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Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo

92 reviews

kristinrdub's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual violence, and Suicide

midnightgarden's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Grief, Death of parent, Blood, Sexual violence, Death, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

kattybusiness's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Hate crime, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexual violence, and Murder

Moderate: Stalking, Slavery, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

sydfay03's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

i love these books. so different and dark and mysterious and intriguing. i won’t lie that i was disappointed to finish the book and realize there will likely be another in the series :\ im just not much of a series girl anymore. but this was still so good! so twisty and unpredictable and connected really well to the last book while have a new and engaging story line. highly recommend this series for people wanting a dark academia twisty (and twisted) fantasy!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

cowardlyteaman's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Very good book! I definitely enjoyed reading this.

North was my favourite in Ninth House, but since he wasn't here, I'd say my Hell Bent favourite is Darlington. I really like his whole obsessive-knowledge-seeker thing, and although he's kinda cliché, that's kinda the point.

... and I won't pretend that him being a sexy demon-thing wasn't a factor, either. I'm only human.

I don't really have much bad about it to say other than that it was pretty predictable. There was never an «Oh, shit,»-moment, and I really missed it.
The prologue caught my attention immediately, and I just couldn't wait to know what happened next, but I never really got that same feeling throughout the rest of the book.

However, finishing off with a positive comment, it is an interesting story, with interesting characters, and an interesting setting nonetheless. I love how Bardugo depicted demons, vampires, and probably most of all: ghosts.

I recommend this to anyone who's interested in reading a dark academia, mystery, urban fantasy type story with an fantastic take on ghosts.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Animal death, Blood, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Racism, and Misogyny

Minor: Grief, Bullying, and Alcohol

aseel_reads's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

While I still love Alex and the plot was unpredictable and engrossing, I found that the world expanded a bit too much... (Spoilers: demons??? Why???). 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Sexual violence, Sexism, Violence, Abandonment, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Death, Drug use, and Self harm

mapleptk's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence

rdmoreland0801's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

We’re going to hell and not everyone will make it out alive.

Alex and Dawes are are determined to bring Darlington back from hell.  The problem is, they have to learn how to do so.  Enlisting the help of Turner, Tripp, and Mercy, the group figures out the riddle to the gate and makes the descent.

As expected, nothing goes according to plan and demons follow them back.  In a race to close the gate, the group finds them facing off against vampires and demons, while also trying to solve a murder.

In this wildly chaotic story, we delve deeper into the lives and pasts of Alex, Darlington, Dawes, Turner, Tripp, and Mercy.

Lauren Fortang and Michael David Axtell bring this story to life in a captivating way, leaving you wanting more. I’ve listened to both Ninth House and He’ll Bent on Audible, and I think it just adds to the experience.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Drug abuse, Sexual violence, Grief, Sexual assault, and Rape

Minor: Suicide attempt

badwaifu's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Blood

Moderate: Sexual violence, Police brutality, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Death, Drug use, and Murder

starsnotshadows's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Incredible sequel to Ninth House! loved learning more about the magic, loved the mystery and the puzzles and loved how Leigh Bardugo somehow finds a way to insert humor into such dark, tense moments. 

I do think Hell Bent gets more gorey (or I could be completely forgetting how intense Ninth House was) so reader beware.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Murder, Death, Sexual violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Toxic relationship, Racism, Suicide attempt, and Drug abuse