Ninth House (Alex Stern #1)
Leigh Bardugo
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
4.06
· Steam/Spice level: 1 of 5
Glimpses and kisses [?]
· 212 ratings · 476 pages · Published: 08 Oct 2019
The mesmerizing adult debut from Leigh Bardugo, a tale of power, privilege, dark magic, and murder set among the Ivy League elite
Galaxy “Alex” Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale’s freshman class. Raised in the Los Angeles hinterlands by a hippie mom, Alex dropped out of school early and into a world of shady drug-dealer boyfriends, dead-end jobs, and much, much worse. In fact, by age twenty, she is the sole survivor of a horrific, unsolved multiple homicide. Some might say she’s thrown her life away. But at her hospital bed, Alex is offered a second chance: to attend one of the world’s most prestigious universities on a full ride. What’s the catch, and why her?
Still searching for answers, Alex arrives in New Haven tasked by her mysterious benefactors with monitoring the activities of Yale’s secret societies. Their eight windowless “tombs” are the well-known haunts of the rich and powerful, from high-ranking politicos to Wall Street’s biggest players. But their occult activities are more sinister and more extraordinary than any paranoid imagination might conceive. They tamper with forbidden magic. They raise the dead. And, sometimes, they prey on the living.
Sponsored links
Tagged as:
- mystery 10
- magic 10
- contemporary 9
- urban fantasy 9
- paranormal 9
- fantasy 8
- suspense 8
- new adult 7
- gifted/super-heroine 7
- college 6
- poor heroine 4
- tortured heroine 4
- dual pov 3
- third person pov 3
- demons 3
- independent heroine 3
- take-charge heroine 3
- grumpy/ice queen 2
- betrayal 2
- disabilities & scars 2
- monsters 2
- sleuth heroine 2
- dark romance 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- past sexual abuse 7
- substance abuse 7
- past abuse 5
- death / grief 5
- child sexual abuse 5
- graphic violence 4
- mental illness 3
- mental trauma 3
- abuse 2
- third party abuse 1
- slut shaming 1
- drug abuse 1
- geography
- north america 3
- usa 3
- connecticut 3
- california 2
romance tags
The 'Alex Stern' series
4.13 · 317 ratings
urban fantasy · strong heroine · contemporary · suspense · graphic-violence · third-person-pov · paranormal · connecticut · college · glimpses-kisses · magic · death · demons · usa · cold heroine · mystery · new adult · fantasy · gifted heroine · north-america
Alex Stern reading order and complete book list ❯
Report duplicate books, missing or wrong information
Check out thebooknaut.com for more fantasy books and comics that might match your interests or browse new fantasy releases
- Find more exciting action-adventure fantasy books featuring epic journeys, quests and missions and fights for survival
- Follow badass main characters, anti-heroes, loners & outcasts and scoundrels and rogues on their epic adventures