Thank you to NetGalley, the publisher and the author, for an ARC of this book, in exchange for an honest review.
This is the 1st book that I have read by D. W. Gillespie and I loved it.
It was a very well written, creepy and tense horror/thriller.
The author did a nice job of leading this reader one way, making me think that this book was a simple haunted house/ghost story only to then knock me off my feet with an unexpected twist and turn his book it into a psychological/suspenseful thriller.
I will definitely read another book by this author.
I highly recommend this book to everyone.

I liked this story despite how it had a lot of slow spots I had to struggle through. The characters seemed a little flat and I wasn't able to relate to them. The storyline is good though.

One by One, the new novel by D W Gillespie is a strange one that works on so many levels but tends to fail slightly on character development outside of the main narrator Alice, the youngest member of the Easton family.  

We start out with a prologue and then into the main story of a never-do-well dad, deflated mother trying to make good of a bad situation, a typical teenage son and a daughter that constantly daydreams, as they try to rebuild their lives in the exciting aspect of an old house that is a fixer upper.  This is where we start the story and Gillespie does a very good job developing this premise with the anxiety of moving and getting used to house sounds in a new place.  The plot moves on and we are introduced to a story where everything isn’t exactly what it should be which is quite standard for this type of novel.  Gillespie keeps the tension taught and then more than half way through the story makes a hard right and we find ourselves in a new kind of novel.  This is where it doesn’t quite work for me but it is intriguing and kept me interested until the end.

The characters are not very interesting outside of Alice but I think this may have to do with Gillespie telling the story through Alice’s own eyes and experiences.  If you look at the story from this point, it is quite ingenious but if you read the story and looking for in-depth characters it makes you not too concerned about them although you worry about Alice.  For me, this works quite well but would have loved to have the tension of the outcome of the family in general.  This by no means that this is a horrible thing but this is a review.

The plot is very well developed and Gillespie keeps their hand on the pulse when driving the tale forward.  The sudden turn and the reasoning for the tragedy that pursues and it did leave me scratching my head.  It did add a whole new tension and kept me on my toes so I am not sure if I enjoyed this or not.  I do know that I did what to read more and I kept reading until the early hours of morning as it really gripped me.  The epilogue was a little overlong  and probably could have been a bit shorter as I started to lose interest only at this interval of the book.  It gave me the information I needed but a bit too much.

Overall, this is a good novel and it did keep my interests piqued until the end.  The mystery was well handed with good plot twists though does suffer from some under developed characters.  The framework does make more sense which we have a fuller understanding through the epilogue which brings it all together.  I would recommend this to read to most people and although I enjoyed it, parts of it left me a little cold.

Overall this book was enjoyable, however I found that the characters weren’t easy to connect to meaning it was hard to feel sorry for them in the situation they were in. The story line is good and there is a sense of tension throughout.

WOW this book! At first, I was afraid it was going to be your typical haunted house story and be very predictable. But I was very wrong! Though the book was slow at times, this book was thrilling and I could not put it down. Every time I thought I had figured out what was happening, a new twist happened and I was totally thrown off. I would definitely recommend this book for fans of ghost stories!

Wonderfully terrifying!  A new twist on favorites in the likes of the Amityville Horror and The Shining. Fast paced, well written characters and a terrifying plot that has you holding your breath and jumping at every noise (real and imagined!)

The pacing seemed a bit slow at times, but overall I felt that it was very well written, and perfect if you like a good, creepy story. A great addition to your horror collection.

So it's been a while since I posted a review. Not intentional, I promise. My TBR list for this month was long and I got a little distracted reading and slacked off on writing my reviews. Nonetheless, it's time to play catch up. 
Let's talk horror novels. How many of you like reading them? I'm actually a little selective. It's difficult to find engaging horror novels with a good plot. I want to jump out of my skin. I want my blood to run cold. I want to fear walking into a dark room. 
This book, in the first half, was really good. I liked the eerie disturbing tone. The characters were interesting. The house hauntingly captivating and full of secrets. 
"Just looking at it, admiring it, Alice was filled with a sense of bubbling anticipation mingled with dark revulsion. It felt like stumbling across a dead body, something deeply wrong yet impossible to look away from. In a few short moments, Alice was smitten." 

This story was beautifully written. I enjoyed the author's writing style. The second part of the book was a little disappointing. Mainly because I expected a little more supernatural revelation and what we got was kinda weird. I'm not sure how I felt about it, hence the three star rating. Also Alice was unusual in her own way as well. The way she talked to herself gave me major schizophrenia vibes. 
This book was delightful and it hit that creepy mark for me. 

Thanks to NetGalley and Flame Tree Press for the digital ARC.

I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.   Thank you NetGalley.
What a fantastically creepy horror story. 
well-written, well-described characters, and spooky storyline.

This is one of those book you cannot read at nighttime if you want to be able to sleep.
It's creepy, well written and it kept me hooked till the last page.
Highly recommended!
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC.

Now THAT is a horror story.. Great story, good characters, an ending I didn't expect.. Very well written.

Scary, atmospheric, creepy and enjoyable. Great book that was a real page turner. Good story and relatable characters

A very creepy read! This book had me hooked from page one. I have been reading a lot of horror and thrillers lately and this one was very good. I liked the supernatural feel of the book and how it kept me guessing

This book surprised me! I was expecting a run-of-the-mill haunted house/creepy kid story and One by One definitely features a creepy kid, but the haunting is not typical.

The suspense built up slowly and the atmosphere got wicked tense the last 75% of the book. So tense that I stayed up later than I intended because I couldn't stop reading an had to know what would happen to Alice.
Alice is the main character of the book, also a ten-year girl who loves reading and references Pet Sematary in the story--which I loved. I love when characters in books read and talk about books they read because it makes them seem more real. Alice definitely felt real to me and her relationship with her brother also seemed real.

I don't want to give anything away, but there's a CreepyPasta twist to this story that creeped me the heck out! And a certain "dinner" scene near the end had me repulsed and shuddering. Takes a lot to get a physical reaction from me and this book did it. This was my first book by this author and I'm going to keep my eye out for more work by them in the future. 
4.5 stars! Another great read from Flame Tree Press

Two and a half stars. This was just a run of the mill read. I thought that it was supposed to be a scary book but it missed the mark. I can't say that I would have any desire to read it again.

Alice who is 10, her brother Dean, 15 and her mom and dad have just moved into a gothic, thrown together, huge house. It's cold and needs a lot of work. Everyone is acting and hoping it will soon be a home and not just a house.
Alice noticed a torn strip of wallpaper that is coming off a wall. Something makes her pull it off of the wall. Underneath is a depiction of a family. The stick figures eerily resemble her family. The only difference is the family pet is a dog not a cat like they have.
Even though the drawing is disconcerting, the family continues moving in.
A cat disappearing is not uncommon. When the picture on the wall has a black "X" marking out the dog, well, that was a little strange. Especially when no one confesses to having changed the drawing. Even more significant is when the drawing of the boy has an "X" through it and Dean can't be found. The police are called. There has been a major snowstorm and there aren't any police available to help locate Dean. 
Alice is thrust into a nightmare so profound she will remember it all her life. Perhaps the spirit of Mary, the girl who fell down the stairs and died can help her with the courage she will need to save her family.
Interesting. Entertaining. Good character development and storyline.

This story is my groove! I was completely enraptured with this book. I smoked less, and didn't even log onto Goodreads! 
When I first started this book I thought, huh, I know this house! My squat, hairy man and I once looked at a house like this. I wanted to buy, he thought I was nuts. There was even the bedroom with windows that looked out into a laundry room. Of course I was over the moon! Turns out, it was on the flood plains! This story was tense as heck for me. I do love that! I'm giving no clues to how this one goes! I would suggest reading the book flap, and diving in! 
My thanks, once again to Flame Tree Press, the author, and Netgalley.
I must say that Flame Tree is putting out some great stuff!

A surprising and frightful read! I haven't had the pleasure of reading one of the authors novels before but wanted something a bit different in terms of the types of books I have been reading lately. Well this one HIT THE SPOT! I thoroughly enjoyed this creepy little tale and could feel the fear almost as soon as I started reading! I am so excited to find more books by the author in the near future!

The Easten family are moving into a new house with a dark history, in the hopes of turning their lives around for the better. However, something dark is lurking inside, and it seems to be linked to a childish drawing on the wall which looks eerily familiar ...

On the face of it, 'One by One' does look and feel like your run-of-the-mill haunted house story. There are strange happenings occurring, and amidst a tangible air of confusion, no one knows who to trust. Nothing is quite what it seems, but what starts out as a typical ghost story turns into a slow descent into madness. The overwhelming paranoia will lure you down an unsure path, in a narrative with a lingering touch of Psycho about it.
I haven't read anything by D.W. Gillespie before, so I didn't have any expectations going in, but I really enjoyed the unnerving narrative he created - building the tension, always keeping you on the edge of your seat. I definitely recommend it if you like all things spooky!

I want to thank D.W. Gillespie, Flame Tree Press, and NetGalley for the advance copy.

Let me start by saying that this was my first time reading D.W. Gillespie. 

You know the thrill that comes with reading an author that is new to you:

Will I like the writing style? 
Will I DNF it? 
Will the author become a new favorite?

Well, I can certainly tell you that I loved Gillespie's writing. And I'm looking forward to reading more of his works.

Now let's get down to business. 

Here's the Synopsys:

"The Easton family has just moved into their new fixer-upper, a beautiful old house that they bought at a steal, and Alice, the youngest of the family, is excited to explore the strange, new place. Her excitement turns to growing dread as she discovers a picture hidden under the old wallpaper, a child’s drawing of a family just like hers. 

Soon after, members of the family begin to disappear, each victim marked on the child’s drawing with a dark black X. It’s up to her to unlock the grim mystery of the house before she becomes the next victim."

"One by One" is the kind of book that is hard to review without spoiling the fun. For that reason, I won't go into much of the details.

A family moves to an old house and strange things start happening? 
Yes, please!

The minute I saw it on NetGalley, I knew I needed to read it.

The story had me hooked from the get-go. And the fact that it reads like a movie helped to keep me furiously turning pages.

We follow Frank, Debra, Dean, and Alice. As they "try" to settle in their new home. But unfortunately—for them, not us—things start to go south after Alice discovers an old painting behind the wallpaper in her room.

The book starts off as your typical haunted house story. The descriptions of the house are very well done. I could feel the atmosphere growing tense as the story progressed. 

But not everything is at it seems.

Alice finds herself more and more invested in the mystery that surrounds her family, and the old house. 

What happened to the previous owners? Is there a dark past attached to the house? 

And this is where I'll stop. 

The only thing that prevented a 5-star rating was the lack of character development. We get just enough to make it work. Don't get me wrong, it does work!

Although I was able to maintain a connection with our protagonist, I can't say the same about other characters.

Overall, I feel like "One by One" was a nice read!