Sian Dollard’s Reviews > Ninth House > Status Update

Finished and I enjoyed it. Was right that Belbalm was involved but hadn’t suspected that it was in the past and not now. Sandow being the one to take Darlington and kill Tara was a surprise after he’d been written off several times but it makes sense. Glad the sequel will at least try to get Darlington back.

Still feels a bit can’t fetched and like we haven’t fully uncovered what happened, I suppose that’s to be expected with only about 50 pages to go. If Blake wasn’t the killer then who was? Was it actually Lance who’s trying to pin it on others? Maybe Belbalm is more invested than we think, she comes up a lot for someone not involved and it would connect to Colin. Hope Darlington comes back even if not human

Interesting to see what had actually happened with Alex but unsure if she has full control over utilising the grays. Seems like she thinks Darlington is completely gone so where does that leave us on that story? Is she going to live all of this out for him or will he somehow come back as a gray she can use.

Finally getting into it, how did Tara and lance manage to be so integrated into so many societies? Was the detour with the roommates just to find out that they drug dealers had more on offer than previously assumed? Is Tara’s story like Alex’s, once destined for good things and a place like Yale but found by others?

Some Darlington backstory to make us understand why this means so much to him and why he’s so willing to die for it. Is the Tara death to do with getting rid of Lethe? Have they come too close or taken too much and the societies are dealing with it as a group?

I like seeing Alex’s past help her here, she’s got instincts on who she should and shouldn’t trust from experience. Want Darlington back but don’t know where they go from there with the others. Did people get rid of him and are they the same people trying to stop Alex or unconnected.

Finally made it past where I had before. The key to the greys and this murder may be simply the life used to take Tara’s or maybe it’s connected to Darlington as well. It must be magical and not the boyfriend but can’t work out if it’s the adults or if one of the societies have made an error.

Still at points I’ve already read before but should be moving past that soon. Understand where the conflict comes from but unsure how we get to Darlington being dead and why it has to be a secret.

Still not much to go on at this point but certainly intriguing. Hoping that I can keep up with all the societies and things this time and not get too lost in it to follow the plot.

Just the prologue again, clearly missed the part about a bite and dogs several time before so hopefully pay more attention this time around.