But it’s good to see in Hell Bent that she lowered those walls down at times and relaxed more in front of her friends and those close to her, especially Dawes who always has her back, even if it meant going against her boss. In the Ninth House we often saw Alex as a bit of a lone wolf believing she could do everything alone as she has always done it. Once again we also get to see Dawes who i grew to love in the last book. However, this isn’t the case with Hell Bent as the adventure simply continues and Bardugo cleverly mixes the character progression and the self discovery of the characters into the plot line seamlessly so that once the pace picks up it never drops.Īlex has always been a fascinating character ever since Ninth House, but we have always had this underlying mystery of who exactly she is and why she has these abilities, which still continues partly through this novel. You will find that many series or trilogies often suffer with that middle book syndrome, where the middle one tends to be slow and at times a bit tedious as they need to set the scene for the last novel or last few in the series. So books like these and those by Ben Aaronovitch have always been of interest to me. The mixture of reality and fantasy has always been a fascination to me as i like to believe there is still magic in the world. I love it when a fantasy is set in a real-life location, which in this case is Yale. Throughout the book, Bardugo teases us little tidbits of information about who exactly Alex is, and she leaves you dying to find out more, which is sure to be revealed in the third and final book in the trilogy. There are so many great aspects of this book, but I especially love the character progression and finding out more about Alex’s past. It does start off slow, but once it picks up pace, it doesn’t ease up and will keep you on the edge of your seat to the end. The adventures that follow are intense, fun filled, and thrilling. She still attends Yale and is still trying to find a way to free Darlington.

Hell Bent starts off where we left Alex and all the other characters. In fact, I started it the day I picked it up. Then, she goes ahead and announces the sequel to Ninth House, and of course, I have to jump right on it.

So when I heard she had an adult fantasy book called Ninth House out, I had to read it, and guess what? I loved it as well!! I have been a big fan of Leigh Bardugo ever since I read Shadow and Bone and then proceeded to read all of her books.

Hell bent book series