The Aviculturist

A wild ride of a book with all the elements you would expect from a gothic novel. Lily returns to the house where she grew up after many years away due to a tragic accident that happened when she was a child. The house is just as it was left with secrets left to discover, but she is not the only person in Lostmor with a past. Great atmospheric descriptions of both the house and the village add to the tense plotting.
This is the kind of book that keeps you reading, but I did find parts of the plot got a little too gothic perhaps! I also thought that some of the ‘villains' had few redeeming qualities, which maybe made them a little unrealistic, however, this may have been a deliberate choice considering the genre. Otherwise, the rest of the characters are well drawn and I would definitely be interested in reading a follow up.
I received an advanced review copy for free and I am leaving this review voluntarily.