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House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson
4.0

β€œπ”–π”¬π”ͺ𝔒𝔱𝔦π”ͺ𝔒𝔰 β„‘ 𝔣𝔒𝔒𝔩 𝔩𝔦𝔨𝔒 ℑ’𝔳𝔒 π”Ÿπ”’π”’π”« π”Ÿπ”²π”¦π”©π”‘π”¦π”«π”€ 𝔢𝔬𝔲 π”ž β„Œπ”¬π”²π”°π”’ 𝔬𝔲𝔱 𝔬𝔣 π”ͺ𝔢 𝔬𝔴𝔫 π”Ÿπ”¬π”«π”’π”°. 𝔄𝔫𝔑 𝔰𝔱𝔦𝔩𝔩, 𝔢𝔬𝔲 𝔩𝔬𝔬𝔨 π”žπ”± π”ͺ𝔒 𝔴𝔦𝔱π”₯ 𝔰𝔬 π”ͺ𝔲𝔠π”₯ 𝔠𝔬𝔫𝔱𝔒π”ͺ𝔭𝔱 π”žπ”«π”‘ π”ͺ𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔯𝔲𝔰𝔱. π”œπ”¬π”² 𝔠𝔬π”ͺπ”­π”©π”žπ”¦π”« π”Ÿπ”’π” π”žπ”²π”°π”’ 𝔱π”₯𝔒𝔯𝔒 π”žπ”―π”’ π”€π”žπ”­π”° 𝔦𝔫 𝔱π”₯𝔒 𝔯𝔬𝔬𝔣 𝔬𝔣 π”ͺ𝔢 π”―π”¦π”Ÿπ”°, π”žπ”«π”‘ 𝔢𝔬𝔲 π”žπ”°π”¨ π”ͺ𝔒 𝔱𝔬 𝔀𝔦𝔳𝔒 π”ͺ𝔬𝔯𝔒 𝔬𝔣 π”ͺ𝔢𝔰𝔒𝔩𝔣 𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔦𝔩𝔩 𝔱π”₯𝔒π”ͺ. π”œπ”¬π”² π”΄π”žπ”«π”± π”ͺ𝔢 π”₯𝔦𝔭𝔰 𝔱𝔬 π”Ÿπ”’ 𝔱π”₯𝔒 π”Ÿπ”¬π”΄π”© 𝔢𝔬𝔲 𝔑𝔯𝔦𝔫𝔨 𝔣𝔯𝔬π”ͺ. 𝔐𝔢 𝔰π”₯𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔑𝔒𝔯𝔰, 𝔢𝔬𝔲𝔯 π”Ÿπ”’π”‘. 𝔐𝔢 π”žπ”―π”ͺ𝔰, 𝔢𝔬𝔲𝔯 π”΄π”žπ”©π”©π”°. 𝔐𝔢 𝔩𝔒𝔀𝔰, 𝔱π”₯𝔒 𝔳𝔒𝔯𝔢 𝔀𝔯𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔑 𝔢𝔬𝔲 π”°π”±π”žπ”«π”‘ 𝔬𝔫. π”œπ”¬π”² π”΄π”žπ”«π”± 𝔢𝔬𝔲𝔯 𝔣𝔦𝔩𝔩 𝔬𝔣 π”ͺ𝔢 π”Ÿπ”©π”¬π”¬π”‘ 𝔴π”₯𝔒𝔫𝔒𝔳𝔒𝔯 𝔢𝔬𝔲 π” π”―π”žπ”³π”’ 𝔦𝔱. π”šπ”₯π”žπ”± π”ͺ𝔬𝔯𝔒 𝔑𝔬 𝔢𝔬𝔲 π”΄π”žπ”«π”± 𝔣𝔯𝔬π”ͺ π”ͺ𝔒?”

Published: 12/10/23
Genre: Horror, gothic
Page count: 304
Format read: πŸ“–
Other books read by this author: 𝐀𝐧 π€πœπšππžπ¦π² 𝐅𝐨𝐫 π‹π’πšπ«π¬

A lush, gothic, bloody story of obsession, survival, & sisterhood. Desperate to escape the southern slums, Marion boards the night train to travel north & become a bloodmaid for the ailing Countess Lisavet at the notorious House of Hunger. There she must wrestle with her fellow bloodmaids for the affections of their mistress & the coveted position of first bloodmaid, whilst uncovering the house’s hidden corridors & dark secrets. I loved the worldbuilding & characters so much, though I found Marion a tiny bit frustrating at times! The setting & aesthetics of the novel were stunning, the descriptions vivid & haunting. My only issue with the story was that the pacing felt a little off, there was lots of build up & then so much to resolve in the last few chapters, but I think that’s partly me wishing the book was longer. Overall, a fantastic novel that I would definitely recommend.