The Dead Travel Fast by Deanna RaybourneI usually don’t read gothic novels, but I’ve enjoyed Deanna Raybourne’s Lady Julia Gray series so much that I decided to give this one a try. I had a hard time putting this book down, I read this book in just 2 days, and I’m not a fast reader.
This book is full of mystery, suspense, and Transylvania superstition (are the vampires and werewolves real or not, I’m still not sure). There’s a dark and brooding Count, complete with an old castle on a mountain, frightened villagers, and a very strange murder. And, of course, a young, single English woman traveling on her own. Oh, there’s also a curse.
It’s a brilliant book, written in first person narrative. The characters are fascinating and strange. The atmosphere is rather creepy. It has inspired me to finally read Bram Stroker’s ‘Dracula”.
