Unlike most members of Lethe, Alex and her friends are not content to leave Darlington for dead (or, rather, much worse). It's also thrown her into a whole new world of danger. However, her time at Yale has given her power over these ghosts. They've haunted her in a very real sense. Galaxy Stern, better known as Alex, has always been able to see ghosts. 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. 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. But when faculty members begin to die off, Alex knows these aren't just accidents. 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 Galaxy 'Alex' Stern is determined to break Darlington out of purgatory?even if it costs her a future at Lethe and at Yale.įorbidden 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.

A simple plan, except people who make this particular journey rarely come back. Alex Stern is back and the Ivy League is going straight to hell.įind a gateway to the underworld. Hell Bent: The global sensation from the creator of Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo 4.5 of 5 stars

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