I’ve read most of her work. Started with the Shadow & Bone trilogy, the Six of Crows duology, and got through the first half of the King of Scars duology.
Ninth House is easily her best work. I devoured the book in a day and bought Hell Bent about 2 seconds after I finished it. The twists at the ending gave me literal goosebumps. Bardugo has outdone herself. I cannot wait to start Hell Bent.
Liked Ninth House fine but Hell Bent kind of ruined it for me
Definitely agree, it’s by far her best work! I didn’t like Hell Bent quite as much but it’s still very enjoyable and this is still her best series imo. Hoping it has a strong finish.
Can’t wait for book 3.
Ok, so I originally wanted this to be a much longer series. Think 12 books of Alex Stern investigating supernatural crime and corruption. But these stories take a tremendous amount of time to research and write, so 12 became 5, and then 5 became 3. My intention right now is to keep this a trilogy and that’s the way I’ve planned the plot of the third book. Hopefully the wait won’t be quite as long for the final installment. (thank you for your patience!)
-Leigh Bardugo -
https://www.goodreads.com/questions/2497017-is-there-going-to-be-a-3rd-book-after-hell
Perhaps an unwarranted thought on my part, but I can’t help but feel that if Bardugo dedicated more time to building out the mortal world and hellscape instead of Yale’s architectural wet dream, perhaps she would be able to actually write a dozen books (bit much, perhaps a six would suffice) and fix the pacing.
I’m holding on for the third book despite Hell Bent massively disappointing me purely because I enjoyed Ninth House so much. Here’s to hoping!
It happens when people force to make a sequel.
Have you read ‘Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell’ by Susanna Clarke? You might like it.
I’m bumping up the book in my reading list now! I loved six of crows.
Pacing is slower than Six of Crows but definite similarities. Bardugo’s prose truly shines through in Ninth House. Bracket your expectations for Hell Bent though. It’s simply not as strong as Ninth House, imho.