#housemaid

[petramaid]

I think most people would be a surprised to learn how many biologically born males work in the hospitality/domestic industry as maids.

[cupidon5757]

[just-housemaidgirls]

[strictpleasure]

[f-chick]

The perfect blend of innocent and alluring

[identify-as-a-slut]

🏴‍☠️

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𝑀𝑜𝑡𝘩𝑒𝑟'𝑠 𝐻𝑒𝑙𝑝

Dᴀɪʟʏ Mᴏᴍᴇɴᴛs - Aʀᴄʜɪᴠᴇ

[pearlypinkies]

Book Review: The housemaid is Watching

The Housemaid is Watching- by Freida McFadden

This review will be spoiler free and is divided into sections of overall storytelling, my thoughts, and do I recommend it?

Storytelling

The book starts off with a timeskip of 12 years, the protagonist Millie is now a mother of two kids and she moves into her dream home which was priced suspiciously low. Everything seems to be going great for her, a loving husband, beautiful children and a 'normal life' which she longed for all her life. The neighbours however, are far from normal. A flashy, overly-flirty real estate agent and an obnoxious old woman who keeps her son on a leash and has a peeping habit. Millie gets caught up in their shenanigans when the entire story takes a dark turn and someone is murdered and the culprit might be too close to home.

My thoughts

Now I know the description sounds promising but trust me, the book was not good. The previous two books of the series were great, and slightly worse respectively but this one, geez. I will not miss the first three quarters of the book and the last quarter is something I want to forget about. 

It starts off with the daily activities of Millie's family making choco-chip pancakes and the kids missing school. Fine. It was then led by more choco-chip pancakes and baseball practice. Then starts the unnecessary drama about infidelity and insecurity. WHY. Whatever happened to gripping plots and suspense. 

Now I will give credit where it's due, the saving grace was the murder angle and the investigation which I found interesting. However it does not last very long as the revelation is just bleh. Not even bad but infact lame. I had really high hopes from this book as Freida Mcfadden has shown excellent work with the previous two books but this one does not live upto the expectations. 

Do I recommend it?

No, I know it must be very tempting to pick this up especially after the cliffhanger of the previous one but there's nothing about this book which makes me want to recommend it. Read my next blog on review of  "The Silent Patient".

PS: I would suggest the readers to not engage in hate towards the authors, this is just a piece of fiction and should not harbor any negativity for real people.

[jhsharman]

"At Your Service"

[uniquegalaxyfox]

Revy vs Roberta, a comedic fight

[petramaid]

In a domestic setting showing full respect to your employer is paramount, as a maid your job is to fulfil their needs and make their life easier and part of that will involve at meal times waiting quietly but attentively ready to serve if required.  

[cupidon5757]

[just-housemaidgirls]

[f-chick]

[pretty-little-fools]

[shihlun]

Kim Ki-young

- The Housemaid

1960