The Perfect Neighbor is a good story.. Susanna Beard is a new author to me & I really liked the writing style.. It is a good mystery.. I was waiting for a bigger twist and a shock, but that just never really happened.. Great story if you read it as a mystery.. :)

Well written! This insidious domestic thriller delves into our everyday lives and flips it all on its head in a dark and suspenseful way. What would you do if you'd just moved into a new house, in a new, posh neighborhood, and see someone in one of your neighbor's houses holding up a sign that says 'HELP ME'? Yikes!
Fabulous ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I absolutely loved this domestic thriller. Although the plot is fairly simplistic, it somehow captivates you and is almost addictive in drawing the reader in. As this switches between the POV of Beth, the neighbor next door, and Sofie, the girl being held prisoner, you get a good dose of happy, positive chapters mixed in with desperation and sadness. This makes for a great story. I loved Sofie's POV so much and found myself really wanting more from her story. I do wish we had gotten more of her backstory and an epilogue with her remaining story. I found the ending to be absolutely perfect. It wrapped up everything to nicely and explained away all of my remaining questions. The wardrobe at the end was the perfect last touch on this. Although there was definitely a bit of predictability to this, I didn't mind because it kept my mind thinking about what was coming next. I do wish we had gotten more background on Keith and Oksana as well. That could have added even more layers to their storyline and could have added a lot of value to a very heavy topic. Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed this and look forward to more from Susanna Beard. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

Found the beginning too graphic and uncomfortable. Will not be continuing. It did not compel me and just seemed like it wanted to be dark for the sake of being dark.

I gave it 5 Stars because I couldn't put it down until I finished it. It was well written with believable characters and story line. One of those books that keeps you guessing until the end.

Thank you to Joffee Books and NetGalley for access to this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

I'm a little late in this review, but life happened.

This book frustrated me a bit. While the premise sounded promising, the synopsis gave away pretty much everything. The book took all the tropes of a "woman in the window" novel (of which there are many) and combined it with the extremely serious and real subject of forced labor that is presently going on all over the world. I felt like the main characters of Beth and Sofia were well fleshed out, and I understood Beth's motivation and hesitancy across the whole novel - which is something that is hard to make feel real. However, I felt like the stakes were never high enough, which made the story drag. Obviously, something bad was bound to happen to Sofia if she didn't escape, but we never got a clear picture as to what the possibilities were aside from a few cryptic hints. The conclusion of the story was also VERY quick. It wrapped things up, but I felt like it was too neat - if that's possible.

Despite this slowness, I did enjoy reading the book. I just had a hard time letting myself become invested in the story because of the lack of urgency.

Decent book but not very original. Unfortunately this genre it's hard find a book that's not like all the others. I liked the writing style and the characters depth to them to keep me entertained.

What a timely, thrilling tale of how you can never be sure about what is happening in your own back yard! You can live next to evil and be completely unaware, and you should not ignore take tell signs. I didn’t want the story to end, I hurt along with Sofia when plans did not go well. I rooted for her, cried for her and rejoiced with her. Matt will have you wanting to reach through the pages and smack him until his story unravels. A great read that will have you missing sleep because you have to see what happens!

A quick read which drew me in to find out what happens to Sofia, the 'maid' to the Russian woman living next door to Beth and her family. It was a bit predictable in parts but nonetheless it is good to draw attention to the horrific fact that modern day slavery is alive and well. Enjoyed it.
Thanks to the publisher for a review copy.

I was just frustrated by this book, and it wasn’t for me. The description pretty much summed up the whole entire book, nothing thrilled me in this at all. I also did not care for the writing style of this. I got confused with the way it was written. When the story is written in third person in the other one is written in first person.

Thanks to netgalley for the advanced ebook to review.
This book was an okay read with an interesting plot line, but I wouldn't describe it as a psychological thriller, as we pretty much know what the book is about from the get go! I felt more could have been given to us in the ending too. Overall it was unmemorable but not awful.

Sometimes when you look at someone else’s life they look so perfect. And you wish you could step into that life. These neighbors have that life you wish you could step into. Yet one day when a neighbor looks up she sees someone she has never seen before in a bedroom window of their house holding a sign - help me. Who is this girl. And why is she trapped in their house? And how far will she go to help a stranger? I did not see this ending coming AT ALL. I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

Wow! This was a real page-turner! So many twists and turns and no disappointments at any point in the story. Great read!

This book does a really good job mixing classic thriller tropes with a difficult and sensitive subject but I’m sorry to say that it bored me. I didn’t mind the slow start as it allows you to get a sense of both Beth and Sofia’s characters, and helps to build up sympathy for Sofia. However, the chapters ended up feeling very repetitive and the plot seems dragged out which reduced any tension or sense of urgency.

I thought the characterisation was good and made for characters that were thought-out and convincing. The author did a good job expressing Beth’s reluctance to get involved, balancing her people-pleaser attitude with her genuine concern for the girl and I feel that it is clear why Beth acts the way she does. Sofia’s actions similarly make sense with the mix of fear and determination she feels.

I did mostly enjoy the ending of the book and as the pace picked up I found myself getting more drawn into the story. However, since it had taken so long to get there I was not very invested and I wished some of the resolution was given more detail as it got wrapped up very quickly and neatly.

I did not connect with this title. I was not interested in the story and could not hold focus. I did not complete the entire book.

This is a fantastic book. Highly recommended. The plot is very well written and kept me entertained. We all have or had neighbours like those on this street!

LOVED loved loved this book.

The writing had me captivated from the start to finish, and I found myself reading it almost straight through one sitting. I look forward to reading more by this author.

Well the premise of the story sounded intriguing to me - it’s difficult to believe that such a crime exists in these times.
The story is told from the point of view of Sofia, the enslaved girl, and Beth, the woman next door. I have to admit that after a while I found the story repetitive and even a little boring. It was as if the book was fluffed out to make it longer. While this is advertised as a psychological thriller, there really wasn’t much of a thrill, for me anyway. And I really didn’t connect with the characters at - not feeling much compassion for poor Sofia.
My thanks to NetGalley for this ARC

I enjoyed this book and the flow. I was enthralled with the story, the topics and Beth's love of books. Beth and Adam are a married couple with two young children, Tom and Abigail, and have recently moved to the town of Kingston near Reading for a fresh start away from gossipers, busybodies and altogether annoying members of their old community; the family are soon joined by their recently acquired pet pooch Ruff. They move into an affluent, prim and proper area of the suburbs, but while trying to settle in, Beth realises she misses her friends, family and the familiarity of their old home and neighbourhood and decides to make an effort to make friends with some of the neighbours to lighten the load, so at least she has some female company to vent to about life. The story is told from both Beth's and Sofia's pov and we find out Sofia is being held captive by the neighbors, working up to fifteen hours per day, without food, pay or access to other people and the outside. She' s a prisoner. I liked both characters and felt terribly sorry for Sofia. The story is very tense, the efforts Sofia makes to free herself had me on the edge of my seat. The ending was uplifting though and I was very impressed with the involvement of the Salvation Army and their efforts to help people who are trafficked and treated worse than animals. This topic is very relevant in today's society on both sides of the pond. I think this was a good read as well as a thriller.

Many thanks to the author / Joffe Books / Book n All Promotions / Netgalley for the digital copy of this psychological thriller.

First I’d like to say that the cover is fantastic. Bright, bold, eye catching. I just read some of the reviews and I’ve read other books these past two months on domestic violence. Some have been excruciating, completely worth it to get through, however things have taken a turn for the worse for me and I saw so many people mention DV and I just cannot do it right now. I’m in the thick of the continuing, somewhat aftermath of DV and in a different way in the middle of the other situations in my life which is also a close form of that first DV. I probably would read it if the description was incredibly unique from many titles. I’m sorry for saying that, but it doesn’t stand out as being largely different than others have. I know I cannot leave feedback without a star rating so I’m going to give it a middle ground 3 stars. I want to thank the publisher and NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read this title. After I got this title from the “read now” section, I was new to NG and thought I’d have a very limited time to read it so I grabbed it as a kindle unlimited and I’ll be sending that copy back as well. I’m thankful to everyone who did mention DV. If it had been just one or two maybe three mentions I’d have thought it was light on the DV, but there are many. Again thank you for allowing me to have had the chance to read this title.