The Housemaid #1
by Freida McFadden
Reviewed by Valerie Palmer
If you're looking for an absolute page-turner to read in a couple days, pick up The Housemaid! I could not stop thinking about this book and waited until my boys went to bed to be able to dive back into the story. If you like authors like Minka Kent or Jeneva Rose, you will fall in love with Freida McFadden.
Summary
This book is centered around a young woman named Millie who
is down on her luck. She has been released from jail and needs a job. Millie put
in applications for multiple jobs, but finally receives a call from Nina
Winchester for an interview. The position seems easy enough and a good place
for Millie to be able to get a fresh start. She moves to the Winchesters’ estate
into her less than ideal room in the attic, but it offers her more amenities
than she has had before. Millie is responsible for cleaning the house, picking
up their daughter from school, and cooking delicious meals for dinner every day.
Nina is continuously creating messes purposefully for Millie to clean up,
telling strange lies about her daughter, and her husband Andrew seems to be
falling apart more and more.
Millie begins to be a bit jealous of Nina and wonders what
it is like to be married to the perfect husband, live in a beautiful home, and
drive fancy cars. Nina is always dressed to the nines and only in white. Millie
decides she wants to see what it is like to be Nina, just once. She tries on
one of her dresses and hears the door to her bedroom in the attic suddenly lock
from the outside. As she lives with Nina and Andrew she finds out the truth of
who they really are, but they have no idea who she is and what she is capable
of… all of them held dangerous secrets from one another.
What I Liked
This was my first book by Freida McFadden and I will
definitely be reading more by this author. In my opinion this book was
absolutely phenomenal. What I loved the most is how addictive the plot became
to me and I had to continue reading to find out what happened next. I love
psychological thrillers that keep me guessing on the outcome especially when I
am completely wrong in the end. The chapters of this book were written from each
character perspective, which is probably one of my favorite writing styles. I
appreciate the different perspective of the same story from another point of
view. I felt sorry for specific people on and off throughout this book. When I
thought I knew what was happening, I was thrown off by significant twists and
turns.
What I Didn't Like
I do think that some of this story was predictable. However,
that is basically all I did not like about it. Why did it have to end? ☹
Rating⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
I gave this book 5 stars on Goodreads. It was absolutely worth the hype it received. I have never read anything by Freida McFadden, but will definitely be reading more. I cannot wait for the second book of the series, The Housemaid Secret, to be released on February 20, 2023. If you have a kindle, you can pre-order and have it automatically delivered to you on release day.
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