Unfortunately this was a DNF for me. I really tried to continue but it dragged on for far too long. Sorry, but it didn't catch my attention at all.

This was requested when I first found out about NetGalley and I had requested so many ARCs that I could not get to all of them before they were archived. I really wanted to get to this one, as it seemed interesting. If I can find this somewhere for a reasonable price, I will try to get it!

I bought this one because I didn't download it in time, and I am glad I did. I liked it a lot. It is the right amount of creepy. It is also a good October read, so that worked out for me. Thanks for the ARC even though I messed it up.

A great read that I couldn't put down and I read it in one sitting. At times I was breathless and the storyline was gripping

Thank you NetGalley for giving me the chance to read this book ahead of time in exchange for a review. It didn't disappoint! Must read!!

The Attic at Wilton Place by CE Rose was a very slow burner at the beginning but don't let that fool you............The author Caroline works her magic by describing all the characters and brings them to life before she starts her book.....Then Bang, all of a sudden The Attic at Wilton Place comes alive and in a good way. It became addictive and I was absorbed in the book and found it hard to put it down. I loved it.

The gripping tale about Ruth. Family secrets are revealed and they are deadly. Haunting and dark physcological thriller that you can't put down.

A very mysterious read but it was also a bit slow which made it harder for me to pick it back up. Maybe other readers feel differently but unfortunately I did not have as much fun as with other books.

Fantastic book
A great story which is well written. This is my first book from this author and I loved it.
I certainly didn’t see the story evolving as it did

I received a free copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. Thank you to Netgalley and the publishers for the opportunity.

This was a slow start, but once you got going, mostly in the second half, it was incredibly worth sticking with it. The story tells you about Ruth Parker. who has a less-than-perfect relationship with her mother. Her mom is never one to hold back her opinions of Ruth of any of her shortcomings, yet Ruth is desperate for her love. Her aunt, a lifelong friend of her mother's, comes to her rescue and fills a bit of that void. Secrets of the past are revealed when Ruth discovers a locked room in her aunt's home at Wilton Place.

There are a lot of feelings in this story and it will definitely pull on your heart strings.

The Attic at Wilton Place is another slow burn thriller by C. E. Rose with a great plot and hashed out characters.
Ruth has always had trouble fitting in with those around her, most especially her family. Ruths mother, Joy, favours her eldest child, Tim (Ruth's older brother). It was so sad reading about how Ruth was cast aside and both criticised and ignored by her mother. When Ruth's aunt Vanessa, her mother's childhood friend, comes into her life, Ruth bonds with her like no one else and agrees to be her bridesmaid in France. Vanessa becomes the mother figure that Ruth has been longing for, but is everything as innocent as it seems. The gothic elements in this story when Ruth is at Vanessa's mansion were fantastic, and I couldn't read the final part of the book quickly enough. As the truth unravels for Ruth about her mother and Vanessa and their secrets, I was shocked with an ending I didn't expect.
If you love slow, suspenseful reads with clever twists, you really need to give this author a try!

The Attic at Wilton Place is the latest haunting page-turner from the mistress of the Gothic chiller: C E Rose.

Ruth Parker yearns for love and attention. Her cold and distant mother never loses an opportunity to chip away at what little self-confidence she has and Ruth feels overlooked, rejected and lonely. Ruth has grown used to hiding in the shadows – until an old friend of her mother ‘Aunt’ Vanessa begins to show an interest in her and she starts to bloom and bask in the attention she had never got before. Ruth escapes to university in London where she is invited by Vanessa to stay at her majestic Belgravia residence Wilton Place where strange things have been known to happen…

Wilton Place soon puts a spell on Ruth, who finds herself turning her back on student life in order to spend as much time as she possibly can in her aunt’s home. However, one day while exploring the attics of her aunt’s house, Ruth stumbles upon a locked door where her aunt Vanessa’s deepest and darkest secret has been kept hidden from everyone for years. Ruth soon discovers her mother’s icy and cold-hearted persona could be linked to what she has just stumbled upon at Wilton Place. As Ruth begins untangling the twisted truths of her mother’s past, is she ready for what she’s about to discover? Or should some things be kept in the dark?

C E Rose will make every single hair on the back of your neck stand on end. The Attic at Wilton Place is a chilling, terrifying and compulsively readable Gothic tale of lies, deceptions and secrets that is so juicy and addictive, I couldn’t bear to put it down. Cleverly written, brilliantly plotted and deliciously creepy, C E Rose’s The Attic at Wilton Place is a superb thriller best read with the lights on!

The Attic at Wilton Place is a slow burning thriller that really draws you into it’s world and builds the suspense through the character development and clever plot.
I loved how it took us back to the main character Ruth’s childhood and allowed the reader to explore her growth and development, but also to understand why she felt the way she did and made the choices that she did.
As a child, Ruth lives a very passive, solitary life with glimpses of glamour every time her ‘aunt’ Vanessa pops by. Ruth’s obsession with Vanessa is written so well. She’s an intoxicating character and exotic compared to Ruth’s existence. She is the only female adult to really show Ruth any positive attention too It was not a surprise when Ruth made the choices she did regarding living with her aunt and I loved the impact this had on her self-esteem, in the beginning.
I really enjoy plots where there’s a family secret hidden away and you have to learn about it in small snippets. Sometimes I just want to make things last as long as possible and allow the excitement and suspense to build and The Attic at Wilton Place certainly does this. It reveals little hints that things aren’t as they seem and there’s an overwhelming sense of foreboding that lurks – which I really enjoyed.
The Attic at Wilton Place is a thriller which reveals it’s full glory in slow peeling layers and is to be savoured rather than devoured. The character development is really strong and the tension and way it made me feel – like something wasn’t right – is so very well done.

This novel moved at a slightly slower paced than some of the author’s other books, but still a great, mysterious novel with new revelations round every corner.
I disliked Ruth’s family right from the start, her awful mother, weak father and selfish brother. And then when she finally escape them, she finds everything but peace.
It’s a great book, with mystery and great characters and if you like all of the above – this book is certainly for you.

Let me start off by saying this book wasn’t a perfect fit for me but for some it will be so take this with a grain of salt. I really enjoyed the premise of this story but felt it took a long time to get to the twist. The plot was okay and sometimes the storyline didn’t seem believable in my mind. The mesh of characters were well thought out so that was a big bonus. I do think with some reworking of this story it could’ve been much better than what it was. This one didn’t turn me off from reading more from this author so I do look forward to see what else is out there to try.

I enjoyed this book, which essentially was a coming-of-age/family drama, with gothic overtones and a mystery at its heart. For the most part, the story follows young musician Ruth, who has a difficult relationship with her mother but is taken on as a kind of project by her mother's best friend, a glamorous actress. The mystery itself is, of course, uncovered at the end but the most interesting element of the story is the complex relationships between all of the characters, who all feel like they could easily be real people. At times in the middle it did lose some pace, but for the most part I really enjoyed the story and have already purchased C.E. Rose's other novels to read too.

Thank you CE Rose, Hera Books and NetGalley for allowing me to read this ARC e-book. The title alone draws you in and makes you wonder what could possibly be in there. The perfect house, the perfect life… what more could one ask for? For Ruth she is about to discover the truth. The book was a bit of a slow burn in the beginning but once it picked up I couldn’t put it down.

I liked this book but I didn't love it. I felt for Ruth growing up under the critical eye of her mother, felt glad she had her brother to lean on and felt annoyed at how weedy her Dad was in standing up for her. I enjoyed the story up until her affair started. From then on in it descended into farce and became completely unbelievable. Vanessa's motives for her rather-more-than-just-eccentric behaviour and her ultimate fate were simply unrealistic, as were the reasons given for Ruth's mother's treatment of Ruth throughout her life. Having previously liked Ruth throughout the book, the fact that she didn't question Vanessa's disappearance or the driver's incredibly odd behaviour more closely - it seems it's ok for him to walk in on her in bed with a man and say absolutely nothing to him at the time or afterwards - resulted in my losing all respect for her. I'll rate it a solid three stars because I did enjoy the plot for three quarters of the book but it went seriously downhill for me from then on. Many thanks to Hera and NetGalley for the ARC.

A gothic dark and interesting tale.
Family secrets and something just under the layers, if we could just get to it.
CE Rose knows how to weave the ends together and to keep you picking until you get to the answers you want. Loved it.

An interesting read with a gothic undertone, full of complicated relationships and the real world impact of childhood traumas. Something about The Attic at Wilton Place has stuck with me, but I can't quite place my finger on what.