The Waitress – ARC Book Review

Quick Review:- this was in my opinion a disappointing read–not one of K.L. Slater’s best books. Though it was fast paced, I didn’t really like the plot or the characters and who story felt more like an action thriller than a psychological thriller

Rating:- 2.5 stars

Domestic abuse, murder

My job as a waitress means I’m used to watching everything – and used to lying. Soon I’m posing as someone’s girlfriend… But what does he really want from me?

When I slip on my waitress’s uniform I become a different person. And I’m good at what I do. I instantly identify Trent as the most important man in the room, and I catch his eye as I serve canapes to his rich clients. We share a little smile… and later that evening, he asks me to pretend to be his girlfriend.

Of course I accept. It’s the perfect way for me to escape my own past. He just needs me to watch certain people. It seems easy.

Soon I’m living in his opulent home, wearing a new wardrobe of designer clothes. Then I discover there was a woman here before me. Saskia. Nobody will talk about her…

Suddenly I don’t feel safe anymore. If I leave, I’m no longer protected. But if I stay here, in this silent apartment of secrets, will anyone miss me if I disappear?

A completely compelling and twisty page-turner from number 1 bestselling author K.L. Slater. Fans of Lisa Jewell and Freida McFadden will be hooked by The Waitress.

The Waitress is K.L. Slater’s latest book which will be released this month. K.L. Slater is one of the psychological thriller authors that I would definitely read on the whim. She has many books that will keep you on the edge with twists and turns. But her latest book, the Waitress, unfortunately did not live up to my expectations.

Alicia is working as a waitress for an event at Orbit in London. She gets fired from her job but a handsome man named Trent, who claims to own the Orbit. Trent hires her promising her to pay an exorbitant amount for her job–her job is to spy on the man named Steve Brett. Alicia agrees with the job, as she has always dreamed of providing better life for her son Brody and sister Jen. But there’s a problem–Brett also had hired Alicia to spy on Trent. But unlike Trent, Brett has threatened Alicia that if she failed to do her job, he will use any force by means to attack her son and her sister.

This wasn’t boring per-se. The story is fast paced and not boring but I didn’t really like the plot of it. This felt more like an action thriller than a psychological thriller. While in most psychological thrillers, you have unexpected twists and turns and an unexpected turn, this doesn’t really seem to have that much of twists and turns and the who-dunnit part particularly the drowning of a woman who was dating Trent at that time was direct i.e. you know who did it. We do have multiple POVs in the book and the part where Jen accepts her abusive man back into the life seems ridiculous. Overall, this wasn’t K.L. Slater’s greatest book, having read her psychological thriller books. She could have done a bit better. Worth 2.5 stars.

Many thanks to Netgalley and Bookouture for the ARC. The review is based on my honest opinion only.