So it is not a tightly wound intricate world, and it falls short of being a fantasy masterpiece, but nonetheless twas a damn fun book. The characters and atmosphere are riveting. The first page is hook- line- sinker -read -this- book -in- a -day good. Dust wives? YES. Bone dogs? Gothtastic! Our lady of the Grackles? How do I join, hell yes!
I liked the Twisted Ones as well, and was impressed with how easily she slipped into the fantasy genre. What works is the grip, the imagination, the lovely horror that casts shadows without banging your head against a wall of horrific violence. I feel like she could go deeper, more back stories, maybe a 700 pager, but perhaps this is not the mode in publishing now. However, I am definitely a fan now.