Review: All Over the Place, In a Good Way
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 24, 2014
I went in to this story expecting to know what was going to happen at every turn and just hoping the familiar tale was told in an entertaining way.  I think it's safe to say that Barnes took all my expectations and turned them on their heads.The basic setup should be familiar to fans of horror:  people find a new cave in the mountains, people explore cave, terrible things happen in the cave, enter the heroes.  And to be fair, the story doesn't diverge greatly from this setup.  Instead, what it does is keep introducing insane new details at every turn.  As soon as you think you have a handle on what's going on, new information is revealed, seemingly from left field, but is made to fit perfectly with the story in just a few sentences.  This constantly builds excitement and tension with barely any slowdown.I loved the ending, too.  It t leaves a lot of room for sequels, either with surviving characters or a new cast entirely, but does not sacrifice a satisfying conclusion to do so.  It's a rare author that can pull that off effectively (the fact that I've been saying this about a lot of DarkFuse titles recently just goes to show how keen their eye for talent is).