Freya is a single mother, recently widowed and looking for a place to live with her five year old daughter. When she's offered an affordable apartment in the lavish Adder House, it seems too good to be true. By the time Freya realizes her mistake in moving there, it might be too late for her and Skye to get out.

I don't have a whole lot to say about this book. It's pretty short, a very quick read, and there isn't a ton of build up. Most of the weird incidents that occur after Freya moves to Adder House are listed in the synopsis, and an alternative perspective throughout the story leads you to the conclusion long before the end of the book. None of the characters and their reactions are realistic, with the exception of Skye who is absolutely adorable.

Honestly, this book isn't terrible, but I wouldn't recommend it to many people. Perhaps if you're a huge fan of British mystery/thrillers, and enjoy books like An Anonymous Girl, this might be your thing. It just didn't work for me, and I probably would have never picked it up if I had noticed it was British beforehand. It's available on Kindle Unlimited right now if you would like to give it a chance.

*Thanks to NetGalley and Amazon Publishing UK for providing this ARC for review*

This book was very dry for me. I will could not relate to the book. To me it seems that the book is monotone. If the book is a mystery, I looked for some hint of some mysteriously to pop out at the beginning of the book that would awaken my curiosity to delve more into the book. I didn’t get it. The book didn’t really explain what happened to the father. It didn’t explain why the mother and daughter were being watched. As the mother and daughter moved in the apartment I thought the mystery would pick up then, but no it didn’t. I voluntary reviewed this ARC after receiving a free gifted copy.

The Apartment is the kind of thriller that slowly spikes and builds up your interest with each turning page and leaves you craving for more.It is a wonderfully crafted novel which makes you feel the as if the incidents happening to the characters are really happening to you.

First of all, I loved the writing style. The character development was great. I loved how each chapter ended with a suspicious detail. It really felt as if I was being watched. The creepiness and the weird sounds at Adder House didn't just care and confuse Freya I was genuinely creeped out throughout the entirety of the book, just was the power of the author to get me invested. I was hooked to this books til the end.

SO, why not give it 5 stars.Well, unfortunately the book had a few problems. The plot of the books starts with the death of Freya's husband Lewis. The author gives us a lot of information regarding her relationship wit her husband to the time leading to the death.However, mysteriously, how he died is never fully disclosed.

There were a lot of mysterious events that occurred throughout the course of the story that had no significant impact on the story and seemed unnecessary to me. Although the suspense is built with great detail through the chapters, the ending was a bit meh for me. I expected a more thrilling end to the momentous suspense but only got an explanation with clear logic or reason.

However, I think that the story was beautifully written and would have been brilliant if he ending was up to the mark.

Thank you Netgalley, Amazon Publishing U.K. and K. L. Slater.
Awesome thriller written by an awesome writer.
As usual, K. L. Slater does not disappoint. When you pick up this book you cannot put it down.
When something appears to good to be true it usual is.
Enjoy this fast read. 4 stars

This book had a creepy vibe from the first sentence and that vibe continued to the last sentence! The writing is concise and the pace of the creepiness is excellent. There were times I wanted to shout at Freya "can't you see this is too good to be true?!?" and I wanted her to just grab Skye and get out of there! The best part about horror like this is that unlike supernatural monsters, it's something that could happen. Everyone was a suspect - except for the person who actually was. Page-turner of a book!!

As I have been healing from Covid 19, I have had trouble finding a book that would hold my interest. I was experiencing too much anxiety and too little energy. The Apartment by Karen Slater met my needs.

The Apartment is very skillfully written; it holds the reader’s attention all the way through. Part of the reason for this is the way the plot keeps moving, mostly because the reader gets immediately caught up in this “too good to be true” situation. Freya and her little daughter Skye will soon be homeless because of some unfortunate life circumstances, when they are offered an apartment in the magnificent old Adder House near Kensington Palace.

But nothing seems right from the very beginning, and the suspense fills every page. Freya is a very appealing character as is little Skye. We want the best for them and yet we know that the best isn’t going to happen for them. There is a great deal of suspense, and I had trouble figuring out how all the pieces fit together. Unfortunately, the ending was quite rushed and the pieces did not all get tied up. That was a major disappointment in an otherwise taut thriller.

Interestingly, this book came out first as an Audible exclusive. The paperback and Kindle copies came out today, April 28. The Kindle Unlimited copy is currently free.

This was a fast and fun read! It was your typical thriller/mystery set up- main character has a tragic loss and feels overwhelmed in life, is looking for a positive change and offered a "too good to be true" scenario, and it all turns bad fast!

Freya and her daughter are looking for a new lease on life after a sad tragedy. They are offered an apartment in a very upscale area of London. Freya thinks it is too good to be true, and boy was she right.

The first half of the book starts a bit slow, but we learn all about Freya and her daughter, Skye, and how they came to be in their current situation. We get flashbacks of life before the tragedy and even a bit of knowledge into Freya's upbringing, which explains why she is skeptical of most people and fiercely protective of her daughter.

We are also introduced to the antagonist, though we don't know who it is. This person is clearly stalking and keeping tabs on the mother-daughter pair. Along with first person snippets of the antagonist's story we get flashbacks to the early 1900's of a cruel experiment involving a child and his reaction to fear...

The second half of the book picks up speed and I was finding myself wanting to read faster and faster to see where exactly this book was going. It suddenly sucked me in and I had to know what the heck was going on at Adder House!

The end was a complete surprise to me. I did not have it figured out at all, though I had my suspicions that not every character was how they presented themselves.

If you are looking for a fun, quick thriller than I highly recommend this book! It was just released today (April 28, 2020) here in the U.S. AND it is currently free with a Kindle Unlimited subscription.

Thanks to Netgalley and Amazon Publishing UK for allowing me the eARC to read and give my honest review. It was a 4 star read!

Happy Reading!

I enjoyed the build up of the plot for the majority of the book. I kept asking myself different questions that kept me hooked until the end. Throughout the book I kind of made a connection to what the ending would be but when I finally got to it I wasn’t a huge fan. I just thought it was odd.

Despite that, the writing style was fantastic. I very much enjoyed the book up until the end.

Wow!! I was interested from page one and my interest just kept building more and more. Talk about a plot twist ending that you won’t see coming. I can’t wait to read more books by this amazing author. You’re guaranteed to love this one.

First time in reading this author with the tidbit that told a bit about story that grabbed my attention. This also fell into what alot of what I had been reading lately also. Freya and Skye take you into this one with that takes you to a flat in London. There is intrigue that catches her right away that the answers build a nightmare. What has happened and can they get away? This is one that pulls you to the edge in finding the answers you seek. Keeps you busy for a minute with a conclusion you finally get too.

The Apartment is the story of a woman that comes across a too good to be true apartment for rent.
Freya, a widow in financial stress, is approached by Dr. Marsden in a coffee shop and offers her the apartment at a budget friendly price. After she and her daughter, Skye, move in Freya starts to notice strange things about the house and the other tenants.
Overall this book was an easy read with plenty of suspense. I just felt like the story itself was not believable. It also left too many unanswered questions. How did the husband die? Who was the man Aubrey was with? I liked it up until the end.

Unfortunately this was a miss for me. Slow build and then a ridiculous ending. I feel like I wasted a day with this one.

Freya and her daughter get offered a great deal on a nice apartment in a wealthy part of London after her husband dies. Perhaps she should’ve been suspicious of the opportunity falling into her lap, but the situation was perfect. Of course, the landlord was a little too interested in how she lived her life, but that’s to be expected when you live in someone’s converted mansion, right? Nonetheless, things get creepy fast. Is she going crazy or is there actually something to be concerned about? I devoured this book in one day! Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me a copy in exchange for an impartial review.

Another one of those "i can't put it down, i need to see how this ends" type of book.
From page one this book had my interest...someone offers you an apartment at a dirt cheap price in an upscale place..you KNOW there has to be a catch!!!
Definitely the book you want to keep going with to find out how it ends.

Any book about something that seems too good to be true probably is! I loved the twist in this story; my mind was going a completely different direction so I love being shocked! Every person I suspected was wrong and wow that was such a satisfying ending!

I love when flashbacks connect to present day so cleverly that you’re like whoa that’s why this is happening!

My first book by this author but not my last!

WOW. This book is SO GOOD. I couldn’t finish it in one day and it was so good I dreamt about what might have been going on. So many twists and so many people that I thought could be the antagonist and every one of those was wrong! Seriously keeps you guessing until the very end!! Highly recommend!!

The Apartment is testament to the saying-"If it sounds too good to be true." Slater lets her reader know from the beginning of the novel that Freya, a single mother in her 30's, has been targeted by Dr. Marsden. He approaches her in a Starbucks on the guise that he is displaying an apartment for rent flyer. Freya and her five year old daughter Skye are the only tenants he wants for the apartment in an elegant building in England near Hyde Park.
He even offers flexibility on the rent. Freya's reservations are forgotten and she and Skye move into Adder House.
The plot moves quickly and is full of suspense. What is happening at Adder House? Who can Freya trust?
The Apartment is a quick read and very entertaining.

So I am not in the majority, but I did not care for this book. So many plot holes. It drug on and on. I just didn't care for it. I am disappointed bc I thought this was going to be good. Just my opinion, you may love it.

Thanks to Netgalley, the publisher and K. L. Slater for the free Kindle version book.

This was my first Slater book, but it definitely will not be my last. I would consider this one to be a slow burn. I was able to get into the story immediately, but the suspense builds before the twist at the end. One of my favorite horror movie scare tactics is the build-up and the letdown, meaning that the audience is waiting for the scare to happen, and then it doesn’t. The dread that something is not right; however, sticks with the audience and makes them uneasy. This book does precisely that. You know something strange is happening, but you can’t quite put your finger on it. Freya and the reader descend together into fear and uncertainty. It was a thrilling ride! The psychology intertwined throughout the chapters was fascinating, and not something I was used to reading in a thriller. It was a fun element to the reading experience! I really could have read an entire book where Skye is the main character instead of Freya. She was adorable!

I was only iffy about two things. One, Freya, was beyond frustrating at times. There were SO MANY signs that she needed to get the heck out of that apartment and never look back, but she ignored every single one. It was challenging to listen to her excuses over and over again. I guess we wouldn’t have had much of a thriller though if she left! Two, I felt like the ending was a bit rushed. All of a sudden, BAM! You find out what happens, and then a few pages later, it jumps right to six months later. I guess I didn’t find it necessary. I would have rather seen more of an explanation of why. However, these two things did not at all stop me from enjoying every bit of the novel! I read the entire thing in less than 24 hours!

The Apartment by K.L. Slater is a psychological thriller.

First, let me thank NetGalley, the publisher Thomas & Mercer, and of course the author, for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.

 
My Synopsis:   (No major reveals, but if concerned, skip to My Opinions)

Freya Miller worries about providing for her 5-year old daughter Skye now that she is on her own.  But a chance meeting with Dr. Michael Marsden seems to be the answer to all her problems.  He offers her the opportunity to live in a mansion called Adder House.  Yes, it is but one of several apartments within this unique building, and the smallest of them all, but it is exactly what Freya and Skye need.

Skye quickly falls in love with the apartment and her new neighbours.  There is a bit of an issue with moving schools and leaving behind her friend Petra, but Skye is adapting much better than Freya had anticipated.

When things start to turn a little crazy, Freya wonders if her mind is just playing tricks on her.  Even Skye seems to be acting strange.  Is their new home a safe haven, or a house of horrors?

 
My Opinions:  

This was a really fast read, and reminded me a little of Rosemary's Baby.

The pace was good, and as always, Kim Slater delivered suspense really well.  I just kept turning those pages.  Her characters are great...I could easily relate to Freya, and her predicament.  I loved Lily, felt sorry for Susan and the Marsden's were just creepy.  And then the plot twisted and I was thrown.  Just what a good psychological thriller is supposed to do.

So overall, a creepy, atmospheric fast read that I didn't want to put down.