#House of Hunger

[kazz-brekker]

back at it again with my book-recommending ways

#listen i read SO many books what else am i supposed to do with this knowledge if not make powerpoints about them? #pie says stuff #pie reads #castlevania nocturne #castlevania #books #silver under nightfall #certain dark things #mademoiselle revolution #vespertine #house of hunger #a dowry of blood #the house of shattered wings #boy that was a lot of books #i stand by all these recs though! they're all good!

[ladyeowyn]

The whole world runs on blood. Who has good blood. Who has bad blood. Whose blood is shed and whose isn’t. That’s what it all comes down to in the end. And you southerners like to pretend that isn’t true, but you’re just as bloodthirsty as the rest. Blood is everything in the South. It’s everything everywhere.

House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson

#litedit #house of hunger #booksocietynet #literature #bookedit #alexis henderson #books #* #*lit #*aes #blood tw #this book lives rent-free in my head #q

[charmmsydiary]

sapphic vamp series 🧛🏻‍♀️🦇🩸 Carmilla & Laura, Marion & Lisavet, Christabel & Geraldine

#carmilla sheridan le fanu #carmilla #house of hunger #marion and lisavet #christabel #christabel and geraldine #samuel taylor coleridge #sheridan le fanu #vampire #sapphic vampires #sapphic literature #artists on tumblr #my art #digital art #vampire art

[bones-clouds]

best books i read in 2024:

"house of hunger"

alexis henderson

rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

genre: horror, gothic, historical, wlw

synopsis:

WANTED - Bloodmaid of exceptional taste. Must have a keen proclivity for life's finer pleasures. Girls of weak will need not apply.

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.

Marion Shaw has been raised in the slums, where want and deprivation is all she knows. Despite longing to leave the city and its miseries, she has no real hope of escape until the day she spots a peculiar listing in the newspaper, seeking a bloodmaid.

Though she knows little about the far north--where wealthy nobles live in luxury and drink the blood of those in their service--Marion applies to the position. In a matter of days, she finds herself the newest bloodmaid at the notorious House of Hunger. There, Marion is swept into a world of dark debauchery--and at the center of it all is her.

Countess Lisavet, who presides over this hedonistic court, is loved and feared in equal measure. She takes a special interest in Marion. Lisavet is magnetic, and Marion is eager to please her new mistress. But when her fellow bloodmaids begin to go missing in the night, Marion is thrust into a vicious game of cat and mouse. She'll need to learn the rules of her new home--and fast--or its halls will soon become her grave.

#gothic literature #booklr #books and reading #house of hunger #alexis henderson #house of hunger moodboard #house of hunger aesthetic #moodboard #aesthetic #gothic #litedit #book recommendations #gothic aesthetic #gothcore #vampiric #vampiric literature #vampire aesthetic #vampirecore #book moodboard #my moodboard #lgbt books #lesbian books #sapphic books #horror literature #horror aesthetic #horror

[autumnsaesthetics]

🎃 Horror Books For Halloween 🎃

Part One!

(Row One) 🎃

The Honeys by Ryan La Sala

We Don't Swim Here by Vincent Tirado

This Delicious Death by Kayla Cottingham

(Row Two) 🎃

She Is A Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran

Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White

The Haunting Of Alejandra by V. Castro

(Row Three) 🎃

The Getaway by Lamar Giles

Delicious Monsters by Liselle Sambury

House Of Hunger by Alexis Henderson

#the honeys #ryan la sala #we don't swim here #vincent tirado #this delicious death #kayla cottingham #she is a haunting #trang thanh tran #hell followed with us #andrew joseph white #the haunting of Alejandra #v castro #the getaway #lamar giles #Delicious monsters #liselle sambury #house of hunger #alexis henderson #autumn #fall #autumnal #halloween #horror #books #horror books #lgbtq #lgbt #queer #booklr #happy Halloween

[jordynaileen]

Girls of weak will, need not apply… 🩸🩸🩸

A new character line up inspired by House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson. An amazing book for anyone looking for a new spooky story to read.

#illustration #myart #fanart #characterdesign #house of hunger

[pebbletown]

me this whole book

#MARION! MY LOVE! GET WITH THE PROGRAM! #house of hunger #currently reading

[libraryleopard]

I have two book recommendations for people who recently finished the first season of AMC’s Interview With the Vampire and may find themselves in withdrawal for media about fucked-up queer vampires!

The first is A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson, which is a novella about Dracula’s first bride, Constanta, told in the form of a letter addressing her late husband after she murdered him. It’s both a haunting tale of abuse and a lush gothic story, using vampirism as a vehicle to explore an obsessive, controlling romantic relationship. It’s also very queer, as Constanta is bisexual and the relationship between Dracula and his spouses is a M/F/F/M polyamorous relationship. Gibson’s prose is deliciously gothic and I really enjoyed the way that the story plays with the epistolary form, such as Constanta refusing to grant her husband the privilege of a name in her narrative. (Originally released by a small publishing house in 2021, it was picked up by a larger publisher and rereleased with the new cover pictured above.)

House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson just came out a few weeks ago and is another deliciously dark gothic fantasy. It follows Marion, a poor girl from the slums who answers a newspaper add seeking a “bloodmaid” and ends up in the service of Lisavet, a countess who feeds on human blood. In the service of her new mistress, Marion is drawn into both an obsessive, passionate relationship and a tangle of dark intrigue and secrets that threatens to destroy her new life. Henderson’s writing is both atmospheric and gory while the relationship between Marion and Lisavet is tense, sexy, and vicious. Marion is also a Black lesbian and the novel is steeped in commentary on vampires as members of the upper class who exploit and literally feed off of the lower class.

They’re both excellent books and I think if you’re looking to scratch an itch for gothic horror and queer vampire romance they might do the job! (Edit: they are also both adult novels, not YA, and have a fair amount of violence, sexual content, and gore.)

#interview with the vampire #iwtv #amc iwtv #amc interview with the vampire #house of hunger #alexis henderson #a dowry of blood #st gibson #louis de pointe du lac #lestat de lioncourt #vampires #lulu speaks #lulu reads #lulu reads a dowry of blood #lulu reads house of hunger #books

[ramblingsofisra]

House of Hunger, Alexis Henderson

#love #alexis henderson #house of hunger #vampire #venus in 8th house

[angecaela]

I'm a bit obsessed with House of Hunger right now.

#house of hunger #alexis henderson #novels #marion shaw #art

[tuungaq]

every single Alexis Henderson novel should be made into a movie and Bailey Bass should star in every one of them this is not negotiable

#alexis henderson #house of hunger #the year of the witching #bailey bass #Rachel says a thing

[haveamagicalday]

My top ten reads of 2022

10. Into the Heartless Wood by Joanna Ruth Meyer

This is a unique retelling of The Little Mermaid. Here the mermaids are switched out with deadly forest sirens who harvest the soul’s of those they lure into the witch’s wood. Owen lives at the edge of the wood and one day he is shockingly saved by one of the sirens instead of killed by her. Owen and the siren grow close as an enchanted war threatens to boil over. I really enjoyed this dark fairy tale and loved the forest sirens lore.

9. Such Sharp Teeth by Rachel Harrison

After surviving an attack by a strange creature, Rory finds herself transforming in a frightening way and what follows is a journey of self discovery. This comedically dark love story is full of fun werewolf goodness!

8. House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson

Marion lives in a world where the wealthy consume human blood. In order to do so, they employ bloodmaids, esteemed servants who are treated with respect and given a hefty sum after their service ends. Marion jumps at the chance to become a bloodmaid for the House of Hunger and finds herself entranced with her employer, the beautiful countess Lisavet. But something sinister is happening within the house and Marion may be in danger. Creepy and gothic, this book was a perfect halloween read. I also thought it was interesting that Henderson didn’t go down the vampire route but created a strange world with another motive for drinking blood.

7. The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager

Sager has quickly become one of my favorite thriller authors. This book starts off with a tired trope; a widowed woman copes by drinking and secluding herself in her family’s lake house. Casey spends her days spying on her neighbors through binoculars. The couple across the lake seems perfect until Casey sees something she thinks she shouldn’t and shortly after, the wife vanishes. We’ve seen this before but Sager flips things upside down and takes it in a direction that hasn’t been seen before. It almost seems like he was trying to parody the trope in a way but it is not goofy or anything. This book was thrilling and fun with plenty of twists.

6. A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham

When Chloe was 12, girls started disappearing in her town and her father was arrested for it. Now an adult, Chloe works as a therapist and engaged to a wonderful man. Finally Chloe feels as if she has moved on from her past but then girls around her start to disappear again. This was a solid debut novel with a pretty surprising twist at the end.

5. Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry

Friends is my favorite show and Chandler my favorite character so I was stoked when this book was announced. Of course, Friends is not the focus of this book, Matthew’s history of addiction is. I’ve always admired his honesty when talking about his addiction in the past but wow was I not prepared for how much he went, and continues, to go through. Matthew is still in recovery for his addiction. He almost died in 2021 and started writing shortly after. This is not a look back on addiction and his triumphant recovery. This book IS his recovery. You can feel it through his words. This book was painful and bleak but also hopeful with a dry sense of humor sprinkled throughout. 

4. When We Lost Our Heads by Heather O’Neill 

This book is not for everybody but it was for me! This book follows the life of two friends, spoiled Marie and devilish Sadie, during the late 1800s. While Marie grows to inherit her father’s sugar empire, Sadie disappears into the gritty underworld of Montreal and within the working class a revolution is brewing. This is written with a strange whimsy that makes some of the darker aspects in it feel dreamlike. TW: Rape 

3. I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jeanette McCurdy

I’m the same age as Jeanette and was in high school when icarly first aired. I never considered myself a fan but looking back, I watched a lot of it and it was a genuinely funny show. McCurdy’s memoir is a honest, funny but also heartbreaking look into the world of a child actor that never wanted to be one. What she went through was horrible and her ability to write this book with such wit and grace is incredible. She’s a very talented writer and I’m glad she finally got to tell her story and pursue what I think is her real passion: writing,

2. Juniper and Thorn by Ava Reid

This was marketed as a Juniper Tree retelling but it really has nothing to do with the fairy tale. Marlinchen and her two older sisters live with their wizard father in a world where magic is a thing of the past as industry booms. As witches, the three sisters are used as a tourist trap to earn money. They are rarely allowed to leave their home and one night they sneak out to the ballet and Marlinchen falls in love with the talented leading hero. Marlinchen continues to disobey her father as dead bodies around town suddenly start to turn up. This book was eerie and wholly original. It was dark but in some of the best ways. TW: Gore and Sexual Assault

1. Nocturne by Alyssa Wees

This book as being marketed as a Beauty and the Beast retelling, I think it needs to be looked at as its own story. I'd say it's more of a Beauty and the Beast inspired story than a true retelling. The writing style is gorgeous. The imagery it conjures is both dreamlike and haunting. Our main character Grace has lived a tragic but fascinating life. The flashbacks of a childhood during the Great Depression mixed into a strange fairytale setting was one of my favorite aspects of the book. The combination of fantasy and historical is always a genre I like and I thought this was very well done. As for the plot, I don't want to give too much away but one thing that really resonating with me was the theme of death throughout. It comes up in many different and unsuspecting ways. I can't say too much but the outlook on death was a refreshing one that we don't see to often in media and it really made me think about life and morality. This book is for readers who enjoy dark fantasies and enchanting prose. And for any ballerinas out there as well!

#nocturne #alyssa wees #juniper and thorn #i'm glad my mom died #friends lovers and the big terrible thing #when we lost our heads #a flicker in the dark #house of hunger #such sharp teeth #the house across the lake #riley sager #into the heartless wood

[vividomens]

To bleed is to be.

#house of hunger #my art #fanart #sapphic

[daphneblakess]

books i read in 2022: house of hunger by alexis henderson

“I’ll let you in on a little secret that will serve you well in the North - the whole world runs on blood. Who has good blood. Who has bad blood. Whose blood is shed and whose isn’t. That’s what it all comes down to in the end. And you southerners like to pretend that isn’t true, but you’re just as bloodthirsty as the rest. Blood is everything in the South. It’s everything everywhere.”

#house of hunger #alexis henderson #vampireedit #storyseekers #booksociety #my edits #2022books

[shxpeshifterr]

#booklover #booklr #books #booksbooksbooks #books and reading #book lover #current read #house of hunger #alexis henderson

[wormwoodandhoney]

some books read in 2022: house of hunger by alexis henderson

WANTED - Bloodmaid of exceptional taste. Must have a keen proclivity for life's finer pleasures. Girls of weak will need not apply.

#bookedit #house of hunger #alexis henderson #blood tw #vampire tw #books #photoshop hard