5/19/2023 0 Comments Alexis henderson books![]() ![]() ![]() Dreaming of a life in the decadent North, where rich old-moneyed elites drink blood to hold on to their youth and vitality, Marion answers a newspaper advertisement seeking a bloodmaid-the girls who are paid to bleed for their betters-and is chosen for a position at the prestigious House of Hunger, one of the oldest and most notorious of its kind. House of Hunger follows the story of Marion Shaw, a young woman who toils away in the slums of the Southern town of Prane, scrubbing floors to survive as her brother wastes all their money on his drug habit. ![]() And granted, Alexis Henderson’s House of Hunger isn’t technically about vampires, as we traditionally understand them-the novel never defines the strange Northerners who only travel by night, drink blood, and indulgently party until dawn-but that’s part of what makes this story stand out from the pack. Therefore, it’s particularly notable when someone manages to put a fresh or thoughtful new spin on the genre. From speculative fantasy and young adult fiction to dark romances and gory horror, there’s basically a book about bloodsuckers for every kind of reader. Vampire and “vampire-adjacent fiction is, pardon the pun, eternal in the publishing industry, across every kind of vertical and subgenre. ![]()
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