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Hell Bent
Reader Score
90%
90% of readers
recommend this book
Critic Reviews
Great
Based on 10 reviews on
#1 New York Times Bestseller - Goodreads Choice Award Winner
"A tour de force of suspenseful pacing and empathetic writing." ―The New York Times
"All hail the queen of dark academia!" ―NPR
Wealth. Power. Murder. Magic. The Ivy League is going straight to hell in the sequel to the smash New York Times bestseller Ninth House from #1 bestselling author Leigh Bardugo.
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.
Book Details
- Publisher: Flatiron Books
- Publish Date: Dec 24th, 2024
- Pages: 576
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 7.52in - 4.29in - 1.25in - 0.68lb
- EAN: 9781250378064
- Categories: • Fantasy - Paranormal• Occult & Supernatural• Thrillers - Supernatural
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"I loved Leigh Bardugo’s first Alex Stern book, Ninth House—basically the perfect book for adults who miss the fantasy novels of their youth. Anyway, the literary fiction world does sequels now, and I’m here for it. Time to go back to the most terrifying version of Yale you’ve ever imagined."
"There’s much to love here and very little to dislike...But analytical fantasy readers, breathless fangirls, and those of us who fit both categories (eeeeee Darlington!) will happily follow Alex into Hell. Her adventures there are satisfying enough to make us glad the wait for book two is over—and hopeful that we won’t have to wait long for book three."
Charlie Jane Anders is an author
My latest SFF book review column for the Washington Post! I tackle The Red Scholars Wake by Aliette de Bodard, Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo, The Daughters of Izdihar by Hadeer Elsbai and The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton. https://t.co/2tr4DIv1DR
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A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2023 by The New York Times, The Week, Kirkus Reviews, PopSugar, Distractify, Booklist Queen, The Nerd Daily, and more!!
"A tour de force of suspenseful pacing and empathetic writing... The beauty of Hell Bent is that for all the bleakness, the sense of wonder somehow still remains." --The New York Times
"All hail the queen of dark academia!... Ninth House and Hell Bent may be Bardugo's first books for adults, but you'd never know it, or care, because you're so busy following all of the action... you'll want to capture your copy quickly." --NPR
"[T]he return of protagonist Alex Stern and her mystical version of the Ivy League is very welcome... Watching this damaged loner bring together a squad of ride-and-die friends is endlessly fun, and Bardugo finds new depths to most of her supporting cast." --The Washington Post
"Gut-wrenching and deeply human, this book will tug at your heartstrings even as it chills you to the bone.... Standing head and shoulders above the already impressive Ninth House, Hell Bent is one of the best fantasy novels of the year.." --BookPage (starred reviewed)
"Thrilling ... fascinating supporting players ... The taut plot, often grisly magic, lavish scene-setting, and wry humor combine to make this just as un-put-downable as the first installment. Readers will be wowed." -Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Bardugo doesn't flinch from the dark sides of magic and human nature....This portrait of a survivor's dogged determination to accomplish her goal will appeal to readers of dark academia, urban fantasy, and horror." --Booklist (starred review)
"Vivid, intelligent, and funny at just the right moments, but best of all are the complex characters." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Hell Bent is a taut, complexly plotted headrush, stocked full of complicated monsters, entitled academics, and grifters big-time and small." --Book of the Month
"Hell Bent is just as outrageously good as Ninth House, if not better... This mystery runs on vibes, and the vibes are unparalleled." --Chicago Review of Books
"Hell Bent is everything fans of Bardugo's Alex Stern series could have asked for: It's thematically richer, its characters are more complexly rendered, the darkness lurking at the edges of its New England-set world of privilege is more frightening, and its wit more biting." --Paste Magazine
"Although Hell Bent is one of my first reads of 2023, I can confidently see it being a top read of the year by the end of it." --SFF World
What people are saying
"I loved Leigh Bardugo’s first Alex Stern book, Ninth House—basically the perfect book for adults who miss the fantasy novels of their youth. Anyway, the literary fiction world does sequels now, and I’m here for it. Time to go back to the most terrifying version of Yale you’ve ever imagined."
"There’s much to love here and very little to dislike...But analytical fantasy readers, breathless fangirls, and those of us who fit both categories (eeeeee Darlington!) will happily follow Alex into Hell. Her adventures there are satisfying enough to make us glad the wait for book two is over—and hopeful that we won’t have to wait long for book three."