A review by literaryjunarin
The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher

dark tense slow-paced

4.0

This is a unique kind of horror that dips a bit on fantasy. With a deer effigy that may or may not kill, the main character's intrusive thoughts are way scarier, especially the phrase "I made faces like the faces on the rocks, and I twisted myself about like the twisted ones, and I lay down flat on the ground like the dead ones."

The main character's sudden insipid thoughts while in mortal terror balance the chilling horror though which made this much more readable.