A review by dearhaleynicole
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense 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

Galaxy “Alex” Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale’s freshman class. Dropping out of high school early, she goes down a shady path filled with dealers, bad men & dead-end jobs. In a seemingly crazy twist of events, she ends up the sole survivor of a gruesome, unsolved multi-homicide. While recovering in the hospital, she is offered the chance to completely 180 her life if she lends her help with something… magical?

I don’t know why it has taken me so long to read this book truly. It has been on my tbr for FAR too long 👀 Once I got into the story, I absolutely ate up Leigh Bardugo’s writing! Her characters + their backstories and how we find out those backstories through the progression of the book had me gasping for breath it felt like every ten minutes. So many twists and turns in this one. Overall, I really liked reading Ninth House and plan to pick up Hell Bent (the sequel) soon to hopefully get some more Darlington. we need more Darlington.

What I loved:

♡ ba anti-heroine
♡ the audiobook was brilliant
♡ gothic uni setting
♡ well-painted characters
♡ plot twists for days
♡ magical houses + secret societies
♡ unrelenting tension
♡ darlington. 🫶🏻
♡ “there were always excuses for why girls died”
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