Ninth House (Alex Stern #1)
Leigh Bardugo
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Glimpses and kisses [?]
· 111 ratings · 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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- fantasy 4
- contemporary 4
- magic 4
- paranormal 4
- new adult 4
- suspense 3
- dark romance 2
- science fiction 1
- grumpy/ice queen 1
- gifted/super-heroine 1
- college 1
- slow burn 1
- dual pov 1
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The 'Alex Stern' series
164 ratings 4.06 ·
slow burn · mystery · paranormal · fantasy · glimpses-kisses · new adult · gifted heroine · death · urban fantasy · magic · contemporary · suspense · cold heroine · science fiction · vampires · animal-death · college · witches · dark · past-abuse
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