This book is marketed "with a twist," and I'm not sure that's entirely accurate. There was no real twist here, and the only real surprise was that one of the protagonists kept ferreting out artifacts of murder and hideous death and bringing them home to help build her own house - I can only presume she's never seen a horror film in her life, because that's not generally something that ends well. Despite this, however, The Invited was an enjoyable read. Not particularly deep, and there was the odd part that seemed to trail off and go nowhere for no good reason (I'm thinking especially, here, of the bog's previous owners and how one of them drowned, which didn't seem to tie into much at all.) What set it apart, however, and my favourite thing about it, was the bog setting. It was an interesting environment, portrayed well, and it tied in thematically to the rest of the story.

The book didn't scare me, which is a minor failure for horror, and it didn't shock me very much really either, but it did make me want to go out walking in the wetlands, so I genuinely appreciate it for that.

Although, seriously: people have been looking for that treasure for generations, and none of them thought to look in the very obvious hiding place where it was eventually found? Dunces, the lot of them...