Freya is desperate. The husband who betrayed her is dead. She’s had
to sell her house and now she and her daughter, Skye, have no place
to go. When Dr. Marsden shows her the flier on the apartment he is
planning to rent in Adder House, it seems like a miracle.
Marsden tells her
she and Skye will be a good fit for the other residents, so the rent
will be what she can afford. The apartment is perfect, exactly what
she wants, but once she and Skye move in things start to happen.
Strange noises and smells are the most innocent. When Freya discovers
a security camera in the ceiling, she suspects something is very
wrong. Now she wonders if she’s made a terrible mistake.
The novel moves from
a fairy tale to creepy. Adder House is described in lavish detail,
but from the start Freya thinks something is off. She puts her
feelings aside because she needs the apartment and wants it to be
perfect for the new start she and Skye need.
Although the story
was creepy, it was also rather slow. The strange occurrences build
slowly making the end feel rushed. The problems are building, but
suddenly the characters are in a full blown disaster.
I enjoyed Freya, but
I thought she was very slow to see the evil in the other characters.
The saving grace is Skye. A five-year-old, she is delightful and very
attuned to the problems, but unable to express them.
I received this book
from Net Galley for this review.
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