Book Review: One By One by Freida McFadden

Book Review: One By One by Freida McFadden

One by one, they will get what they deserve...

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.

Final Thoughts

One By One was a quick read, but has probably been my least favorite books written by this author. That doesn’t mean I didn’t enjoy it, the characters just were not as developed as her other novels.

The book follows two POVs- Claire’s and Anonymous while they go on a camping trip with six friends and all the baggage they bring along with them.

This book kept me guessing until the very end and was overall a good read. Would be a perfect beach read, or palette cleanser between heavier books.

Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️

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