Despite this, she has been given the chance to start a new life at Yale as “Dante” for a secret society known as The League of Lethe. She is the only survivor of a multiple homicide, which has clearly affected her life. It also means that in order to review the new book I will have to explain some of the events of Ninth House here – skip the next three paragraphs if you don’t want spoilers.Īlex Stern is a bright teenager with a troubled past that involves drugs, sex and murder in California. After a gap of over three years, you may find that you need to read/reread Ninth House before tackling this one, although to be fair there’s enough exposition along the way for you to follow what’s going on. Well, in 2023 Galaxy/Alex Stern is back, pretty much straight after the events of Ninth House.

This story of Ivy League secret societies, a tough heroine with a difficult background and magic artifacts was a much more grown-up version of Hogwarts that I really liked – so much so that it became one of my favourites of 2019. Be warned – this is not something I usually say, but you will give up lots of time reading this one, or spend time wishing you were reading it.”.

I am usually very wary of handing out such exemplary praise myself, but I’m very pleased to type that I think this one actually deserves it. When I reviewed Leigh’s first adult Fantasy novel, Ninth House, I said that “ Ninth House is worthy of the accolades being given it.

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