Magnus delivers the snarky banter, pompous outbursts, and requests whilst having some disturbing secrets that unfold throughout the story. Magnus Rochester, the filthy rich, spoiled, but haunted host appears in the midst of Andromeda’s cleaning of his far too large castle. This choice of a magic system worked well within this “haunted house” genre, reinvigorating the standard exorcism procedure. Within These Wicked Walls broadens the readers’ landscape of fantasy and mythology past Greeks, Romans, wands, and staffs.īlackwood skillfully introduces the profession of the debtera by incorporating their other duties at the periphery of the narrative in a way that leaves the reader intrigued but not distracted.
Fittingly, these moments slow the pace of the story down, which allows the reader to get a better understanding of the world Blackwood has built it creates tension in high-stakes, action-heavy scenes. Andromeda’s natural calling to the craft allows for intimate moments that reveal its intricacies. Debteras are, in fact, legitimate components of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. The details of the magic system in the novel and its ties to religion are well-explained.
Within These Wicked Walls extends readers’ landscape of fantasy and mythology past Greeks, Romans, wands, and staffs. This YA novel does not hold back on the elements of gothic horror and romance in the midst of Andromeda finding her way on her own. On her own, after being abandoned by her mentor and guardian, Jember, Andromeda is recruited by Magnus Rochester to cleanse the castle he has inherited from his father. In the novel, readers follow Andromeda, a debtera – an exorcist trained to purge households of cursed manifestations of the Evil Eye. Within These Wicked Walls by Lauren Blackwood is a fantastic Ethiopian-inspired fantasy retelling of the classic Jane Eyre. Within These Wicked Walls by Lauren Blackwood | Young Adult Fiction/Fantasy | Wednesday Books | 336 pages | Review by Kerine Wint Those could only hurt you if you let them. Dancing dust and shadows looked like ghosts come to protest our intrusion.
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