House of Hunger

After reading Carmella in February, I decided I needed more sapphic vampire stories in my life. Around that same time, I stumbled upon House of Hunger, which fit the bill pretty well, and thought the premise sounded great.

While House of Hunger is a horror book, nothing about it stood out to me as horror until around 80%. Up until then, it really felt like dark romance. I understood going into the book that there would be romance, and I'm always fine with that, but only romance for well over half the book when it's categorized as horror just isn't for me. I appreciated some of it, but it still felt too long and slow, and then the last 20% was like: whoa here's some horror and it's going down very quickly whooosh now it's over! I honestly think that if it was paced to my liking, I would have enjoyed it much more.

The atmosphere of the House of Hunger was really dark and luxurious and I feel like I know exactly what its smoky parlors full of drunken overindulgent nobles look like. There are a lot of interesting places and scenes I think would lend themselves perfectly to a movie. I think I'd really enjoy a film based on the book. 

If you're someone who likes romance (with a little spice), and is into mysterious gothic vibes, you might really like House of Hunger!