Thanks to the publishers for sharing this one. It was a quick, very suspenseful read, and I enjoyed it, although I found the ending a bit unbelievable. My full review appears on Weekend Notes.

A decent psychological thriller, enjoyed the setting and it was atmospheric. However, I never really took to the characters in this book and the conclusion of the book was pretty flat and somewhat rushed.

I would have preferred a longer epilogue and for the author to go into more detail behind the lead Character Freya’s family background and what she has since done to learn more about her biological family and why she was given up for adoption

Worth adding that this book is a short easy read.

I’d like to thank NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read this book.

Okay, wow! I really enjoyed this book! I felt intrigued right away and was actually a bit scared which rarely happens while reading psychological thrillers. The main characters were believable which i think is key in this scenario. I read this right before a trip to Paris where i was renting an apartment so i do feel my experience with this book was heavily swayed by that alone, but i felt the story moved quickly and i really wanted to know what was going to happen.

An interesting read but not for me, Having read all the authors previous books I felt this wasn't up to the usual standard. All felt a bit rushed and strange.

Freya is still learning to cope after the death of her husband and raising her daughter Skye alone. When a chance meeting in a coffee shop offers her the chance to rent a new apartment which in her wildest dreams she should never be able to afford and the chance for a fresh start for her and her daughter is too good to turn down but at the end of the day some things are too good to be true and when strange this start happening Freya questions if the motives of the other residents is really as genuine as it seems and are her and her daughter in danger. This book is a really exciting thriller and I hope someone makes this into a movie at some point because it’s really dark and exciting.

Took a bit to get into this story. The beginning was very long and drawn out. Then the ending moved quickly. It was ok.

Thanks NetGalley.

I enjoyed reading this book and I felt that the story was well executed.

The characters had depth and added a lot to the overall sense of the book and it was very enjoyable to keep turning the pages.

Recently widowed Freya Miller is worried about the future. With limited resources and a 5 year old daughter, she has to sell her house and move school. While going through the classifieds at a Starbucks, she meets Dr Marsden who offers her an apartment.
The offer seems to be too good to be true. Once she moves into the Apartment, she meets the other tenants and soon strange things start happening. Someone is watching her every move. How Freya unravels the truth without losing her mind. Who is actually her friend and who has ulterior motives? How much can one trust strangers? The ending could have been a little better. I thought it just ended in a haste.
Overall an interesting read.

Freya really should have thought about the old saying that if it sounds too good to be true then it probably is before she accepted the offer to live in an apartment in the same house as the mysterious man who had approached her in a cafe. But she desperately needed to find a proper home for her young daughter Skye and anyway, the man's name was Dr Marsden,he was a doctor so she could trust him....right (mmmm, wasn't Harold Shipman a doctor????)

In the beginning everything goes well, Freya and Skye soon settle into their new apartment on the top floor of Adder House and meet the other residents who are all very welcoming. But as time passes, Freya starts to get the unsettling feeling that there is something not right hiding beneath the sheen of perfection and normality that the residents strove so hard to convey. Then Freya started to feel as if she was being followed and began to experience strange and terrifying incidents inside the apartment.

Freya had suffered from mental health issues in the past after the tragic death of her husband. Was she imagining things as almost everyone insisted or was someone playing twisted mind games with Freya and Skye? By trying to do what was right for her daughter, had she instead placed both their lives in danger?

The story is told mostly from the perspective of our main character Freya who was a complex blend of issues and emotions. The hints at a previous history of mental health issues helped to cast doubt on Freya's version of events. I personally had mixed feelings about her,I didn't find her likeable or unlikable but I did think that she came across as quite selfish at times especially during some of her interactions with her daughter. I felt so much empathy for poor Skye, being dragged away from the school that she loved attending and her friends and being thrust into a strange environment where she didn't know anyone. And having a mother who didn't listen and dismissed or trivialised Skye's worries and fears. The other residents of Adder House were a mixed bag of diverse characters, there was the strange, controlling Marsdens, loveable, grandmotherly Lily and emotional Susan and her husband Matthew. Interspersed throughout the story were chapters that were voiced by a character who was obviously devoid of any morals or compassion for their fellow humans. Inserted into these chapters were extracts from the journal of a young wet nurse and chronicled the inhumane experiments that the young nurse's baby son Albert was subjected to in the 1920s. These extracts were chilling and uncomfortable to read at times but what significance did the events in the past have with the events in the present day?

The Apartment is a terrifyingly, realistic tale of how easily a vulnerable mind can be controlled and manipulated without the consent or knowledge of the victim. It is a well written, mesmerising thriller that keeps the reader captivated and frantically turning the pages. The intensity gradually builds as the story unfolds, keeping the reader guessing until the shocking truth is revealed. I love K.L.Slater's thrillers,she is a very talented author who's books are always outstanding, gripping reads. Very very highly recommended

I am a big fan of K.L Slater so I was excited to receive a copy of The Apartment.
Newly widowed Freya Miller is looking for a more affordable home when she meets charismatic Doctor Marsden in a nearby café. When he mentions that there is a new renovated flat in the building that he lives. Adder house is an upmarket building in swanky Kensington and Freya first thinks that she will never be able to live in the place like that. But when she views it, a bit smaller than the other flats in the building and when Doctor Marsden tells her the rent she agrees to move into the flat.
At first her five-year-old Skye is not happy moving into the flat and she doesn’t want to move from her school to a new one. Her friends are a bit dubious of her moving in too. But against all their wishes she tells herself that it will be a new start, a better future for her and her daughter Skye.
When she moves in weird things start to happen and she can hear noises. She is also told that someone that lived in flat died and she goes out to find out what happened at Adder house.
Thank you Bookoutre and NetGalley for a copy of the Apartment. I liked the premise of this creepy intense storyline and it has the usual style I have come to know and love from this author. But I found the excepts of the experiments a bit weird and the ending didn’t wow me like others from this author.

Good solid thriller. A bit reminiscent of Rosemarys Baby and Lock Every Door. I have to admit it kept me hooked but I felt slightly let down by the ending..and I got sooooooo annoyed at Freya! Despite her intuition and alarm bells ringing she goes ahead and moves herself and Skye into this creepy apartment with even creepier residents in the building! Oh I know...it's only a story LOL

Well written with wonderfully atmospheric scenes but somehow the whole lacked something for me. Perhaps it's because this genre has been done over and over. However, I certainly wouldn't dissuade anyone from reading it.
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC.

Quite a page turner! I found the storyline quite sinister and I must admit I was somewhat stressed and anxious reading it, I felt convinced something terrible was about to occur, especially with the little girl.
The twists kept me on my toes too.

Oof. I didn't like this book at all. It tried way too hard to be creepy but it really wasn't... someone not having family photos in their apartment does not a bad guy make (eyeroll emoji). The back and forth of the time period was annoying instead of enlightening. And the resolution was so forced. Basically the whole book was forced and it felt like a wasted premise, because the premise was pretty good! Thanks anyway to the publisher and NetGalley for a copy of the book.

The apartment - K.L. Slater

This book is from @netgalley in exchange for a review.

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This book caught my eye straight away on netgalley and I saw a review on Instagram which made me want to read it.

I enjoyed the book, the storyline is good and kept me guessing what was going to happen next.

Although, the ending seemed a little rushed to me.

RATING: ⭐⭐💫 2.5 stars

The Apartment although still a psychological thriller is a bit of a change from Kim Slater's other books i found,but it is every bit as good as her previous books ! Freya Miller along with her daughter Skye finds herself searching for a new home and by chance meets the mysterious Dr Marsden who just so happens to be looking for a tenant for an apartment in his house,Freya jumps at the chance thinking it is the answer to all her problems and her and Skye move in.But unfortunately that is where her problems really start to begin as strange things start to happen which Freya cannot really explain,As with all Kim Slater's books this one doesn't disappoint and once again marks out the fact that Kim is up there with the best when it comes to the psychological thriller genre.Yet another 5 star read from the excellent Kim Slater.

Rating: 2.5 stars
No spoilers but does reveal some things!

This book has a really good premise for a story but kind of fails to reach its potential. I did like the actual plot but it was almost rushed. Like right from the offset everything about Adder House seems a little dodgy and Freya is suspicious, so there isn't really a build up of tension for us, which personally I found to be underwhelming in the end. I think if it was a little less rushed, and it really took its time to for things to get scary, it would have been super thrilling, but I just felt underwhelmed in the end. That being said, I did finish the book, which means it did something right. I am a fan of Slater's work, but not my fave.

I read this in a day and enjoyed the plot. Like others, I found the actions of the main character Freya a little unrealistic at times. I understand that she is vulnerable and had previously had mental health issues but she made some very strange choices regarding her 5 year old daughter. The book started slowly but the pace picked up and I was kept intrigued throughout. I have this 4 stars because I would likely read other books by this author.

Thank you to Netgalley and Amazon for the advanced copy in exchange for a fair review.

This was a good book! I enjoyed it and I tore through it in one day :) Though perhaps not the most original of plots, I thoroughly still enjoyed it and had a fun time reading it! I would highly recommend this book to anyone that needs a compelling read, especially in these uncertain times. For a newbie to thrillers, this would be an especially fun read for sure!

Freya Miller is a single parent to her five year old daughter Skye. She's had a rough time, after the death of her ex husband and she's trying her best to care for Skye. Freya accidentally bumps into retired Dr Marsden in a cafe and he tells her he's there to put a notice up offering a tenancy for an apartment at the well named "Adder House". When Freya sees the apartment she's smitten and she gratefully accepts the offer and moves in. But all is not as it seems, Freya starts to feel uncomfortable when she meets the other residents especially Dr Marsden "wife" Audrey. As time goes on strange noises and bumps in the night start to take their toll on Freya and she begins to think the walls of Adder House hold terrible secrets. The parts of the story I was guessing at the most was the connection between the past and the present. It takes you back to 1920 and that's when you get to meet Beatrice and Little Albert. My guess work was completely wrong and the story comes together with a shocking ending. I really enjoyed getting to no the other characters, and I truly felt I was living in the actual story. It's a book with twists, spooky happenings, creepy doctors and at the heart of the book is beautiful five year old Skye, who makes your heart melt, and all I wanted to do was reach into the pages and give her a great big hug.
This is a highly suspenseful thriller, incredibly creepy and atmospheric. K.L.Slater pulls you in from the beginning and because of her brilliant imagination you just carry on reading until you've read the last twisty ending.
I'd highly recommend, it's an awesome read and I'd give it more than five stars if I could.

Freya is down on her luck. After the death of her husband, she can't quite believe it when a random encounter with a retired doctor leads to herself and her daughter being offered the chance to rent a beatiful apartment at the stunning Adder House cheaply. But it soon becomes obvious that all is not what it seems and a series of events leads Freya to try to work out what exactly is going on before something terrible happens. A great thriller, fantastic storyline with a brilliant twist. I totally recommend this book!