A review by acourtoffairytale
The Housemaid by Freida McFadden

3.0

3.75/5✨

“There's always a punishment when you break the rules. It's such a shame,” she says, “that he never really learned. I'm glad you stepped up and taught him a lesson.”

⚠️ spoilers obviously ⚠️

The first part of this was kind of bland, we get to hate on Nina and Cece, and see how hot and awesome Andrew is. Sometimes, Millie made no sense, she was on jail for 10 years, since she was 17, yet somehow she knew how to navigate life like a normal person. I do understand why the romance was necessary for the plot, but I hated those parts.

The ONLY plot twist I didn't see coming was that
SpoilerAndrew was the bad guy
. The chapters narrated by Nina were SO GOOD, to see how she was planning everything, but after knowing the plot twist it was kind of predictable…

That said, I had my mouth open for the whole ending, specially when they
Spoilerdiscover Andrew's body
and
Spoilerthe bit at the funeral with his mother


Also… I swear that the prologue is made to make you think it's Millie and not
SpoilerNina
who's sitting on the sofa…