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Ninth House (Alex Stern, #1)

Leigh Bardugo

Start date: October 1, 2019

Finish date: October 31, 2019

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Sep 28, 2021 Vanessa Gayle ⚔️ Fangirl Faction rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, fantasy, supernatural, paranormal, horror, wish-list-physical, own-ebook-read, audio, reviewed, cover-love

02/14/2023: Reread! (Audiobook!) Raised my rating from 4 to 5 stars.
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Feb 10, 2023 Trisha rated it liked it

Shelves: bought-audio

A long, meandering story. It took at least 100 pages for me to feel pulled in. About half way, the story did take some interesting turns and I was finally intrigued. I've already bought book 2, so I'm looking forward to reading it - but I'm pretty glad I waited this long to read it.

I hope there are a lot of questions answered in book 2 and less world building. ...more

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Jan 24, 2025 Susan rated it it was amazing

I really liked this book. I loved the mystery aspect of the book. I liked the ghosts and magic system and how it centered around New Haven. It wrapped up perfectly yet still left you wanting if not needing to read the next book as they take a trip to Hell. I'm guessing that's where Alex, Dawes, and the group are heading in the next book.

I go into just about every book blind and I'm really glad I did with this one. If I have liked past books by an author then I usually don't read the synopsis. I ...more

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Oct 26, 2021 Hayley rated it it was ok

I have a few people that i look at their reviews since we have similar tastes and i usually agree with them. I chose to go into reading this book blind. I shouldn't have. After i finished i went and looked for my friends reviews and...yeah, i really should have looked. I didn't hate this book. It takes a lot for me to hate a book. I'm really easy to entertain and usually 4 star most things. On the other hand, 5 stars are extremely rare for me. So, this was me being generous by giving it a 2 sta ...more

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Oct 17, 2021 The Anxious Bookaholic rated it really liked it

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A surprisingly enjoyable read. This is my first time reading Leigh Bardugo and I went into the book knowing very little about the plot. The magic system was very interesting and I am indeed a sucker for any mystery/slight detective notes in my books.
It's not an all time favorite but I will most probably pick up the second book when it's out. ...more

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