I had requested for a copy of the eARC from Netgalley after reading the description of the story and the very beautiful and intriguing cover. This is the first time that I am reading a book by K L Slater and I must say that I liked th story and will be looking forward to reading more of her works.

The protagonist of this story is Freya Miller, a single mother of Skye, a sweet little girl who loves birds and who loves her school. Freya is in a difficult phase in her life with little savings, at the verge of losing her home, a life of uncertainty and precipitously meets Dr Marsden who gives her the most lovely offer to bring her life back on track. he offers her an apartment in Adder house a mansion in on of the well to do neighbourhoods of London. This was an offer that Freya couldn't possibly refuse as she finds all things are convenient for her and also that Dr Marsden is very gnerous and helping towards her and Skye. the trouble starts when slowly the helpful nature of the landlord's becomes interfering and soon there are some inexplicable events happening in the apartment with no reasonable explanation and giving her sleepless nights.....Whats the reason for these poltergeistic events? Whats the story behind the generous landlord...you will ned to read the story to find out.

The story gets interesting right from the word go. Events occur that compelled me to not keep the story away lest something happen when I am not reading.
There are many characters, a few loving, a few out rightly creepy, a few with seemingly difficult and unexplained behaviour. There are enough red herrings in the story. It is narrated in a third person POV but in between there is a narrative in italics that is from the past and that has some hints about the present occurrences. With so many things happen there is only one story line, no complicated parallel plots to distract the reader.

What didnt work for me was that the story gets over in the last few pages and all the loose ends gets tied up in the end. i would have loved it if the ending was more progressive. Also I still hav a few unanswered questions.

Despite all these I really enjoyed my journey through the story. I also loved the topic that was touched in the end.

I would recommend this book to all those who love to read psychological thrillers.

Disclaimer: I received an e ARC from Netgalley and I thank the author and publishers for making this possible. All opinions expressed are mine alone.

I’d like to thank Amazon Publishing UK and NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read ‘The Apartment’ by K L Slater in exchange for my honest and unbiased review.

Freya Miller is a widow with five-year-old daughter Skye and has had to sell her house. During her search for somewhere to rent she looks at a board in a local café and meets Dr Matthew Marsden who has a flat available in Adder House, a mansion he owns in a desirable area of London. As he says she need only pay a peppercorn rent that’s affordable for her, Freya jumps at the chance and very soon moves they move in. But strange events start to happen at Adder House and it isn’t long before Freya feels she’s in the middle of a nightmare.

‘The Apartment’ is a spooky psychological thriller that I found disturbing at times with weird occupants of the house I wasn’t sure could be trusted. The story was gripping with a plot that grew more tense as the story progressed, and together with lots of drama, intrigue and twists and turns I was so involved I read it in twenty-four hours. I was slightly disappointed by the ending which I thought was too rushed but nevertheless this is another excellent story by one of my favourite authors and one I have no hesitation in recommending.

The book is full of very interesting twists. Expected a little more. Many explanations were missing about the characters

This is a book about the old adage, “If something is too good to be true, then it probably is.” Freya a newly widowed mother to Skye, her 5 year old daughter. They have been left in a bind and must sell their house, but Freya has little hopes of finding an apartment to rent with just her tiny allotted amount of money she can spend.

Well, lucky her, she receives an offer she can not refuse! A man in the coffee shop showed her some flyers to his building and it’s the creme de la creme of locations. Surely, she couldn’t afford nothing in that neighborhood. After insistence that money isn’t an object to the owner, he convinces her to take a look.

Of course, the apartment is perfect for her and Skye to start a new life together. But, what about the cost? The landlord gladly accepted her offer and they moved in.

This was a “slow-burner” read. At times it became muddled with possible clues, but didn’t really peek my interest until the very end. There is a twist at the end that is almost shocking. I felt though, it left a little to be desired and didn’t wrap things up in a nice bow.

Always remember when it’s too good to be true...run the other way!

Thanks to #Netgalley and #Amazon Publishing for providing me with a copy of the book for my honest review. #TheApartment

Freya and Skye need a fresh start, but is Adder House too good to be true? Who lives there now, and perhaps more importantly, who lived there before? A page turner with a shocking ending - you won’t be able to put this book down.

Woah! Read in a single sitting because I didn't want to put it down, this book is responsible for a really rubbish night's sleep. The characters are well written and you don't know who to believe. At first I thought the story would be a bit pedestrian, predictable and safe (basing this on the blurb and what I predicted would happen) but it so wasn't like that at all. Nothing is as it seems throughout the whole of this book and it's all the better for it. Highly recommended.

After the death of her husband, Freya is desperately seeking a new place to live for herself and her young daughter, Skye. A chance encounter with a landlord provides her with the opportunity to move into Adder House. Adder House is completely out of Freya's budget but Dr Marsden, the landlord, insists that money won't be an issue and that the apartment is supposed to be Freya's.

Freya and Skye move in and although things begin to niggle at Freya from the beginning, she ignores those feelings because the apartment is beautiful and her daughter seems to love it there.

But for how long will they feel safe there before things begin to unravel?

The Apartment was my first read by K. L. Slater and it won't be my last. It was a pretty quick thriller and although the narrative was simple, the plot was very interesting and unpredictable. There were a few events that I felt were left unfinished but all in all it was a good read.

I received a free digital copy of The Apartment from Net Galley in exchange for an honest review. Sincere thanks to Net Galley and the publishers.

There were several things I enjoyed about this book. The setting was well thought out, creepy and had so much potential, the plot started out quite intriguing. The apartment was like a character in itself.

The other characters, however, felt very flat to me. There was a lack of depth in them as well as their interactions with one another. They did not keep my attention.

The biggest issue I had with the book would be the continuation of the plot. As stated above, it initially caught me right out of the gate. But a quarter of the way through I felt like the main character’s motivations and choices were impossible to understand. The plot got clunky and uninteresting the farther I read. I did finish it in hopes that the ending would redeem itself but even then it did not work for me.

I gave The Apartment 2.5 stars but rated up for the fact that I was interested in it enough to finish.

I have read other KL Slater books but this one was not up to par. From reviewer Jayme "- reminiscent of Riley Sagers Lock Every Door." I have to agree 100% just that the location changed to a creepy apartment. SMH

This book had some great, well developed characters so that is why I added a star. The plot also had me to a point until it reminded me of another book (see above), plus it became predictable. I added another star for overall creepiness and premise. This book just didn't get me the whole way through.

A solid 3 stars for effort. Hope the next book is better by this author.

Thanks to author, publisher and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own unless quoted by another person.

Available: 4/28/20

This was a decent thriller about a single mom and her young daughter who serendipitously move into an apartment that seems way too good to be true. The longer they stay there, however, the more mom realizes she may have gotten more than she bargained for. I didn't quite understand how or why things came together at the end, but still a decent, page-turning thriller.

The Apartment
By: K L Slater
Pub. Date: April 28, 2020

If you are in the mood for a psychological thriller, The Apartment will certainly fit the bill! I found that I enjoyed the pacing of the novel. I liked the main character and appreciated her devotion to protecting her daughter. I was thankful she seemed like a normal mom that makes mistakes but is trying to do her best. The story itself was creepy, thrilling, and the plot twist was good. I was uncertain about the villain for most of the book so, I didn’t just see it ending quite like it did.

✅ Voyeurism
✅ Gaslighting
✅ Fear
✅ Suspicious Death
ALL included in this suspenseful read!
Add it to your TBR, just do it!

If you love authors like Shari Lapena, I think you’ll enjoy this one. It even gave me some Ruth Ware, Turn of the Key vibes.

Overall a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 star read for me. I found it an interesting and fun read.


Thank you to @Netgalley and Amazon Publishing for an advanced copy of the novel for my honest review.

What a read! Fast paced, twisty, gripping... everything you could ask for in a psychological thriller! Read in a day, and Slater is now definitely an author to add to my list!

Freya Miller and her daughter are looking for a new considering her husband’s death. By some fortunate coincidence, she’s offered a sleek apartment in the heart of London. It’s an offer that’s difficult to refuse in her financial conditions. Is Freya heading for a trap called Adder House? All it might take a yes and everything that she knows will change forever!!!

Freya Miller narrates the story, except for a few instances. Those chapters have a mention of 1920 journal entries in the narration. Freya is raised in foster care thus she has the skill set to survive in rugged conditions. She keeps her head high, despite facing a severe financial crunch and death of her husband.
Slow and steady, the story picks up the pace and the mystery build-ups with elegance. As the chapters progress you navigate through Freya’s life before she turned up at Adder House. The brilliant aspect of the book Slater created a sense of creepiness through her writing. Her writing was addictive.

The book is a depicts of today’s society (can’t say much as it might be a spoiler).

I have always loved her writing and the way she creates a mystery around the narration. She is an expert in creating clever plots. Slater has effectively used her words to convey Freya’s grief, dilemma and her feeling of losing reality.

The only aspect I wished it was different is its ending. It felt it didn’t suit the creepiness that was built at the start of the book.

That brings me to the point that I have read other works by K L. Slater and they are brilliant. This book is delightful but isn’t good as her previous ones. Nevertheless, that doesn’t stop me from reading her books.

The Apartment is an enthralling and addictive read while giving you goosebumps at every turn of a page.

My rating is 3.5 stars.

Thank you, NetGalley and Amazon Publishing for the book in exchange for my honest review.

Thank you NetGalley and Thomas & Mercer Publishers for a copy of The Apartment in exchange for an honest review.

Ms. Slater has once again delivered an exciting and brilliant read. I have read her books before and was expecting a great read and I was not disappointed!!! I was hooked in the first paragraph and I could not put the book down. I was shocked to see that I was at the end of the book, I was that tied into the story. The characters are many dimensional and relatable.

Freya Miller has had to sell her home after her husband first left her for another woman and then died suddenly. While in a coffee shop she is approached by the charismatic Dr. Michael Marsden - a man in his mid-sixties. He has an apartment for rent to a person who would be the right fit. Freya and her 5 year-old daughter Skye go to view the apartment in a house that can only be described as a mansion. Freya can't believe her luck at only having to pay £500 for an apartment just steps away from Kensington Palace.

There are 6 apartments in the house. Dr. Marsden and his wife Audrey live on the main floor. In apartment #3 Professor Matthew Woodings lives with his wife Susan - a librarian. Miss Lilian (Lily) Brockley liked in apartment #4. Apartments #2 & #5 have tenants who are "away" at present. There is also an apartment on Freya's top floor but that has no number plate on it. Freya's apartment is tiny compared to the other apartments in the mansion.

As strange things start to happen in her apartment - things are moved about, strange scents linger in the air...... Things are also too good to be true - the moving men are paid for, Skye gets into an elite school.....

Interwoven through the story is the journal of Beatrice Barger and her baby son Dougie. Her story is backed up by the case study diary of Professor John B. Watson of Johns Hopkins University Hospital. How the journal and the case study relate to Freya and Skye makes for a shocking ending.

This book deserves more than 5 stars and I'm eagerly awaiting Ms. Slater's next book!

This thriller was definitely a "slow burn." There were lots of little red flags throughout the set up of the story but I wasn't really sure where the book was going. The little red flags helped build the suspense and add to the uneasy feeling I had while reading. I really liked the twist at the end and didn't see it coming. I wish we would have gotten more background on Freya and her husband in the beginning instead of in the middle/end. It was refreshing to have a narrator in a thriller be a functioning adult and not an unreliable narrator with a drinking problem. Overall, this was a good thriller with a good twist. It was quick and enjoyable to read.

Thank you to NetGalley for this ARC. Freya and her daughter need to find a new place to live after the death of her husband. Dr. Marsden meets Freya in a coffeeshop and offers an apartment that sounds too good to be true. You could certainly read this in one sitting. Really good! #theapartment #klslater #april2020

Welcome to Adder House a high end building and not at all affordable for Freya and her little daughter Sky.
But somehow the two of them end up living there- a dream coming true?
Strange things seem to happen. Or don't they? Is it imagination or a nightmare?
What a creepy and atmospheric story that lets you guess and double check everything! Everything a lover of psychological thriller wishes for!

Thank you very much for this ARC to the publisher and the author.

This is a great thriller! Freya is noticing stuff in her apartment is moved and she is hearing noises or maybe voices... she doesn't know if this place is haunted but she will find the truth out soon. This one will keep to up at night and question the items in your house. Be careful reading this one in the dark. Thank you NetGalley for allowing me to review this book in exchange for an honest review.

My thanks, to Amazon Publishing, U.K., K.L.Slater, and Netgalley.
This story was completely immersive. I began reading, and I was well and truly hooked. I'd fall asleep reading this book, and it would follow me into my dreams. I love those kind of stories!. I identified with Freya almost immediately. I understood her relief at thinking she had found a safe place for her and Skye. Then finding out, to her horror, how very mistaken she had been.
This is an author that I intend to read more of.

Single mom Freya Millers is going through a very hard time. Her husband, who had left her for one of her friends, has died, and her dire financial situation has forced her to sell the family home. So she can't believe her luck when she's offered a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to live at the luxurious Adder House. The rent is cheap and, the charming owner, Dr. Marsden, assures her that she and her five-year-old daughter will be a perfect fit with the other residents. And the Marsdens are going above and beyond to make sure Freya and Skye feel welcome and comfortable in their new home. The moving cost is paid for and they're even helping Freya make arrangements for Skye to transfer to a new school. Seems too good to be true? That's because it is.

I really enjoyed this addictive and suspenseful psychological thriller. The writing style is easy and engaging, and the creepy, foreboding atmosphere of the house kept me on the edge of my seat until the shocking twist. Freya and Skye are both likable characters and you can't help but cheer them on and hope that things turn out okay for them. I thought the author did a wonderful job of building the tension and making the reader second guess everything. Is there really something sinister going on at Adder House, or is it all in Freya's mind? I thought the conclusion was satisfying, but I wish we knew what became of little Douglas. How was he affected by what was done to him? I wish the author had answered this question since it played such an important role in the story.
Overall, I enjoyed my time with this twisty psychological thriller and highly recommend it.

Thank you to NetGalley and Amazon Publishing for the opportunity to read this ARC in exchange for an honest review.