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All the Dead Lie Down by Kyrie McCauley
3.0

This gothic, creepy tale is a different genre for Kyrie McCauley. There is a lot of comparison to Bly Manor and a focus on the house with the hype of the book, which doesn’t fit. I kept looking for the house to do something, which lead me looking for the wrong thing. The focus should be on the characters. There is a lot of development in the beginning and the real eeriness begins towards the second half. The romance was not for me. If one has a life-or-death mystery to solve stopping for romance isn’t logical (or romantic). This romance felt like an interruption to the story. Otherwise I would’ve been all into horror of a tale.