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Hell Bent

By: Leigh Bardugo
Narrated by: Lauren Fortgang, Michael David Axtell
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Summary

Galaxy 'Alex' Stern is determined to break Darlington out of hell—even if it costs her a future at Lethe and at Yale. But Alex is playing with forces far beyond her control, and when faculty members begin to die off, she knows these aren't just accidents.

Something deadly is at work in New Haven, and if Alex 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.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2023 Leigh Bardugo (P)2023 Orion Publishing Group

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A good story but a little bit hand wavy

Overall, I like this book, the plot is compelling and it has some interesting concepts.
But there is no fundamental thought process given to how the Magic works, other books in this genre allow people to actually understand the magic so that characters can be innovative, in this book I feel like the Magic is all based on chosen one and wavy plot armour. Possibly this is because I’m a science guy, and this is clearly written as the magic of poetry, but it does feel like old words have power because they’re old, old objects have power because they’re old, rituals work because people in the past came up with them, and the rules change if the chosen one needs the rules to change.
The readers to reasonable performance, but they have a limited number of voices, everyone has the same American accent apart from the one foreign character who sounds more like a Russian stereotype then an Israeli American.
But like I say, it’s a fairly compelling plot so I will definitely be following the series in the future. Although I would like to have more focus put back on the houses, and for it to become a little bit more murder mystery like the first book. This one is definitely a different story to 9th House.

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Holy hell

That was amazing amazing amazing!
Probably my most favourite dark academia novel. Loved it beyond words! The narration was stunning and story absolutely breathtaking!

My full review and unboxing of influencer package will be on my TikTok and instagram - @starlight_and_blooms

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THIS SERIES 🤯

Yeah I’m not going to make sense here just know alllllll of it was PERFECT

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It’s like Buffy but in a good way

I liked the first book, but looking back I can see it as the origins story it was. The second book creates the cast of characters and takes the narrative to a new level. It’s Buffy without the cheese.

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Another fantastical twisted tale

I thought the first in the series was really mind-bending & this second instalment was the same. I look forward to the next in series.

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Better than the Grishaverse

Great characters, rollercoaster plot, entertaining dialogue. What’s not to like?! Leigh Bardugo is so at home in adult literature - I realise that the Grishaverse novels always left me a little unsatisfied - now I know that what I wanted was the extra edge of adult content and the real life feel that brings.

Really looking forward to the next instalment in the series - and may there be many!

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Love this book

I am loving this series and where it's heading. this one was amazing 😍 can't wait for the next one

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What a great book!!

Hell Bent is even better than Ninth House - so raw, so emotional, so haunting. Fantastic production that makes listening to the audiobook an amazing experience. Can’t wait for the next part!

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Omg

Amazing story, brilliant narraters, didn’t want it to end !!!! Can’t wait for the next - loving the branch out of YA too

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The characters

Loved it, you just can’t help but love and hate the characters and happily go along with them as their journey unfolds

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