Review: The House of Quiet

The House of Quiet by Kiersten White
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Thanks to Netgalley and Delacorte for the pre-release copy of The House of Quiet by Kiersten White. Below you'll find my honest review.

Well, this book chastised me. It wagged its pointer finger at me and said, "Shame on you for not having gone back and read any of Kiersten White's YA stuff. Shame on you for only having read Hide and Mister Magic! SHAME!"

I absolutely LOVED this one. She does some amazing worldbuilding, and the crazy part about that is that she does it with a story in ONE house in the MIDDLE OF NOWHERE cut off from the rest of the world. Does she answer everything? No. Does it take a while to fully grasp the entire structure of the powers/the procedure/etc? Yes. But that doesn't matter because she's got a great group of characters that make you want to keep reading so you can find out whatever little tidbit comes next.

I adored some of the side characters the most - Lake and her weirdness, Dawn and her search for purpose and meaning, Forest and his silent fortitude - but the main characters were also strong and well developed. They were easy to root for, for sure.

Five stars, and I really, really hope this is going to be at least a duology. I need more in this world!!! Highly recommended.

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