I love a story about revenge and The Fox Hunt delivers. Better yet is a story about what happens when we become the ‘monsters’. What about monstrous girls? Keep reading this book review of The Fox Hunt for my full thoughts.
Summary
When practical, unassuming second-year student Emma Curran wins an exciting research fellowship, she is ushered into the glittering debauchery of the University elite. There, she falls for the devastating, aristocratic Jasper Balfour, leader of the all-male Turnbull Club: a shadowy secret society that has created centuries of Britain’s leaders, power brokers and history-makers.
One night, the Turnbulls propose a sinister little game: a fox hunt. The women run. The men chase. And Emma finds herself fleeing for her life through the streets, hunted by the boy she loves.
Torn from her ordinary life and trapped in a dangerous, otherworldly realm, Emma awakens transformed. No longer mortal, she’s become something beastly. And now she must summon every ounce of cunning and ferocity to save herself.
Review
(Disclaimer: I received this book from the publisher. This has not impacted my review which is unbiased and honest.)
The Fox Hunt melds thriller and folk tale dark fairy tale vibes. It’s a story full of power games before you even get in the room. The Fox Hunt very much feels like a blending of multiple genres as the vibes of something is definitely wrong immediately descends. There’s this layer of pretension mixed with shedding the illusions about who we pretend to be. We quickly descend into a city which feeds on ambition, dreams, and hopes. A city of sacrifice for those to concentrate power, wealth, and sparkling dreams. I loved how I could never predict where The Fox Hunt would go.
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It becomes a story even more deeply entrenched in revenge and generational power. A story which evolves from the personal to the systemic. I fell into The Fox Hunt and couldn’t look away. If you’re looking for a twisty thriller with a fantasy perspective, check The Fox Hunt out. It’s rare when books really trick and shock me, but this definitely did. Find The Fox Hunt on Goodreads, Storygraph, Amazon, Bookshop. org, Blackwells, & Libro. fm.