A review by andlivloves
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

adventurous dark tense slow-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

4.0

This book interweves some historical snippets about the fantasy world, Alex' present happenings at Yale, and Alex's backstory together. I personally don't mind that form of story telling, but due to this being a fantasy story in need of a lot of world building, it meant that the first 100 pages were boring and hard to understand. After I finally began to get what was happening, the story really picked up! I loved learned about the magic organizations, Alex's roots, and delving into the mysteries of New Haven. I did find some of the magical action sequences to be a little blah, but I stayed hooked to the end (and quickly searched to see if book 2 was available at my library)!
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