A dark and twisty read with well described characters which kept me involved in the storyline.

Overall I enjoyed it but some parts I found it a bit lacking in the wow factor and lost some interest.

Thank you to Netgalley and Boldwood Books for this ARC which I wouldn't buy for myself but could recommend to my friends.

This might just be my favorite read of the year!! I could not put it down! The characters fit so well together, the suspense was fantastic, and the whole book overall just flowed really well!

Three and a half stars rounded up. I received an invitation to read M.A. Hunter’s “The Tenants.” Eve has agoraphobia and has not stepped outside for five years. She inherited the building she lives in and manages from her dad. Living nearby is her older brother, who worries about her, pays for her to go to therapy, and has been trying to get her to venture back outside.

Eve believes in the goodness of her tenants and considers them family. Eve also likes to ensure her tenants’ needs are met and likes to resolve any disagreements as fairly and quickly as possible. Unfortunately, one of her tenants is found dead in their apartment. At first, Eve believes her tenant died by suicide, but starts doubting things when neither the police or her other tenants seem to agree. Also, weird things start happening to Eve and she’s not sure if she’s imagining things or if she’s being targeted.

This book started off strong, but the plot got a little messy. I did appreciate the author having Eve realize she could order cameras to determine what the truth was around the weird events. The twists were a little unsurprising to me, but they all still made sense plot-wise except for one of them.

Overall, I recommend this book. Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for my ARC.

“The Tenants” is an engaging thriller set almost entirely in an apartment building owned by Eve, our main character. Despite the limited location, this story kept me captivated from start to finish. The ending was pretty satisfying and wrapped the story up nicely. Definitely will check out other books from this author in the future!

Thank you to Boldwood Books and NetGalley for this ARC. All opinions are my own.

This book is incredibly entertaining!

Full of twists from beginning to end with several little surprise bombshells throughout.

It's a very quick read and I couldn't wait to read the final chapter!!

Definitely recommend!

Such a cleverly plotted story with characters that you get involved with as they jump off the page with so much life. It's a even paced thriller with surprises galore. I may have even screamed with shock at a few of the twists.

This books was scary creepy to say the least the twist was so good as well I will recommend this read thank you very much

Our FMC, Eve, suffers from severe agoraphobia ever since she was attacked years ago. She spends her time working from home as an ad designer and she is the landlady of the building she lives in and owns. She takes special care to make sure all her tenants are happy, until one of them turns up dead.

Read this if you like:
➡️twisty stories
➡️ locked room/home mysteries
➡️secrets until the very end

This ARC was provided by the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. 

Thank you NG & M A Hunter
-The Tenants-

Wow. She is a creepy character but also not at the same time? What a mind bend. Great story and complex characters. I thought this was going to be like every other tenant book but it truly wasn’t.

Slight spoiler below

I also love how this ended because it seems like there will be another book and for justice (my fav)

Goodreads - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7740642432

Wow... I was riveting. The relationship complexities and oddities, the dark vibes and suspense. I got a bit lost in this book and finished it quickly. A brilliant piece of writing.

The Tenants is one of those thrillers that grips you from the first chapter and doesn’t let go until the final, chilling twist. M.A. Hunter has crafted a deliciously tense domestic noir that had me flying through the pages, desperate to piece together what was really going on behind closed doors.

The setup is deceptively simple—a new tenant, a seemingly perfect home, and neighbors who are just a little too interested. But it doesn’t take long for the cracks to show, and once they do, the sense of unease ratchets up fast. I found myself second-guessing everyone, and just when I thought I had it figured out… nope. Hunter pulls the rug out in the best way.

What I appreciated most was how grounded it felt emotionally. The paranoia, the isolation, the creeping dread—it all felt so real. The tension is built not just through plot, but through character dynamics, buried secrets, and the quiet terror of not knowing who to trust in your own home.

If you love twisty psychological thrillers with a strong sense of place, pitch-perfect pacing, and plenty of suspicion to go around, The Tenants is a must-read. Dark, gripping, and disturbingly plausible—I couldn’t put it down.

This was such an entertaining mystery! The writing throughout really pulled me in and made it hard to put down. Even though some parts felt a little repetitive, it really made sense with the protagonist and her paranoid background personality, so I felt like it was really well done. The pacing throughout was really great, and I was constantly second guessing what was really going on. I also enjoyed some breadcrumb information spread throughout about Eve's past and her trauma which heightened the mystery elements a lot.

Overall, I just really enjoyed how the mystery was layered. I was never fully sure who to trust, and I appreciated that I couldn’t figure it all out early on—it made the ending that much more satisfying.

Thanks to NetGalley and Boldwood Books for the eARC!

Wow! What a fantastic find. This book had me reading well into the night. Great storyline, colorful characters and a good mystery.
Lots of wrong turns leads to the final answer!
I encourage everyone to get a copy of this book!
I will definitely recommend to my family and friends.

Creepy, interesting—but not my favorite

This book had a really cool and creepy idea. I was pulled in by the narrator’s voice—it felt intense and unique. The concept of someone never leaving their building and watching over all the tenants made it feel eerie in a good way. I liked how the story slowly revealed secrets, and the idea that danger could be inside the building, not outside, was very well done.

But I had mixed feelings. The pacing felt slow in parts, and it took a while for the tension to build up. I also found some parts of the plot predictable, and I didn’t connect deeply with the main character. I think I just wanted a bit more thrill or twists that shocked me.

Still, if you enjoy slow-burn thrillers with a mysterious atmosphere, this could work for you! It had potential, just didn’t fully click for me.

The story and the characters are so well written. I felt I was in the book with them. Be prepared to read it in one sitting. Loved it!

This was a good read that took an oft-used general storyline and made it really unique. It centers on Eve, who is an agoraphobic landlady living onsite in the apartment building she owns. She goes out of her way (in MANY ways) to help her tenants and make sure they are happy living there. When someone ends up dead, Eve realizes that things weren't as peachy as she thought, and increasing questions into her own involvement make her worried about how much people know about her past.

Eve is a strange character who really should be creepy and unlikable (after all, she has a secret passageway where she can listen to what her tenants are saying) but there is something charming about her. She is desperate for everyone to be happy and for them to like her, even if she goes about it in unorthodox ways. I love an unreliable narrator and you definitely get that with Eve, who insists she is being framed when it's not clear what she did or didn't do. I thought the twist in the book was unexpected, though some things did feel just a little far-fetched. The ending of the book was good, and I felt like it fit well with the rest of the story.

Overall, I enjoyed this read and finished it quickly. It put a unique twist on what could seem like a tired storyline. Thanks to Netgalley for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

3.5/5

Spooky apartment happenings that make you second guess what you know to be true or not about the situation and the people living there.

Our main character, Eve, cares about her tenants. She always tries to help them out. But things get spooky. One of her tenants ends up dead and it seems quite suspicious. Eve toes the line of unreliable narrator due to her agoraphobia (which was such a unique and interesting way to make an unreliable narrator, I've never read anything like that before, very clever).

Eve wants to figure out what is going on, who is the murderer, is she being framed, and why is no one taking her seriously.

This had some great twists and was just such a unique little thriller that kept me pretty captivated most of the time.

Thanks to NetGalley for the e-ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review! My Goodreads review is up and my TikTok (Zoe_Lipman) review will be up at the end of the month with my monthly reading wrap-up.

Thanks to Netgalley and Boldwood Books for this ARC.

I really enjoyed this book. It had me gripped from the start. Eve was fascinating as the main protagonist. Her agoraphobia, the attack, her drinking, her lifestyle, the secret passageways! I think this is what made the story stand apart from other similarly written thrillers. She could have come across as creepy, but she came across as lonely and genuinely wanting to help people, maybe because of her past? I had a gut feeling about Ethan, something wasn't as it seemed there but I didn't realise how right I was until further into the story. I liked how any/all of the tenants could have been integral to the plot, making it feel like a proper whodunit!!

A landlady who cannot leave her own home.
A cast of characters which mainly concentrate on the tenants.
Creepy and full of twists.
Loved everything about this book and found myself racing through.
First class thriller, one not to be missed.
My thanks to netgalley and the publisher for my copy.

A fast messed up world of a landlady that cant leave her building.

There is twists and turn and follows everything you need in a good thriller/mystery.