Review of the latest thriller by KL Slater – The Bedroom Window

Publisher's Description

They say they have no children. So who did I see at the window?

My darling little boy Albie adores playing at our new neighbours’ house. And after the terrible year we’ve had, I feel so lucky that we can start over in this perfect place, with new friends who treat Albie like the son they never had. He can’t stop talking about the tree house they’re building him, and the cookies they bake together.

But as time passes, something starts to feel wrong. Why don’t they ever open the front door more than a crack? They told me they had no children so who does the small pink tricycle I saw in their hall belong to? And why can I hear a lullaby drifting across the garden when I’m tucking my own boy into bed?

Then, one night, I see a small shadowy figure in their bedroom window…

I thought I’d learned my lesson about trusting the wrong people, but now I’m forced to wonder what this perfect couple are hiding.

And if I try to save that little helpless figure in the window, will I do what I’ve always feared most, and put my beautiful boy’s life in danger…?

The Bedroom Window

My rating

2.5 / 5

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Author

KL Slater

Publisher

Bookouture

Genre

Suspense/Thriller

Number of Pages

237 pages

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My Review

Lottie’s family has found a new home, job, and neighbors in a new town. The new neighbors are kind and they say they have no kids. But Lottie sees a small shadow in their bedroom window.

Lottie’s son Albie gets increasingly attached to the new neighbors when they offer to build him a tree house of his own. Lottie feels fortunate for the opportunity to start over but frankly, the neighbors feel strange. For starters, they have not allowed anyone into their house and open the door only a crack to visitors. Also, there are signs that all is not well with the couple. And Lottie cannot forget the shadowy figure she glimpses once in a while in the house.

Lottie cannot decide if she can trust her neighbors to take care of her beautiful boy.

I picked this book for the author and it is my favorite genre. I haven’t read a K L Slater and so decided to make a start with this book. The synopsis sounded very intriguing.
It was a letdown. The plot was well-paced but the events in the narrative felt repetitive, the story just dragged on and the characters were very much unlikeable.

A person who bullied another child when she was 12/13 years of age is now worried about her child getting bullied.

And how can a 12/13-year-old not remember anything good about her mother except the fact that she left her? Also, Lottie’s husband’s accident left him paralyzed, I was surprised to know that Lottie did not know the details of this accident but other strangers easily found it out.

I think the plot overall was quite unbelievable but the few twists in the story kept me going.

Anyway, I thought although the grey areas weren’t well covered in this book, and if I go into further details I might just end up giving some spoilers. Overall I think you can give this novel a miss. Nothing overly unique or eye-catching about the story (except the cover).

Final Verdict

This book did not work for me. Thank you NetGalley and Bookouture for the ARC.

KL SLater

Kim is the number one bestselling author of sixteen psychological crime thrillers. She has sold over two million copies of her books worldwide. She has also written four Carnegie-nominated Young Adult novels as Kim Slater for Macmillan Children’s Books. Kim has an MA in Creative Writing and lives with her husband in a small Nottinghamshire village. (source:Goodreads)