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Hell Bent

by Leigh Bardugo

🥛clean·spoiler·Alex Stern #2

Why Read This?

You get the intense satisfaction of a high-stakes magical heist and character rescue, paired with the delicious agony of a slow-burn romance that leaves you desperately wanting more.

Synopsis

Wealth. Power. Murder. Magic. Alex Stern is back and the Ivy League is going straight to hell. Find a gateway to the underworld. Steal a soul out of hell. A simple plan, except people who make this particular journey rarely come back. But Galaxy “Alex” Stern is determined to break Darlington out of purgatory―even if it costs her a future at Lethe and at Yale. Forbidden 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. 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 when faculty members begin to die off, Alex knows these aren’t just accidents. 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. 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.

At a Glance

4.10 ★ Goodreads
Spice Level🥛clean
Endingspoiler
PairingM/F
Romance Pacingslow burn

Top Tropes

forced proximityrescue romancesurvival romance

Mood

darkmysteriousintenseatmosphericbrooding

Book Details

Goodreads Rating

4.10 ★

Page Count

481 pages

Published

2023

Primary Genre

Urban Fantasy

Pairing

M/F

POV

First Person

Romance Pacing

Slow Burn

Cliffhanger

spoiler

Audiobook

Available

Yes

Format

Standard

Narrator

Lauren Fortgang|Michael David

Narrator Count

Dual

Tropes

RomanceMagicActionAngstWorld
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Mood & Vibe

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Characters

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PTSDchildhood traumaabusedeathviolencegoreanimal deathsubstance abuse

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