One By One

I just finished One by One written by Freida McFadden and here are my musings.
Claire needs this vacation. With her marriage on the rocks, overworked at home and work, a week without the kids is exactly what the doctor ordered. An adult couples week away will hopefully start to fix the damage to her marriage.
One the way Claire's minivan breaks down. With no cell reception they make the decision to walk the rest of the way to the resort. Trouble is, the forest is dark and ominous... They find themselves lost, hopelessly lost.
When one by one, they start to die or just disappear, the only thing that is common between them all is the large claw marks they keep finding, which means Claire's dream vacation has now turned into her worst nightmare.
This book ticked all the boxes.

Locked door mystery CHECK
Twists and turns CHECK
Cat and mouse games CHECK
Hairs on the back of your neck standing on end... DOUBLE CHECK

I love when a book doesn't give you enough to figure out what is going on but makes you think you have it all figured it. This book had me flip flopping like a fish out of water trying to figure out what was going on and the ending.... DANG!! Did not see it coming.

I didn't like any of the characters and usually that doesn't sit well with me but I loved that I didn't like anyone. We got the POV of Claire and an anonymous person who we get their back story for. I never figured out who the anon person was either and I was sure I knew. I'm rarely wrong and this really pleased me.

I am a @fmcfaddenauthor fan but this just means my standards are super high already and this one was knocked out of the park.

5 stars and thank you thank you thank you to @poisonedpenpress for my gifted copy and this bad boy is out now.

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