So, we return to dark academia and Leigh Barduga's follow up to Ninth House, Hell Bent.
AKA how Alex got her Virgil back.
So, again, we're kind of floating around the timeline, with the beginning chapter returning as present about 2/3 of the way through. Alex and Dawes are trying to figure out how to get Darlington out of Hell, made more difficult by the fact that the Emeritus members of Lethe don't want them fooling with Demonic Magic. That and a new Praetor who doesn't think women should be at Yale, let alone one of the Societies...
Anyway.
There's yet another unrelated murder everyone gets involved in prior to Alex and Dawes finding out the library actually has a portal to hell in it, requiring them to get Turner (AKA the cop who works with Lethe) and a random Bonesman who evidently failed out to descend into hell to free Darlington. Oh yes, and Alex is also dealing with her old California drug dealer, who wants her to be his enforcer, which in turn leads her to finding out Vampires are real, and generally don't like humans.
We also get into a bit of revelation as to what the hell Alex is, since the villain in the last book (and a few of the demons in the one) refer to her as a Wheel Walker. Mind you,l she can also call ghosts into herself for extra stat bonuses with a bit more ease now, so...
Any rate, I rather enjoyed this sequel more than, say, The Atlas Paradox, and even if it is getting in to an "eat the rich" message slowly, it's a hell of a lot of fun.
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