Stunningly romantic, Lauren Blackwood's heartstopping debut, Within These Wicked Walls, ushers in an exciting new fantasy voice. Andromeda is a debteraan exorcist hired to cleanse households of the Evil Eye. rating 8,935 Ratings What the heart desires, the house destroys. Now her only hope of steady work is to find a Patrona rich, well-connected individual who will vouch for her abilities. It seemed like the perfect horror house story I wanted for my reading list. When I initially heard Lauren Blackwood’s young adult debut novel would be a Jane Eyre inspired retelling, I was very much ready for the book. She would be hired, that is, if her mentor hadn’t thrown her out before she could earn her license. Within These Wicked Walls by Lauren Blackwood is a riveting Young adult fantasy retelling of Jane Eyre. But leaving Magnus to live out his curse alone isn’t an option because―heaven help her―she’s fallen for him. Within These Wicked Walls by Lauren Blackwood 3.52 avg. Andromeda is a debteraan exorcist hired to cleanse households of the Evil Eye. Death is the most likely outcome if she stays, the reason every debtera before her quit. If Andromeda wants to earn a living, she has no choice.īut she quickly realizes this is a job like no other, with horrifying manifestations at every turn, and that Magnus is hiding far more than she has been trained for. Never mind that he’s rude and demanding and eccentric, that the contract comes with a number of outlandish rules… and that almost a dozen debtera had quit before her. When a handsome young heir named Magnus Rochester reaches out to hire her, she takes the job without question.

Now her only hope of steady work is to find a Patron―a rich, well-connected individual who will vouch for her abilities. She would be hired, that is, if her mentor hadn’t thrown her out before she could earn her license.

What the heart desires, the house destroys.Īndromeda is a debtera―an exorcist hired to cleanse households of the Evil Eye.

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