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Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Tropes & Themes

Mysterious murders
Magical secret societies
Descent into Hell
Demons and ghosts
Corruption
Reclaiming power

Spice: low (sexual language used but no explict scenes)

Representation: Jewish latina main character, black side character

That was the truth of magic—blood and guts and semen and spit, organs kept in jars, maps for hunting humans, the skulls of unborn infants. The problem wasn’t books and fairy tales, just that they told half the story, offering up the illusion of a world where only the villains paid in blood, the ogre stepmothers, the wicked stepsisters, where magic was just and without sacrifice.

Everyone who knows me, knows I'm a big Ninth House fan. I literally have a tattoo for it on my wrist and I recommend it to everybody...this was better.

Content Warnings