#Abel Turner

[remusfinglupin]

Sometimes family is a gentleman demon, a galaxy who can see ghosts, an anxious research assistant, a well-dressed detective, and the human embodiment of a golden retriever

[cherisheachother]

hell bent plot summary

[slightlysadfilter]

There is something so comforting about Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo, despite the abundance of trauma, gore and eerie stuff.

Take Il Bastone; the existence itself of a sentient house that worries about you, in a world where magic is grotesque and raw.

Dawes's warming meals.

The architecture! The beauty of New Haven, the art.

For how fucked it is, you never see Alex complaining because she has met worse. Because even among demons, and bloody rituals, and uptight professors, she's at least surrounded by beauty and comfort. That same feeling passes unto the readers, it truly is magical to read Ninth House.

[bookloverturnedfangirl]

Leigh Bardugo really went it’s not enough that they’re Dante and Virgil, they’re Orpheus and Eurydice as well?!??

[magnificent-lorenzo]

can’t stop thinking about how Turner just wants to spend his normal, magic-free life looking out for people but keeps getting dragged into the trouble of a sarcastic, thorn-in-his-side occult punk who feels no remorse about her multiple felonies, only to (surprise!) want to protect and look out for her too

it’s just like

older brother/little sister. lawful good/chaotic neutral. the “I know you can kill a man (I know that you have killed a man) but I still worry about you” feeling. the “don’t call me for help” threat and the “when you call me for help I’ll drop whatever I’m doing” fulfillment. the I-don’t-want-to-see-you-scared, I-wish-you-would-sleep-more, don’t-put-yourself-in-danger dynamic. the we’re-both-murderers-who-want-to-protect-the-weak fellowship.

[msbrightsides]

So we all agree that Alex’s mom definitely knows shit she’s not supposed to right? Mira said “there is a reason I named you Galaxy” As Alex has consistent imagery of herself covered in stars in dreams and in hell. So did she dream about Alex with midnight eyes and stars on her skin when she was pregnant, naive to the premonition? Or did she know what Alex’s father was, whom I’m personally suspecting was a demon, and named her that in his honor? Leigh Bardugo hasn’t told us how Wheelwalkers have come to be and there’s no way it’s an accident. It would explain why her dad hightailed it out of Estrea’s sight: she always knew the truth and she could see through the bullshit.

[i-can-stab-you-in-the-eye]

“Galaxy Stern,” Darlington said, his eyes flashing gold,

“I have been crying out to you from the start.”

[caprifiles]

i’m about to commit career suicide. let’s hope we’ve got more on our side than luck.

[wingedshadowfan]

i swear to god, alex seems to be the only one unaware she's into darlington like that

turner

“Find something I can use. I need you and your demon boyfriend for the work I can’t do.”

mercy

“Is Darlington why you don’t date?”

even mf golgarot??

“Stay,” he said to Alex. “Stay and your demon consort returns to the mortal realm untainted. (...)”

[booklover-s]

I have a feeling Alex will be the last person to know she has feelings for Darlington, bc Turner and Mercy already know

[pammydawes]

Forgot to do my Alex stern celebratory Halloween post so here it is two days late

Detective Turner disguising himself in the next book to hide from Alex after sharing Emotional Vulnerability

[thegaycondor]

ninth house as random photos i have downloaded

[daughter-of-lethe]

Galaxy Stern

[slightlysadfilter]

The fact that there are people out there who don't like Ninth House is so baffling to me because I'm such a picky reader, and yet this book wrecked my life, I'm telling you

One of the best prose I've ever encountered, and yes, the story was messy at first but not so messier than many other fantasy books I read. I found it more engaging than a detailed, list-like wordlbuilding explanation that seems to be more common. Or even when they try to scatter it, it still comes off as "let's get the worldbuilding done with" and that's not something I found here, and I thought it clever and enthralling. I actually enjoyed deciphering the many quotes, mentions and foreshadowing. That's why I read it twice.

I was also surprised to find many people don't like Alex as a character. That's genuinely the most surprising one to me. She's such a complex, strong and intelligent woman! And she's an antihero, which I always enjoy.

Lastly, many people complained about the slow burn being too slow. This one annoys me a little. If you want your characters to get together within 300 pages, that's not a slow burn. If you don't want the tiny details, the tension, the "almosts", it's not a slow burn.

[bookloverturnedfangirl]

Hell Bent Spoilers!!

Absolutely fucking sobbing because Cosmo is Darlington’s guardian

[safirefire]

excuse me where are the ninth house x hozier posts? Lethe? Dante?? The whole vibe