The Twisted Ones

By: T. Kingfisher

Narrated by: Hillary Huber

Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins

Publisher's summary

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 comes across 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.

©2019 T. Kingfisher (P)2019 Simon & Schuster Audio

The Holler People

"Then 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"
Really enjoyed this fascinating tale of horror and dark fantasy.

Just my type of suspense & horror.

The Hillary Hubert, the narrator was great. Her voice interpretations for each character are impeccable!! She's the driving force and what makes any book she narrates for so worth listening to. At first when I started The Twisted Ones, I hadn't understood why it was kinda "witty" to be a classified as a horror book, but I I swear Hillary will have you laughing out loud on some parts...or maybe because I have a dark sense of humor....or maybe because the main character reminds me of myself. Anyway, I loved the book T. Kingfisher! Thank you Hillary Hubert for your amazing and talented audio input for if you hadn't I don't think I could have followed it as well.

pleasant surprise

got this book on sale.......it is freaking AMAZING. I loved every second of the book. I look forward to other books by the author

Re-takes

the story was really good, and the narrator did a good job immersing me in the tale. the only thing that took me out of it was the re-takes they did. it sounds like they were done in a completely different space and are very distracting. if it weren't for that, I'd give 5☆ all the way.

Just..... WOW

This is one of the first “Horror Stories” I’ve given a chance, besides Stephen King, of course. I cannot express how great this book is. DEFINITELY one of my favorites of all time. It’s just GREAT. I never rate books on here bc I’m shy but...... JEEZE I just had to with this one. Absolutely the best book I’ve listened to or read this year so far that’s for sure

Not what I expected

This book isn't scary at all. It's not bad, just not what I thought I was spending my credit on. More fantasy with an edge than it is scary.
will be returning, not because it was "bad", but because it wasn't at all what was described.

Terrifying one minute and funny the next

I thoroughly enjoyed this unique one of a kind horror story. The narrator was the perfect fit. The only thing I didn’t like was that it had to end. Highly recommend this one!!

Weirdly creepy

Great read - weird and creepy but great. I enjoyed the flippant witty comments from the main character. All characters were well written - well worth the time.

Reviewing this using mom's account

Really loved this book! Terrifying in all the right ways. Weird voice editing occasionally

Ok

The actual horror of the story was pretty good. Maybe could have be explained a bit more. Personally the main character complained to much for me to listen. Overall good but maybe just not my cup of tea.