The Mirror House Girls

By: Faith Gardner

Narrated by: Raquel Beattie

An isolated compound. A so-called family. A collision course with unthinkable violence.

When Winona rents a room at the eccentric Mirror House, she hopes to make new friends. What she gets instead is a “family” led by the charismatic psychologist Simon Spellmeyer.

But if she wants to stay at Mirror House, Winona must join in following Simon’s strange protocols for self-improvement. Warning bells chime inside her, but the allure of transformation keeps her hooked. While his methods are disturbing, the results are undeniable.

Soon, Simon’s vision for their future spirals in a darker direction. The group relocates, expands, and Winona’s once-close bond with her housemates grows fractured by mistrust until she’s trapped among people she hardly recognizes—including herself.

Can Winona wake up to the true cost of Simon’s vision in time to get out alive? Or will the utopian dream descend into a tragic nightmare?

©2024 Faith Gardner (P)2025 Faith Gardner

Engaging listen - in Worth the credit!

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NO SPOILERS IN THIS REVIEW.

First off, I love longer novels—but only when they’re well-written. There’s a fine line between necessary depth and unnecessary length, and this book gets it just right. The character development is rich, and the pacing keeps you engaged with just the right amount of tension.

If you’ve read the plot summary and the concept intrigues you, trust me—this book delivers.

As for the Audible experience: The narrator is fantastic. She doesn’t just read the story; she brings it to life without being distracting. The recording quality is excellent, the voice acting is natural and immersive, and each character flows seamlessly.

Highly recommend!

Awesome narrator

This was a very good book. A little bit wordy in the middle but overall an interesting story. I will say that the narrator of this book was amazing. I was going between a 3 and a 4 star and the narration bumped it to 4.

Chilling tale

I thoroughly enjoyed the story and the performance for The Mirror House Girls. This is a psychological thriller that follows a woman who gets involved with a cult. She is desperate to belong somewhere and finds family in the most unusual way. I read this and thought about what truly goes on in these types of situations and my heart went out to the MC. Well done! I could not stop listening to see what would happen next! Highly recommend for anyone who enjoys psych thrillers.

Disturbingly cringey and accurate

Such an accurate portrayal of the manipulation and gaslighting that takes place in a person’s world before waking up in a cult. At least in my experience. It was triggering but healing.

It was okay

I had high hopes for this one. I went into it blind. Very similar to When She Returned by Lucinda Barry. I think if I hadn’t read that one already I would have enjoyed this one more. The characters were frustrating at times but I think that comes with the territory. It was written/narrated well.

Engaging

Good story but could do without the singing. It was distracting, hard to hear/understand the actual words, and I started skipping over any of the “songs.”

This blew my mind

I wasn’t ready to be swept up with these girls. Simultaneously rooting for Winona to find her community while also screaming GET OUT!!!

Woof

Didn’t love it, didn’t like it, forced myself to finish. The characters are just not believable. The saddest cult with the most cringe uncharismatic cult leader. Just boring, predictable not fun

Would bet money this was written by AI.

Cliche story, cliche writing, cliche women characters. The only thing I thought might be an unexpected twist never came to pass or be explained. This is like dark Kimmy Schmidt but not funny and I don’t care about any of the characters.