The mesmerizing adult debut from #1 New York Times bestselling author Leigh BardugoGalaxy '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. By age twenty, 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 elite 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, well-known to be haunts of the future rich and powerful. But their occult activities are revealed to be more sinister and more extraordinary than she ever imagined . . .Welcome to a world of secret societies and the occult that's perfect for fans of Deborah Harkness, Neil Gaiman, Susanna Clarke and Ben Aaronovitch.Praise for Leigh Bardugo:'Utterly, extremely bewitching' Guardian'A master of fantasy' The Huffington Post'The best magic universe since Harry Potter' Bustle'This is what fantasy is for' The New York Times Book Review'The darker it gets for the good guys, the better' Entertainment Weekly'Impossible to put down' USA Today
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The mesmerizing adult debut from #1 New York Times bestselling author Leigh BardugoGalaxy '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. By age twenty, 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 elite 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, well-known to be haunts of the future rich and powerful. But their occult activities are revealed to be more sinister and more extraordinary than she ever imagined . . .Welcome to a world of secret societies and the occult that's perfect for fans of Deborah Harkness, Neil Gaiman, Susanna Clarke and Ben Aaronovitch.Praise for Leigh Bardugo:'Utterly, extremely bewitching' Guardian'A master of fantasy' The Huffington Post'The best magic universe since Harry Potter' Bustle'This is what fantasy is for' The New York Times Book Review'The darker it gets for the good guys, the better' Entertainment Weekly'Impossible to put down' USA Today
Popular Reviews(17)
Reviewed by ZoëIch glaub es könnte gut sein, wenn man denn irgendwas verstehen würde. Das was ich verstanden habe war mir zu düster.
Reviewed by Vin MooreI will always be obsessed with it
Reviewed by Miri3,75
Reviewed by bookishcatsStarted out as a 4 ⭐️ read and ended as a weak 3 ⭐️ read. Leigh Bardugo always manages to seemingly kill off the most interesting characters in her books. Got boring towards the end and Alex is not enough of a interesting character to be in the spotlight the whole time.
Reviewed by AlethyaHave I read better books? Yes,I have. Do I like this better than Bardugo's YA stuff? YES. I loved Alex, I loved Darlington. I loved Dawes and I loved Turner. I rarely love all the characters in a book, even more so, the rather annoying ones, so this was a very pleasant surprise. The ending, I have to admit, made little sense and there are plot holes along the way, so if it is important to you to have a cohesive story that makes total sense, even when magic is involved, this book may not be for you. I loved the world building, I was in need of some good Dark Academia. I got exactly what I signed up for and I am coming from a series of books with insane pacing issues and I flew through this one. 4/5 stars.