About the Book

House of Marionne by J. Elle

Genre: YA Fantasy

Book Review

A glittering dark fantasy about an heir who stumbles into the dangerous world of magic she’s been running from her entire life.

Quell has a secret that’s kept her running for her life: she carries dark magic in her blood. If the assassins charged with protecting the magic houses found out, she’d be dead. After a run-in with one, Quell flees to the only place she can think of that might be able to protect her: the grandmother she hasn’t seen in over a decade. Her grandmother urges her to take her rightful place as heir of House Marionne.

This book brimmed with secret societies, cotillion balls, broody handsome mentors and fierce diadems that spring from your head when you complete your first ritual. As characters plot and double-cross each other, I was hooked. No one was quite who they seemed.

Jordan’s great as Quell’s mentor. He’s handsome, broody and exceedingly dangerous as part of the assassin society pledged to kill all those like Quell. I enjoyed watching their characters dance around the truth: in spite of everything, they care for each other.

A thrilling start to a new fantasy series.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the advance review copy of this book.