"Bardugo’s latest is a must-listen, introducing a haunting, Yale-based occult world populated with gloriously complicated characters.... A win-win-win, honestly." (Paste, best audiobooks of 2019)

From number one New York Times best-selling author Leigh Bardugo comes a mesmerizing tale of power, privilege, and dark magic set among the Ivy League elite.

This program includes a bonus conversation with the author.

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 20, 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.

Ninth House is the long-awaited adult debut by the beloved author of Shadow and Bone and Six of Crows. Leigh Bardugo will take her place alongside Lev Grossman and Deborah Harkness as one of the finest practitioners of literary fantasy writing today.

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"Ninth House is the best fantasy novel I’ve read in years, because it’s about real people. Bardugo’s imaginative reach is brilliant, and this story - full of shocks and twists - is impossible to put down." (Stephen King)

"Ninth House is one of the best fantasy novels I’ve read in years. This book is brilliant, funny, raw and utterly magnificent - it's a portal to a world you’ll never want to leave." (Lev Grossman, New York Times best-selling author of The Magicians)

"In this mesmerizing novel, Leigh Bardugo introduces us to Alex, a high-school dropout who gets a free ride to Yale because of a unique talent. Bardugo's New Haven is plausible and frightening, and I was one rapt reader." (Charlaine Harris, best-selling author of the True Blood series)

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Durée	16 heures et 21 minutes
Auteur	Leigh Bardugo
Narrateur	Lauren Fortgang, Michael David Axtell
Date de publication sur Audible.fr	08 octobre 2019
Éditeur	Macmillan Audio
Type de programme	Livre audio
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Langue	Anglais
ASIN	B07LHBDSS3
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Super schnell geliefert und hält auch an der Wand, sogar mit vielen Winterjacken. Das einzige was besser sein könnte wäre das die Halterung größer ist als der Dübel.

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Darren

Such a disappointment!

Commenté au Royaume-Uni le 8 novembre 2019

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This was a hard book to read. The writing style was so awkward that it took until half way through the book to get a true sense of what was going on. I read this with a group and everyone felt the same.
In my opinion, this book was way over-hyped and definitely not fantasy! Paranormal maybe, but not fantasy. Also read more like YA than adult.

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Heather K.

Dark, Immersive, Disturbing, Brilliant

Commenté au Royaume-Uni le 29 octobre 2019

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TW: Violence, murder, death, drug abuse, human experimentation and multilation, emotional manipulation, ghosts, dark magic

Holy ****.

Leigh Bardugo’s debut adult novel, Ninth House, is beyond anything I expected. It’s a magical and intellectual tour de force; a powerhouse of plot and prose, suspense and suspicion, murder, magic, and madness. I came to it thinking it was a standalone, but it’s actually the first in a series, and I’m so relieved at that because I am hungry for more. I believe the sequel is slated for 2021, and honestly that can’t get here soon enough.

2019 will, for me, be the year of amazing books. I’ve read some fantastic novels this year, and I thought I had my Book of the Year already picked out. Now, I’m not so sure. Ninth House is mind-blowing and I’m still wrapping my head around it.

I first came to Leigh Bardugo through her YA series, the GrishaVerse, in which she’s written multiple novels and short stories. Ninth House is her first adult novel, and her writing here is an immense cut above her YA fare, honestly. It’s bold and brutal and striking, yet lyrical and magical. She’s really stretching her writing chops with this book, and it shows: her imagination and ability to plot and characterise is amazing.

Ninth House follows Galaxy (Alex) Stern, a former drug user and high school dropout, in her freshman year at Yale. How did she get into Yale? Through the sponsorship of a mysterious society called Lethe — the titular Ninth Nouse — which is tasked with monitoring the magical workings of Yale’s secret societies and their members. Alex is recruited from her hospital bed, the sole survivor of a gruesome multiple murder scene, by Dean Sandow, who offers her a chance at a different life. Different, of course, can mean many things…

One night, a murder on campus gets Alex’s attention. The victim isn’t a student from Yale, but her horrific demise isn’t something Alex can ignore. Her instincts say there’s more to the case than what the cops claim — an abusive boyfriend gone too far — but finding the evidence isn’t as smooth or easy as it initially appears. Woven into this storyline is the mysterious disappearance of Alex’s Lethe House mentor, Darlington, some months before; a disappearance that has sent shockwaves through the House and its surviving members, including Alex who is very much left thinking on her feet when it comes to dealing with the various societies’ extra-curricular activities.

The societies are powered by tombs, which are nexus of occult power built up over the years of students dealing in magic and the occult. These are the high-powered and elite, both past and future: Wall Street bankers, Hollywood stars, politicians, and other members of high society are students or alumni, and many of these still fund their societies, both financially and otherwise. The occult magic that is wielded by these societies can do more than change GPAs or ensure exam success; some are prognostications which provide glimpses of the future, some change a person’s appearance, whilst others guarantee social standings and wealth. This is the place power is born, cultivated, and unleashed upon the world.

Such magics are dangerous though, and can have drastic consequences, including blackouts and unexplained deaths. They all come at a cost — something which Alex is just discovering.

Alex, of course, has her own history — what brought her to drugs in the first place, her family life, her friendships, and why she alone survived a murder spree. Most of all, why would she, of anyone, be of value to Lethe? For Alex harbours both a secret and a dangerous gift — which will help to identify the victim, the conspiracies, and the magics underpinning what looks like a love crime gone bad.

Ninth House is complex and absorbing, and reading it is like drinking incredibly fine, incredibly potent, incredibly dark, alcohol. The story and prose are intoxicating. The setting is so vivid that I actually felt like I was attending Yale. There is a map in the hardback edition which was helpful at times, but on the whole I could sense the buildings and locations, observe the brickwork and streets.

Alex is an extremely complex character; deeply flawed yet noble, wiry yet strong. She goes through a lot in this book, physically and mentally, and in terms of character growth. The other characters — Darlington, Dawes, the Bridegroom, Mercy, Lauren, and others — are all well-drawn and really do get under your skin, for good and bad reasons (Blake, I’mma looking at you). They’re well-balanced, with positive and negative traits, and you can discern so much about their various personas by way of a throwaway line or comment, or one of Alex’s shrewd observations. I particularly liked Darlington and his wit.

It took me a moment to realise that, within each society, members have codenames to cover their identities. For instance, Alex is Dante. Darlington is Virgil, and so on. I liked how these were themed according to the leanings of each house — Wolf’s Head being a particular favourite — but it took me a while to put each codename to each character, where I had both available to me. Not all of them were disclosed, which I also appreciated — secrets are secrets, after all.

The pace never lets up in this novel, and it feels like a rush of blood to the head. There’s always something happening, or a sinister sense of something about to happen. The story alternates between the present events revolving around the murder and two past timelines — one of Alex’s former life, and one centred around Darlington and what happens (or doesn’t, depending on how you view it). This changing between timelines is handled beautifully and doesn’t ever feel disjointed or problematic; in fact, it’s so absorbing that, by the time the novel returns to the events of the prologue, it took me a moment to pick that back up, and that’s good.

If you have a background in witchery or the occult, there’s lots of symbolism throughout the novel — specific herbs, plants, rituals, which will cause you to sit up and take notice. If you don’t have such a background, that’s okay, because knowing about these elements won’t detract from the story at all. They’re just an added layer for anyone who does have such a background. Regardless, if you like fantasy, crime, the supernatural, and/or just love a damn good story, this is it. Ninth House is brilliant and will leave you thinking about it for days afterwards. It’s also perfect for Halloween…

I bought Ninth House and didn’t receive an advanced copy from the publisher. All thoughts and comments are my own and in no way reflect the opinion of the publisher or author. I received no reimbursement (financial or otherwise) for this review.

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Megan King

Great read!

Commenté au Royaume-Uni le 9 novembre 2019

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This is a dark (like, very dark in some places) adult fantasy.

‘The Nineth House' follows a young Galaxy (Alex) Stern through her first year at Yale. She's been plucked from a dismal life with no prospects, and given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to study at a prestigious university AND be part of a secret magic society (I mean, who wouldn't do that?).

The narrative is set in a few different timelines, and from two perspectives (Alex and Darlington). I particularly enjoyed this because I really thought Darlington was a bit of an arse to start with, but as I read his backstory I really connected with him.

Alex won me over pretty quickly, and her rash, crude personality really shone through!

What I particularly love about this book is the fact that you can really immerse yourself in the magic. However, the darkest part of this story has nothing to do with magic and secret societies; it's the harsh realities that some women are faced with.

This is definitely a book to savour and not devour!

It's a 5/5 for me!

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Illuminati move over

Commenté au Royaume-Uni le 10 octobre 2019

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The Ninth House is Leigh Bardugos first Adult Novel and the first that’s set in a version of our world rather then a secondary fantasy realm, it’s a urban fantasy slash mystery set in and around Yale unveristy and new haven I can’t speak to the the authenticity of the setting but it feels like new haven is a character in its own right from Darlington’s love to Alex’s mix of wide eyed wonder and cynicism about her new home.

The story uses the Colleges Secret society’s as a backdrop for intrigue with the ancient eight as there are known each specialising in a magical discipline since these are still frats and sororities filled with lots of irresponsible rich kids oversight is needed with the ninth house Lethe being responsible for upholding and investigating breaches of the rules. The enforcers of lethe are known as Dante (junior) and Virgil ( senior) with the Dante then becoming Virgil when the Virgil graduates.
The Current Dante is Alex Stern a former drug addict and survivor of abuse that was given a second chance by Lethe after being the sole survivor of a horrific crime due to her life long ability to see Gray’s or spirits and Darlington is the Virgil a serious and studious young man who is more then what he seems.

The star of the show is the world building Bardugo does a wonderful job of introducing magic into semi familiar surroundings so for the example the bones men perform divination ceremonies involving animals and people in order to predict the stock market, Manuscript specialise in glamour and illusion and seduction and have Hollywood cornered and the societies by and large are what they are in real life a haven for the rich and privileged a chance to network a life long special club they aren’t criminal organisations or the illuminati and a lot of the worst damage they do Is due to entitlement rather then actual malice, in between the mysteries and magical goings on the author has a lot to say about the Classism and sexism that is is inherent in the Greek system especially one in a environment where entitlement and privilege are taken for granted and that’s even before Magic is added into the mix.

The story is told between two different timelines and revolves around 3 basic mysteries a disappearance, a murder and Alex’s past the story is anchored by the characters relationships with Darlington and Alex being the real highlight I liked Alex’s room mates and some of the side characters such as Dawes but it was I felt late in the story before they became more then cardboard cut outs, the one weakness of the story why it wasn’t a five star is a common complaint it’s hard to do a good mystery alongside a fantasy where magic is a viable tool simply because the reader doesn’t know the rules or what’s possible it makes it very hard to get that ha, ha ! Moment. However there’s enough going on and the writing is of a high enough calibre that you would get over that.

I highly recommend the ninth house for those new to the author and those already familiar be warned this is an adult novel that covers some pretty tough subjects such as drug addiction, sexual assault and consent in a surprisingly harrowing way at times Alex has had a horrific teenage years and while nothing too graphic was described there was enough said and more implied that some readers might find disturbing while I called this a urban fantasy crossed with mystery you could make a strong argument that it could be called a horror mystery.

However all topics were treated with respect the writing was superlative, the world building was engrossing the characters, at least the main ones , were 3 dimensional and sympathetic if flawed, this was a superior first book I look forward to the second one.

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ShayneyH

Such a disappointment. So dense

Commenté au Royaume-Uni le 23 février 2021

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2.5 Stars
This rolled from weird, to strange, to turning my stomach in certain scenes, to being completely devoured by the story in others and off putting in others. This was, simply put, a strange ass read and conflicting when it comes to rating. Overall, I did enjoy this book, especially the second half once it really got going and I started to fully understand this world and got a handle of all the lingo within this fantasy horror world.

It was originally such a dense read that had so much exposition, yet it still took me so long to understand all of what was going on within this world. If it wasn’t for the second half, or last third and for something finally clicking, then I probably would’ve rated this lower. I went through such a sluggish reading period because of this book, whether it was because of the writing or the story I don’t know, but the relief I had when I finally finished it and was finically invested in this book was so satisfying. I am intrigued to read more of Leigh Bardugo books, just to see how her writing in those compare to this one and whether I enjoy those ones and the worlds in those, a lot more than I did when compared with this one.

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