She’ll need to learn the rules of her new home-and fast-or its halls will soon become her grave. 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. Countess Lisavet, who presides over this hedonistic court, is loved and feared in equal measure. There, Marion is swept into a world of dark debaucheryand at the center of it all is her. Lisavet is magnetic, and Marion is eager to please her new mistress. In a matter of days, she finds herself the newest bloodmaid at the notorious House of Hunger. The countess, who presides over this hedonistic court, is loved and feared in equal measure. When shes not writing, youll find her tending to an. At the center of it all is Countess Lisavet. Alexis Henderson is the author of the Goodreads Choice Awards Finalist, The Year of the Witching, and the forthcoming House of Hunger. There, Marion is swept into a world of dark debauchery. In a matter of days, she finds herself the newest bloodmaid at the notorious House of Hunger. 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. 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. Marion Shaw has been raised in the slums, where want and deprivation are all she know. A gory gem of a story that sinks in its teeth and wont let up, House of Hunger proves that Alexis Henderson is one of the best Gothic writers out there. The plot follows the life of Marion as she becomes a bloodmaid in the titular House of Hunger. The story is set in a world where nobles feed on the blood of their servants. Girls of weak will need not apply.Ī 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. House of Hunger is a 2022 horror novel by Alexis Henderson. Must have a keen proclivity for life’s finer pleasures.

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