most recent job. We don’t know the reason as to why she was convicted, and it isn’t until later on that we find out her big secret. Millie is hired to be the maid at the Winchester household. Nina makes sure to make Millie’s life impossible. She’s at first very nice and then a switch turns on and she becomes a total witch. The plot twist comes half way through the book and I’d say it’s pretty predictable, however that did not deter me from finishing the book. I wanted to know how it would end, and I was not disappointed! The last third of the book is action packed and Millie’s secret is finally revealed. Aside from the plot twist being predictable, it also reminded me a tad bit of The Turn of the Key.

The Housemaid:

Millie, a beautiful young woman, was living in her car because she couldn’t afford to pay rent. Nina Winchester gave her a job. Millie had a secret.

Nina had been a beautiful woman when she married Andrew Winchester, 10 years prior, but she was now somewhat of a frump. No one could understand why Andrew, her extremely handsome husband, stayed with her. They both had secrets.

Cecelia Winchester, the spoiled preteen daughter, also had a secret.

Enzo, the Italian gardener was a big, dark scary-looking guy who spoke no English. He also had a secret.

What is everyone is hiding? This novel is a terrific read. The characters are well developed and the author created an undercurrent of fear that hung eerily in the background. Once you start reading, you’re compelled to read on to find out what all the secrets are. Will someone die?

Many thanks to Bookouture for allowing me the pleasure of reading this delightful mystery.

Book: The Housemaid
Author: Freida McFadden
Pub Date: 4/26/22
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

The housemaid is a psychological thriller!! This book was insane and it got me so surprised!

Nina and Andrew Winchester have been married for years. They both live in a huge home and look like they have the perfect marriage.

Nina hires Millie who become their housemaid and she has a criminal record. She wants to start over and has been struggling to find a job.

Overall this book was amazing it is definitely one of my favorite thrillers I have ever read so far. The plot twist really drove me crazy!! This is so worth reading!! The ending really got me and it make me want to know more!

This was my first thriller from McFadden but it definitely won’t be my last! It was a very fast paced read that kept me guessing. I thought I had it all easily figured out for the first half and then that theory was flipped on its head and I like how it played out

This book was excellent!! Thank you so much to Netgalley for the advanced copy. I finished this in one sitting because I could not put it down. The characters were well written and likeable. Twists and turns I did not see coming at all. Highly recommend this read. Looking forward to much more from Freida McFadden

Thank you to Bookouture and Frieda McFadden for letting me read an arc of The Housemaid. This was an intense thriller between Millie the housemaid and Nina the wife. I thought I knew what was going to happen but, I was wrong.. This book had well developed characters, I felt like I was a part of the book. This book was phenomenal I can't wait to read her next book, I highly recommend this book it was so hard to put down.

Young (but not dumb), broke and ex-convict best describe Wilhelmina Calloway or Millie, as she would rather be call. After serving her years in jail, she is on her own with nowhere to go. In desperate measure to get back on her feet, she considered herself lucky enough when she landed herself a job as a maid at the Winchester’s residence. Currently under a parole, she couldn’t afford any trouble even if that means she has to deal with her temperamental employer, Nina Winchester, the lady of the house. As much as Nina and her daughter Cecelia, always gives her an attitude, Millie found solace in Nina’s handsome husband Andrew, who seems nice and normal.

The Housemaid by Freida McFadden go beyond my expectations. At the beginning, I thought Millie is a sweet, delicate girl who does nothing but cry and sulk when she’s in difficult situations. But then, as the story goes on with the twist and plot, I find out that is not the case at all. Millie is one strong character. I give her that. She just sucks everything up even when Nina gives her hell because she knows better. Now, if that’s not something ‘admire and inspire’ I don’t know what is.

I don’t have anything against this book. My only problem is that I failed to relate the subtitle (is that what it’s called?) on the cover to the overall story. You see, the words are, “From behind closed doors, she sees everything.” I’m sorry, I just can’t let go because it’s taking up space in my tiny brain more than I’d like to admit. Or is it just me? I mean, what is the real purpose of that phrase? Is it supposed to be a plot twist? TBH, I think the plot twist is a very different story.

That apart, the book is a well-written, fast-paced and entertaining novel. I like the story development and that roller-coaster feeling it gave me created enough mystery to keep you engaged.
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The Housemaid by Freida McFadden. Pub Date: April 26, 2022. Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟. When a book has an ex-convict that gets a job as a housemaid for a wealthy family that turns out to have secrets of their own, the reader goes on a wild ride. Crazy housewife, mysterious wealthy husband and a woman who just wants to have a job to stay out of prison make this journey one you won’t forget. I didn’t see the twist coming, but once it appeared I was hooked. Great psychological thriller! Thanks to NetGalley and Bookouture for this e-arc in exchange for my honest review. @netgalley @bookouture #netgalley #bookouture #bookstagram #bibliophile #igreads #bookworm #freidamcfadden