Kingfisher does it again. She has an incredible style of writing that its hooks claws into you and doesn't let go until the very end. Her dry and dark humor was present in this story like the rest and I found myself laughing or smiling throughout. Mouse is very relatable and more believable than most characters in a horror story.

***Possible spoilers ahead.****

At first, Twisted Ones reminded me a lot of The Hollow Places, due to how it starts and the narrator finding herself in another plane. I was a bit quick to judge and was worried it would be more or less the same story. I am happy to say it is very different from The Hollow Places, and albeit, a bit more creepy. (The effigy peeking into her window I read in broad daylight and it gave those chills you get when you're scared stiff. She nailed that scene and if that had happened to me I most likely would have passed away from fright.)

I read the majority of this book during the daytime and still found myself being spooked. She's very! vivid with her writing.

I found myself relating to Mouse more than I expected. (Minus the needless rambling.) Especially with her relationship with Bongo. As things hit the fan and she found herself at a crossroads, I had to set the book down and consider if I would have waited as she did, or fled. I don't know what I would have done, but the way she handled herself in the face of true terror was captured wonderfully.

Overall, I really enjoyed this book and I think it is a story that will stick with me a long while. I never read the original story of the White Ones (white people?), but I trust that Kingfisher retold it well. The ending was good and wrapped up the tale perfectly. The effigies at the end being her grandparents shouldn't have been a twist that surprised me given the direction of the story, but it did and I liked that twist.