--- product_id: 601373094 title: "Hell Bent: A Novel (Ninth House Series, 2)" price: "S$37" currency: SGD in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.sg/products/601373094-hell-bent-a-novel-ninth-house-series-2 store_origin: SG region: Singapore --- # Hell Bent: A Novel (Ninth House Series, 2) **Price:** S$37 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Hell Bent: A Novel (Ninth House Series, 2) - **How much does it cost?** S$37 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.sg](https://www.desertcart.sg/products/601373094-hell-bent-a-novel-ninth-house-series-2) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description #1 New York Times Bestseller • Goodreads Choice Award Winner "A tour de force of suspenseful pacing and empathetic writing." ―The New York Times "All hail the queen of dark academia!" ―NPR Wealth. Power. Murder. Magic. The Ivy League is going straight to hell in the sequel to the smash New York Times bestseller Ninth House from #1 bestselling author Leigh Bardugo. 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. Review: A Return to Yale’s Hidden World - After thoroughly enjoying Ninth House, I couldn’t wait to continue Alex Stern’s story in Hell Bent. Returning to the world of Yale’s secret societies felt like stepping back into a place that was both familiar and full of new dangers. At first, I found myself a little thrown off by the way the story bounced between different events, timelines, and perspectives. It felt more fragmented than its predecessor, and I occasionally wondered where everything was leading. However, it didn’t take long for me to realize that this structure was not only intentional but necessary. As the pieces began to come together, the shifting narrative created a richer and more rewarding reading experience, allowing the larger story to unfold in ways that wouldn’t have been possible otherwise. Leigh Bardugo expands the world established in Ninth House while raising the stakes considerably. The mysteries run deeper, the supernatural elements become even more compelling, and the relationships between the characters continue to evolve in meaningful ways. Alex remains one of the most intriguing protagonists I’ve encountered in recent fiction, and watching her navigate increasingly dangerous situations kept me fully invested. What began as an interest in secret societies has become an appreciation for the entire series. Hell Bent builds upon everything that made Ninth House memorable while carving out its own identity. By the final pages, I was completely absorbed and eager to see where the story goes next. If you enjoyed Ninth House, Hell Bent is a worthy successor that rewards patience and delivers another fascinating journey into the hidden world beneath Yale’s surface. Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - Dark, clever, and utterly immersive—Hell Bent delivers exactly what I was hoping for after Ninth House. The stakes are higher, the magic is messier, and Alex Stern continues to be one of the most compelling (and morally gray) protagonists I’ve read in a while. Bardugo leans hard into the occult side of Yale’s secret societies this time, and it’s both fascinating and disturbing in the best way. The plot is dense and sometimes a little chaotic, but it fits the story—this world isn’t meant to be neat or comfortable. There were moments where the pacing slowed and I had to reread sections to keep everything straight, which is the only reason this isn’t a full five stars. Still, the character development, the emotional weight, and that ending? Worth it. If you liked Ninth House, you’ll absolutely want to continue Alex’s story—just be prepared for a darker, more intense ride. Can't wait for the next book in September!! ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #2,035 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #11 in New Adult & College Fantasy (Books) #17 in Horror Occult & Supernatural #31 in Supernatural Thrillers (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 17,177 Reviews | ## Images ![Hell Bent: A Novel (Ninth House Series, 2) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71Ovi8nl0gL.jpg) ## Available Options This product comes in different **Media Language, Media Format** options. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Return to Yale’s Hidden World *by D***N on June 18, 2026* After thoroughly enjoying Ninth House, I couldn’t wait to continue Alex Stern’s story in Hell Bent. Returning to the world of Yale’s secret societies felt like stepping back into a place that was both familiar and full of new dangers. At first, I found myself a little thrown off by the way the story bounced between different events, timelines, and perspectives. It felt more fragmented than its predecessor, and I occasionally wondered where everything was leading. However, it didn’t take long for me to realize that this structure was not only intentional but necessary. As the pieces began to come together, the shifting narrative created a richer and more rewarding reading experience, allowing the larger story to unfold in ways that wouldn’t have been possible otherwise. Leigh Bardugo expands the world established in Ninth House while raising the stakes considerably. The mysteries run deeper, the supernatural elements become even more compelling, and the relationships between the characters continue to evolve in meaningful ways. Alex remains one of the most intriguing protagonists I’ve encountered in recent fiction, and watching her navigate increasingly dangerous situations kept me fully invested. What began as an interest in secret societies has become an appreciation for the entire series. Hell Bent builds upon everything that made Ninth House memorable while carving out its own identity. By the final pages, I was completely absorbed and eager to see where the story goes next. If you enjoyed Ninth House, Hell Bent is a worthy successor that rewards patience and delivers another fascinating journey into the hidden world beneath Yale’s surface. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ *by M***D on January 29, 2026* Dark, clever, and utterly immersive—Hell Bent delivers exactly what I was hoping for after Ninth House. The stakes are higher, the magic is messier, and Alex Stern continues to be one of the most compelling (and morally gray) protagonists I’ve read in a while. Bardugo leans hard into the occult side of Yale’s secret societies this time, and it’s both fascinating and disturbing in the best way. The plot is dense and sometimes a little chaotic, but it fits the story—this world isn’t meant to be neat or comfortable. There were moments where the pacing slowed and I had to reread sections to keep everything straight, which is the only reason this isn’t a full five stars. Still, the character development, the emotional weight, and that ending? Worth it. If you liked Ninth House, you’ll absolutely want to continue Alex’s story—just be prepared for a darker, more intense ride. Can't wait for the next book in September!! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Complex, Tense Journey to Hell and Back *by B***N on January 27, 2023* The follow-up to Ninth House, Hell Bent tells the story of Alex Stern’s determination to restore the Virgil to her Dante at Lethe. Lethe is ninth house introduced in the first novel, the oversight house at Yale University, where long standing tradition means that eight powerful houses, or societies, use the arcane and magic to alter reality or prognosticate or otherwise guarantee their alumni continue to live lives of privilege and prosperity. Lethe observes their rituals and workings to keep them both unobserved by outside eyes, and also undisturbed by the occult, any ghostly forces that would interrupt or play havoc with the magic integral to the ceremonies and rites being conducted in secret by these eight houses inside Yale University’s venerable tombs and classroom buildings. Alex Stern’s mentor at Lethe,Daniel Arlington, is sucked through a portal of some kind in the middle of the first book. With the assistance of Lethe’s Oculus, Pam Dawes, Alex is determined to rescue Darlington and bring him home. The circumstances surrounding this random accident are suspicious and Alex isn’t having it. Working against this goal are many obstacles, ranging from past to present. There’s blowback from Alex’s lurid and unsettling past as a strung-out teen in California; there’s the distrust and resistance Alex and Dawes encounter from the adults in the Lethe organization, from the Lethe-liaison police detective with whom they worked to solve a murder in book one, Ninth House, to the faculty and university administrators within whose imprimatur they must work, who discourage investigation and sadly shake their heads and write off a young man’s loss—his assumed death—as an unfortunate hazard of the job. Determined as Alex and the reluctant team of other characters who join the quest are to bring Darlington home, their objective becomes enormously daunting, nearly unthinkable, when it becomes clear that they must steal back Darlington’s soul from hell itself, and that they won’t be the first Yale students to make the trip to the underworld and back. What price will they pay to save Darlington, Lethe’s “golden boy” who was intentionally sucked into the demonic realm? The action is fast-paced, urgent, and suspenseful. It cost me as a reader to go slowly, to savor the story instead of devour it. This novel builds a rich and layered world with a strong central narrative objective (getting Darlington’s soul back) which is further enriched by all sorts of extraneous and intertwined complications: —like the reappearance of Eitan, the West Coast Israeli drug kingpin who ensures Alex’s compliance in working for him by obliquely threatening her mom’s well-being; —like Alex’s realization that the spirits of the dead, the Grays she’s always seen, can speak to and through her and can even momentarily hijack her body to talk to living people; —like the fact that human souls can be ripped out of bodies, and a such a body can return to the regular world, sans soul, to hang out in a warded circle in his childhood home, naked, beautiful, bearing glowing golden badges of demonic indenture, featuring horns, and a robust erection; —like the fact that vampires actually exist(!); and —like the inclusion of Alex’s roommate, Mercy, who has not hitherto been aware of the magic suffused into the fabric of her university, into the elaborate Darlington rescue plan— all these twists and turns, make the story both more relatable—life throws complications at us constantly, even when we are in the midst of Big Things—and also more complex, lending the book the wonderful, fully-developed richness that readers so love and expect from Leigh Bardugo’s novels. This second Alex Stern novel is an easier read than Ninth House, I thought, because the time line is relatively straightforward. I reread Ninth House before launching into Hell Bent (I often reread a novel before I read its sequel), and I was once again struck by Leigh Bardugo’s use of a wildly fractured narrative time line. The reader has to piece together what has occurred to get to Alex’s enrollment at Yale, then figure out Daniel’s a sense and what caused it, and how the past has shaped him almost as much as Alex’s has shaped her. Reading it feels disjointed, complicated, disassociated, something like being in a fugue state—like waking up on a stained mattress and not knowing how one’s best friend could be no longer alive, or how the room around one became splintered and wrong and littered with the blood-splattered remains of people one knew, all while one was apparently unconscious. I loved this novel, its predecessor, and I am eager to find out what happens next, though the wait for book three will no doubt be agonizing. I recommend this novel—and this author—wholeheartedly. Hell Bent is 100% great read. ## Frequently Bought Together - Hell Bent: A Novel (Ninth House Series, 2) - Ninth House (Ninth House Series, 1) - The Familiar: A Novel --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.sg/products/601373094-hell-bent-a-novel-ninth-house-series-2](https://www.desertcart.sg/products/601373094-hell-bent-a-novel-ninth-house-series-2) --- *Product available on Desertcart Singapore* *Store origin: SG* *Last updated: 2026-10-14*