Twisted!

by Miranda Leek

What Happens To Amusement Park Rides Once They Are Put Into Storage Or Distroyed?They are magically transported to a place only know as "Amusement Park Between", a park that co-exist within any other and is only accessible by those who are of its blood. There are no limits and no humans. The only residents are the RIDES. However, they are much different from our own. Amusement Park Between's rides are ALIVE, having both the characteristics of man and beast. Amusement Park Between was once merry and joyous, but for the past several years it has spiraled into turmoil. An evil tyrant known as Ironwheel has taken control, casting a dark shadow over Amusement Park Between, and whose evil intensions endanger both their world and our own. The rides only hope is the key to their prophecy, "The Red Will Defeat The Black". That perticular key is the only ride that was created differently. The red roller coaster, Railrunner. And This Is His Story.

Genres: Fantasy

376 pages, Paperback

First published May 20, 2010

About the author

Miranda Leek lives in the small town of Rockvale, Tennessee. Her love of art, writing, and roller coasters inspired Miranda, at the tender age of seventeen, to write Twisted; in which started as a simple experience and a few ideas, tuned into wonderful fully illustrated book that could be read over and over.

Please visit www.mirandasmagic.com to view more of Miranda's work including the works of Twisted in their original form.

Also Be On The Lookout For Book 2 In The Twisted Saga: VERTIGO

Reviews

[Kaitlyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is bad. Even the extended second edition is riddled with grammatical mistakes, typos, and words used incorrectly. There are odd tense and perspective changes, sometimes within a single sentence, missing or incorrect punctuation, and significant repetition.

That being said, this is The Room of books. It is so utterly sincere, so unapologetically enthusiastic, so pure and untainted by self-awareness, irony, or trying too hard (a la Birdemic sequels). It is, in fact, so bad its good. I was entertained every single moment.

Read this book.

[Patricia · Rating 2 out of 5]

I failed my 2015 Year in Discworld reading challenge and read this as the literary equivalent of a basketball foul or punishment shot. Yeah. I wouldn't recommend it otherwise unless the rest of the review makes you curious.

I have to say, as awful as this book gets (and it is nearly impossible to read) it will never not be amazing and hilarious when all the plot elements and things in this book that would be rote and boring in any other story about a supernatural romance and a character who learns he's the super special chosen one savior of a magical land AND a character who learns he's not a human but a dragon or vampire or werewolf are instead applied to -and I could not make this up if I wanted too- living amusement park rides. Yup, our main character isn't a magical dragon turned into a human and hidden from his home world's dark lord in the human world, he is a roller coaster. With magical powers and a thirst for blood and basically functionally a dragon anyway but no, he is a roller coaster because...? It's something else. Drink whenever anyone sighs and you might make it in one piece.

[Nick · Rating 5 out of 5]

I dunno what all these other reviews are on about. This page seems to be flooded with gag reviews where people are claiming that this is a poorly written and poorly plotted book. I would be remiss to let that stand. So I am here to set the record straight. Please, accept the "straight dope" on Twisted!

Miranda Leek's first novel is nothing short of sublime. The main character's hero's journey begins with four simple words: "Rodney Philips you’re fired!" And thus with maximum efficiency and, dare I say, grace Leek begins ingratiating Rodney with the reader on the first page. For who among us hasn't been fired from a job or two.

Our every-man ex-cake engineer protagonist is in for the ride of his life when he interviews for a roller coaster engineer position at his town's local amusement park. Leek seamlessly blends action-adventure, romance and horror together as Rodney travels from our world to the Amusement Park Between to seek his birthright.

As if Leek's masterful storytelling weren't enough the author reveals herself as a double threat by including over a dozen pieces of original artwork woven into the novel. Leek succeeds in bringing her characters to life with these wonderful illustrations that just seem to leap off the page.

Overall you'd be doing yourself a major disservice by not picking up a copy of Miranda Leek's Twisted! A Song of Ice and Fire? The Lord of the Ring? Garbage stories written by incompetent boobs when compared with the glory of Twisted!

[Rhea · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is quite possibly the worst book I have ever read, but I keep reading it because it's hilariously bad.

[RJ · Rating 2 out of 5]

I did not have the stamina to finish this novel. I made it 100 pages, which I feel is pretty fair. I love the absolutely unhinged premise and the book often borders on so bad it's good. However, it's amateur-ish writing at best. It reads like a more violent Goosebumps book. Which would be fine it weren't so gosh darn long. However, I can't help but respect the author for bringing her ill-advised vision to life. It ain't easy to create. Perhaps I will re-visit it in the future. For better or worse, I guess I own it.

[Crane · Rating 1 out of 5]

Can writing get much worse than this?

[Austin Kramer]

amaizing book which involves my favorite things roller coaster and dragons