“Galaxy ‘Alex’ Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale’s freshman class. Raised in the Los Angeles hinterlands by a hippie mom, Alex dropped out of school early and into a world of shady drug-dealer boyfriends, dead-end jobs, and much, much worse. In fact, by age twenty, she is the sole survivor of a horrific, unsolved multiple homicide. Some might say she’s thrown her life away. But at her hospital bed, Alex is offered a second chance: to attend one of the world’s most prestigious universities on a full ride. What the catch, and why her?
Still searching for answers, Alex arrives in New Haven tasked by her mysterious benefactors with monitoring the activities of Yale’s secret societies. Their eight windowless ‘tombs’ are the well-known haunts of the rich and powerful, from high-ranking politicos to Wall Street’s biggest players. But their occult activities are more sinister and more extraordinary than any paranoid imagination might conceive. They tamper with forbidden magic. They raise the dead. And sometimes, they prey on the living.”
Review:
Listen, when Stephen King says it’s the best fantasy novel he’s read in years, you go and read that god damn book. And it did. Not. Disappoint.
Wow. WOW.
So astonishing, amazing, fantastic, any other adjective you can possibly think of. Alex is the anti-hero we all want in our lives, and the viper we never knew we needed. She had suffered trauma after trauma after trauma only to be brought to New Haven for a higher calling. To act as a shepard to wielders of magic.
One of the most interesting part of this book is that it’s so real. This world is real, and so similar to our own, it wouldn’t surprise me in the least if the 1% were using real magic in secret to fuel their success. The Houses of the Veil could very well be real and despite the whole world squaring up on our dear Ms. Stern, we couldn’t help but hope she was the snake in their grass coming to fuck their shit up. Especially, when it reflects so heavily on our world today.
Ninth House was above and beyond my expectations and I honestly cannot physically handle having to wait for the next book, BECAUSE WE GOT UNFINISHED BUSINESS THAT I LITERALLY NEED TO SEE THROUGH OR I WILL COMBUST.
Leigh Bardugo, you’ve stolen my heart and I don’t even want it back. Please give me more Stern.
Lemme know your thoughts and feels down below!
Still searching for answers, Alex arrives in New Haven tasked by her mysterious benefactors with monitoring the activities of Yale’s secret societies. Their eight windowless ‘tombs’ are the well-known haunts of the rich and powerful, from high-ranking politicos to Wall Street’s biggest players. But their occult activities are more sinister and more extraordinary than any paranoid imagination might conceive. They tamper with forbidden magic. They raise the dead. And sometimes, they prey on the living.”
Review:
Listen, when Stephen King says it’s the best fantasy novel he’s read in years, you go and read that god damn book. And it did. Not. Disappoint.
Wow. WOW.
So astonishing, amazing, fantastic, any other adjective you can possibly think of. Alex is the anti-hero we all want in our lives, and the viper we never knew we needed. She had suffered trauma after trauma after trauma only to be brought to New Haven for a higher calling. To act as a shepard to wielders of magic.
One of the most interesting part of this book is that it’s so real. This world is real, and so similar to our own, it wouldn’t surprise me in the least if the 1% were using real magic in secret to fuel their success. The Houses of the Veil could very well be real and despite the whole world squaring up on our dear Ms. Stern, we couldn’t help but hope she was the snake in their grass coming to fuck their shit up. Especially, when it reflects so heavily on our world today.
Ninth House was above and beyond my expectations and I honestly cannot physically handle having to wait for the next book, BECAUSE WE GOT UNFINISHED BUSINESS THAT I LITERALLY NEED TO SEE THROUGH OR I WILL COMBUST.
Leigh Bardugo, you’ve stolen my heart and I don’t even want it back. Please give me more Stern.
Lemme know your thoughts and feels down below!
Want more Leigh Bardugo? Check out Six of Crows and Wonder Woman: Warbringer!
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