Marion Shaw has been raised in the slums, where want and deprivation are all she knows.

Marion lives in Prane, a city in the South, and works as a maid for a cranky old woman who pays her just enough to barely keep. Drawing loosely from the story of Countess Elizabeth Bthory, House of Hunger follows a young woman named Marion Shaw. Shad Hadid and the Alchemists of Alexandria by Geo. Alexis Henderson’s debut novel, The House of Hunger, is a haunting exploration of power, oppression, and the lengths people will go to protect their way of life. 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. So begins House of Hunger, the second book by Alexis Henderson, author of The Year of the Witching.Marion Shaw has been raised in the slums, where want and deprivation are. Instead of fighting in an arena, however, Marion must be on display in front of nobles and subject to their games. House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson (Large Paperback). The primping and feeding remind me of the preparations in the Hunger Games novels. If Prane is all smog, grit, ammonia, and aches while the north is chocolate, wine, fine cooking, velvets, and gold, why wouldn’t she want to go? But of course, there’s a price for that, and not just molding herself to suit the whims of the countess when she’s taken on as a bloodmaid. She grew up in one of America’s most haunted cities, Savannah, Georgia, which instilled in her a life-long love of ghost stories. The richness of it all really helps anchor the reader, and also to see why Marion would want to go north. Details of House of Hunger PDF Book About the Author Alexis Henderson is a speculative fiction writer with a penchant for dark fantasy, witchcraft, and cosmic horror. Descriptions are rich and layered, from scents and flavors, fabrics, and lots of sensory details. We know there’s not much keeping her in Prane, but she’s all but forced out after applying for the position.

She has nothing in Prane but her brother, who is slowly dying and violent. From the start, we have the mystery of the northern lords and the superstitions about blood healing all ailments when Marion sees the ad.

House of hunger by alexis henderson