Book description
The Haunting of Bly Manor meets House of Salt and Sorrows in award-winning author Kyrie McCauley’s contemporary YA gothic romance about a dark family lineage, the ghosts of grief, and the lines we’ll cross for love.
The Sleeping House was very much awake . . .
Days after a tragedy…
Why read it?
2 authors picked All the Dead Lie Down as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I picked up this book when my partner and I went to visit the British Library in London as part of our 10-year anniversary long weekend.
We went back to the hotel after the visit and I decided while we were relaxing before heading out to dinner and the theatre (something I was very much looking forward to) to pick up the book and read a few pages. Well, next thing I know is he’s shaking my shoulder telling me I might want to start getting ready as we were supposed to be leaving in a few minutes.
I disappeared…
All the Dead Lie Down is queer gothic perfection. It is just the right amount of scary, with luscious writing and a completely immersive atmosphere. I savored every word from start to finish.
It’s the kind of book that wraps you up in a spell and leaves you a little bit changed afterwards. As a reader, I loved it— and as a writer, I was deeply jealous that I’m not the one who wrote it.
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