The House of Quiet

By Kiersten White

Book Overview

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Hide comes a dark fantasy about a girl who will risk everything--posing as a maid, confronting powerful enemies, and unraveling deadly secrets--all to save her missing sister from the enigmatic House of Quiet.

"A brilliant, imaginative fantasy." --Allison Saft, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Wings of Starlight

"A chilling, dystopic world enclosed in a locked-room mystery." --Chloe Gong, #1 New York Times bestselling author of These Violent Delights

To save her sister, she must enter the House.

In the middle of a deadly bog sits the House of Quiet. It's a place for children whose Procedure triggered powers too terrible to be lived with--their last hope for treatment. No one knows how they're healed or where they go afterward.

Birdie has begged, bargained, and blackmailed her way inside as a maid, determined to find her missing sister, Magpie. But what she discovers is more mysteries. Instead of the destitute children who undergo the Procedure in hopes of social advancement, the house brims with aristocratic teens wielding strange powers they never should have been burdened with.

Though Birdie wants to ignore them, she can't help being drawn to stoic and silent Forest, charmed by clever River, and concerned for the youngest residents. And with fellow maid Minnow keeping tabs on everything Birdie does, danger is everywhere.

In her desperate search for Magpie, Birdie unearths terrifying threats and devastating truths, forcing her to confront just how much she's willing to sacrifice to save her own sister. Because in the House of Quiet, if you find what's lurking beneath . . . you lose everything.

Unravel the mystery. Ignite the rebellion.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0593806573
• ISBN13: 9780593806579
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Delacorte Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 13 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 8 to 12

Customer Reviews

Loved it!

What an intriguing world! And what a creepy house! It was definitely a unique type of horror, kind of haunted house but so much more. It sucked me right in and I loved following Birdie around (quietly so I wouldn't be chosen to help the House Wife) as she searched for her missing sister and tried to figure out what the heck was going on in this House of Quiet. The procedure, which so many people worked hard to get their children to have for a better future in this country divided between North and South was a big part of mystery that kept me reading. Plus I loved the other residents in the house. Each one felt very unique but nicely lifelike (at least as much as one can be with the powers they mysteriously got) and seeing the story from the different views helped round it out well. It was a slow creep horror with all the questions (like the red window, what the treatment is, and where did the other children go) but also a gothic mystery fantasy. I really enjoyed reading it and while it ends with a nice frantic bit of unraveling, figuring it all out in the nick of time and a very good determination to put the world to right after the dark discoveries in the House, I would not mind at all if there was another book about Birdie and the others! I am very happy to have been able to read this great story and I know for sure that I will love everything that Kiersten White writes!