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Loooooved this book! What a page turner!
I had previously read a book by the author called Brain Damage which I didn’t like at all.
Was a little skeptical when I saw this was the November book!
But I was hooked !! The twists were amazing !
Well written too!
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- Excellent writing style
- Loved all the characters and little plot twists here and there
- Very addictive read, hard to put down
- Fantastic pacing, a genuine page-turner
- Being a New Yorker, love all the New York references, locations, etc.
- Authentic jaw-dropping moments
- Unique, psychological terror, loved every moment of it as it was beyond crazy
- Brilliant and a rollercoaster of a read. Mind blown several times while reading
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I found it very suspenseful, very interesting and very well written. I’m knocking off a star only because it got a little dark for my taste. Not going to lie, the ending was super satisfying though.
I would love to read more from this author now!!
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Great book and author. highly recommend
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Summary
“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 tiny 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.
I only try on one of Nina’s pristine white dresses once. Just to see what it’s like. But she soon finds out… and by the time I realize my attic bedroom door only locks from the outside, it’s far too late.
But I reassure myself: the Winchesters don’t know who I really am.
They don’t know what I’m capable of…