For the uninitiated,Leigh BardugosNinth Housemight seem like your standard campus novel.
But the authors legions of dedicated fans know that the tome represents several big turning points.
Its a book that, according to Bardugo, has two origins.
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While the occult aspects ofNinth Houseare fictional, much of the story is real.
But dont let these veiled groups trick you into thinking she was intimidated by the story.
Let me put it this way, she says with a laugh.
Otherwise youd hold your meetings someplace a lot more inconspicuous.
Its a side that Bardugo identifies with and saw reflected back in her observances of modern college life.
There were times in the writing ofNinth Housewhere I thought, have I gone too far?
Am I writing the memory of an undergraduate experience, as opposed to an undergraduate experience?
And then my Google alerts would ping and I would think, No, I havent gone far enough.
Ninth Houseis available now.
