KL Slater has yet again written another brilliant thriller.

The story she weaves starts with Jennifer and Cole, a married couple with two kids getting ready to celebrate Halloween with a big party. How quickly she turns the tide to what should be a fun night to someone dying and the big question was it murder or a car accident?

Slater uses her brilliant creativity to keep you intrigued and guessing throughout this book and the big plot twist definitely took me by surprise.

I highly recommend this new thriller by Slater and her previous novels also!

Thank you to NetGalley for allowing me to read the ARC for an honest review.
You are planning a spectacular Halloween party for the neighbourhood and next thing you know the police show up on your doorstep telling you your husband was in an accident. Not only that but the same day a woman shows up on your doorstep with a baby and she is claiming to be your husband's girlfriend. If that wasn't enough to send you over the edge, turns out she also owns all your assets, bank accounts and the house you are currently living in. If you are not ready for the nervous breakdown...just wait she isn't kicking you out. She wants to move in with you so the kids can all get to know each other as they are half siblings.....WOW I need more wine for this one. It was a great story and kept me glued in order to find out how the hell they were going to end this one. 4 stars for me.....Enjoy!!

Thank you Netgalley and Bookouture for the chance to read The girlfriend by K.L. Slater. While the author has written quite a few thrillers, this is my first book by her, and at first I found the style of writing and the first couple of chapters hard to get into...but that was just me. Once I finally settled down to really start reading I was hooked, and had to continue reading to see what happened next! This fast paced, twisty thriller ended up being my type of book, and the author is now on my TBR list!

I absolutely loved this book! I’ve been in abit of a reading slump but this kept me engrossed the entire way through it. I felt on edge reading this which is a good thing with a thriller! I couldn’t wait to get to the end to see what happened and wow what an ending!
Love this authors work

Wow wow wow. This author is just brilliant delivering absolutely incredible page turners every single time..I loved loved loved this one. Just wow.

This is a wild story full of lies and deceit. When Jennifer’s husband unexpectedly dies, she worries about her grieving children. Not even a day later does a young lady, Sara, knock on her door with a baby boy

This Sara claims to own the house she lives in and also drops a bombshell about Jennifer’s husband Cole. The only way to fix things? Sara suggests, more forces, herself and her baby to move in with Jennifer and her two kids

Told in alternating character POV and timeline, this is a gripping domestic thriller with an ending you won’t predict!

Jennifer's husband Cole isn't perfect, but he tries. He works hard, has a successful business. and keeps their family safe. They are happy.

Or so she thought...

When Cole is killed in a car accident, Jennifer is beside herself with grief, and worried about her children.

But her nightmare is just beginning.

When a woman with a baby turns up on her doorstep saying that she is Cole's girlfriend and the baby is their Son, Jennifer is distraught. But what comes next is even more shocking.

Through some business arrangement that Jennifer has no knowledge of, her late husband's girlfriend actually owns her house.

Faced with homelessness Jennifer makes a decision that will come back to haunt her, but at the time, it is the only rational thing she can think of.

This is one of those that I don't want to share too much about, or give anything away...

It's a fast paced novel with lots of surprises! The Girlfriend is another great novel by K.L. Slater. and I can't for the next.

I have to say I found this a little over-the-top, especially the ending. While it moved along at a decent pace, it just seemed a bit thrown together to me.

Anyway, however unlikely, what a nightmare. I can only imagine the trauma of having something like this happen, just one thing after another. Perhaps the moral of the story is that once someone has strayed, it's best to cut them loose.

Three stars.

Thanks to author, publisher and NetGalley for my ARC.

This book was absolutely crazy! And I enjoyed every minute of it! There was plenty of times I wished Sara was a real one so that I can beat the crap out of her!! I hated her so much!!! I would definitely make sure you put this on your TBR and side it was absolutely amazing!!!

This book. Woah! I finished this in under 24 hours because I had to know what happens next. This story is bananas, but you will be hooked immediately. Highly recommend for a quick thriller!

The Girlfriend by K.L. Slater

Published: October 27, 2022
Bookouture
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Pages: 320
KKECReads Rating: 5/5
I received a copy of this book for free, and I leave my review voluntarily.

K.L. Slater, or Kim, is the number one bestselling author of sixteen psychological crime thrillers. She has sold over two million copies of her books worldwide. She has also written four Carnegie-nominated Young Adult novels as Kim Slater for Macmillan Children’s Books. Kim has an MA in Creative Writing and lives with her husband in a small Nottinghamshire village.

“There’s a solution for every problem. You just have to be creative enough to find it.”

Jennifer thinks she has a perfect life. An up-and-coming husband lavishes the family with anything they could want, two beautiful children and a solid marriage. Her husband suddenly dies, and she gets a knock on the door.

Holy buckets. This was intense from page one. I enjoyed the multiple narrators and perspectives; it made the storyline smooth.

The characters were well done. Jennifer seemed like a calm, collected, caring mom. Sara was immature and secretive. Miller was a brooding teenager with secrets. Sylvie was innocent, caught in the crossfire.

This story was wild. From start to finish, the twists kept coming. When the big reveal happened, I was shocked. And as the punches kept coming, I didn’t know what to do except keep reading.

K.L. Slater is a gifted storyteller, and the madness packed into this book will leave your jaw on the floor. I devoured this book in a single sitting because I could not put it down- once things started to unravel, I had to find out what happened.

This was such a well-executed house of cards. The way pieces of information are dribbled in, while seemingly unimportant but coming back with a bang, was brilliant. This was emotional turmoil at its finest!

Wow, what a rush! Reading this book was like being on a rollercoaster, I hadn't time to recover from one shock when the next one hit. And I didn't see any of them coming. This was one of the most exciting books I have read this year, and believe me I've read quite a few. Don't expect to spread this read out over a few days, you won't be able to put it down.

The Girlfriend was an ok domestic thriller. I didn't really care for it but it wasn't terrible. It felt so slow until, all of a sudden, everything comes to a head all at once. I don't want to risk any spoilers so I'll just say thanks to Netgalley for the ARC.

When Jennifer and her family are prepping for a huge Halloween party at their house and receive devastating news about her husband, they feel nothing can make life worse. However when a stranger appears saying she not only has a son with the late husband, but is the rightful owner of the family home.

A dark and twisted thriller with lots of twists and unexpected turns. No one is innocent in this story and under the rock of each character another secret is uncovered.

Good characters and suspense right to the end.

Thanks to Netgalley, the publisher and the author for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review.

Another enjoyable read by this author. The premise of the story, a mistress moves in with the widow and children of her recently deceased lover because, surprise, she actually owns everything. It’s a twisted tale, but not dark in atmosphere. Hard to imagine finding out your newly deceased husband has been having an affair and your children have a baby brother, but that your way of life is a stack of lies and you might lose everything: devastating. Love stories that have layers and twists.

This author can do no wrong! I absolutely was turning the pages as quickly as possible. Loved the plot and twist!

I love Slater! Her books are so gripping! This one did not disappoint. My heck! The whole mistress storyline is used a lot but this one has a twist you won’t want to miss! Loved it!!

Thank you to NetGalley, Bookouture and the author for the advanced reader copy of this book! I have never read a K.L. Slater book, but after this one I will definitely be on the lookout for others by her. This book took me a little while to get into- it started off a little slow in my opinion, but this did help develop the characters really nicely. The concept of this story is so unique and also a total nightmare- your spouse dies unexpectedly, and his girlfriend shows up at your house with the rights to everything he owns. I really had no idea what was going to happen or how everyone and everything was connected, so after things started to reveal itself, I did find it to be hard to put down. Overall would recommend this book for a unique plot line and a good twisty psychological thriller!

I was completely gripped by the storyline and stayed up late reading to finish it (which is unlike me!). This is a story where the characters are so well written that they can make you feel real emotions - both anger and sympathy in my case. I found certain aspects a little unrealistic and frustrating but ultimately the twists and turns made for a great read.

Every wife's nightmare! The Girlfriend started a little slow but had plenty of twist and turns although maybe a little unrealsistic at times. Having said that I didn't want to put this book down as the suspense kept drawing me back.
I was a little disappointed with the ending as it felt a little rushed and as if the author didn't know how to finish the story.
A worthwhile read though.