When something seems too good to be true…it usually is! Such is the case in The Apartment by K.L. Slater who introduces us to Freya and her young daughter Skye.⁣ Freya is totally down on her luck so when she happens to meet a kind man who offers her a luxury apartment for cheap, she cannot believe it! Things are looking up.⁣

Suddenly Freya is living in a posh place in a beautiful area of town. She is excited for a fresh start after the death of her husband and this place is going to be perfect! ⁣Except…things are starting to seem weird. And the people act kind of bizarre. What’s with the sounds coming from the other side of the apartment? And when she hears rumors of a young woman dying in this very same apartment, Freya begins to wonder if maybe this isn’t the best place for her and Skye.⁣

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Freya Miller needs a miracle. In the fallout of her husband’s betrayal, she’s about to lose her family home, and with it the security she craves for her five-year-old daughter, Skye. Adrift and alone, she’s on the verge of despair until a chance meeting with the charismatic Dr Marsden changes everything. He’s seeking a new tenant for a shockingly affordable flat in a fashionable area of London.

Adder House sounds too good to be true… But Freya really can’t afford to be cynical, and Dr Marsden is adamant she and Skye will be a perfect fit with the other residents.

But Adder House has secrets. Even behind a locked front door, Freya feels as if she’s being watched: objects moving, unfamiliar smells, the blinking light of a concealed camera… and it’s not long before she begins to suspect that her dream home is hiding a nightmarish reality. Was it really chance that led her here—or something unthinkably dark?

As the truth about Adder House starts to unravel, can Freya and Skye get out—or will they be locked in forever?

I was totally hooked from the beginning pages and liked the authors writing style. This is the second book I’ve read by her and will definitely be reading more.⁣ Highly recommend, this book is due out on April 28 but she has loads of suspense to choose from in the meantime!⁣

This is my first book of author K.L.slater and certainly won't be my last.
Easily 4 stars.
Freya is a recent widower, and mother of a 5year old girl, Skye. She is struggling financially and emotionally, when, one day, while sitting in a Starbucks, she is approached by Dr. Marsden, who gave her an offer to rent his luxurious apartment for a small price. As expected, the offer is holding hidden mysteries.
I don't know for the other readers but for me, I will categorize it as a cozy thriller. The plot is well written but the ending was a little plain for me.
I will definitely check the other novels by the author.
Many thanks to Netgalley and the publishers, for my advance copy to read and give an honest review.

K.L.Slater is one of my favourite authors and to this day I have not read one of her books that I have not loved up until now.
Sadly The Apartment was very slow paced for me and I could not connect with the characters.
I felt this book was not as enticing and thrilling as her previous books and although I have not raced through the book in eagerness I do recommend it as a read.

This is the first book by K L Slater that I have picked up and to be honest, I found it not to my liking. While I did finish the book, I struggled. I wasn't really a fan of the characters, though I envisioned the setting (and loved the sound of "the Palace"). Not my cup of tea. Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the advanced copy.

Okay story, characters are a bit unrealistic and plot stretches the imagination. I did finish it, however, and enjoyed the satisfying ending. Overall a bit too much to swallow so can only award this two stars.

This is the first book I read from the author but I must say that it let me down. I was expecting a lot from this but it's just okay to me. The flow of the story is good. I am so curious as to what really happens in the apartment and that's what help me to push through and read more about it. I also don't like how the author just include a really out of this place Point of View of the past. It definitely confuse me as to who is this Point of View. It's one of the reason the book was off to me.

I also don't like the fact that everything is explained in the end. All at once. I am not really into stories like that because it leaves me unsatisfied. I like plots that slowly explains the situation but still leave a huge revelation at the ending of the book. The ending is meh for me. I am not a huge fan.

Thank you NetGalley and Thomas & Mercer/Amazon Publishing UK

Full review coming soon on my blog https://www.inkly.in

Pretty decent, fast paced, creep inducing dread of a read. Freya and her daughter Skye are desperately seeking a place to live shortly after her POS husband who left her for an older woman dies unexpectedly, which is never actually explained in the book. She receives a too good to be true offer to live in a really posh house for a fraction of what she'd pay elsewhere as she would "be a good fit" according to her new landlord, Dr. Marsden. She slowly begins to think she's losing her mind from there as she hears things, sees flies in her daughter's bedroom, and just feels off in her own home, things moved around, etc. A lot of the story felt implausible, but it still made for a good, scary read.

I’m afraid I struggled with this one,normally I’m a fast reader but it took me quite a while to read it as it just couldn’t keep my attention and I kept breaking off to read other things. It was quite flat and the story never really got going for me unfortunately

I love a good K.L Slater book but this one fell flat for me. I was bored from about 10% in until the end. I wanted to love it because a story about a creepy apartment usually rocks my world.
The characters were so unlikable and I was actually getting so annoyed with Freya. I think the author could have made this MUCH creepier and thrilling.
I wish the author nothing but success and I apologize that this book wasn't for me.

I enjoyed the book but I have read better ones by this author. I felt that the parts where the book went back in time could have been highlighted better and I found the story slightly silly but I do like this author's writing style.

"I received this copy from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review"

Freya Miller needs a miracle. In the fallout of her husband’s betrayal, she’s about to lose her family home, and with it the security she craves for her five-year-old daughter, Skye. Adrift and alone, she’s on the verge of despair until a chance meeting with the charismatic Dr Marsden changes everything. He’s seeking a new tenant for a shockingly affordable flat in a fashionable area of London.
Adder House sounds too good to be true… But Freya really can’t afford to be cynical, and Dr Marsden is adamant she and Skye will be a perfect fit with the other residents.
But Adder House has secrets. Even behind a locked front door, Freya feels as if she’s being watched: objects moving, unfamiliar smells, the blinking light of a concealed camera… and it’s not long before she begins to suspect that her dream home is hiding a nightmarish reality. Was it really chance that led her here—or something unthinkably dark?

Okay, I will start with the things I like about this book. Right from the very start it was a suspenseful read and that didn't stop throughout the book. I also found it to be a very quick read and I didn't see the end coming until about the 90% mark and I liked how it ended.

The main issue I had with it was it was too small and because of that it felt key bits happened way to quickly or not described enough. I will go into a couple of spoilers in a second so if you don't want to see them stop reading here.

I am putting a couple of spoilers only so people know what I mean with what I wrote above. One of the issues I noticed is that Skye was having issues at her school but at the end nothing was mentioned about it at all. Another was her "friendship" with Mark came out of the blue and she seemed to trust him way off the bat. I would of loved if the book was a little longer so these issues could of been fixed and they didn't feel so rushed.

I ended up rating it 3.5 stars because I did enjoy it but the issues I mentioned just put a bit of a damper on the whole thing. It would of been a perfect read if things didn't happen so quickly and more detail was put in because the story itself was great.

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Thank you to the Publishers and NetGalley for the ARC, I received in exchange for a fair review.

The Apartment, has a really great story premise behind it. Freya is a single mother, who is getting over both her husband leaving, her for another women, and his sudden death. She is facing finance challenges at this difficult time. Forced to sell their home and find somewhere affordable to live, in London.

When by Chance, she is offered a unbelievable apartment in Kensington , at an affordable price. Something that would normally be out of her range. The owner of the building seems more concerned that the tenants fit in. A chance of a new start.

Strange things start to happen in the apartment. Little things at first, that she cannot put her finger on. With Freya recovering from some pretty significant life events, she is looking for her "safe space". It is believable that she would be willing to over look some misgivings about the apartment. It rings so true.

Freya is likable, and you are routing for her to come good. Your gut tells you there is something wrong, but everything as she experiences is difficult to define. It could go ether way. Is she just suffering from stress or is this actually something that is off. This is what makes this book so great.

Amazing, a really page turner, I read it across two nights. A thriller with a great sense of suspense. It keep's pushing your forward. The plot is gripping. The ending is a climax and surprise. A Complete gem. 4 1/2 Stars.

I love this author all the books are amazing including this one. Will definitely look out for the next book

I just finished this book and loved it. A classic page turner with great characters riding many twists and turns. The story begins with Freya and her daughter, Skye at a crossroads. Her ex husband has died and they have to move. She meets a man in a coffee shop who is looking for a tenant. Long story short they move to a fabulous place called the Adder House. He puts them there rent free and creepy things begin to happen with the tennants, school, the owners. Thank you #netgalley for the Advanced read.

This was a quick read with a cool premise that didn't fully live up to expectations. It centers around Freya, a recently widowed woman raising her 5 year old daughter and struggling financially. She meets the rich and somewhat creepy Dr. Marsden in a coffee shop and he sells her on moving into an apartment in his building for whatever she can afford, even though that area should be far out of her reach of affordability. Once she arrives, creepy things start to happen and she sees that there is a weird dynamic between the tenants of the house. Also, there are tie-backs to a psychological conditioning experiment that happened decades ago, leaving the reader to try to figure out who is pulling out the reference to this experiment and what it has to do with Freya.

I had 2 issues with the execution of the book. One was around Freya's actions in general. How gullible could she be to move into the house in the first place without doing any real research, or question why they were giving her such a great rate. She also apparently couldn't find any history of the house or it's previous inhabitants online, nor could she figure out what was going on with her daughter at school. I was frustrated with her for most of the book. My other issue is that the eventual tie-in of Freya's story to the psychological experiment of the past seemed not only like a stretch, but a loosely woven one at that. It didn't ring true to me and I couldn't figure out why the villain was even doing what they were doing, or how they made the connection to the earlier experiment. The potential was there but that was supposed to be the culmination of the story and it just wasn't clear or well done.

Overall, it was a fast read that had potential but just didn't go where it could have gone with that potential. Thanks to Netgalley for providing me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Freya Miller has had a horrible year. After losing her husband, Freya's only remaining family is her five year old daughter, Skye - something which is caused by various factors and about which we learn more throughout the book. Now financial concerns have her desperately looking for an apartment they can afford, and they need to move in ASAP. Freya is unemployed so finding an apartment within her means is a challenge. But fate suddenly appears to smile on them when she meets Dr. Marsden who is looking for a new tenant for an apartment at one of London's most exclusive addresses. When he offers to rent it to them for a fraction of the market rental value, Freya can't refuse. Soon Freya and Skye have moved into Adder House, begun making friends and enjoying their new posh residence. It feels like life is taking a turn for the better, finally. But then a number of unsettling things begin happening, both in and out of Adder House, that leave Freya wondering if their "perfect" new home is perhaps far from safe.

The Apartment is a fast-paced psychological suspense novel that easily kept my attention. Despite a relatively small cast of characters there are still plenty of options for suspects.

The book aptly demonstrates that humans can be (and have been) victims of our own progress if we don't place concern for fellow humans at the top of the list. 3.5 Stars

Content Warnings: SPOILER child abuse; psychological experimentation conducted by medical personnel and otherwise END SPOILER

Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC. The opinions in this review are honest and my own.

Thank you NetGalley for an advanced copy of The Apartment.

I mean... this is KL Slater... Would you expect anything less than at least 4 stars?? I certainly don't anymore. I've read so many of KL Slater's books and have really enjoyed them all!

This book is about an apartment that pretty much falls into the lap of Freya, who is a recent widow needing a place to live for her and her daughter Skye. When Dr. Marsden happens to post an "apartment for rent" flyer on a local bulletin board while Freya is standing in front of said board, it all seems to good to be true. The rent is based off of how good of a fit the tenant is for the apartment building, and not actual cost. Which, once Freya sees the beautiful Adder House, still thinks is too good to be true but moves in anyways. Strange things however start happening throughout the apartment; Skye's toy box is moved, a camera appears in their hallway, and Freya sees tons and tons of flies infested in Skye's room, only to find them all gone once she's gotten Dr. Marsden to come up to the apartment with her. When she tells people throughout the town where she is living, their demeanor changes and they quickly end the conversation.

You'll also read about baby Douglas, aka Little Albert, and the experiments a doctor from 1920 puts him through to instill fear. How does this relate to Freya? Who can she trust? Even her closest friend, Brenna, is starting to question her sanity. While I had a small inkling as to what was going on, I didn't expect who would be responsible... That was a big surprise!

Wow! Didn't see that coming. I enjoyed this one. Quick read. I have read others by this author before and enjoyed them as well. I loved the daughter Skye. My only complaint was the ending. Left me with some unanswered questions. Glad I got a chance to read before the release date!

Let me start by saying that I am usually a huge fan of K.L.Slater, huge! However, this book left me feeling unfulfilled. I think the premise was great, though as I was reading I kept thinking of parallels between the book and something else, a movie or show I had seen at some point that had the same concept. I think what annoyed me the most was the repetitiveness of her worry for her daughter. I get it, I'm a mom myself so I know that of course, your biggest priority and concern is your children's wellbeing but this was non-stop. It was like filler for the book or something.

I thought Slater did a great job making the Marsden's creepy and I honestly didn't see the familial connection coming so that was a nice twist. I enjoyed the book and sped through it as I do with all of her novels, they are truly that good and entertaining, this one just missed the mark for me a bit.

If something sounds too good to be true then chances are it is! I was frustrated with Freya's naievety moving into an apartment with her daughter after meeting a man in a cafe who basically says you only pay what you can afford!
As soon as she moves in she regrets her decision, the residents are all strange and Freya and Skye appear to be in a psychological experiment, it appears a story is building up only to be over as soon as it's begun. I felt a little let down by it as wanted a bit more of story before it culminated.