![]() ![]() So how did she score a place in Yale? She had the ability to see ghosts and Yale was home to eight secret societies who practised in magic and explored and exploited the uncanny – which, by the way, in the German unheimlich is one of my favourite words – and the eponymous Ninth House, Lethe, held a role as overseer cum policeman cum health and safety executive to ensure that the Ancient Eight houses did not cause too much injury: no more dead hobos!Īlas, one more dead body (albeit of a young town girl, Tara Hutchins, rather than a hobo) is discovered and Alex starts her own uncanny investigation, alongside and in parallel to the police investigation led by Detective Abel Turner.īardugo plays a lot with the timeline: the prologue takes place perhaps only a few days before the finale and conclusion of the novel! The investigation of Hutchins’ death propels the Winter chapters, which alternate with Last Fall, recounting Alex’s introduction to Yale, Lethe and the magical houses. ![]() Only Alex is unlike the usual freshmans (freshmen?) – Alex is unlike the usual freshman: she did not have an academic background she was a school drop out she was part of the seedy underbelly of society involved in drug dealing, violence and abuse. I did have too double check that I knew what a freshman was! A first year university student. The novel revolves around – and is carried by the character of Alex Stern, our primary point-of-view character and a freshman at Yale. ![]() It is perhaps a masterclass in credible and believable adult low fantasy. Some books you pick up, thinking What is all the fuss about, then? It’s a name that you spot time and time again on Blogs, Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram… an author that you have become aware of… a hype and chatter that has crossed your path.Īnd so often, it is disappointing: you often read that hyped up book and you wonder whether it was the same book that everyone else was raving about.Ī sort of cross between The Secret History and Sixth Sense, the novel is exceptionally well structured, immersive and compelling. ![]()
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