07-24-2010, 12:58 AM
Yes! In fact, this has been a peeve of mine with Victoria Holt. In several of her books, the locale changes. Just when I've settled into an appropriate Gothic setting on the moors or somewhere similar, I'm uprooted as the entire story moves to some decidedly un-Gothic place like a tropical island or South Africa or sunny Australia. I don't know if Victoria saw herself as a "Gothic" writer so much as a writer of romantic suspense.
I most definitely prefer stories that establish a pleasantly sinister environment, then compound the atmosphere as the story unfolds within it.
I most definitely prefer stories that establish a pleasantly sinister environment, then compound the atmosphere as the story unfolds within it.