Got a copy of this book from netgalley and I really liked this book. Great story that kept you wondering what really is going on. Felt like it was rushed at the end a little but overall I loved the characters and the excitement towards the end.

A young single mother and her 5 year old daughter are thrown a lifeline when they're offered the opportunity to move into a gorgeous, up-market apartment in Kensington for a comfortably affordable monthly rent. The house itself is stunning, the neighbours quiet, quirky but friendly and the apartment is ideal for their little family. But if it's too good to be true, it probably is... as Freya soon starts to find out.

While the book is enjoyable and I'm sure will have some readers gripped, for me The Apartment missed the mark. There are plenty of diversions and issues from Freya's own life that make her question what is happening and who is responsible but I felt it was fairly obvious that these weren't genuine possibilities. Adder House is clearly the driving factor of what is happening to Freya and Skye; the reader just doesn't know who or what within the building is responsible.

I was confused by the double narrative in this book; the main narrative is Freya moving in to Adder House and the second is from a mystery person who seems to be following Freya. This mystery person has clearly been watching Freya and Skye for some time and reviewing what is happening with the young mum and her daughter. At the same time, this mystery person is reading back over a report from a 1920's medical research experiment.

I struggled to understand how these two narratives were linked and even when it was eventually revealed I was a bit disappointed. The link is very different to a typical psychological thriller book but rather than being a welcome change, I felt it was a stretch too far in trying to create something the reader would never guess.

I would recommend The Apartment, giving it a middle of the line three stars for a good concept, a good little mystery but without the shocking reveal I expected.

On an aesthetic note, I absolutely love the front cover of The Apartment... that shock of yellow is gorgeous and really makes this book stand out!

Thank you to NetGalley, K. L. Slater and Amazon Publishing UK for the eARC in exchange for an honest review.

The Apartment is a creepy thriller with a few twists thrown into the mix. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and could not set it down. I will definitely check out other books by K.L. Skater.

Freya's a single mom to a five year old girl. She's just sold her home and needs to find an affordable place to live quick. One day she's at a coffee shop when she's approached by an older man who just happens to have the perfect place for her and her daughter. She jumps on the chance at a fresh start. It doesn't take long before she starts experiencing some odd things and she realizes sometimes things may just be too good to be true.

I found this book to be a little slow and it didn't really hold my interest. The plotline was good but was a little too predictable to me.

The Apartment is a psychological thriller that will have you guessing until the end!

After losing her husband and having to sell her house, a young mother, Freya, cannot believe her luck when she finds an amazing apartment to lease. Not only is the apartment in a desirable neighborhood, the rent is at a fraction of the going rate. After Freya and her five-year-old daughter move into their new place, strange things start to happen and she starts to question her sanity.

I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves a good thriller. K.L. Slater’s writing is easy to read and captivating.

I kept reading until finished, kept me reading, very interesting, different, not the usual story. The ending was a bit of a dud, but the majority of the story was very good. I"m not very fond of having a child in a story like this, but it's just a story after all, good read. Thank you!

All Freya wanted was a decent place to live with her daughter. Newly single she is offered a place that is too good to be true. Why wasn’t she more skeptical? How could she explain the mysterious things going on in her apartment? You will have to read this solid thriller to find out!

Thank you to NetGalley and Amazon Publishing UK for this ARC copy of THE APARTMENT.
This story follows the lives of Freya and Skye a sweet mother daughter duo who are in the process of healing from some pretty hefty emotional scars. Part of their journey includes finding a new place to live with a limited budget. It seems like divine chance when Freya meets Dr. Marsden who just happens to have an apartment to rent, but sometimes things really are too good to be true.

I loved the pacing in this story, it is fast moving and keeps you guessing at every turn. This could have been a five star read for me, but I felt there were a few too many lose ends that needed expanded on or tied up. All in all I would recommend and it was a very interesting concept.

I was surprised to like this book as much as I did. I think it has a creepy atmospheric vibe to it that I love. I know it’s totally not the same thing and I may be comparing apples to oranges here, but this book in a way reminded me of Ruth Ware's The Death of Mrs. Westaway. Trespassen House and the Adder House Apartments are both creepy and I love that vibe. The setting almost becomes a character and that was one of my favorite elements of the book. The characters and everything just gave me a sort of Ruth Ware vibe which is a compliment in every sense of the word. So, about this book, I think this is a solid read. I think the author did a great job of building up the tension and the drama. I was guessing throughout the entire book trying to get a sense of what was really going on. I was interested in the story from the jump which is always a good sign. I'm very picky about endings and this one was a little lacking for me. I'm not the type of reader who wants everything wrapped up in a bow, but I just didn't love the ending. However, it didn't take away from my reading experience at all and that's a testament to how much I enjoyed this book.

Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this book. I will be checking out more of the author's work.

A must read. This book is interesting and intriguing. The characters are strong and well developed. The writing is amazing. I give it 5 stars and a strong recommendation.

The Apartment was a super quick read that I easily flew through in two sittings. It is one of those suspenseful novels that's only mildly thrilling, with a few twists and turns and a few creepy elements sprinkled throughout. I liked it enough, but there were a few things that weren't quite my favorite.

I thought that the author could have done a lot more with the narrator, Freya's, story. I felt that I couldn't trust her from the start, that something was off about her, that she wasn't being honest with the reader. The deal is that her husband cheated on her and left to live with his new girlfriend, attempted to get custody of their five-year-old daughter, Skye, then tragically died less than a year later, having never divorced her. Consequently, Freya ended up with a small life insurance policy, giving her about six months before she needed to find a new job to support herself and Skye. For some reason, something felt off about Freya the entire time I was reading the book, but ultimately there wasn't a whole lot more to that story. I thought that if Slater had made Freya an unreliable narrator, the story could have been SO much better and more interesting.

Ultimately the ending was twisty and satisfied me. It wasn't quite as exciting as I was hoping it would be, but there were enough surprises and I was furiously flipping pages towards the end of the book, desperate to find out the truth about this apartment building and its residents. I liked the book and found it compelling and can definitely recommend it for a quick and breezy thriller with a twisty ending.

Thank you to NetGalley and Amazon Publishing UK for the opportunity to read The Apartment ahead of the release! The Apartment follows Freya and her daughter Skye as they adjust to a life of new normals after some major life events and changes. It seems like Freya's luck is changing when she is offered the opportunity to move to an amazing apartment and get the fresh start she desperately craves. But as the saying goes, when something seems too good to be true, it often is. The story kept me on my toes as the quirky neighbors are introduced and an unsettling feeling kicks in both for Freya and you as a reader. I enjoyed the story but felt a little bit like once you got to the climax of the drama and learned what was going on, it all happened and was resolved rather quickly and almost too neatly. Still an interesting read and compelling story.

I was intrigued from the moment I saw the cover. This was my first book by K.L. Slater, The storyline was unique and I was instantly hooked. Slater was so descriptive and I felt like I was transported right to Adder House.
Freya and Skye's world was turned upside down, that is, until the day she stepped in that coffee shop and met Dr. Marsden. Moving into the Adder House seemed like an answer to her prayers. But, shortly after moving in, Freya begins to notice some things seem amiss. Items are moved or missing from her apartment, but she can't recall how. She begins to wonder if this was too good to be true, but it may be too late to turn back. Hooked from page 1, this book had me guessing to the very end.
Thank you to Netgalley, Amazon Publishing UK and to the author, K.L. Slater for my ARC for a honest review

The Apartment is all the things you might want it to be: weird, creepy, full of mystery and what the f is going on. It's quite lovely. Our main character and her daughter seem to fall on good luck and find an apartment that could be too good to be true. Once they move in, lots of strange things seem to happen. Several times the story spins and turns and I really didn't know what was coming next. I've not read a Slater book prior to this one, but consider me a fan now. It's a fairly easy read and as most of my reading time is right before bed, I found myself looking forward to bedtime because I knew what awaited me.

The Apartment publishes 4.28.2020.

5/5 Stars

I found this book a little slow and confusing at the beginning. But after reading quite a lot of K.L Slater's previous books I knew it would be ramped up quite quickly.

The book was creepy from the outset and that didnt let up. There was clever little bits of suspicion woven throughout and you just knew there would be a clever twist coming. By the time I got to the reveal my heart was beating so quick I felt like I was living the scenario with Freya.

This book ended up being absolutely brilliant and I cant wait for my next installment from this author.

The story is engaging. You are drawn in, but the flash backs are strange. When I finished the story I felt like it was too far fetched and the ending tried to wrap everything up too nicely.

Book that I could not put down.For thriller lovers this ones for you so well written tense characters that come alive.K.L.Slater is an author that never fails to engage me in the story.#netgalley#theapartment

Obviously a very popular author going by the amount of titles and volume of reviews for them. So this book is likely to do well. Personally I found it a bit tame. I found the build up of tension very slow. It was a readable enough story developing the relationship between mother Freya and daughter Skye after the death of their husband/father. Financially and socially they are given a solution by Dr Marsden who offers them a flat in fashionable Adder House. But strange things start to happen.
Intersected with present day events are flashes into history and a scientific experiment on a young child. We are invited to make a connection between the two narratives.
One reviewer has called this a ‘gentle drama’ and I would have to agree. Nothing much happens. The writing however is good. The main characters are believable and I wanted to read on. Compared to other thrillers though it is mild. This review will appear on Amazon. Thanks to #Netgalley for a review copy.

I found this book really intriguing and well paced. I enjoyed the premise of the back story, the ‘Little Albert’ experiment of conditioning and found this very interesting. I think the book had the potential to be longer and go deeper into this experiment and also further with the story of Freya and Skye however I did enjoy the book even if it was over too soon. Elements of the book with the eerie too good to be true apartment did remind me of Riley Sagers, Lock Every Door.

This really required a whole lot of suspension of disbelief. Freya, the heroine with a propensity to vomit when under stress, seems unlikely to manage to exist in any situation especially one as complex as the one she finds herself in at "Adder House". Almost every aspect of this story seemed implausible and yet I continued reading it through to its most unlikely conclusion because I was intrigued to see how the author wrapped it up

Thank you NetGalley and Thomas & Mercer/Amazon Publishing UK for the ARC.