Review by wisefae - House of Blight

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House of Blight by Maxym M. Martineau

5.0

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

This book made me a victim of advertising. SMH.

I saw an ad on social media with character portraits comparing the book to "a mix of The Cruel Prince and One Dark Window". Well, if you don't know, I have artwork inspired by both of those books tattooed on my body, so that ad might as well have said "A book written for Wisefae." 😂

That being said, it did not disappoint! This book centers around Edira, a woman who secretly has healing powers. She keeps them a secret because her aunt also had healing powers, and when the word got out, the Evers took her away, and she was never heard from again. All the other townsfolk love the Evers. They are mysterious, beautiful, and rich immortals who own their town! They all hope to be the one the Evers will patronize when they come into town, or better yet, be whisked away to marry. But not Edira. She knows that if someone goes with the Evers they don't come back.

But then her brothers are struck with Blight, a disease that enters the body through a cut and quickly rots them from the inside out. This is the one thing she can't heal...and then an Ever shows up offering to help.

The setup for this book was great. I immediately liked Edira and found the world interesting. I also felt she had a good reason for disliking the Evers other than the usual "magic people bad" we see in a lot of Romantasy. Evers seem to be essentially Fae (immortal, beautiful, can perform glamour, etc.) but with a twist I won't reveal.

There is also a fun love triangle between Edira, the Ever she begins to reluctantly fall in love with...and his grouchy brother. 😏

The magic system Edira uses is something I have never seen before, in which she can see the threads of people's life and fix them where they are broken! Listening to the explanations of Threadmending kept me engaged and interested as I wanted to know more about how it worked.

This book comes with a trigger warning too: Lots of body horror with the Blight descriptions. Just be warned!

This book is the first in a duology and I lowkey wish I had waited to read it, only because I desperately want to know what happens next! But I am happy I was able to support House of Blight, since it only just came out this month!

I gave this book 5/5 stars. It was a wild ride and I liked that it deviated from the typical Romantasy formula just enough to mix it up!

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