An excellent physiological thriller that had me unable to put it down, finishing it within the day!
Freya and her daughter Skye are on their own after the death of her husband, Lucas. She cannot afford to stay in the house she is in and needs somewhere to live. It feels like too good to be true when she meets Dr Marsden in a coffee shop and sees the flyers he is putting about about needing a tenant at Adder House.
She overcomes her doubts and becomes the new tenant in the vacant apartment in a converted house with strange residents!
The book is brilliantly written with twists and turns along the way and makes you suspicious of everyone you meet through the story! I will definitely be looking out for more from this author.

First the cons: a lot of plot holes. No way would a strong independent woman be fooled by a stranger in a coffee shop to go live in his house. And how did the husband die? Why is Kat so angry that Skye is moving away? SO MANY PLOT HOLES. Now the pros: a creepy, old fashioned thriller that will entertain you! An odd twist at the end that is guessable but makes for a good story! Overall a good read. This book was an ARC provided to me by NetGalley and the publishers in return for my honest review.

I received a digital copy of #theapartment from #NetGalley though all opinions are my own.

This book is set in London where a window and her 5 year old daughter are trying to create a new life. She then finds an apartment that seems too good to be true and that's where the mystery begins. For the most part each chapter ends on a cliffhanger though their are a few stories that don't seem to add to the story line. Overall a decent read with a slightly odd ending and a creepy house.

Freya is a single mother, recently widowed and looking for a place to live with her five year old daughter. When she's offered an affordable apartment in the lavish Adder House, it seems too good to be true. By the time Freya realizes her mistake in moving there, it might be too late for her and Skye to get out.

I don't have a whole lot to say about this book. It's pretty short, a very quick read, and there isn't a ton of build up. Most of the weird incidents that occur after Freya moves to Adder House are listed in the synopsis, and an alternative perspective throughout the story leads you to the conclusion long before the end of the book. None of the characters and their reactions are realistic, with the exception of Skye who is absolutely adorable.

Honestly, this book isn't terrible, but I wouldn't recommend it to many people. Perhaps if you're a huge fan of British mystery/thrillers, and enjoy books like An Anonymous Girl, this might be your thing. It just didn't work for me, and I probably would have never picked it up if I had noticed it was British beforehand. It's available on Kindle Unlimited right now if you would like to give it a chance.

*Thanks to NetGalley and Amazon Publishing UK for providing this ARC for review*

This book was very dry for me. I will could not relate to the book. To me it seems that the book is monotone. If the book is a mystery, I looked for some hint of some mysteriously to pop out at the beginning of the book that would awaken my curiosity to delve more into the book. I didn’t get it. The book didn’t really explain what happened to the father. It didn’t explain why the mother and daughter were being watched. As the mother and daughter moved in the apartment I thought the mystery would pick up then, but no it didn’t. I voluntary reviewed this ARC after receiving a free gifted copy.

The Apartment is the kind of thriller that slowly spikes and builds up your interest with each turning page and leaves you craving for more.It is a wonderfully crafted novel which makes you feel the as if the incidents happening to the characters are really happening to you.

First of all, I loved the writing style. The character development was great. I loved how each chapter ended with a suspicious detail. It really felt as if I was being watched. The creepiness and the weird sounds at Adder House didn't just care and confuse Freya I was genuinely creeped out throughout the entirety of the book, just was the power of the author to get me invested. I was hooked to this books til the end.

SO, why not give it 5 stars.Well, unfortunately the book had a few problems. The plot of the books starts with the death of Freya's husband Lewis. The author gives us a lot of information regarding her relationship wit her husband to the time leading to the death.However, mysteriously, how he died is never fully disclosed.

There were a lot of mysterious events that occurred throughout the course of the story that had no significant impact on the story and seemed unnecessary to me. Although the suspense is built with great detail through the chapters, the ending was a bit meh for me. I expected a more thrilling end to the momentous suspense but only got an explanation with clear logic or reason.

However, I think that the story was beautifully written and would have been brilliant if he ending was up to the mark.

Thank you Netgalley, Amazon Publishing U.K. and K. L. Slater.
Awesome thriller written by an awesome writer.
As usual, K. L. Slater does not disappoint. When you pick up this book you cannot put it down.
When something appears to good to be true it usual is.
Enjoy this fast read. 4 stars

This book had a creepy vibe from the first sentence and that vibe continued to the last sentence! The writing is concise and the pace of the creepiness is excellent. There were times I wanted to shout at Freya "can't you see this is too good to be true?!?" and I wanted her to just grab Skye and get out of there! The best part about horror like this is that unlike supernatural monsters, it's something that could happen. Everyone was a suspect - except for the person who actually was. Page-turner of a book!!

As I have been healing from Covid 19, I have had trouble finding a book that would hold my interest. I was experiencing too much anxiety and too little energy. The Apartment by Karen Slater met my needs.

The Apartment is very skillfully written; it holds the reader’s attention all the way through. Part of the reason for this is the way the plot keeps moving, mostly because the reader gets immediately caught up in this “too good to be true” situation. Freya and her little daughter Skye will soon be homeless because of some unfortunate life circumstances, when they are offered an apartment in the magnificent old Adder House near Kensington Palace.

But nothing seems right from the very beginning, and the suspense fills every page. Freya is a very appealing character as is little Skye. We want the best for them and yet we know that the best isn’t going to happen for them. There is a great deal of suspense, and I had trouble figuring out how all the pieces fit together. Unfortunately, the ending was quite rushed and the pieces did not all get tied up. That was a major disappointment in an otherwise taut thriller.

Interestingly, this book came out first as an Audible exclusive. The paperback and Kindle copies came out today, April 28. The Kindle Unlimited copy is currently free.

This was a fast and fun read! It was your typical thriller/mystery set up- main character has a tragic loss and feels overwhelmed in life, is looking for a positive change and offered a "too good to be true" scenario, and it all turns bad fast!

Freya and her daughter are looking for a new lease on life after a sad tragedy. They are offered an apartment in a very upscale area of London. Freya thinks it is too good to be true, and boy was she right.

The first half of the book starts a bit slow, but we learn all about Freya and her daughter, Skye, and how they came to be in their current situation. We get flashbacks of life before the tragedy and even a bit of knowledge into Freya's upbringing, which explains why she is skeptical of most people and fiercely protective of her daughter.

We are also introduced to the antagonist, though we don't know who it is. This person is clearly stalking and keeping tabs on the mother-daughter pair. Along with first person snippets of the antagonist's story we get flashbacks to the early 1900's of a cruel experiment involving a child and his reaction to fear...

The second half of the book picks up speed and I was finding myself wanting to read faster and faster to see where exactly this book was going. It suddenly sucked me in and I had to know what the heck was going on at Adder House!

The end was a complete surprise to me. I did not have it figured out at all, though I had my suspicions that not every character was how they presented themselves.

If you are looking for a fun, quick thriller than I highly recommend this book! It was just released today (April 28, 2020) here in the U.S. AND it is currently free with a Kindle Unlimited subscription.

Thanks to Netgalley and Amazon Publishing UK for allowing me the eARC to read and give my honest review. It was a 4 star read!

Happy Reading!

I enjoyed the build up of the plot for the majority of the book. I kept asking myself different questions that kept me hooked until the end. Throughout the book I kind of made a connection to what the ending would be but when I finally got to it I wasn’t a huge fan. I just thought it was odd.

Despite that, the writing style was fantastic. I very much enjoyed the book up until the end.

Wow!! I was interested from page one and my interest just kept building more and more. Talk about a plot twist ending that you won’t see coming. I can’t wait to read more books by this amazing author. You’re guaranteed to love this one.

First time in reading this author with the tidbit that told a bit about story that grabbed my attention. This also fell into what alot of what I had been reading lately also. Freya and Skye take you into this one with that takes you to a flat in London. There is intrigue that catches her right away that the answers build a nightmare. What has happened and can they get away? This is one that pulls you to the edge in finding the answers you seek. Keeps you busy for a minute with a conclusion you finally get too.

The Apartment is the story of a woman that comes across a too good to be true apartment for rent.
Freya, a widow in financial stress, is approached by Dr. Marsden in a coffee shop and offers her the apartment at a budget friendly price. After she and her daughter, Skye, move in Freya starts to notice strange things about the house and the other tenants.
Overall this book was an easy read with plenty of suspense. I just felt like the story itself was not believable. It also left too many unanswered questions. How did the husband die? Who was the man Aubrey was with? I liked it up until the end.

Unfortunately this was a miss for me. Slow build and then a ridiculous ending. I feel like I wasted a day with this one.

Freya and her daughter get offered a great deal on a nice apartment in a wealthy part of London after her husband dies. Perhaps she should’ve been suspicious of the opportunity falling into her lap, but the situation was perfect. Of course, the landlord was a little too interested in how she lived her life, but that’s to be expected when you live in someone’s converted mansion, right? Nonetheless, things get creepy fast. Is she going crazy or is there actually something to be concerned about? I devoured this book in one day! Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me a copy in exchange for an impartial review.

Another one of those "i can't put it down, i need to see how this ends" type of book.
From page one this book had my interest...someone offers you an apartment at a dirt cheap price in an upscale place..you KNOW there has to be a catch!!!
Definitely the book you want to keep going with to find out how it ends.

Any book about something that seems too good to be true probably is! I loved the twist in this story; my mind was going a completely different direction so I love being shocked! Every person I suspected was wrong and wow that was such a satisfying ending!

I love when flashbacks connect to present day so cleverly that you’re like whoa that’s why this is happening!

My first book by this author but not my last!

WOW. This book is SO GOOD. I couldn’t finish it in one day and it was so good I dreamt about what might have been going on. So many twists and so many people that I thought could be the antagonist and every one of those was wrong! Seriously keeps you guessing until the very end!! Highly recommend!!

The Apartment is testament to the saying-"If it sounds too good to be true." Slater lets her reader know from the beginning of the novel that Freya, a single mother in her 30's, has been targeted by Dr. Marsden. He approaches her in a Starbucks on the guise that he is displaying an apartment for rent flyer. Freya and her five year old daughter Skye are the only tenants he wants for the apartment in an elegant building in England near Hyde Park.
He even offers flexibility on the rent. Freya's reservations are forgotten and she and Skye move into Adder House.
The plot moves quickly and is full of suspense. What is happening at Adder House? Who can Freya trust?
The Apartment is a quick read and very entertaining.