Marion Shaw has been raised in the slums, where want and deprivation are all she know.
Shad Hadid and the Alchemists of Alexandria by Geo. 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. Instead of fighting in an arena, however, Marion must be on display in front of nobles and subject to their games. The primping and feeding remind me of the preparations in the Hunger Games novels. She grew up in one of Americas most haunted cities, Savannah, Georgia, which instilled in her a life-long love of ghost stories. 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. Alexis Henderson is a speculative fiction writer with a penchant for dark fantasy, witchcraft, and horror. The richness of it all really helps anchor the reader, and also to see why Marion would want to go north. 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. 
Fans of gothic horror, sexy blood drinkers, and. She has more than earned her place on my list of auto-read authors.
She has nothing in Prane but her brother, who is slowly dying and violent. House of Hunger is a killer sophomore novel from Alexis Henderson. From the start, we have the mystery of the northern lords and the superstitions about blood healing all ailments when Marion sees the ad.
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