Hell Bent
Hell Bent is a 2023 occult fiction novel by Leigh Bardugo.
Open Library readers give it an average of 4.2 out of 5 from 12 ratings, and 79 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 15 editions. It appeared on the New York Times Combined Print And E-Book Fiction bestseller list in 2023.
It runs to roughly 520 pages — 9–10 hours of reading at an average pace.
About Hell Bent
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.
Awards & lists
- 📰New York Times bestseller list — Combined Print And E-Book Fiction, 2023
Quick answers
Who wrote Hell Bent?
Hell Bent was written by Leigh Bardugo and first published in 2023.
What genre is Hell Bent?
It is usually shelved as Occult Fiction.
How long is Hell Bent?
The median edition has 520 pages, about 9–10 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.
What books are similar to Hell Bent?
Readers who like it often enjoy The house in the Cerulean Sea, Vicious and Changes.
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