Book Review - The Housemaid

Title: The Housemaid
Series: The Housemaid # 1
Author: Freida McFadden
 
Description: “Welcome to the family”, Nina Winchester says as I shake her elegant, manicured hand. I smile politely, gazing around the marble hallway. Working here is my last chance to start fresh. I can pretend to be whoever I like. But I’ll soon learn that the Winchesters’ secrets are far more dangerous than my own…
 
Every day I clean the Winchesters’ beautiful house top to bottom. I collect their daughter from school. And I cook a delicious meal for the whole family before heading up to eat alone in my tint room on the top floor.
 
I try to ignore how Nina makes a mess just to watch me clean it up. How she tells strange lies about her own daughter. And how her husband Andrew seems more broken every day. But as I look into Andrew’s handsome brown eyes, so full of pain, it’s hard not to imagine what it would be like to live Nina’s life. The walk-in closet, the fancy car, the perfect husband.
 
But I assure myself the Winchesters don’t know who I really am. They don’t know what I’m capable of.
 
Review: When I read the synopsis, I wasn’t intrigued at all. I knew the book is super popular, but this story didn’t seem that special. Yet, I was curious if I would agree with all those people and I would understand the hype around “The Housemaid”. Trust me, I do now.
 
Are you looking for a book you can completely lose yourself in? Or one to get you out of a reading slump?  I think this is the one for you. From the first page, I was intrigued and could not put the book down. The ominous atmosphere increases with each chapter. All you think is, “get out of there Millie”. Halfway through the story, there is this insane and genius plot twist. I could have never predicted it and it left mee speechless. At that point, it was even harder to put it down.
 
This is my second Freida McFadden book and I can say that her writing style is very compelling. Each character has their own secrets. Step by step you get more and more answers, constantly adjusting your opinion of each character. So well-written, amazing plot twist and exciting to the end. I recommend every thriller fan to pick up this book.
 
Rating: 5/ 5