Marion Shaw, a poverty-stricken girl living in the slums, makes a life-altering decision to become a blood maiden in the North, where wealthy individuals drink blood for health and status. As Marion enters the dark and mysterious House of Hunger, she navigates a world of luxury, jealousy, and excess, falling in love with Countess Lisavet along the way. The novel delves into themes of servitude, hierarchy, and the blurred lines between natural and supernatural elements, creating a tense and unsettling atmosphere that keeps readers engaged until the very end.
Alexis Henderson's "House of Hunger" is a gothic horror tale that offers a refreshing take on vampiric stories, emphasizing class and status over traditional supernatural elements. The book is praised for its atmospheric writing, fascinating premise, and relatable protagonist, Marion, who transitions from a life of poverty to one of wealth and debauchery as a blood maiden in search of prosperity and abundance, despite the great cost.
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Triggers include themes of abuse, addiction, and elements related to blood consumption and violence.
Has Romance?
The book prominently features a high level of romance, particularly sapphic relationships between the characters.
From The Publisher:
WANTED - Bloodmaid of exceptional taste . Must have a keen proclivity for life's finer pleasures. Girls of weak will need not apply.
A young woman is drawn into the upper echelons of a society where blood is power in this dark and enthralling Gothic novel from the author of The Year of the Witching .
Marion Shaw has been raised in the slums, where want and deprivation are all she know. Despite longing to leave the city and its miseries, she has no real hope of escape until the day she spots a peculiar listing in the newspaper seeking a bloodmaid.
Though she knows little about the far north-where wealthy nobles live in luxury and drink the blood of those in their service-Marion applies to the position. In a matter of days, she finds herself the newest bloodmaid at the notorious House of Hunger. There, Marion is swept into a world of dark debauchery. At the center of it all is Countess Lisavet.
The countess, who presides over this hedonistic court, is loved and feared in equal measure. She takes a special interest in Marion. Lisavet is magnetic, and Marion is eager to please her new mistress. But when she discovers that the ancient walls of the House of Hunger hide even older secrets, Marion is thrust into a vicious game of cat and mouse. She'll need to learn the rules of her new home-and fast-or its halls will soon become her grave.
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