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A review by literaryland_livin
The Twisted Dead by Darcy Coates
4.0
ARC by NetGalley and the publisher.
Keira our MC can see spirits and lives in a groundskeepers cottage near a cemetery. Keira is accompanied by her friends Mason, Zoe and her cat, Daisy. Keira receives an invitation to dinner at Dane Crispin’s mysterious decrepit mansion, this is where the plot begins to pick up.
This book was a fairly fast read and I was able to finish it in one sitting. It had so many spooky elements that I’ve been craving lately with ghosts, graveyards, and haunted houses! While I haven’t read the previous installments to The Gravekeeper series I have read Darcy Coates’ From Below and enjoyed her writing style in that so I was pleasantly surprised when this also had that same great style. I definitely will be picking up the rest of the books in this series as I didn’t feel you necessarily have to read them prior to follow along with the plot. Though the story does cover some darker subject matter it didn’t feel as heavy as it could have. My favorite aspect of this book by far was the relationships between the main characters and their friendship with one another, they had such playful easy banter that it felt very genuine and real. I really enjoyed the setting of the town, Blightly and look forward to seeing more of that in future installments. I would definitely recommend this to anyone who is looking for a cozy gothic horror book.
The Twisted Dead comes out February 7, 2023
Thank you again NetGalley and Poisoned Pen Press for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.
Keira our MC can see spirits and lives in a groundskeepers cottage near a cemetery. Keira is accompanied by her friends Mason, Zoe and her cat, Daisy. Keira receives an invitation to dinner at Dane Crispin’s mysterious decrepit mansion, this is where the plot begins to pick up.
This book was a fairly fast read and I was able to finish it in one sitting. It had so many spooky elements that I’ve been craving lately with ghosts, graveyards, and haunted houses! While I haven’t read the previous installments to The Gravekeeper series I have read Darcy Coates’ From Below and enjoyed her writing style in that so I was pleasantly surprised when this also had that same great style. I definitely will be picking up the rest of the books in this series as I didn’t feel you necessarily have to read them prior to follow along with the plot. Though the story does cover some darker subject matter it didn’t feel as heavy as it could have. My favorite aspect of this book by far was the relationships between the main characters and their friendship with one another, they had such playful easy banter that it felt very genuine and real. I really enjoyed the setting of the town, Blightly and look forward to seeing more of that in future installments. I would definitely recommend this to anyone who is looking for a cozy gothic horror book.
The Twisted Dead comes out February 7, 2023
Thank you again NetGalley and Poisoned Pen Press for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.