Ninth House (Alex Stern #1)
Leigh Bardugo
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
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Glimpses and kisses [?]
· 273 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.
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- mystery 11
- magic 11
- contemporary 10
- urban fantasy 10
- paranormal 10
- fantasy 9
- suspense 9
- new adult 8
- gifted/super-heroine 8
- college 7
- poor heroine 5
- tortured heroine 5
- demons 4
- independent heroine 4
- take-charge heroine 4
- grumpy/ice queen 3
- betrayal 2
- disabilities & scars 2
- monsters 2
- sleuth heroine 2
- early 20s fmc 1
- early 20s mmc 1
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- 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
- rape 1
- geography
- north america 3
- usa 3
- connecticut 3
- california 2
- Format
- audiobook
- dual pov 3
- third person pov 3
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The 'Alex Stern' series
4.14 · 418 ratings
new adult · urban fantasy · contemporary · audiobook · paranormal · fantasy · mystery · magic · usa · gifted heroine · college · connecticut · strong heroine · third-person-pov · early-20s-mmc · suspense · cold heroine · early-20s-fmc · glimpses-kisses · death
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