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Amy Cross

One Star: A Horror Story Kindle Edition

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After slogging his way through a particularly awful horror novel, Harry Jenkins leaves a scathing review. He then moves on to another book, and soon he's forgotten all about The Haunting of Myrtle Roach.

Six months later, however, a strange woman moves into the cottage opposite.

At first, Harry and his wife Debbie don't mind their new neighbor. Even when she starts to exhibit a few unusual qualities, Abigail Cain doesn't exactly seem dangerous, just... slightly weird. But Abigail has a very particular reason for having moved to the small seaside village of Hambledown, and she seems very interested in Harry.

Soon, Harry and Debbie find themselves in a desperate fight for survival. Abigail Cain is out to get them, and her fury knows no limit. All because of a one star review that Harry wrote. Can she be stopped, or will Harry and his wife pay the ultimate price at the hands of a murderous and vengeful author?

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July 14, 2022
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0B6QC6RBX
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Blackwych Books Ltd (July 14, 2022)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 14, 2022
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1504 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 166 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #259,285 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #282 in British Horror Fiction
- #1,756 in Psychological Fiction (Kindle Store)
- #3,043 in Psychological Fiction (Books)

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Amy Cross is the author of more than 200 horror, fantasy and science-fiction novels. Her books include Asylum, The Farm and the Ghosts of Crowford series. She has also written several collections of horror short stories, including Perfect Little Monsters, Twisted Little Things and Dark Little Wonders. She lives in the UK.

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Majanka

Intriguing premise, especially for fellow authors

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 13, 2023

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As an author myself, I was quite intrigued by the premise of this novel. One night, Harry Jenkins leaves a one-star review on a horror novel he thinks is horrible. The book in question is called The Haunting of Myrtle Roach, and in his opinion, it’s about as imaginative as a rock. His review is rather scatching, but of course, like most readers after leaving such reviews, he soon forgets about the book and moves on with his life.

Six months later, a new neighbour moves into the cottage opposite his home. He and his wife, Debbie, try to welcome the new neighbour, Abigail Cain. But when strange things start happening, Harry begins to wonder if his one-star review might bring forth consequences he never intended for…

Although I found the twist quite predictable, I did enjoy this book. The writing was decent, the plot fast-paced, and while we don’t learn that much about the characters, I didn’t really feel like we needed to either. Kind of like if you’re watching a slasher movie, you don’t care about what the characters did ten years ago either; you just want to know if they can beat the killer or not. I had the same feeling with this book: I didn’t really care about Harry’s background, but I wanted to know if he was getting out of this ordeal alive or not.

Plus, especially as an author / reader, this book really makes one think twice about leaving those bad reviews!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 13, 2022

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Anyone who follows my reviews know that I'm a Cross fan. This one won't go into my memory bank as one of my favorite offerings from her, but it's still enjoyable. Authors (like myself) know the feeling of receiving a 1 star. A very long time ago, I used to let them get to me. Not anymore. Time taught me to take any constructive criticism from a 1 star review, but to ignore the personal attacks. Imagine only having one review, though. And it's a 1 star downing the author. What if the book didn't sell after that? Would the author blame that 1 star review? Probably absolutely.
Cross reads are fun. This one is no different. The ending, though, is one of those that if you think too hard you can find flaws. That's practically every book, though, right?
This was a quick, easy, read and certainly has entertainment value.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 10, 2022

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I was really gonna leave one star, because you know...but to be fair it stands at a solid three point five. A fast read, a good story. I found it predictable. An easy read, no glaring errors caught my attention. I ain't mad I read it.

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Alan

Wow!!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 13, 2022

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One thing is for sure, never give Amy Cross a one star review! Luckily this book deserves more than 5 stars. There were a lot of twists and turns to keep the story moving I couldn't put the book down. Mostly because I wanted to see what would happen to the main character. I imagine him like a male version of Hyacinth Bucket from Keeping up Appearances, but not as endearing. You spend most of the book disliking him and waiting to see what happens to him, to briefly feeling bad for him, and then the big twist. This is definitely a favorite of mine from Amy Cross!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 18, 2022

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Loved they way it is so true that some readers leave horrible reviews, if you didn't like the book just be truthful but nice. Did not see the twist coming! Not sure I liked the ending but I really liked the paranoia throughout the book.

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Scott Vovsi

A good twisted ending.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 22, 2022

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A very good a d chilling book. What Amy Cross reminds us is to be careful what you
post on line. You never know who might read the post. It could turn out dreadfully.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 20, 2022

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Another wonderful book! Any Cross has done it again! This was a not to be put down book. It was filled with great people, with such surprises! I loved, loved this book. I feel everyone should have this on your book case!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 7, 2022

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I am terrified to leave any less!!
This was a great read. I love Amy Cross. While my favorite are the library series, her horror and suspense are the best.
Always a jump scare, which I never knew was possible in a book.

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Tammy louisa.

Don't leave a 1 star whatever you do

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on August 7, 2022

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At times this feels like it could have been based on personal experience of the author, I read so much by Amy and sometimes there are mistakes and grammatical errors but I always over look these as her stories are always brilliant and I'm always looking for a next one I haven't read yet and she pumps them out quick so there's always something else for me to read wheras with other authors it's often months or even years before you get the next one. So beyond all that I always rate this author highly unlike the one in the book as the positives always outweigh any negatives. I think a lot of people forget that many authors are self published and may not have proof readers but they still take the time to do it for the likes of us readers, time and effort go in to making them and that maybe rather then judge a book by it's cover (pun intended) and bring up anything we find not up to our standards we should be more lenient in our reviews and point out politely things that may be improved for the next time, after all you catch more flies with honey then you do with vinegar and you don't want any psycho authors to come hunt you down lol.

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Rebecca Thompson

A Bad Review....

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on August 31, 2022

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I am a huge fan of Amy's and love her books. The main character in this book is called Harry. He lives in a coastal village with his wife Debbie and as its off season he is one of only a few residents left read for the Winter season as most of the houses are holiday lets and now stand empty.
After leaving a one star review for a book he has read Harry finds himself the victim of some nasty pranks and when Abigail moves into one of the empty cottages he begins to suspect she is the author of the book and she has tracked him down determined to make him pay for the review he has left.
I found this a gripping book and loved the plot and characters. I got this as a freebie but would gladly have paid for it. Well worth a read.

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M Loft

Ironically similar to the book in question

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on August 8, 2022

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When Harry reads a particularly bad horror novel, he leaves an especially scathing review for the book online. Ironically the review he leaves could easily apply to this book. Totally unbelievable characters, and ludicrous plot. One of Harry’s major criticisms with the narrative of the horror novel was the continuous repeating of certain phrases, much like Amy’s propensity to constantly use the phrase “His / Her Voice trailed off for a moment”. By the end of the book, it’s used on every other page!

Much like Harry, I found myself ploughing on wondering if it was actually a joke. Having read several of Amy Cross’ books and found them generally well written, it feels like this one was deliberately put together so badly to mimic the horror novel in the book. Whilst I didn’t see the twist at the end coming it is so unbelievable that it’s not surprising it evaded me.

I’m generally quite a fan of Amy Cross’ books, but this is definitely not one of her finest works.

Kindle Customer

A wonderful penny dreadful!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on August 26, 2022

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This short story was quite brilliant, totally unbelievable perhaps but hugely enjoyable. If you are going to leave an online review just make sure it is a positive one. This tale started out as (I thought) a black comedy but eventually turned into a full blown horror story. The morale of the tale is "think before you act and try not to be such an overbearing prat"! This book was good fun, read and enjoy.

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The book worth only 1star

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on October 16, 2022

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A book with a twist. Based at the coast in winter. Debbie and her husband stay behind. Abigail Cain rents the cottage opposite. Debbie and husband thinks she has caused damage.in
The end Debbie is the. Murdererer six people. taking the head off an old lady.

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