georgemueller 's review for:

All the Dead Lie Down by Kyrie McCauley

4.0

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A slow burn of creepy and mysterious sapphic gothic romance. Horror that resembles Turn of the Screw, Haunting of Bly Manor, and House of Salt and Sorrows. Marin just lost her mother, and is invited to nanny by her mothers old friend, the famous author, Alice Lovelace, at Lovelace Manor. The children- Wren and Thea try to terrify Marin in various ways, obliviously trying to spook her enough to leave. Alice begins to display strange erratic behavior, hiding away all hours of the day- writing her Novel. They call home their Eldest sister Evie. Marin is intrigued by Evie’s mysterious nature, and allured by her put together Dark Academia appearance. They slowly begin to bond, but Marin can tell Evie has lots of secrets up her sleeve.

Creepy, fun, tragic, and beautiful.