Frank H. (perryfran) reviewed on 3/20/2025 + 1247 more book reviews

This is the second book I have read by McFadden. The first, NEVER LIE, was a really good thriller that I enjoyed a lot. The Teacher was another fast-paced story that kept me turning the pages. It is told from three different perspectives: Eve, a high school math teacher who is obsessed with shoes; Nate, her husband who also teaches English at the same school and is very attractive especially to the female students; and Addie, a troubled 16-year-old student who has been accused of a scandal involving a prior teacher who was fired from the school. When Addie returns to school at the start of the following school year, she is instantly bullied by another young student named Kenzie who is also one of the most popular students there. Eve's marriage to Nate is falling apart and Eve always has a frown on her face. Addie is assigned to Eve's math class where she struggles but she also is assigned to Nate's English class where she is taken under his wing and excels at writing poetry. But is there more going on between Nate and Addie?

McFadden does a good job of building up the suspense in this novel and changing the reader's mind about which characters to sympathize with, if any. This all builds up to an unexpected climax and the very ending of the novel was really a surprise although I'm not sure how it was even possible. (I may need to reread some of what happened earlier.) Overall, this did keep me interested but the subject matter of the plot was very disturbing and I would only mildly recommend this one.

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