The Apartment is the story of Freya Miller and her daughter, who are trying to recover from the betrayal of Freya's husband and in the process lose her family home. Freya has a "chance" meeting with a Dr. Marsden, who, when he learns of Freya's housing troubles, offers her a room at the Adder House in London at an unbelievably affordable price. Of course, Freya takes him up on the offer.

And that is where the story starts. Adder House has it's ghosts, strange characters, and oddities: CCTV cameras, things out of order in Freya and Skye's room, and this nagging feeling about Dr. Marsden and the other residents of Adder House. No spoilers here - you have to read the book for yourself and you will not be disappointed.

I like mysteries, but I am not usually a fan of haunted house stories, but when this became available on NetGalley it piqued my interest. This book was a very quick read; I was drawn in from the beginning and finished it over a two day period - I just had to know what was happening. It took me longer to get around to writing the review than to read the book.

I highly recommend reading The Apartment - it is an engrossing, compelling, quick read that kept me guessing to the end when Skye went missing. This is literary entertainment at its finest and I look forward to reading from KL Slater.

I admit THE APARTMENT rather slow to heat up. And when it did make me restless it was nearly at the ending which was not enough, at all. The author also introduces to us a real experiment known as Little Albert Experiment in which learning about it makes me feel so sick with those so-called educated people did in an act of discovery.



What I'm reviewing here is more toward the afterthought as to what the author wishes to conclude. I think what she trying to do by giving us past and present situations of similar cases shows us that in our most difficult moment the support from the one closed to us can make a greater effect. Had it not, we'll break and find it unbearable to continue on.


In a sense, I love that by reading the fault that the main character does, we can learn something that we can take note of.
It put in our brain to act with caution when dealing with strangers because some people may not seem as they seem. And that safety always comes first no matter what horrible condition we're in.


Though I don't think it's a welcoming read for those that easily agitated and have trust issues because that is what this book trying to pull from you and so it could trigger paranoid. Regardless that, THE APARTMENT is one twisted read that make you question your mentality by thing that you don't expected to occurred.

A good story that I read really quickly. Well paced with each chapter wanting you to carry on reading rather than put it down. Only criticism I do have is the ease of which Freya accepted the apartment. You’ve heard of the saying ‘Too good to be true’ well that’s certainly the case here but desperate times call for desperate measures I suppose. All in all an enjoyable book.

if you're looking for a quick, twisty, and suspenseful read, I would recommend The Apartment. I was surprised by the ending and overall enjoyed reading it, but I spent most of the book yelling at Freya in my head and telling her to get out, but that would've made the plot boring, obviously. lol

Without giving the plot, I found this book suspenseful, mystifying, and unique. I also found it hard to put aside, and then disappointed when finished. If this author's other books are like this, I will be reading more !

Okay this book is just creepy. Good read, but creepy.
Freya and her daughter Skye have had a rough time. They have lost the man of the house and are forced to downsize to an apartment.
By chance? They luck into a great apartment with an unbelievable low rent even if the owner is a bit eccentric.
Then it all shifts cock eyed. Interferences into their life. Noises in the night, furniture being moved. The discovery that there had been a woman with a young child in their apartment before them and with a tragic ending...
It is not a long story but it is a scary plotted one. I can imagine that with resources someone could do what is in this book.......
I received this advanced reader copy in exchange for my unbiased opinion

Thank you for an ARC of The Apartment. I’ve heard wonderful things about K.L. Slater’s books and have been wanting to check her out for a while. I was drawn in by the description of this one, but was thrown off by reviews. A lot of them that I saw were from people who had read previous books from the author. They were mostly complaining that it was generic, and that the main character, Freya, was too naive. Basically saying K.L.’s had better books and they were seriously disappointed. However, I find myself thrilled I wasn’t disappointed by it. For my first K.L. book, I think it was a great pick. I definitely will be looking to get my hands on other books from her.

This book focuses on Freya, and her young daughter Skye at the time of loss for both of them. Freya lost her husband, Skye, her father. As the insurance money won’t last long, they also have to give up their home. Freya thinks they’re going to end up crashing at a friends place when lo and behold, she stumbles onto an offer that seems too good to be true. (Spoiler: It is!) A beautiful apartment that should be out of her money limits is open to her. For way less than it’s worth, but Freya doesn’t look a gift horse in the mouth and takes up Dr. Marsden’s offer to move in that weekend. Soon creepy things are happening and Freya thinks it’s just stress, for both her and Skye’s reactions to things. Freya was told she is the first tenant in the apartment but learns that there was a mother/daughter duo here before them. As she begins to uncover information about them and other residents, she becomes suspicious of the Marsdens.

The ending of this book was wonderful, I had no idea that what occurred was gonna happen. I was given a very small inkling of information, but was unsure how to piece it together. I will be recommending this book for anyone who wants a quick, and slightly creepy read.

Suspenseful read, Lots of suspicious creepy characters. Received ARC and found this book to be predictable.

I liked this! There is a bit of artistic licence with this one and you do have to wonder how gullible one woman can be, but if you accept this you can allow yourself to be sucked in. It was a quick and easy read, enjoyable, but without the twists and turns I was mostly hoping for which was a shame.

Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

K.L.Slater is a best-selling author and specializes in the genre of psychological thrillers. It is the first novel that I have read, written by Slater. I had heard a lot about this book even before I reviewed it.

Freya Miller and her daughter struggle after the loss of her husband. They come upon an excellent opportunity; to rent an apartment in one of the best areas at a reasonable cost. Sounds too good to be true, right? Do "too good to be true" things always come at a price? Will Freya know what is lurking around the corner? Will their troubles finally end?

Slater sets the stage well: a chance meeting, an excellent offer, and a new journey. Slowly as the excitement of the protagonist wears off, the author lets you know that something is not right. The author teases you with incidents and ties them with several suspects. It is difficult to guess what will happen next, and that is the most exceptional quality of the novel. Thrillers fail the moment a reader can guess the next twist, and Slater has been careful to evade that mistake. She keeps you guessing, but unfortunately at a grueling speed.

However, the author has jam-packed all the action in the last few chapters of the book. As a reader, I thought that the last chapters were rushed, and the plot was unraveling itself at a rapid speed. I wish the book had a consistent pace.

I would rate this book a 4/5. It was a good read, and I would recommend it. It is well-written and keeps you engrossed. If you like thrillers, go for it.
Thank you Netgalley and Amazon Publishing for the eARC in exchange for my honest review.

Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC ecopy for my Kindle.
Whom can you trust? Can you go with your "gut feeling?"
A good suspense novel that took a turn I hadn't expected.

I was really looking forward to reading this from the synopsis but I was really disappointed The story is based around a woman looking for a new start with her five year daughter after her husbands affair. Accepting a' too good to be true' offer on an apartment in 'Adder House' in upmarket London Freya and Skye move in. The other residents are weird, the house is creepy and the owners overbearing. Adder House is not what it seems and the more I read the more bored I became. I got more and more exasperated with Freya being so weak and weedy and none of the other characters being believable. Certainly not a book I would recommend. I have really enjoyed other books by Kim Slater but feel let down by this one.

A good mystery, with enough suspense to keep going till the last few pages and a frightening finish. I enjoyed the suspicions but had difficulty believing Freya Miller could be that gullible to fall for a deal that was too good to be true. Even having trust issues growing up she quickly moved into an apartment that was almost rent free with all the gifts Dr. Marsden provided. She was betrayed by her husband and needed to get out of debt when he passed and found this place for her and her daughter to be ideal. Little did she know the hidden cameras were tracking her daughters every move! Who could she trust ?

In some ways reminiscent of Rosemary's Baby, this story kept me on the edge of my seat the entire time. Freya moves herself and her daughter into an apartment in a big old house in a very posh section of London, with a suspiciously low rent and a questionable cast of characters. She doesn't know who to trust but her instincts tell her things aren't quite what they seem, and she is correct.

I honestly didn't enjoy reading "The Apartment" at all. Right from the beginning few chapters the story bored me, leaving me restless in finishing it. I know there was a lot of hype of this book on social media, I couldn't wait to read it. The story drags on till about the middle (chapters 24-26), but then it flatness again, and the ending is as quick as lightning!

This was poorly paced; I’m sure the slow beginning was meant to ratchet up suspense but it mostly dragged for me.

The protagonist is very hard to empathize with, as she made so many poor decisions.

Lastly, the denouement also strained credulity. I know it was meant to be a “twist” but it just seem nonsensical & implausible.

I was looking for an interesting, suspenseful mystery, and instead I got an abandoned housewife walking around feeling sorry for herself for 266 pages.

Following the death of her husband, Freya has to quickly find a more affordable place to live, and the too-good-to-be-true apartment in Adder House pops up at just the right time. Because this is a mystery, things are not as they seem. However, this book wasn't spooky enough for my taste! None of the suspenseful moments were drawn out or had any tension to them at all. Instead of letting the reader sit in that anxiety, creepy moments were quickly cut short. We just followed Freya around as she felt more and more sorry for herself. There were aspects of the story that were brought up close to the beginning, and then would pop up again much later on without being fully interwoven into the story. It was an incredibly poor and ineffective attempt at foreshadowing.

I did like the aspect of the story set in the past. I thought it set up the present-day events well, and gave just enough information to feel like I had an idea of where the story was going without showing its whole hand. That being said, when the end did happen, I felt let down. Everything was resolved way too quickly for such a messy lead-up. The writing style itself was fine, nothing really to complain about but nothing remarkable either. This book was just sort of disappointing.

This book was good but did not entice me to read this as quickly as I might have done with other books. I am not a fan of narrative in the present tense. Sometimes, that technique works - and I understand why the author started the prologue in the present tense. Such a book like the Apartment - meant to be at once thrilling and disturbing - is also meant to put the reader at the heart of the action. It is just a personal preference of mine that I dislike present-tense narratives, so my review is a bit biased. I feel like the present tense is just missing something. Like we know that everything from the most current word is uncertain (which is the point of the technique, and that readers must discover along with the author and characters). But for me, the book was not that thrilling, and, thus, the present tense did not work.

K.L Slater has written a great thriller in The Apartment. It was fast paced and had me intrigued on what was going on in the building. If you enjoy closed door thrillers, I would suggest you read this book. Thank you Amazon Publishing and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book for a honest review.

I was initially worried it might be too similar in plot to Lock Every Door by Riley Sager, which also features a down on her luck protagonist faced with a too good to be true upscale apartment opportunity, but was pleasantly surprised when this book went in quite a different direction.

The prologue led in with a sense of foreboding that intrigued me to keep reading in order to find out why Freya and her daughter, Skye, had so clearly been targeted and what was ultimately wanted from them. This uneasy atmosphere continued to grow as we were introduced to Adder House and its host of creepy residents.

From the start, there were red flags littered throughout from Freya’s first encounter with Dr. Marsden at Starbucks, her initial tour of Adder House, and each day after. These unsettling details, coupled with warnings to proceed with caution coming from caring and trusted friends (and even strangers on the street) of which Freya is unwilling to take seriously, could be enough for one to write Freya off as incredibly naive—or just plain stupid—but I couldn’t help but feel empathy for her. As a well intentioned widow and mother, she was desperate to make a fresh start for Skye and also for herself.

While the ever-growing, unsettling creep factor is put in place from page one and maintained throughout, I do want to share this book is definitely a slow burn — The action doesn’t really pick up until about 70% of the way through so if you enjoy more of a fast-paced read, this one may not be for you.

Ultimately 3.5/5 stars from me as I found the twist, although interesting, to be fairly predictable and I do like my thrillers to be more in the edge of your seat variety.

Thank you so much to NetGalley for the opportunity to check this one out!