A review by ravyenreads
House of Blight by Maxym M. Martineau

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

This was insane. The emotional damage just from the first 30 pages had me eating this book up! Edira is a Threadmender, someone who can see the life threads of others and fix them. The downside though? It uses up her own life threads🫠 The Evers are fae that take in any Threadmender that they come across, never to be seen again, just like Edira’s aunt. 

β€œπ‘Ύπ’†π’π’„π’π’Žπ’† 𝒕𝒐 π‘­π’†π’“π’π’ˆπ’π’π’—π’†, π‘¬π’…π’Šπ’“π’‚. π‘΄π’‚π’š π’šπ’π’– π’π’Šπ’—π’† 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒆 π’”π’π’Žπ’†π’•π’‰π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒆𝒍𝒔𝒆.”

There was already hate for the Evers, but Edira’s forced to make a bargain with the head of the Ferngloves in exchange for her powers. As characters get introduced, I knew some shady shit was going on, but the who was down to the very last pages! It’s been a minute since I got full body goosebumps from reading a scene and when I tell you!!πŸ™‚β€β†•οΈ 

β€œπ‘°β€™π’Ž π’•π’“π’‚π’Šπ’π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’šπ’π’– 𝒕𝒐 π’”π’–π’“π’—π’Šπ’—π’†.”
β€œπ‘Ύπ’‰π’š?”
β€œπ‘©π’†π’„π’‚π’–π’”π’† π’šπ’π’– 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 π’π’Šπ’—π’†.”

There’s this mini love triangle going on, but I was more focused on Edira, her growing powers, and who tf was creeping around watching her like some kind of ghost always out of reach. I didn’t expect the betrayal, the savior, or really literally anything that happened in the last few chapters! I cannot wait for the next book because that cliffhanger got me SO bad😭