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House of Hunger

Alexis Henderson

3.68 AVERAGE

anastasiavaleureux's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

desordxn's review against another edition

4.0

sorry to disappoint but i, too, would have been down bad for Lisavet 😔

spookymartinireads's review against another edition

4.0

dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

gmm1966's review against another edition

3.75

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

cam356's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

lapinpuff's review against another edition

"Desire is a kind of madness."

This was a tough read for my anaemic ass but so worth it. This is a novel you absolutely HAVE to read to the end regardless of your thoughts on it, I promise.

I loved the worldbuilding, I liked the characters, I loved the detail of the descriptions of the House of Hunger in all its opulence. And most of all I ADORED

how this novel subverts the idea of a dark/vampiric romance?? Like I have never seen this done before, and the effect is astoundingly good once you reach the twist ending. I suspected Lisavet was just a vampire or something but the reality was even more interesting. I really admire how this novel subverts a typical dark romance with Lisavet and Marion. Like, usually Marion being pitted against the other Bloodmaids and exploited by Lisavet wouldn't be intended to be bad (though it clearly is) while HERE we get an ending of escape and sisterhood. Even Cecelia, who is set up as the 'rival', is treated with so much nuance by the end. Gosh this is just, like genius??