Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo is the sequel to Ninth House.
Alex Stern has survived not only her first year at Yale, but her first year involved with the magic and mystery entwined with the eight Houses of the Ivy League school.
At the end of Ninth House, Alex discovers that Darlington - her mentor and trainer in the way of the Ninth House - Lethe House - a kind of admin organisation designed to ensure the other houses don't abuse their magic privileges - is trapped in Hell.
Alex then decides what she needs to do is break Darlington out of Hell.
Things do not go smoothly.
Alex is contending with mysterious deaths - again - the other Houses (although they don't feature as prominently here as they did in Ninth House) and her own dark past suddenly rising up to haunt her.
Hell Bent does take a bit to get going. But once it does, all you can really do is hang on for the ride.
I honestly think Alex is one of my favourite fictional characters this year. Her, and Dawes. Dawes has a lot of growth and she's great.
I haven't read Leigh Bardugo's YA series, so I have no idea how this one stacks up.
But. I do know it's a whole lot of fun to read.
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