My rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Goodreads rating: Goodreads rating: 3.70 with 2,618 ratings (as of 5/22/2020)

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? …Synopsis from Goodreads

200 Word Review

I was provided with a complimentary copy of this book so I could give an honest review.

The Apartment by K.L. Slater is a creepy novel that shows if something is too good to be true then it is.

I am a fan of K.L. Slater. If you have not read any of Kim’s work, start with her most well-known work, Blink. All of her novels average between 3.69 and 4.00 on Goodreads.

While I did enjoy this fast-reading story, it was not an original one. However, that does not make it inferior to those that have come before. Many reviewers compared this to Riley Sager’s Lock Every Door. They both are mysteries involving an apartment building where people have been known to disappear. If Sager’s novel had not been released so close to this book, I do not think as many people would make the comparison.

Slater’s The Apartment is a slow burn. Many reviewers want instant gratification, instant suspense, instant terrors, etc. Not all books are going slam you in the face. Not all books should.

It is those differences that make this book, and any book, worth reading. You can take the view of Mark Hunter in Pump Up the Volume or you can embrace both the similarities and differences in an author’s work

This review was published on Philomathinphila.com, Smashbomb, Goodreads, Facebook, Twitter, and Amazon on 5/23/20. When available, the review will be published on Barnes and Noble, Scribd.com, and, using Overdrive, will be rated in 9 libraries.

Genre: Thriller, Suspense, Fiction
Print Length: 266 pages
ISBN: 9781542023917
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
Publication Date: April 28, 2020

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