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The Housemaid's Secret by Freida McFadden

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torihutchinson's review against another edition

challenging hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

A little too predictable for me (especially for Freida McFadden). There was a good twist that got me but I could figure out the ending earlier than I’d liked.

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amandasantosx's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

This book, wow. It was so frustrating and exciting at the same time. I really did enjoy this book, but jesus, that’s two men that Nina has been with that Millie goes for, didn’t really like that story line, wish Nina and Enzo never got together if she was planning for Millie and Enzo to be together. Wendy was such a vile woman, the stuff she classed as abuse or mistreatment ???? It was hard to read. Besides that, the twists in this book left my jaw on the actual ground, I couldn’t put the book down ! Excited to read the next one.

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ballousclues's review against another edition

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mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️- phenomenal. highly recommend to all

When my friend told me that this book was better than the first one, I had a really tough time believing her. After finishing it, I will say she was totally right! This book was incredible, and had a couple of twists that I wasn't expecting whatsoever.

At first, the story felt like a little bit of a repeat from the first book, but then midway through I realized that this was an entirely different plot. The character development was gripping, the writing was solid, and the story was really fun to read through. I can't wait for the third book in the series to come out in June! Highly recommend this series.

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I am SO glad that Millie ended up going back to Enzo and staying broken up with Brock. I can appreciate that the author wanted us to recognize that the "perfect" guy may not be perfect for us. I'm really hoping that Millie and Enzo stay together in the third book and solve crimes together! I'm also curious to see if the police officer from the end of this book makes another appearance in the third book.

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readyforit's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

3⭐️0.25🌶️ (closed door)
The first book was better and made more sense to me. I did predict some of the twists due to

chekhov’s gun.

I’m so glad we got to see Millie happy and with some good people in her life, even if her jobs can be dangerous. Ultimately a bittersweet ending all around but happy for Millie. I’m curious to read the next book in the series when it comes out to see if it follows the same formula. I feel like this book was more predictable than the first for me, although I’ll say I’m not usually a thriller reader so maybe they’re all like that. I probably won’t reread because the fun of thrillers are the plot twists.

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cemsreadingcorner's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book was sooo good. I couldn’t put it down. I knew Wendy couldn’t be trusted. Saw the twist with her coming. Brock sucked. Millie deserved better. And I didn’t see the twist at the end coming. I thought the intruder was the character you would expect to be the killer at the end. That surprised me, although, I’m not all that surprised because the killer in the end turned out to be someone who had reason to do what they did. So, the killer could have been either person. They both had reason to kill those people at the end. I do feel bad for Russell though because he at least had a conscience after what he did. But I feel that everybody got what they deserved in the end, except of course Wendy’s husband Douglas, and Russell.

Friday, January 26, 2024 at 10:36 AM

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