My, my, my.
Miss Bardugo, you’ve done it again.
Whatever you are doing right now, stop doing it. Seriously, put down the knitting needles, the wine, the cup of tea.
The wine. Yes, I mean you.
Put ya shit down, get off your arse and go and find somewhere to buy a copy of Ninth House.
NOW!
Good minions 😊
Your spoiler alert goes into effect as of now.
It would seem that I am on something of a murder spree. Fictional murder, get off your high horse.
Galaxy ‘Alex’ Stern is 80% sure her life is over and she’s going to jail.
Until a mysterious benefactor gives her one last break.
Come to New Haven, to Yale University and enter a world of magic, money and murder. Yale University is famed for its secret societies, societies that have been instrumental in influencing the upper echelons of America. They’ve produced Presidents, brought down Senators and occasionally opened a portal or two for shits and giggles.
Alex’s last chance is to join Lethe, the house responsible for overseeing the use of rituals and magic by the societies and use her very unique ability to help them continue running.
Galaxy Stern can see The Dead. And always has done. Actually, it’s the first time that Alex’s “gift” has ended in an opportunity rather than a psych hold or visit from social services.
But when a local girl ends up dead and the man responsible for her magic-based education disappears, Alex must face the fact that Yale, just like everywhere else she goes, might be another nightmare full of fucking ghosts.
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Leigh Bardugo is a genius.
Like I know I’ve said it before but JC, Mary and Joseph, there is no other word to describe the woman as accurately as ‘genius’.
WARNING: This is not a book for YA readers and is stocked to the brim with trigger warnings. If you’d like more information before embarking on this literary journey, feel free to contact me/the site and I’ll give you the rundown.
But to be quite honest, I’m in a good fucking mood and don’t want to write a list of triggering topics right now.
Please don’t let that put you off. There are so many great books that have intense trigger warnings but if I, the most easily triggered person I know, can still enjoy Ninth House, then I sincerely hope that you will be able to as well without any negativity spoiling a fantastic story.
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I know it’s been a short one today but it boils down to this:
Ninth House takes a brilliant murder mystery tale and packs it full of supernatural surprises, many of which I am told are based in fact and reality.
The characters are compelling, gut-wrenchingly human (yes even the dead ones) and even the best of them will have you tearing your hair out.
But just a little.
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