The Twisted Ones
Readers rate it 3.7 (264 on Hardcover)
400 pages · Released Oct 1, 2019 · Gallery Books
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A note for parents
The Twisted Ones is an adult horror novel marketed to grown readers, not children. The story combines genuine scares with atmospheric dread focused on supernatural/folklorish threats rather than gore, but it contains sustained psychological horror, body horror, and disturbing imagery that would be distressing for younger readers. The protagonist shows resourcefulness and determination, though the book's primary appeal is horror tension rather than uplifting themes.
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From the publisher
When a young woman clears out her deceased grandmother’s home in rural North Carolina, she finds long-hidden secrets about a strange colony of beings in the woods in this chilling novel that reads like The Blair Witch Project meets The Andy Griffith Show. When Mouse’s dad asks her to clean out her dead grandmother's ho... When a young woman clears out her deceased grandmother’s home in rural North Carolina, she finds long-hidden secrets about a strange colony of beings in the woods in this chilling novel that reads like The Blair Witch Project meets The Andy Griffith Show. When Mouse’s dad asks her to clean out her dead grandmother's house, she says yes. After all, how bad could it be? Answer: pretty bad. Grandma was a hoarder, and her house is stuffed with useless rubbish. That would be horrific enough, but there’s more—Mouse stumbles across her step-grandfather’s journal, which at first seems to be filled with nonsensical rants…until Mouse encounters some of the terrifying things he described for herself. Alone in the woods with her dog, Mouse finds herself face to face with a series of impossible terrors—because sometimes the things that go bump in the night are real, and they’re looking for you. And if she doesn’t face them head on, she might not survive to tell the tale. From Hugo Award–winning author Ursula Vernon, writing as T. Kingfisher, The Twisted Ones is a gripping, terrifying tale bound to keep you up all night—from both fear and anticipation of what happens next.
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- Fiction
- Weak Character Development
- Loveable Characters
- Not Diverse Characters
- Plot driven
- Unloveable Characters
- Diverse Characters
- A mix driven
- Strong Character Development
- Character driven
- Genre: Horror-Weird
- mysterious
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ISBN 9781534429574 · Gallery Books