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From the author of The Communion Ingest Me & Ingest Me, too, and The Apex Prey trilogy comes Distorted Metamorphosis.

Dr. Eleanor Rudence, addressed as just Nora by her male peers, is accepted into a penitentiary
institution to begin her research on the psychology of criminals who have assaulted minors. The facility is renowned for its wonderful work in rehabilitating inmates, or so they claim, and due to her own
history, Nora needs to get a deeper understanding of such individuals.

Nora is paired with Arthur, a witty and charming man, and she falls... hard, despite the reasons he is in there. She tumbles down a rabbit hole, one she won’t be able to claw her way out of...

This Extreme Horror. Consider this a warning for everything. 18+

100 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 3, 2025

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Lesley A. Camphouse

22 books184 followers
Lesley lives secluded in the Netherlands with her husband and five cats. She enjoys writing Extreme Horror, Splatterpunk, and Dark Romantasy.

Besides writing, she likes to read, and those exact categories are the ones she devours.

She's also a hoarder of trinkets and cool things and collects a lot of stuff, from oddities and curiosities to manga, comics, and figurines.

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Profile Image for Peter Topside.
Author 6 books1,437 followers
July 13, 2025
3.5 stars. This was a well-constructed story with some good writing to keep it all supported. Nora, our lead, had a nice level of depth and her trauma, and subsequent, vile actions shone through. Some odd creative decisions for Sebastion and Arthur that didn’t necessarily connect for me. Like they were both presented as centerpieces, but then relegated to unimportant in various ways. Between the nefarious practices of the prison to Seb’s nauseating fetishes to Arthur and Nora’s budding relationship and her interview aspirations, this attempted to tackle a ton in a mere hundred pages. I think if the story was longer and things were given more time to blossom with the proper context, it would have really elevated the book to a higher level. There was also a bit of a slow burn approach with the extreme horror aspects, but it was definitely worth the wait. Some very, very ugly instances in the mid to latter portions of the story. A good showing from Lesley Camphouse.
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324 reviews40 followers
July 11, 2025

Disgusting. Deranged. Putrid. I loved it.

Read your trigger warning.

A female psychologist, whose own brother was a pedo, is sent to interview a convicted pedo predator. Instead of justice or closure, she spirals, obsesses, and transforms. She wants him. He doesn’t want her. So she changes (LITERALLY) for love.

We learn more about the pedo brother; how the family knew exactly what he was and protected him anyway. We see the aftermath of his crimes, how his sister tried to cope, and where he ended up.

I’ve never been more grateful to be an only child.

I was also very excited that the character was a psychologist AND researcher... and then the story happened. Good thing I'm not a forensic psychologist, lol!

Profile Image for Ashley Hana.
686 reviews18 followers
August 24, 2025
This book is psychological torture. The way it's written makes you want to side with Nora. But really? I totally agree testing on pedophiles instead of animals, too. So why the hell am I rooting for her and Arthur?
And then the plottwists just keep coming! They really had me shaking in my boots.
This is a filthy masterpiece and I feel gross for having enjoyed it.
Profile Image for Janelle Schiecke.
Author 3 books138 followers
September 18, 2025
This was my first read by Camphouse, and it really packed a punch! There were so many factors at play in this story, and I really enjoyed how this author had you siding with characters you knew you shouldn't. It's an interesting journey into the psyche and how distorted one's view can get based on lineage and power play.

Though it starts out with gore here and there, by the final act it's an all-out massacre. Hell of a story, and I look forward to reading more from Camphouse.
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24 reviews4 followers
July 14, 2025
Lesley certainly knows how to pack a punch in her books and Distorted Metamorphosis is no different. This story follows Nora as she tries to get into the minds of pedophiles to learn what makes them do the things they do. Filled with gore and twisted characters, this book had me hooked as always
Profile Image for Becki 🤎.
269 reviews5 followers
July 5, 2025
Distorted metamorphosis

I was impatiently waiting for Lesley’s newest release the moment she put that teaser out. Of course I got stuck straight in!

So, Nora needs to make things right, after feeling the guilt for covering up her brothers abuse of her young neighbour (that eventually led to murder) she’s accepted into a rehabilitation prison under the pretence of research. She hopes to understand the minds of those who’ve assaulted minors & help change them in some kind of way.

She soon realises the “prison” is not all as it seems & secrets are hidden behind closed doors when she meets Arthur, an “inmate”. He’s a good looking, witty & charming predator that she finds herself rapidly lusting after! The only problem is, she’s clearly not the right age for him…soooo she tries to fix that 🫣

Eesh the body horror this character does to herself 🤯 I was squirming 😬 Nora clearly had serious delulu problems…alongside her messed up brother 😳 But The “prison” oh I can fully get behind!! (It gave me AHS the Asylum doctor vibes)

This was absolute carnage towards the end! Lesley has such a way of tackling taboo issues in her books. As uncomfortable as they can be, she manages to fully pull you in & you cannot look away for a single minute!

This one would make an amazing movie!! It was craaaazy!! Defo check your triggers before going into it 😨 Another 5 star read for me, I wouldn’t expect anything less from Lesley she’s just insanely good at what she does 👏🏼 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Profile Image for A5hley Clarke.
63 reviews12 followers
July 16, 2025
This is why Lesley is in my opinion the queen of splatterpunk!

Give her a taboo subject matter and watch her weave a story that has more twists than a rollercoaster I was hooked from the start the hideous brother the deranged family for harbouring secrets and the most messed up of all our female narrator Nora

This may be an unpopular opinion but let’s be honest everything that happens in this book can all be avoided if Nora spoke out instead she happily “changes” herself for the hopeful love of Arthur and in the end well we can’t go in to that but this is my favourite book I genuinely thought eternal wives would stay up there at least for a few months but this just goes to show that Lesley has solidified herself as a powerhouse in the extreme horror genre I want and need more

I was fortunate enough to beta read this book but my feelings are completely my own
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93 reviews11 followers
September 21, 2025
if only u could have seen my face while reading this. i’ve said it before … body horror gives me the heebie jeebies yet here i am

sometimes shorter books sacrifice the storyline but for me this one worked well. slightly predictable but when you read a lot i feel like it’s hard to avoid that. if you want something short that packs a punch i say give it a go but … also ew
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13 reviews1 follower
September 8, 2025
Dark, Disturbing and Impossible to Put Down

This book goes from 0-100 so quickly and I devoured it in one sitting. It’s a depraved descent into darkness, following a traumatised child whose pain and experiences spiral into something much more disturbing – even to the point of mutilating herself in an attempt to become more appealing to a predator.

I felt sick the whole way through. It really pushed my limits on what I can stomach, but that’s exactly why it worked so well. Lesley Camphouse has a real talent for dragging the reader deep into uncomfortable territory, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Out of the books of hers I’ve read, this is by far the best.
Profile Image for Kendra Taylor.
105 reviews45 followers
October 31, 2025
5 stars

My rating for extreme horror books is based on how much the book disturbs me and I think you can tell how it went due to my rating. I genuinely have no words for this book. It was truly disturbing and had my face in a permanent cringe the entire 100 pages.

The ending had my jaw dropped and I wasn't expecting it at all. I literally stared at my kindle when I finished thinking "what the f*ck did I just read".

If you love extreme horror, definitely check this book out as you will not be disappointed!
Profile Image for Paige Ray.
1,111 reviews63 followers
August 2, 2025
DAMN. I sure as hell didn’t see that coming 😳 Dr. Nora has been given permission to go inside a penitentiary institution for the worst of criminals; pedophiles. She’s studying them closely to see why they are what they are. Meanwhile, she begins fixating on a particular inmate and finds someone from her past. This story was well thought out and we were given insightful background history up til present day. The outcome was far from what I expected. Check your triggers! Give this one a go.
Profile Image for Samyra Alexander.
Author 10 books144 followers
July 8, 2025
Hmm, yeah….

This story is out there, but in a good way if you enjoy stories about people you never want to meet on the street. Every twist caught me off guard, making an already weird story, even more bizarre. The ending, lol.
Profile Image for Tegan Grubb.
9 reviews
July 31, 2025
3.5! Rounding up

Lesley what the fuck. 😭😭 it was well written don’t get me wrong but what the fuck.
It’s genuinely my own fault for reading this and actually finishing it. I could have stopped at any time but you know, it’s hard to put it down.

I’m going to go wash my eyeballs and my brain brb
Profile Image for Valarie Brake.
107 reviews
September 6, 2025
3.5 This was absolutely disgusting, but for whatever reason I couldn’t stop reading it. I didn’t expect that ending at all. Now I’m just questioning what the hell I just read.
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56 reviews4 followers
August 25, 2025
I am a bit nauseous but it’s my fault for having a roast beef sandwich while reading this
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696 reviews49 followers
August 28, 2025
“Because the legal one will never satisfy me the way the illegal one will. At some point… the legal path wore me out, bored me, making the illegal path even more attractive and exciting. It’s not that hard to understand, right? It’s human nature to want what we can’t have. Make it illegal and it becomes even more enticing.”

To be a child so casually thrown into the hands of a monster, Eleanor Rudence found herself quickly unable to blame her older brother Sebastian for any of the atrocities he committed. Awakeneing a sense of pedophilia in him at the age of 12, she would be his first fascination and the only victim to be off limits from his sadistic mind. Unfortunately, Beth Shepherd would find herself his first kill as she was ruthlessly raped and slaughtered. Covering for him to both their parents and the police, it allowed him several years to attack and become more of a monster. Struggling to overcome the trauma and obsession over her brother, Eleanor would come to Grey Keep penitentiary to conduct experimental interviews with convicted child predator Arthur. Finding herself falling for him, it adds to the disgust she feels for her adult body and forces her into some unsavory choices. Restricting her diet to nearly nothing, she also begins taking a scalpel to her breasts and thighs to shave her body down to mimic a child. Infection was setting in, her skin becoming black and infested with maggots, leaving her forced to begin taking stolen antibiotics from her job.

“I’m a pedophile, because that’s who I am. Not because my dad beat the shit out of me, or because my mother neglected me. I was born this way.”

Believing Arther was flirting and lusting over her more childlike body, she couldn’t stop the nightly cuts that cause her body to slowly go into necrosis. When he finally caught the scent of rotting flesh from her, he showed disgust and quickly denied any attraction towards her. Outraged, she swore revenge on him and continued her plot to see the more hidden sections of the penetiary. Seeing where the worst convicted ended up, she saw the experiments deemed inhumane taking place again and again. It wasn’t until she happened upon her brother Sebastian, starving and severely injured, that she began having second thoughts on this entire place. Sneaking him food, water and antibiotics, it wasn’t long before she opened the cage and let him free. Confronted by Dr. Ted Shepherd (her mentor), she would learn his true identity being Edward, father to Beth and her brothers first victim. No longer caged and helpless, Seb attacked the doctor and murdered him using the same torture devices he endured. Now, he turns his attention to Arther and delivers a similar fate. Leaving with his sister, the true sickness inside of him would release as he would rape and kill her in her bed, leaving her organs removed and centered around her body. Free to re-offend again and again, this is only the beginning of the monster that should’ve been put to death.

I stand before him, my mutilated breasts dripping with pus and fluid, maggots crawling across my mauled flesh. My thighs are covered in calloused scar tissue, the skin rough and bumpy. My stomach is covered in dried blood and scabs. The skin is deep black where my chest once was, and it’s slightly swollen despite my antibiotics. Edges where the blade has crudely slashed flesh away are curled up and dried, like spoiled fruit. I scratch at the scabs on my stomach, opening them, and blood trickles down my abdomen to the ruined skin of my thighs. The rims and ends of my nails are colored red, as parts of my skin, mixed with blood, remain hidden.
Profile Image for Toni | Dark Reads.
68 reviews35 followers
September 2, 2025
Can there ever really be a cure for evil?

In this story we follow Nora, a psychologist who is researching the minds of criminals who have committed offences against minors.

Nora's line of work stems directly from her childhood and the guilt of covering up her older brother's own abuse of her chlidhood friend. She knew what he did was wrong, yet she lied for him anyway. She loved and looked up to him and he was always her protector.

Nora is accepted into a facility that 'treats' Male offenders, to work with an inmate.

When she meets Arthur she is instantly attracted to him, despite the nature of his Crimes

As their Sessions Continue Nora finds herself totally head over heels for him, but she doesn't exactly fit his sexual preferences

Nora decides to try and make her body more Childlike in the most grotesque kind of ways.
As well as this, Noras suspicions that not all is what it seems with the facility are Confirmed. She had no idea what she was getting herself into.

I Can't rate this book enough I loved it! It is packed with depravity, gore and body Horror.
But what I loved most, was this was a pitch black psychological thriller that explores Some really, really dark psychology that doesn't shy away from moral ambiguity and uncomfortable truths.

It explores obsession, taboo desires and trauma and how this goes against Nora's internal sense of what is fundamentally right and wrong with every bad decision Nora makes, the more delusional she becomes and she completely unravels before your eyes I was not ready for that ending!

I think EH and Splatterpunk are often underrated. Yes it is full on in your face
gruesome, all the things we love! But it often explores really poignet and unsettling truths about human nature. This is a perfect example of that.

I could go on. Check your triggers and Read It!
Profile Image for Jolene.
106 reviews9 followers
July 7, 2025
Distorted Metamorphosis is the kind of book that grabs you by the throat, drags you into the chaos, and doesn’t let go. If you’re here for a typical thriller with a neat little bow at the end, turn around. This is a psychological nightmare wrapped in a thrilling, twisted mess of obsession, power, and some seriously dark psychology.
Nora is the kind of character who will destroy you. She’s brilliant, tortured, and on a mission to understand the monsters she’s studying—but damn, does she spiral. The woman is all in. But then comes Arthur, and here’s the thing: this guy? Not the swoon-worthy, "he’s the one" type. Nora spends time trying to mold herself into someone he could maybe want, and he’s just cold as ice. It’s like watching a car crash in slow motion. She’s so tangled up in her obsession with him that you can’t help but feel her unraveling every damn page.
What really gets me, though, is the way Lesley Camphouse makes you feel the tension. You don’t just read this—you live it. Every time Nora makes a choice, you can feel her sinking further into her own madness, and it’s impossible to look away. You’ll be clutching the book, heart racing, desperately needing to know what happens next.

And then—that ending? Don’t even get me started. It punches you right in the gut, and you’re left gasping for air, questioning everything. But that’s what makes this a 5-star, no-doubt-about-it read.

It’s brutal. It’s unrelenting. It’s gorgeous in the messiest, most disturbing way. If you want a book that’ll screw with your mind and leave you questioning your own sanity? This is it.

5 stars. This isn’t just a book, it’s an experience. 🔥💀
Profile Image for Chelsey.
68 reviews
October 8, 2025
Check your TW's

Dr. Eleanor Rudence, addressed as just Nora by her male peers, is accepted into a penitentiary institution to begin her research on the psychology of criminals who have assaulted minors. The facility is renowned for its wonderful work in rehabilitating inmates, or so they claim, and due to her own history, Nora needs to get a deeper understanding of such individuals.

Nora is paired with Arthur, a witty and charming man, and she falls... hard, despite the reasons he is in there. She tumbles down a rabbit hole, one she won’t be able to claw her way out of...



I could NOT put this down, I didn't even want to quit reading to go to sleep. I loved it. Lesley is definitely number one in my top 5. This was curious, gruesome, and utterly deranged 🤣 but I loved it.
Profile Image for Emily | TheHauntedShelf.
127 reviews36 followers
July 1, 2025
Think Silence of the Lambs vibes, but 1000 times better.

Nora gets herself a job in an institute for pedophiles. She starts a case study on a man called Arthur and quickly falls in love with him. Recognising she is not his type, she attempts to make herself more appealing to him, whilst also dealing with the trauma of her past.

As always, the book is packed with unpredictable plot twists that we’ve come to expect from Lesley. This one had me hooked from start to finish, the pacing and the plot are absolutely perfect!

I had the privilege of beta reading this one, and I already want to read it again!
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153 reviews5 followers
August 8, 2025
Disgusting and depraved Leslie does it again! I’ve said it once I’ll say it a 100 times over I don’t know what Lesley does when she writes a book but she’s got a way of pulling you in. This was sick and twisted but the way she writes is just top tier obsessed! Can’t wait to read more of her books.
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61 reviews1 follower
August 12, 2025
Yeah I didn't expect any of that. What a wild fucked up lil trip that was.
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130 reviews5 followers
September 21, 2025
This was intense

As intense as the story was I did enjoy the perspective it took. It is most definitely not for the faint of heart. As always Lesley’s ending left an impression that will stay with you forever.
39 reviews
October 5, 2025
This story was brutal, savage, and completely unrelenting. All of them acted appallingly, but each character was so relatable and completely magnetic. The twists had my jaw on the floor. It made me feel gross and grime, but I compulsively had to know where we would end. In only a few hours, I was shook. 7 books in, and Lesley Camphouse is an auto-read, and a total force of an author. Thank you to the author for a code to listen to this nasty little story.
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