Written by Yawatta Hosby⭐ ⭐ ⭐
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The blurb:
One by One
Rae faces a dilemma when her brother, Kenan, announces a man wants to buy their log cabin in Virginia. A place abandoned after they helplessly watched their parents tortured and killed inside. Reluctantly, Rae agrees to sign over the deed once Kenan mentions their six friends are taking a road trip with them for moral support.
The next morning, two of their friends have disappeared. And worse, someone has sabotaged their two rented Jeeps, leaving them stranded.
Alone in the woods, thirty miles from civilization with no cell phone reception, the weekend turns into a deadly game when a killer hunts Rae and her friends. They struggle to stay alive and discover the truth.
Is someone stalking them, or is there a killer among the group?
Horror
Crime Thriller
My thoughts:
Horror and psychological thrillers take me out of my reading comfort zone, but One by One is the debut story from Hosby, an author I have come to enjoy reading. While I don't think it is her best work, as a debut novel it shows real promise.This is the story of a group of friends who are heading to the beach for a few days, but stopping off at a cabin in the woods, so that Kenan and Rae can sign it over to the new owner, an individual called RL.
We are told that Kenan and Rae's parents were murdered at the cabin some ten years earlier, and that Kenan witnessed the brutal rape of both Rae and their mother on that same terrible night. Rae understandably has haunting memories, and hasn't been back to the cabin since. She is reluctantly going now, but only to sign the papers of sale, and then leave the past behind and head off to the beach.
There are eight friends, and one of the girls has brought along a man she met three hours ago, Adam. They travel to the cabin in two jeeps only to find that RL has rearranged the meeting which forces the group to stay in the cabin overnight.
As the title suggests, the group are dispatched one by one. But who is doing the killing? The friends all point their fingers at Adam as nobody knows anything about him, or perhaps RL has lured them to the cabin for his own sport.
I found the beginning a bit slow as the group seemed to be winding themselves up in anticipation of the creepiness of the cabin, and talked about what might happen, long before there was any hint of things going bad. However, the pace picked up once the bodies started dropping.
There are a lot of characters to keep track of, as well as their various friendships groups, and while I was thinking about their petty jealousies and hook ups, I failed to identify those responsible for the terrible slaughter or see the twist in the tale coming until it was revealed in the story.
The sequel to this is Six Plus One which I have just started, and am already enjoying.
| Author Bio – Yawatta Hosby |
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 Hello, I’m Yawatta Hosby. I reside in the eastern panhandle of West Virginia. I enjoy connecting with other writers through blogging. With a desire to escape every day life, I create short stories, novellas, and novels. I’ve always had a fascination with psychology, so I like to focus on the inner-struggles within my characters. I’m an avid reader, favorite genres: mystery, suspense, horror, and women’s fiction. My short stories have been featured in The Write Place At the Write Time online journal (2013), When the Lights Go Out anthology (2015), and Don’t Open the Door anthology (2019). |
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