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The Housemaid's Secret by Freida McFadden

53 reviews

nialiversuch's review against another edition

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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Blood, Confinement, Body shaming, Toxic relationship, Violence, Emotional abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, and Eating disorder

Minor: Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Cursing, Vomit, and Mental illness

paperkindle's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Now we wait till June..

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Stalking, Murder, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Domestic abuse, and Blood

Minor: Vomit and Suicide

pattykcreads's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Stalking, and Domestic abuse

readyforit's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Infidelity, Murder, Physical abuse, Stalking, Toxic friendship, and Violence

Minor: Infertility

ambersbakesandbooks's review against another edition

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Murder

Moderate: Stalking

cemsreadingcorner's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, Stalking, Death, Murder, and Blood

Minor: Drug use and Infertility

aleen_elizabeth's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Alcohol, Confinement, Death, Infertility, Infidelity, Murder, Classism, Domestic abuse, Blood, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Eating disorder, Stalking, Body shaming, and Chronic illness

Minor: Self harm, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, and Pregnancy

book_reader_lover's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

The Housemaid's Secret continues the story of Millie.  Mille is a maid for the rich, but that's not all she does.  She gets hired by the Garrick's, but all is not as it seems.  Millie just may be the one that doesn't survive.

To me this one started out slow.  I struggled to read the first 50 pages and thought about DNFing it.  But, it picked up after then, and I flew through the book.  The twists were great.  That one twist, I can't tell you about bc I don't want to ruin the book, really got me.

😊 Happy Reading 😊

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse

Moderate: Confinement, Sexual assault, Blood, and Eating disorder

Minor: Stalking and Blood

ashwatever98's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Death, Murder, and Confinement

Moderate: Body shaming

Minor: Stalking and Infertility

This book was PHENOMENAL!! The plot twists kept coming and before I knew it, I was hooked. Truly amazing.

gemjar321's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Physical abuse, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Eating disorder, Death, Suicide, Infertility, and Stalking