Hell Bent (Alex Stern, #2)

Hell Bent (Alex Stern, #2)

Leigh Bardugo

Enjoyment: 4.3Quality: 4.5Characters: 4.3Plot: 4.0
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Wealth. Power. Murder. Magic. Alex Stern is back and the Ivy League is going straight to hell. Find a gateway to the underworld. Steal a soul out of hell. A simple plan, except people who make this particular journey rarely come back. But Galaxy “Alex” Stern is determined to break Darlington out of purgatory―even if it costs her a future at Lethe and at Yale. Forbidden from attempting a rescue, Alex and Dawes can’t call on the Ninth House for help, so they assemble a team of dubious allies to save the gentleman of Lethe. Together, they will have to navigate a maze of arcane texts and bizarre artifacts to uncover the societies’ most closely guarded secrets, and break every rule doing it. But when faculty members begin to die off, Alex knows these aren’t just accidents. Something deadly is at work in New Haven, and if she is going to survive, she’ll have to reckon with the monsters of her past and a darkness built into the university’s very walls. Thick with history and packed with Bardugo’s signature twists, Hell Bent brings to life an intricate world full of magic, violence, and all too real monsters.

Publication Year: 2023


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  • Thoughts from 100% (page 448)

    What a great read! Loved it! Very dark, but that's also why we're here. I found some things a little difficult to understand but it might also be due to english level that was a little to high for me. But I really couldn't wait to continue reading that book and loved the characters, can't wait for book 3

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  • Thoughts from 32% (page 153)

    Carefull, maybe spoiler (not saying what happens but maybe you want no infos at all) Damn that small revelation hit really really hard. When Turner spoke I had to put the book assigned a little to integrate it all. Great idea from the author tho, it's nice to see she thought of magic on all those social and historical levels too

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  • Reading Update from 81% (page 385)

    I need a crash course on demonology and soul snatching because... what the hell just happened

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