✨Review✨

She gets it every time! Freida McFaden knows how to keep a reader on their toes with a great suspenseful story. This book was wow! The last paragraph, and I said out loud “Oh my gosh, no way!” My son then looked at me like, “Mom, are you okay?” Hee hee Add it to your TBR for April 1st.

Despite a marriage completely falling apart, Claire and Noah decide to go with two other couples that are longtime friends to a luxurious hotel in the woods and take a few days to be in nature. Some want to fish, some want to hike, others have work, and then there is an affair between one of the couples. But, the cell service goes, the car dies, someone packed a rifle, a gun, and there’s poison berries. One by one everyone goes down….but none of it makes sense. Once you start to think you’re piecing it together, there’s a plot twist and you’re left completely thrown off.

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Frieda McFadden never misses! This was such a fast-paced, thrilling read. Just enough red herrings to get the reader caught off guard by who the anonymous narrator was, but not too much to where it was confusing. The reveal at the end was jaw dropping. The second part of the epilogue just made the book even better. Loved it!!

From the publisher:

“A night spent sleeping on dirt and leaves is not how Claire Matchett expected to spend her vacation. She thought this would be a break from the stresses of work and raising her young children. A chance to repair her damaged marriage. A week of hiking and hot tubs with two other couple friends. It sounded like heaven. Then Claire’s minivan breaks down on a lonely dirt road. With no cell reception, the group has no choice but to hike the rest of the way to their hotel. But it turns out the woods aren’t as easy to navigate as they thought. Hours later, they are lost. Hopelessly lost. And as they navigate deeper into the woods, the members of their party are struck down mysteriously one by one. Has a wild animal been hunting them? Or is the hunter one of them? But as more time passes, one thing becomes clear: Only one of them will return home alive.”

I DEVOURED this book in one day. It was an easy read with a great storyline and I just found myself coming back for more and more. The atmosphere was amazing and there were so many red herrings and twists and turns along the way that kept me guessing throughout the book. Even though there were really only six characters in the book, through the story, there were points when any of them could have been the villain. It was exciting!

Each of the characters is flawed in some major way, which leads to some very complicated feelings about their situation. I don’t want to reveal too much, but they’re not exactly great people; the kind you want to root for. And all their secrets are heavily intertwined, adding to the drama.

The ending was pretty intense. I really enjoyed the reveal; it was over-the-top in all the right ways. And, once again, make sure you read to the very end on this one. It’s got some surprises right up to the last page! And some good ones too!

Overall, this was a fantastic read and I look forward to reading more from this author.

This was a fun, easy read! A group of friends go on a trip together, but quickly find themselves in a dangerous situation when they seemingly start disappearing one by one.

I always like this type of format! It kept me hooked until the very end. I thought that the characters and plot weren't particularly deep, but I certainly enjoyed reading it! It kept me turning pages all day long to see how it turned out.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an ARC!

Omg what a book! Amazing, Freida McFadden never disappoints! I’m still shaking after reading this! Thrilling , psychological thrillers that totally gets in your head! Every time I think I know there’s a twist! Loved it, highly recommend!

WOW. Freida McFadden never disappoints! I am always shocked. She truly writes the best thrillers. This one was especially interesting, easy to follow, creepy, thrilling (of course) with a shocking ending! Don’t hesitate to pick this one up!

I just...

Another derivative of and then there were none. I can't take it anymore, truly.

Thank you to netgalley for the arc but, damn.

Freida's books are good fillers in my opinion, and One by One, is a good example. This book was OKAY, and nothing too terribly wrong with it. It was a fun, quick read, and I got to spend several hours in the woods with several flawed characters.

Here, you are following Claire and her husband as they head to a friend-cation with some of their friends. In true Freida fashion...Claire hates her husband , so nothing original there. Along the way, the van carrying everyone breaks down on this isolated dirt road in the woods. They decide to hike the remaining couple of miles to the cabin. They, of course, get lost, and "one by one", each person is killed.

For me, this was not a unique story, but a fun and decent read. The plot twist was nothing too bananas...everything was just okay. If you are a Freida McFadden fan, I would recommend. If you haven't read any of her books before, don't start with this one.

A week long camping trip with friends, some you have known for years, turns deadly. With secrets and set ups, this books will leave you wondering what the next chapter will bring!!! Another great one from Frieda McFadden!!!

Thank you to NetGalley and Poisen Pen for providing me with this ARC in exchange for my honest review!!!!
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4.25 Stars

Wow, I am having so much fun reading Freida McFadden’s books this year. They are a guaranteed good time, with an ending that I never see coming (although every single time I read her books I think I have it figured out… I most definitely do not). The twist in this one was particularly shocking that I did ABSOLUTELY NOT see coming at all, I actually gasped! I cannot wait to continue reading her books this year!

This was a superb book it was fun and scarey and exciting and just loved it.
All Freida McFadden books are great and this was no excreption and also thank netgalley for giving me an early copy of this book to read.
Four friends force themselves into a mini van for a week without children and work and to have a holiday in the wilderness.
All the friends have problems and soon they are all arguing as the van breaks down and they realise they are alone in the forest no phone water or food and they cannot find the way to their hotel.
It just gets so exciting could not put this great book down, will wait for the next book by this great author .

Thank you to Fredia McFadden and the publishing company for the opportunity to read this one early!!

ARC Review- no spoilers!

This book was a great, quick and easy read. I really like the view point jumps to bring the story full circle. I thought at one point towands the end I had the 'anonymous' character figured out, but I was so wrong! I really enjoyed this book, I feel like it could have been longer and still kept my attention and the suspense. Definalty a more towards a 4.5/5 star here!

One by One is a 'who done it' murder mystery about a group of friends who head out on a vacation together and end up getting lost in the woods. Soon enough, one by one, they start to die.

I do love most of Frieda McFadden’s thrillers but, unfortunately, this one didn't make the top of my list. The book is fast-paced and entertaining, so it's easy to binge in one setting. However, I really struggled with the characters - I found all of them immensely unlikeable.

There are definitely some big twists at the end but, ultimately, I felt this one lacked a solid punch.

Another fun and fast read by Freida! Six people headed to a remote cabin when the car dies...what could go wrong? Did not guess this one! Lots of twisty stories and ending. Please keep them coming (fortunately she's fast!)

Wow! Super suspenseful!

Three couples head off for a weekend away and one by one, they are killed. But by who? Well, by the anonymous character narrating some of the chapters and as the story progresses, I changed my mind constantly about which one of the six that person was.

The characters were really well written and each one had some kind of drama going on, either in their present or their past, which provided lots of red herrings and twisty moments. When the big reveal came, I was stunned! It was absolutely not what I was expecting.

A brilliant read!

5 ⭐️ Thanks to Netgalley, Freida McFadden and Poisoned Pen Press for an ARC in return for an honest review.

This is the 5th book that I have read from Freida McFadden. It was good but not my favorite. I was able to read it pretty quickly as it was a shorter book. I was definitely hooked like I normally am with her books because I just know she is gonna have a crazy plot twist at the end. In this book you have a group of friends headed out on vacation to a inn located in the wilderness. The main female character has a weird feeling that something bad will happen on this trip and she is not wrong. They get stranded on the way to their hotel and are forced to walk on foot but soon find themselves lost. One by one as the title alludes to, the friends start disappearing. Something or someone seems to be hunting them. Again I thought I could figure out who was behind everything but I was wrong. Definite plot twist at the end.

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Three couples are going on a vacation together. On their way to the hotel their car breaks down. They must hike through the woods to find help. Navigating their way doesn’t come easy and they end up lost. Then one by one they start to mysteriously go missing.

This was not my favorite Freida book but it was still an enjoyable quick read.

i want to thank the publishers and netgalley for giving me the chance to read this for an honest review.

2 stars. here's why.

i'm a big freida mcfadden fan. i've read 4 of her books, and enjoyed each one, but this one fell very flat.

i disliked every character except lindsey who literally died 1/3 of the way through. noah and claires relationship issues felt very real, but i felt like i was being told instead of being shown.

the twist is one i saw coming from a mile away. no shock factor whatsoever.

the 'anonymous' POV is the only reason i'm giving this book 2 stars, because those parts of the book were interesting at least.

Freida McFadden keeps churning out these cheesy thrillers and I keep reading them because sometimes I just want to escape with a mindless bit of fun. This book fits the bill. If you are looking for a quick read that has a few twists and turns (even if they are a bit unbelievable) you will enjoy this books about three couples who get stranded in the Colorado wilderness and start dying off one by one.

This was probably my least favorite of the Frieda McFadden books that I've read, not because I didn't like it, I did, but just cause it wasn't as suspenseful as the others. I didn't get the full depth of what was going on, but I figured out the culprit early on (though I did second guess myself a few times along the way). Still a great book, but I didn't get the "what the heck just happened" feeling I've gotten from other books of hers.