Hex House by Amy Jane Stewart

I have seen this book pop up frequently with my amazing BookSky friends. I read the blurb about it and I added it to my TBR. I was absolutely intrigued. Thanks to NetGalley and Dreamscape Media, the audio version of this came up for an ARC. I jumped at the chance and thankfully was approved prior to release on April 28, 2026. Thank you very much to NetGalley and Dreamscape Media for the opportunity to read this for a review.

I realize this will sound cliche and possibly condesending with the recent “Not all men are scum” Tic Tok thing. I do not agree with that movement at all and thought this was absolutely the best time to read and review this book. I will never lie to you, Men are scum, I am constantly sorry for my gender and the constant scum that is revealed daily. I am ashamed for my gender for the exact reasons Elly left her husband. My job as a husband is to uplift and support my wife, not force her into complacency and do as she is told. We are a team and that gave me a strong opinion when reading this book. Here is the blurb for this book.

A feverishly told, dark and unsettling Scotland-set fairy-tale about a safe haven for women which transforms them into vessels of revenge, perfect for fans of T. Kingfisher, A. G Slatter and Julia Armfield

I got very lucky. I was approved for this book right before I was going to have to drive 7 hours for my daughter’s Regional gymnastics completion. I asked my amazing wife if this was something she would be interested in, and she said sure. we are both big readers but seldom do our tastes overlap so I was excited. We listened to this on the way home. We made our daughter listen to the last Harry Potter book with us on the way there since we started the series before wefoudn out J K Rowling is a horrible piece of garbage human. We listened the whole way home and then finished this book the next day, the fastest I have finished a book this year.

This book went off the rails!!! Before I get into anything, may I warn that there might be “SPOILERS” ahead! Stop now if you have any inkling you might read this book at some point… Skip to the rating if you want to know my thoughts but not spoil the story.

OK, now that you are still here, what do you think of when you read the phrase “ Vessels of revenge”? I was completely prepared to see women get their full vengeance on men who did them wrong. I was not expecting…. (Last Chance)… I WARNED YOU!!!

I was not expecting physical transformation into women sized birds of prey who ripped and stripped flesh from bones to feed the house that protects them. I LOVED THIS TWIST!!! I was 100% here for the vicious gory revenge that was sent through this book.

This book follows 2 main characters, Elly, who has been abused by her husband and realizes early to flee on her wedding night to protect her and her unbound child. The second character we follow is Siobhan (pronounced shi-VAWN). Siobhan is a documentary filmmaker with a tragic violent past who might need Hex house as much as she needs to make this documentary.

OK, so time for the meat of the review. I did listen to this with my wife. She could not stop thinking about this the next day and both of us were itching to finish this with an hour ish or so left to finish. Normally that would bode well, but my wife just really didn’t like Siobhan as a character. Not in the good way like, “she loved to hate her”, but in the way that towards the end any chapter of Siobhan was just one to get through. I will agree, Siobhan was really hard to like; or sympathies with. My wife gave this ⭐️⭐️⭐️ because she enjoyed the book but just hated Siobhan so much as a character.

I have thought about this and taken my wife’s thoughts into consideration. I give this book a solid 🥃🥃🥃1/2 which will round up to 🥃🥃🥃🥃 until Goodreads decides to do half stars. I enjoyed this book and it really brought an emotional response from both me and my wife so I feel it is worth the 4 shots.

I’m very grateful for the opportunity to read this for a review and I do recommend it for the good revenge story. I love seeing a toxic man get what is coming to them,

This book will be released April 28, 2026. Pre-orders are still live at your favorite book retailers. You can always support my favorite Indy Bookstore here: Main Street Books. This is Amy Jane Stewart’s Debut novel and I will admit, I’m here for it. I thoroughly enjoyed this even if I gave it 4 stars and I look forward to what she puts out next.

This was a solid Debut and I will be anxiously waiting for what comes next. I absolutely followed her on Goodreads and I hope after reading this you will too.