If you are searching for this title then we are sure that you must have across the growing sensation over this book. Especially, for those who are pure lovers of thrillers, we have you covered with a new thrill today. As a reader, you must have gone through the same addiction whenever you come across some amazing thriller. So let me warn you first that this book also has the ability to make you stick around till the end. It’s going to mess up with every corner of your mind which forces you to think deep and deep. Here we are going to deal with one of the popular series of Freida McFadden’s “The Housemaid”. The Housemaid Series has three books series that have salted for publication.
The Housemaid #1
In the series The Housemaid Series, and especially in this book, we see both the plot and the pacing working effectively. The readers introduced to the media res right in the middle of the action before we go back to the very beginning. Mrs. of the House is so unbelievably annoying and if McFadden has a talent, for writing such horrible characters whom you feel like strangling by getting into books. This domestic thriller has been centered around Millie, the main character who secures a job as a maid, and one of the affluent Winchester family.
She hired by the wife Nina, and Millie moves into their mansion, where she lives in the attic bedroom. Millie who was once a homeless person now this job brings her a new start in life. However, it isn’t long enough that Millie harbors secrets of her own- secrets that the Winchesters are unaware of, including her recent release from jail. All these events lead to the escalation of tension and the family’s hidden truth emerges and no one is safe.
The Housemaid’s Secret #2
The second series of the book “The Housemaid’s Secrets” again follows Millie but she is now working for a new family, the Garricks. Millie begins her job but when she sees Mrs. Garrick with spots of blood around her neck gown, Millie is hit by the fear of worse. This revelation takes Millie into wondering about what is really going on between Mr.Garrick and Mrs. Garrick and the the real toil begins digging for the truth. This book features ahead some of the same characters as book one. Despite the fact that it could also be a standalone and the plot could make sense, in order to get all the minute details one should go through book 1 of the The Housemaid series.
The Housemaid is Watching #3
The Housemaid series book 3 “The Housemaid is Watching” begins with the characters of Millie and Enzo who are back this time in Suburbia in a cul-de-sac with horrendous caricatures barely resembling humans. The first half of the story drags out to no end and ruins Enzo as a character that has been built up over the past two books. In this, he withholding, evasive, and shady character and also does a few very questionable things that you will know by reading the book by yourself.
On the other hand, Millie’s character is just as naive as ever, and she doesn’t even seem to be very observant, in spite of the title. However, the potential reason could be that Millie isn’t a housemaid like in the other two books. Instead, she is now a wife who gets a housemaid to clean her new house.
Writing Style of The Housemaid Series
The Housemaid series and the writing style of Freida McFadden have been the biggest pros for her straightforward and uncomplicated style which makes for an accessible reading experience. Readers while referring through it will fly through novels and pages reading them in just a few hours. The clear and concise writing style doesn’t expect readers to indulge deeply in the poetic or dramatic prose. Yet her writing style is going to fulfill your appetite for the thriller genre where the plot takes precedence over prose. That is to say in short her writing style will not distract from the overall mystery and suspense elements.
Plot of The Housemaid Series
As a reader, while you read even a single book of McFadden you realize that the real magic of her books lies in the plot. Her plots are more than compensate for shortcomings in the writing and character development. McFadden has layered with numerous twists and turns that keep readers guessing. These twists and turns keep the readers guessing and hence build their interest throughout.
Throughout the book, the unreliability of the characters heightens the suspense by presenting a series of contrasting perspectives alongside the sequence of various events. The shift in perspective offers a fresh lens through which one gets a familiar view and point to understand the turning of the narrative head. Therefore, the author excels in leading the readers down one path before completely subverting their expectations and its skillful manipulation of the plot and perspective.