First of all, when I started reading this book I was hooked up. There is something about it that won't let you put it down. The mystery is far too good, the plot development is amazing. I did have many disagreements with the main character. Sometimes she annoyed me so much that I wished to just stop reading, but of course, I needed answers. While the story was developing and coming to an end, I'm afraid to say I found it quite repetitive, predictable, somehow, I knew what was going to happen before reaching the end of it. I don't know if it's because I've read so many horror stories, watched a lot of horror films, but somehow I expected this book to be different. But in the end, it didn't reach my expectations. I give it 3 stars because as I said in the beginning, it has that hook that won't let you put it down, the mysterious happenings lead the reader through chapter after chapter. Another thing I liked is that the chapters are short, is very easy to read the book. The story is scary, it fulfills its purpose. Though, again, I didn't like the ending.

This book gave me the creeps.

In a time where we don't necessary know our neighbors. The Neighbor shows us a world where not all is what it seems and you never know what is behind the doors of the house next door or across the road.

As creepy as this book was my only complaint was the ending felt rush after all the lead up to it. Still worth reading if your into creepy, paranormal stories.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for giving me a chance to read this book in exchange for a review, though who knows if I will sleep tonight now. :)

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The story follows our main character Claire. While the title of the story already makes you suspicious about the neighbor, there is a lot that you discover.
This story will make you feel like you're watching one of the better horror movies. Every event, incident, will have you on the edge of your seat. The book takes you on a fabulous ride and the small revelations close all the questions you have.
Claire is the perfect protagonist. You will feel every tension, every worry, every scare that she feels. You will want to resolve the things just as much as she does!
For those of of who you love a gripping horror story, I definitely recommend this!

When I first read the description, and then got into the beginning of the book, I thought this was going to turn into one of those tawdry romance novels and that maybe the handsome hunk next door comes to the rescue of poor damsel in distress Claire. It's been a while since I've been so wrong! Yes Claire is a respected professional by day and a party girl by night if her kids are off with their father, but the new handsome hunk is not coming to anyone's rescue and sometimes you need to believe that pets and children can sense danger better than adults.

After getting involved with the new neighbor, Claire and her daughters begin to experience some very creepy happenings. Soon it becomes apparent that something supernatural is afoot in the entire neighborhood. This is no haunted house that you can just pack up and move away from.
I'm not going to get into the plot more than I have because it is best discovered for yourself. I will tell you it scared me. I read the first half very quickly because I was hooked from the start. Once I got to the halfway mark I kept putting it down. Not because it isn't good, but because it gave me the heebie jeebies. It takes a lot to scare me but The Neighbor did the trick.

Like to be scared? Really scared and not just kids stuff? This is the book for you! A wild ride of haunting, seduction, murder, and more - so much more - don't want to add any spoilers here. Not what I expected from the start, the innocuous title is almost fitting since it hides the horrors within. A great blood pumping read, just couldn't put it down. Don't want to add any spoilers - if you like really good horror, just read it. Going to keep my eye on this author.

When love thy neighbor becomes a terrifying ordeal.

Claire Vogel is a divorced mother of 4 girls and a successful counsellor. She lives in a wonderful community where everyone knows everyone and they all look out for each other. She likes an element of danger and often puts herself in risky and dangerous situations.
Steel Nolan moves in next door and they quickly become attracted to each other but Steel is a bit of an enigma and shortly after becoming involved with him Claire and the girls begin to experience weird happenings in their home, voices and sleepwalking. As Claire learns more about her neighbors past she becomes more and more anxious about her family's safety. Is Steel the man of her dreams or the stuff of nightmares?

Terrifying and sinister.

For any lover of the horror genre or the movie poltergeist then this book has everything you could possibly want all in one book. It was the cover of this book that enticed me to read it, it was so intriguing, and invited me right in. This was my first netgalley and first London Clarke read and I'm going to look up her other books as I haven't read such a delicious and suspenseful book in a long time.
Claire is the embodiment of a mother who will stop at nothing to protect her babies, and of course as she tries to explain the strange incidents going on around her it's put down to her being a hysterical woman. Who can she turn to? Who will help her? What in her past is connected to the now?

I would highly recommend this book I completely devoured it. I adored Claire and her spirit and especially her youngest girl Paris. Her community too were great with every single character being there for a reason and not being a fluffy filler, which you can sometimes find in this genre. It was fast paced and kept me wanting to turn the page even when I was barely able to keep my eyes open.

A dark, sinister tale that portrays the message of how looks can be deceiving, and for Claire, her family and neighbourhood, they can be hell!


Claire is a 40-something mother of 4 girls, who is juggling motherhood and her job as a therapist, on top of learning her ex-husband has recently eloped and remarried, just a year after their divorce. A mysterious, handsome new stranger, Steel, moves into her neighbourhood, in fact right next door, and soon polite flirtation turns into a deeper attraction, and as Claire and Steels relationship intensifies, strange and threatening things begin to happen, making Claire suspect her house may be haunted. Affecting not only Claire and her family, but her neighbours, friends and work as well. As she recognises similarities in a patients life to her own, notices strange figures lurking in the shadows and childhood memories, that were long hidden, begin to resurface. Claire soon realises Steel Nolan is not all he seems and is about to find out who he really is!

This book had me gripped once I’d got a few chapters in. Soon the suspense of what was happening in the book had me holding my breath as I turned each page, hair standing up on end, as I was eagerly anticipating what was going to happen, delving deeper into the dark, terror that awaited me. London Clarke’s writing style had me quickly reading through page after page, and in parts chilling me to my core. I was able to picture each character in my head, particularly the darker, more sinister characters, and clearly see them in the way the author portrays them in her wording.

If you are looking for a nail biting, breath holding, dark, sinister read, that in parts gives you a scare, then this is the book for you!

Thanks to NetGalley, for the opportunity to read an advance copy Of The Neighbor. I enjoyed it. was more horror than mystery I have to admit Claire got under my skin a bit. It was a bit like the Exorcist and even mentioned the father doing excorsim.

Ok, let's confront the elephant in the room...
Was it thrilling? Only on the second part of the book, the first half was boring.
Was it terrifying? To some people, not me, didn't feel the chills.
But honestly, i think it's my problem why that book didn't get a higher rating from me, there were a lot of effort put into this book and you can see it, some scenes were vivid, and the amount of suspense was good.
The thing i didn't like the most was the lead female, she was really stupid considering she has 4 kids, but that's what you get to feel her despair by the end of the books.
Overall, quite entertaining.
*Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for an ARC of this book in exchange of an honest review*

Claire is a recently divorced mom to 4 girls. She lives in a close knit neighborhood where everyone knows everyone. The ladies even have a book club where more wine is poured than book discussions. Then, one day, a new and handsome neighbor moves in giving the ladies much to talk about.

Claire, while out, has a chance encounter with this mysterious man. His name is Steel Nolan and the attraction between the two is instant. When the girls go to stay with their father on the weekends Claire and Steel spend most of that time in bed together.

Then strange things start occurring. Voices in the night, a stuffed animal that moves on its own, nightmares, sleepwalking, but what is most concerning is her oldest daughter, Annalen, seems to be exhibiting strange behaviors that are completely unlike herself.

"Yes, I have done quite well in this neighborhood, but even when I first scoped it out, I could tell it was ripe for the picking. Lot's of secrets, gossip, strife, and angst. The Devil's playground."

I will say no more.

Right from the start this book gave me the creeps and I don't say that often. I'm talking the spine tingling, hair raising kind of creeps. This book definitely has Poltergeist (1982) vibes to it so if that is a movie you love (like me) then this will work well for you. Obviously some suspension of disbelief needs to be had but in horror novels I never have a problem doing that. I loved Claire and her daughters especially little Paris. She loved her girls fiercely and would do anything to protect them from harm. All in all I found this one to be a rare gem and I will definitely put London Clarke on my authors to watch list. 4 stars!

Thank you to NetGalley and BooksGoSocial for my copy.

Claire Vogel is a recently divorced mother of four girls and a successful counselor living in a planned and prestigious community. She knows all her neighbors, and they know her. But Claire has a secret. To cope with hidden, deep-rooted pain, she often participates in risky, reckless behavior. When the mysterious Steel Nolan moves in next door to Claire, their flirtation quickly develops into a deeper attraction. But soon after, Claire and her children contend with sleepwalking, shadow men, and disembodied voices. As Claire begins to remember childhood memories and learns more about her new neighbor's past, her concern for her children's safety grows. Is Steel Nolan the man of her dreams … or the stuff of nightmares? Terrifying and disturbing, The Neighbor explores the thrill of danger, the depths of evil, and the dark and sinister elements that can haunt us for a lifetime.

This is a slow burn, filled with some creepy vibes about Claire and her four daughters. Claire is a divorced therapist who is trying to find herself as a single mom. She enjoys girls’s night with her friends and then meets her next door neighbor, Steel. There’s something about him that makes her knees weak, but scares her younger daughter! Thank you to NetGalley, the publisher, and author for a gifted copy. This is my honest review.

Love the cover it has that House On Haunting Hill vibe to it!
This was a wonderful quick thrill of ride book!
Enjoy this one very much!

Well....this book scared the sh*t out of me.

I already read before bed and every single twist and turn kept me interested and terrified.

A newly divorced mom, with four daughters, is adjusting to her new life. When she's not working or trying to be the best mom in the world, she has a dirty secret. Her secret life is dangerous - dressing up and going into sketchy bars to lead men on. Then...she meets her new neighbor, Steel Nolan. (Yes, very porn star name). They quickly fall for each other - all the while strange things start happening in her house. A stuffed cat that keeps reappearing, dark shadows in the corners, a man with a leather hat keeps staring at her.....

But then, THEN this turns into something even scarier. Murders, suicide, and strange flashbacks. Ugh, I can't even talk about without getting a little shaky.

London Clarke knows exactly how to write a book that will scare people. I'm running to buy everything else that she's written.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for the opportunity to read and review.

Mysterious bruises that appear on victims without explanation. Paranormal events. A website that shows one's worst fears and memories. Stuffed animals coming to life. Dark shadows that lurk and creep through a house and a neighborhood, seeming to foreshadow deaths. A neighbor who becomes increasingly terrifying as the novel progresses. A past trauma that becomes more acknowledged as the book comes to its climax. All the elements of horror are chillingly present in this book that for me was a quick, gripping read I could finish within two days of starting.

The main character is a divorced mother, Claire Vogel, living with her four daughters, who develops a romance that quickly turns into more than she could ever have bargained for or predicted with the man she believes to be renting the property next door. Claire's daughters are fleshed out to uneven degrees with her relationship with her eldest daughter, Annalen, receiving the most attention and evolution.

In many ways, this book is the story of the haunting and exorcism of an entire Virginia community, which does not emerge unscathed but suffers multiple deaths and losses throughout the course of the novel. Despite the trauma and horror, there is the sense of the community rallying around Claire and of Claire in particular having rich friendships with other women in her community like Dawn, Linda, and Gen. That sense of community isn't always developed in books, especially horror books.

The novel does a strong, moving job of developing its themes of possession and memory.

If I had one criticism, it would be that Claire does sometimes display the illogic that is often associated with characters in horror movies before they make the worst possible decisions or miss the fairly obvious conclusion. Most notably, this occurs when she, a trained psychologist, doesn't understand that her boyfriend keeping trophies of women he had in the past in a locked trunk likely points to him being a serial killer and instead asks him questions about this discovery instead of trying to flee immediately from his house.

Overall, though, it was a gripping read and I enjoyed it from beginning to end. Certainly I would recommend it to horror fans and consider reading other titles by this author.

I've greatly enjoyed every novel by London Clarke, and THE NEIGHBOR is another non-stop, can't-stop, heart in mouth and screaming, roller coaster ride into some seriously dark places (both human evil and Supernatural). Psychological issues, eternal good vs. Evil conflict, despair, faith, humans out of control, past and present trauma intertwined and humming future horror: THE NEIGHBOR is jaw-dropping, can't sleep till it's over, Implacable Horror tuned up Horror!

Holy moly moo!!!

This book I wasn’t expecting the whole twist and ending! This book really makes you think about who to trust in the neighbourhood and general.

If you like paranormal activity and haunting and romance and mystery and thriller then read this ASAP.

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