4.5 rounded up

Ok. I have read every Sarah Pekkanen from her early days in women's fiction. I can honestly say I have enjoyed all of her books.

As for her thrillers, they have been really good. The Wife Between Us was a massive hit and I felt when she separated from co writing her book Gone Tonight from 2023 was her best since then. Then she writes House of Glass and I can honestly say I have found my favorite SP thriller book. 

I was absolutely hooked from page 1. This fast paced thriller was well written and characters to cheer for an despise. Stella was fleshed out enough as a main character that you felt for her in every situation, and she was not one the protagonists you yell at the whole time. The Barclay family is dysfunctional, which just made the story that much better. But they were not so dysfunctional that you had to suspend belief, which for me tends to be a turn off sometimes. 

About 75% of the way through the book, SP did throw something in for Stella's life that honestly just felt forced. Like it's fine and it didn't really change the story. It just felt like "where did that come from"?

I obviously recommend this one highly!