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Ninth House

By: Leigh Bardugo
Narrated by: Lauren Fortgang, Michael David Axtell
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'Impossible to put down' STEPHEN KING
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THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

THE GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD WINNER FOR BEST FANTASY OF 2019

AN AMAZON BEST BOOK OF OCTOBER 2019

A 2020 LOCUS AWARD FINALIST

IN DEVELOPMENT FOR TELEVISION WITH AMAZON STUDIOS

BY THE BESTSELLING CREATOR OF THE GRISHAVERSE

AND THE NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES SHADOW AND BONE

STEP INTO THE WORLD OF NINTH HOUSE
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Galaxy 'Alex' Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale's freshman class. A dropout and the sole survivor of a horrific, unsolved crime, Alex was hoping for a fresh start. But a free ride to one of the world's most prestigious universities was bound to come with a catch.

Alex has been tasked with monitoring the mysterious activities of Yale's secret societies - well-known haunts of the rich and powerful. Now there's a dead girl on campus and Alex seems to be the only person who won't accept the neat answer the police and campus administration have come up with for her murder.

Because Alex knows the secret societies are far more sinister and extraordinary than anyone ever imagined. They tamper with forbidden magic. They raise the dead. And sometimes they prey on the living . . .

'One of the best fantasy novels I've read in years' LEV GROSSMAN

'Ninth House rocked my world' JOE HILL

'I wouldn't blame you for taking the day off to finish it' KELLY LINK

'Mesmerising' CHARLAINE HARRIS

'Compulsively readable' KIRKUS

'Atmospheric' BOOKLIST

'The fantasy novel of the year' THE I

©2019 Leigh Bardugo (P)2019 Macmillan Audio Dark Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Horror Scary Crime Magic Paranormal

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This is not great literature. You can tell this is the authors first adult fiction book. It very much comes across as a young adult fiction written with adult themes. I nearly gave up on it and it took a good few hours before I got into it. In places the story is slow and the characters are a bit cringe but overall I enjoyed it. I would listen to a sequel.

Glad I stuck with it.

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I don't write reviews for many audiobooks, but I enjoyed this so much.
So gripping and hard to put down. I'm actually a bit sad I've finished it.
Great characters and a really rich 'world', lots going on and a fair few unexpected turns

Addictive

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TW for this book, several scenes of SA including SA of a minor.

Could have really done with the warning myself, don't normally get upset about that sort of stuff in stories but the majority of these scenes were needlessly graphic and did nothing to advance the story or character development.

The story takes a while to get going and wasn't particularly fun for me waiting for the plot to arrive, most of it was just world building but the world it was predominantly building was Yale but with a little bit of magic tacked on.

That being said, when we get past the doldrums and unpleasantness of the first two thirds things do actually start getting interesting, suddenly characters have motives and mysteries to explore and it all wraps up quite nicely as a standalone story whilst leaving the door wide open for the sequel.

A bit all over the place

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Took a while to get into it but once I did it was gripping and gritty in a way I didn't expect. It's not a subtle story- it really slaps you over the head with things (often falling into the category of tell not show), but I find that quite useful in an audio book as it's not the end of the world if my attention slips for a minute.

Gripping and gritty

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This was my first audiobook so it took me a while to get into but overall i enjoyed it! I think I will get Hell Bent but not for a while, my TBR (or TBL -to be listened-) list is very long ahah, would 100% recommend it but just be warned it did take a while to get going and the action happened more towards the middle/end!

Slow burn but very good!

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