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Black Rabbit Hall by Eve Chase
4.0

Imagine that V.C. Andrews wrote a season of 1960s Downton Abbey and Hitchcock directed that instead of "Rebecca."

It was dark, creepy, sad, and well written. The story alternates between the late 60s and present day and all the action centers around the crumbling Pencraw, once known affectionately as Black Rabbit Hall. We go between the life of teenage Amber whose family can't escape the mantel of tragedy, and present day Lorna who is planning a wedding and keeps getting drawn back to the decrepit estate as her location. I could see some of the twists and turns coming, but this was Gothic lit at its best.

Maybe not the most original story, but so far my favorite read of 2016.