When I saw this was the third in a series I was disappointed because I hadn’t read the first two. They happened to be on Kindle unlimited…and I flew through them and could not wait to pick this one up!

Our main character is battling with a complex and unusual set of problems -she has amnesia, is being chased by a strange organization, and she can see ghosts! She’s tackling these problems with and equally unusual set of friends - a small town vicar, the local conspiracy theorist, and a med school drop out. Add to this the creepy town millionaire/recluse and a host of ghosts trying to drain his life force and you have a whopper of a story.

I’m loving this series. Kiera is an interesting protagonist and I can’t wait until we get to the bottom of her mystery!

The Twisted Dead is the third installment in the Graveskeepers series by the amazingly awesome and talented storyteller Darcy Coates. This can very well be read as a stand alone, however, I still would recommend for a better understanding of Keiara and their backstory to read books 1 & 2 first. A story where our main character can see and somewhat communicate with ghost, say less.

Wow Darcy Coates took me by storm in 2021 when I picked up my first book by her. Her writing style is absolutely captivating. Every book I pick up, I can’t seem to read fast enough and The Twisted Dead was no different. First, that cover is stunning!! I just love a good cover. This would have definitely been a cover buy for me. The Twisted Dead is a book I would highly recommend for those horror lovers. You want all the chills, this gem will serve you exactly what you want on a silver platter.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for a copy of The Twisted Dead in exchange for my honest review. I highly recommend. 5 thrilling stars!! Happy Reading. .

Darcy Coates has done it again! This book is written so well. It was a very fun read. It was not very scary or creepy like other Books written by this author, however; it was still a great book to read. Had me giggling at times with some of the dialogue between characters. Hope the next book is as good this if not better.

I want to first thank #netgalley #darcycoates and #poisonedpenpress for allowing me to read this ARC.

The Twisted Dead is book 3 in the Gravekeeper series and hopefully not the last. These books are very different from the usual Darcy Coates books. When I think of Darcy Coates I immediately think scary haunted houses. These books do have a supernatural theme but they’re so much more.

There’s amnesia, secret organizations, small town gossip, friendship, running for your life and of course ghosts. I feel like we truly got to know the characters in this book and they’re development is perfect. I can’t wait to see what book 4 holds.

A great, well-paced, and well-crafted entry in the series. We get a road trip, ghosts, and supernatural shenanigans. Totally enjoyable and bingeable.

What a fun read! I thoroughly enjoyed The Twisted Dead, the third installment of Gravekeeper series by Darcy Coates. This book has great pacing and keeps you hooked till the very past page. I love the characters and find comfort in reading about their adventures. Perfect book to snuggle up to!

Darcy Coates does it again! Full confession: I stumbled across this series earlier this year, and when I saw the third one wasn’t out yet, I’ve been looking on here nonstop hoping to see it pop up, and then it did! Keira’s story continues to be a wild ride, but her story completely draws the reader into her world. I’m lowkey falling in love with Mason (the way Keira is, let’s be honest), and Zoe feels like my best friend. Darcy Coates is fantastic at writing her characters in a way that makes the reader care deeply about them. I’ve seen some reviewers criticize her for being formulaic, but she employs her formula flawlessly, so I can’t find a reason to think that that’s negative.

Anyway, I love this series, and I’m sad I have to wait until the next part is available for me to read! I highly recommend this book and love the direction it’s going in!

The Gravekeeper series is one of my all-time favorites!

Kiera is settling into life in Blighty, she has made a couple of really great friends.. one I'm hoping will end up as a future love interest.. she's working as a caretaker for the cemetery, and trying to remember her past while helping the ghosts of Blighty move on... wether nicely or not is their choice.

In The Twisted Dead Keira and her friends have been invited to the local recluses' house for dinner, the last time they saw him they were running and he was shooting. They didn't think he knew who they were, but the invitation suggested otherwise. But not to worry, he has heard about Kiera's unusual talents and wants to ask her a favor. Will she get rid of the ghost that haunts him? Well sure she will, she wants to help him, and after what she sees using her second sight, she can not help him. It turns out there is more than one, and they are vicious. They refuse to move on and they are STRONG. Stronger than any ghost that Keira has faced before. This requires some research and practice before she's ready to tackle this problem.

While researching how to get rid of these horrible ghosts, they take a little side trip for Mason and end up coming across the mysterious people that have been after Keira since we met her in the first book. And some of Kiera's past is revealed along with the reasons they have been hunting her. A lot of questions are answered while leaving us a whole lot more, and I can't wait to see what she is going to do with the information she uncovered!!

Keira see ghosts. Keira can't remember her past. Keira doesn't know why people are chasing her. In this third book in the grave keeper series, we are starting to get some answers to big questions. Along the way Keira and her friends, Zoe and Mason, are determined to help Dane Crispin who has a ghost problem. It is hard to categorize this book series as it feels almost like a cozy horror. There are very dark and disturbing situations, full of action, but also a slow burning romance and a small town with repeating characters to draw on. This might be my favorite book of the series so far as there is a lot of satisfying events.

Thank you NetGalley and Poisoned Pen Press for the arc in exchange for an honest review.

If you're a fan of Darcy Coates you're going to really love this novel. I am, so I did. But for fans of bloody, gory, splattery type horror, you won't find that here.

What you will find is a fantastically written, character driven, and completely engaging book about a woman with amnesia who has "the gift" of second sight. But Darcy handles this in such a delicate way it distinguishes itself from the rest of "I see dead people" books. Because you'll love the three main characters and the villain, in this case, is an evil corporation. Oh yeah, it's life or death as Keira tries to remember her past and figure out why these people want her dead.

In the meantime, our three friends have plenty of other supernatural things to figure out and the overarching storyline connects with these side adventures perfectly without feeling forced.

Think of an adult version of Scooby Doo except the restless spirits are real...and there's no Scooby unfortunately lol! This is a good thing because the action never lets up and, as the pieces come together, they're faced with something they might not be able to run from.

I loved this book and I recommend it to anyone who wants a fantastic supernatural character driven novel!

This is the 3rd in the series and I haven’t read the previous 2 yet. I don’t think you necessarily have to read them in order but there were many references to the previous adventures of Keira, Mason, and Zoe. Maybe that’s why I enjoyed this book but didn’t love it. Thanks NetGalley and the author for this eARC.

This is my first Darcy Coates and I missed it was the third book in a series. Fortunately, the author did a great job imparting the needed information. I never felt there was a missing puzzle piece.

For those who've read the first 2 books -- imagine that -- Keira can see ghosts, but can't remember her past. She has a cat that seems to have more going on than meets the eye. She's a caretaker at a cemetery -- Keira, not the cat. Although, I don't know. The cat is clearly up to something.

I wanted the book to be more what the synopsis set it up to be -- an invitation to dinner by the town recluse, him begging our main character Keira for help, a dilapidated mansion. Ghosts. As that portion was unspooled I settled in for a great read. It was spooky, and filled with pathos, and I love an old mansion.

And it turned out to be a very small portion of the story.

Most of the book involved a road trip, a furthering of the greater central mystery of Keira's identity -- she has amnesia -- and the sinister people and/or organization that wants to find her. A portion of the story also concerned her friend. Mason, and a tragic incident in his past.

The events of the road trip are interesting and well-written. I enjoyed all of this, and really do want to know how the storyline continues going forward. Still, I can't lie and say I wasn't a bit disappointed that the thing that made me request an arc book-ended the story more than it was the story.  The events, however, did help Keira resolve that story as well. And there was a very horrifying scene at a cemetery other than, you know, the one Keira lives at.

The author is both funny and brings the pathos, and I'm into that. Maybe that's why I missed the story I thought I was getting as much as I did. She gave the man needing help, Dane Crispin, a truly horrifying and tragic predicament, and I kept imagining him waiting for help.

Keira spends most of the story with Mason and Zoe. Mason has dropped out of medical school, and in this installment we get his backstory. He's kind and a little unintentionally funny. I like him.

Zoe can be hysterically funny. Also really grating. The author definitely likes over-the-top characters. In the case of this emo kid, as much as I rolled my eyes at the cliches, it wasn't so bad. We spend a lot of time with Zoe though.

A lot of time with Zoe.

I thought we could maybe feed her to a shade -- a malevolent spirit.

I laughed out loud on occasion. There's something about someone saying wildly inappropriate things in serious situations that can be funny. When I tell you that she never stopped, though. The soundtrack to the road trip was really bad music she wouldn't turn off, and yet she wasn't left at the side of the road.

<i>"Zo?" Mason raised one of the books she'd passed to him. "This one's on werewolves."

"Yeah. I got a bit carried away. But, hey, ghosts are real. Which means, statistically. we have a really good chance of encountering a werewolf in our lifetime."

"That's very much not how statistics work."

"Agree to disagree."</i>

She also has a great riff about only one bed, and enemies to lovers.

The funniest quote is "Crimson," Keira said. "Uh, ka-kaw?" But you had to be there.

As a minor aside, there's a plot point about wanting to burn white sage for protection. That's considered a closed practice from Indigenous cultures, one they were forbidden to practice.

Anyhow, I enjoyed the story and think I'll continue on to see the payoff for the storylines that are being set up. I wish I could find more good ghost stories that are written as if that were good enough.

Page turner in the beginning and the middle and the end! this is a rare fine to be honest! This would be the definition of a cozy horror if I would personally define it. Not like gory scary but not like relaxing scary. Something that has the vibe of Graveyard game on Nintendo DS vibes

I wanted to love this book with my whole heart, but I struggled with it. I actually went and bought books 1/2 so I could read this ARC. My biggest problem with this book was the pacing. It just isn’t quite fast paced enough to be a horror in my opinion. I love the world she’s created, I just wish it had more umph to it.

This book was a page turner from the very beginning! I would definitely revisit and recommend this book to anyone who is looking for a book they cannot put down! It doesn’t even matter if we’re not in the spooky season anymore- read it!

This is the fifth of Darcy Coates books that I have read, and I have decided that I'm definitely a fan. Apparently this genre is called 'cosy horror,' creepy and spooky and atmospheric but not too full on or explicit. I am a huge horror fan, the more terrifying the better, but this book was a fantastic palate cleaner.
The Twisted Dead is the 3rd in a series, which I didnt realise when I requested it from Netgalley (My bad- it says #3 on the cover), and I wouldnt usually jump in this late in the game, but it was thorougly enjoyable and I understood everything that happened. Of course, there had to be a few info dumps just to get people like me who dont pay attention to serialised books to undersrand what was happening, but this definitely didnt detract from the pacing or the mood.
The supernatural elements of this book were strong, but also had some thriller vibes as one of the subplots. Personally I wasnt as interested in this element of the story, but I was well and truly down for the ghosty parts, and I eagerly look forward to the next book in the series.

By nature, I am not a huge fan of series but I excitedly await new installments in this series! The Gravekeeper series is what I like to call “cozy horror”. It’s just the right blend of spooky and endearing without being sleep with the lights on scary. I feel like it’s Darcy Coates at her best. I love the paranormal elements of a main character who sees ghosts mixed with the cozy element of her loyal crew of friends both human and spirit that help her right wrongs and solve mysteries. Each book in the series wraps up with a very satisfactory ending that still compels me to await the next installment. If you’re coming off a spooky vibes high and want to mix in a little cozy, give this series a try!
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Thank you so much Netgalley, Darcy Coates and Poisoned Pen Press for letting me read and review this book in exchange for an honest review.

This was my third book I've read by Darcy and really like her writing and the spooky, creepy atmospheres she give the readers in her stories.

I like The Twisted Dead and happy to read it this Halloween weekend.
I am though more of a plot kind of reader and this is more character driven, so my final rate landed on 3 ⭐.

I am in love with this series. Darcy does such an amazing job with writing these characters. Mason and Zoe are the best of friends and I wish I had them in my life. Kiera's story continues to keep me totally hooked and I am so excited to continue reading books in this series. Each story is different and intertwined at the same time and I love all the connections. I highly recommend this to fans of general fiction, horror, and thriller!

So this third book in the series had a little more action than the previous two, which was good. Unfortunately not good enough. I still think it's very cheesy, subpar to her usual work. I really hate Zoe. And so much of the plot is much too far-fetched. Also I have never seen someone overuse the word "sallow" so much. I might recommend these to someone who's looking for horror-lite. Maybe.