Michael McDowell's Blackwater Series, Books I-VI:  The Flood, The Levee, The House, The War, The Fortune, and Rain
 

Michael McDowell's Saga of the Caskey Family Blackwater Series, Volumes 1 - 6 (Blackwater Series, Vol. 1,Vol. 2,Vol. 3, Vol. 4, Vol.5, Vol. 6)

by Michael McDowell

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I think that is the ultimate question that must be asked about this serial novel. It is a work extraordinary for its characters and subtlety, as well as a plot that engages readers through the end of book 6 and leaves them wanting more.

I read horror fiction occassionally, but I believe this is more Southern Gothic than horror. While Elinor is a disturbing beast/creature, the reader identifies with her much better than with the human matriarch, Mary-Love. Likewise, the love that is...

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