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The House on Biscayne Bay by Chanel Cleeton

The House on Biscayne Bay

by Chanel Cleeton

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  • Apr 2024, 336 pages
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  • Robin G. (Tallahassee, FL)
    Not compelling
    Many of the characters in this novel were not particularly sympathetic, with this reader finding Carmen Acosta the one exception. The motivation for each character's actions were eventually explained but were not accompanied by full character development.

    The stories of two murders, occurring in two time periods, were told in alternating chapters. This construction impeded the build up of dramatic tension, and made what would unfold in the next chapter less intriguing.

    Though both the title and the Gothic genre suggest the house should be a more imposing feature in these stories, it was treated as a background character. A major feature in the house's construction was introduced late in the novel and seemed to exist only to foster the final resolution.

    It was easy to breeze through the book to the conclusion, but it wasn't a compelling read.

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