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Hell Bent (Alex Stern, #2)
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This book has LB unhinged written all over the pages and IT SHOWS.
πΏππππ πππ‘π§ - ππ¬ πππππ πππ₯ππ¨ππ’πΏ
β πππ‘ππ π₯ππ§ππ‘ππ¦: βββΒ½
β π¬π/π‘π/π: π ½π °/π °
β π¦ππ₯πππ¦: π°π»π΄π πππ΄ππ½ #πΈ
β πππ‘π₯π ππ‘π π¨π‘πππ₯π§π’π‘ππ¦: π³π°ππΊ π°π²π°π³π΄πΌπΈπ° - πΏπ°ππ°π½πΎππΌπ°π» - πππ±π°π½ π΅π°π½ππ°ππ
β π£π’π©: ππΈπ½πΆπ»π΄ πΏπΎπ - ππ·πΈππ³ πΏπ΄πππΎπ½ - πΏπ°ππ ππ΄π½ππ΄
β π§π₯π’π£ππ¦: π±π°π³π°ππ π΅πΌπ² - πΌπ΄π½ππΎπ/πΌπ΄π½ππ΄π΄ (πΏπ»π°ππΎπ½πΈπ²) ππ΄π»π°ππΈπΎπ½ππ·πΈπΏ
β ππππ₯πππ§ππ₯π¦: π₯π₯π₯/5
β πͺπ₯ππ§ππ‘π: βπΌβπΌβπΌβπΌ/5
β π£ππ’π§: ππππ/5
β πππ₯π π§πππ ππ¦ & π§π₯πππππ₯ πͺππ₯π‘ππ‘ππ¦: ππ/5 (πΏπππ³ - π²π·πΈπ»π³π·πΎπΎπ³ πππ°ππΌπ° - π°π±πππΈπ π΄ ππ΄π»π°ππΈπΎπ½ππ·πΈπΏπ - π³πΈππ΅ππ½π²ππΈπΎπ½π°π» π΅π°πΌπΈπ»πΈπ΄π - π³π΄π°ππ· - π πΈπΎπ»π΄π½π²π΄ - πΆπ·πΎπππ - π°πππ΄πΌπΏππ΄π³ πΌπππ³π΄π - π°π²πππ°π» πΌπππ³π΄π)
β π¦π π¨π§ π€π¨ππππ§π¬: π½πΎπ½π΄/5
β π¦π π¨π§ ππ‘π§ππ‘π¦ππ§π¬ & π€π¨ππ‘π§ππ§π¬: π½πΎπ½π΄/5
β ππ«π£πππππ§π‘ππ¦π¦: π€π€/5 (πΆππ°πΏπ·πΈπ² π³π΄ππ²ππΈπΏππΈπΎπ½π πΎπ΅ π πΈπΎπ»π΄π½π²π΄/π³π΄π°ππ·/π±πΎπ³π πΏπ°πππ - πΌπ°ππππ΄ π»π°π½πΆππ°πΆπ΄)
β π₯π’π ππ‘ππ: πΉπΉ/5 (πΌπ΄π·)
β ππ’π©π π§π₯πππ‘πππ: β
β π πππ‘ π₯π’π ππ‘ππ: π΅/πΌ
β π₯ππ£: πΌπ΄π½ππ°π» πΈπ»π»π½π΄ππ
β ππ‘ππ πππ¦-π§π’-ππ’π©ππ₯π¦π‘ππ¦π¦: π½πΎπ½π΄/5
β°β°β°β°β°β°β°β°β°β°β°β°
I had some trouble putting this down because it's a rollercoaster that never stops; so full of action and nail-biting moments that made me regret not saving this for when I'm in a slup, it definitely didn't suffer from the sequel syndrome that often relegates second books in a series in a dusty corner because they're basically nothing but filler.
Hell Bent takes your preconceptions and kicks them in the ass so hard you'll never doubt a sequel ever again.
I found Alex even more interesting this time around than I did the first (I actually liked this better than I did TNH) and I had the chance to fall in love with LB's writing all over again as pages and plot progressed.
HOWEVER, I admit I expected this to go into a different direction and was a little disappointed to see it didn't. Not fully, anyway.
I found some parts to be unnecessary (or unnecessarily long) to the plot and the characters' development; in LB's defense, this sequel really felt more like a part 2 than a different story with the same characters, so I guess I should have thought of it as a continuation rather than a new adventure.
I also didn't like how you literally can't catch a breath with this story. I know I said I LOVE that this is fast-paced and packed to the brim with paranormal shenanigans, but I would have appreciated more time to decompress and between an action scene and the other and maybe spend some time in the mind of someone who wasn't Alex.
I'm also very very very very sad that (view spoiler). I mean...(view spoiler)
Oh, well, we all know this is how LB rolls, and some things aren't necessary for a book to be good, but...(view spoiler) and book 3 better provide.
Overall this was a worthy sequel and a peculiar new adventure that gives off Kingsman meets Lockwood & Co. vibes, but make it heisty and emotionally twisty.
Also, isn't just me or does Darlington actually resembles The Raven Cycle's Gansey? A grown-up, less starry-eyed version of Gansey, but their curiosity and their love for anything mythologial and magical felt the same. I love them both so much T___T
Happy reading to those who, like me, have been waiting for this for the past 84 years.
Have fun and...watch out for glowsticks.
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bookshelves: adult-and-new-adult, beasts-monsters-demons, magic-spells-superpowers, mystery-thriller-crime-podcast, paranormal-gothic-ghosts, supernatural-urban-fantasy
Mar 29, 2022
bookshelves: adult-and-new-adult, beasts-monsters-demons, magic-spells-superpowers, mystery-thriller-crime-podcast, paranormal-gothic-ghosts, supernatural-urban-fantasy
"You always looked like you had trouble chasing you."
Alex jabbed the door-close button. "So?"
"Now you look like it caught up."
This book has LB unhinged written all over the pages and IT SHOWS.
πΏππππ πππ‘π§ - ππ¬ πππππ πππ₯ππ¨ππ’πΏ
β πππ‘ππ π₯ππ§ππ‘ππ¦: βββΒ½
β π¬π/π‘π/π: π ½π °/π °
β π¦ππ₯πππ¦: π°π»π΄π πππ΄ππ½ #πΈ
β πππ‘π₯π ππ‘π π¨π‘πππ₯π§π’π‘ππ¦: π³π°ππΊ π°π²π°π³π΄πΌπΈπ° - πΏπ°ππ°π½πΎππΌπ°π» - πππ±π°π½ π΅π°π½ππ°ππ
β π£π’π©: ππΈπ½πΆπ»π΄ πΏπΎπ - ππ·πΈππ³ πΏπ΄πππΎπ½ - πΏπ°ππ ππ΄π½ππ΄
β π§π₯π’π£ππ¦: π±π°π³π°ππ π΅πΌπ² - πΌπ΄π½ππΎπ/πΌπ΄π½ππ΄π΄ (πΏπ»π°ππΎπ½πΈπ²) ππ΄π»π°ππΈπΎπ½ππ·πΈπΏ
β ππππ₯πππ§ππ₯π¦: π₯π₯π₯/5
β πͺπ₯ππ§ππ‘π: βπΌβπΌβπΌβπΌ/5
β π£ππ’π§: ππππ/5
β πππ₯π π§πππ ππ¦ & π§π₯πππππ₯ πͺππ₯π‘ππ‘ππ¦: ππ/5 (πΏπππ³ - π²π·πΈπ»π³π·πΎπΎπ³ πππ°ππΌπ° - π°π±πππΈπ π΄ ππ΄π»π°ππΈπΎπ½ππ·πΈπΏπ - π³πΈππ΅ππ½π²ππΈπΎπ½π°π» π΅π°πΌπΈπ»πΈπ΄π - π³π΄π°ππ· - π πΈπΎπ»π΄π½π²π΄ - πΆπ·πΎπππ - π°πππ΄πΌπΏππ΄π³ πΌπππ³π΄π - π°π²πππ°π» πΌπππ³π΄π)
β π¦π π¨π§ π€π¨ππππ§π¬: π½πΎπ½π΄/5
β π¦π π¨π§ ππ‘π§ππ‘π¦ππ§π¬ & π€π¨ππ‘π§ππ§π¬: π½πΎπ½π΄/5
β ππ«π£πππππ§π‘ππ¦π¦: π€π€/5 (πΆππ°πΏπ·πΈπ² π³π΄ππ²ππΈπΏππΈπΎπ½π πΎπ΅ π πΈπΎπ»π΄π½π²π΄/π³π΄π°ππ·/π±πΎπ³π πΏπ°πππ - πΌπ°ππππ΄ π»π°π½πΆππ°πΆπ΄)
β π₯π’π ππ‘ππ: πΉπΉ/5 (πΌπ΄π·)
β ππ’π©π π§π₯πππ‘πππ: β
β π πππ‘ π₯π’π ππ‘ππ: π΅/πΌ
β π₯ππ£: πΌπ΄π½ππ°π» πΈπ»π»π½π΄ππ
β ππ‘ππ πππ¦-π§π’-ππ’π©ππ₯π¦π‘ππ¦π¦: π½πΎπ½π΄/5
β°β°β°β°β°β°β°β°β°β°β°β°
I had some trouble putting this down because it's a rollercoaster that never stops; so full of action and nail-biting moments that made me regret not saving this for when I'm in a slup, it definitely didn't suffer from the sequel syndrome that often relegates second books in a series in a dusty corner because they're basically nothing but filler.
Hell Bent takes your preconceptions and kicks them in the ass so hard you'll never doubt a sequel ever again.
I found Alex even more interesting this time around than I did the first (I actually liked this better than I did TNH) and I had the chance to fall in love with LB's writing all over again as pages and plot progressed.
HOWEVER, I admit I expected this to go into a different direction and was a little disappointed to see it didn't. Not fully, anyway.
I found some parts to be unnecessary (or unnecessarily long) to the plot and the characters' development; in LB's defense, this sequel really felt more like a part 2 than a different story with the same characters, so I guess I should have thought of it as a continuation rather than a new adventure.
I also didn't like how you literally can't catch a breath with this story. I know I said I LOVE that this is fast-paced and packed to the brim with paranormal shenanigans, but I would have appreciated more time to decompress and between an action scene and the other and maybe spend some time in the mind of someone who wasn't Alex.
I'm also very very very very sad that (view spoiler). I mean...(view spoiler)
Oh, well, we all know this is how LB rolls, and some things aren't necessary for a book to be good, but...(view spoiler) and book 3 better provide.
Overall this was a worthy sequel and a peculiar new adventure that gives off Kingsman meets Lockwood & Co. vibes, but make it heisty and emotionally twisty.
Also, isn't just me or does Darlington actually resembles The Raven Cycle's Gansey? A grown-up, less starry-eyed version of Gansey, but their curiosity and their love for anything mythologial and magical felt the same. I love them both so much T___T
Happy reading to those who, like me, have been waiting for this for the past 84 years.
Have fun and...watch out for glowsticks.
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Reading Progress
March 29, 2022
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March 29, 2022
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January 13, 2023
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Started Reading
January 15, 2023
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"i can't believe i forgot darlington's cat's name is cosmo especially considering i named my goldfish cosmo because i got him while i was reading TNH and absolutely loved the name"
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January 21, 2023
– Shelved as:
adult-and-new-adult
January 21, 2023
– Shelved as:
beasts-monsters-demons
January 21, 2023
– Shelved as:
magic-spells-superpowers
January 21, 2023
– Shelved as:
mystery-thriller-crime-podcast
January 21, 2023
– Shelved as:
paranormal-gothic-ghosts
January 21, 2023
– Shelved as:
supernatural-urban-fantasy
January 21, 2023
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Finished Reading
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Perfect gif!! π
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Catherine wrote: "Perfect gif!! π"Very versatile tooπ€£
Now this is funny and so apropos! π
Kristi wrote: "Now this is funny and so apropos! π"ππ
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Richard is slow to respond wrote: "I take full responsibility and I'm not even sorry ππ€"
you took points from me ahhπ influenced accidentally by my review for the first booksorry you didn't like the direction in which this was going all that much, babe! i really hoped you would - but at least you enjoyed reading. (view spoiler)
β¨β€ Summer β€β¨ wrote: "you took points from me ahhπ influenced accidentally by my review for the first booksorry you didn't like the direction in which this was going all that much, babe! i really hoped you would - but ..."
omg did I copy from your review? π° I just wrote this on a whim, so sorry if parts resemble your review of TNH! I swear I didn't do it on purpose.
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I think it just shows you have a freaky mind connection with Lila tooβ¦Also love your titanic ref β₯οΈ
Sorry it wasnβt everything you hoped it would beβ¦ π
hey no way i mean not that!!! stop panicking bby not like that i mean you hated the book bc you saw my review, you know. and thank you for that (but it's a real shame it's not really shown π pity, at least something i'd have got out of this experience lol)
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Koistyfishy wrote: "I think it just shows you have a freaky mind connection with Lila tooβ¦Also love your titanic ref β₯οΈ
Sorry it wasnβt everything you hoped it would beβ¦ π"
I must have absorbed her thoughts in my mind π
It wasn't bad overall, I still had fun with it just...it wasn't as great as I thought it'd be π«
Thanks for always getting my references π
β¨β€ Summer β€β¨ wrote: "hey no way i mean not that!!! stop panicking bby not like that i mean you hated the book bc you saw my review, you know. and thank you for that (but it's a real shame it's not really shown π pity..."
Oh, phew π I thought I'd inadvertently wrote lines I'd read from you!
And like I said to Koisty... I liked it, in the end, but it wasn't my favorite LB book π«
Richard is slow to respond wrote: "Wonderful review, darling π I think that I liked this one better than Ninth House also. And I agree with what you said in the spoilers π"Thanks, hon π©΅
Looool that was almost my favorite part π
omg darlington has reminded me so much of gansey since day one and I always thought i was the only one seeing this
Fiona β¨ wrote: "omg darlington has reminded me so much of gansey since day one and I always thought i was the only one seeing this"OMG IM SO HAPPY I FOUND ANOTHER GANSEY ENTHUSIAST π©΅π©΅π©΅
aahh yes he's one of my all time favourite characters !!
Fiona β¨ wrote: "aahh yes he's one of my all time favourite characters !!"SAMEEEEEE! So underestimated and misunderstood π©
Fiona β¨ wrote: "omg darlington has reminded me so much of gansey since day one and I always thought i was the only one seeing this"Now that you said yes! I thought he acted like Mr. Darcy from Pride and Prejudice.
I love your review and π― YES on the kiss. If they donβt hook up at some point Iβm giving all the books 1 star in revolt. Iβm obsessed with Danny and his monster cock. Even if she doesnβt get explicitβ¦ it MUST happen.
