Gideon the Ninth

Gideon wants nothing more than to escape from a planet that never felt like a real home to her - except, during her most recent escape attempt, she is caught and convinced to join her beloathed necromancer Harrow for a set of trials that will make Harrow immortal. But at Canaan House, where the trials are to take place, nothing is quite as it seems, and with the contestants' lives at stake, Gideon and Harrow are forced to work together to uncover secrets that are greater than anything they were prepared for. With Gideon's snarky attitude, her dirty humor and her sometimes surprisingly relatable trains of thought, this story is immensely fun to follow along. As there are a lot of characters, it might be difficult to follow along at first, but once you get into it, it becomes incredibly hard to put it down. With all the secrets and unexpected connections between characters that get unraveled over time, this is one of those books that truly shines most on the second read: When you already know what to expect, and you really begin noticing all the little details from the beginning that hint at the grand revelations happening later in the book. Plot twists are en-masse in this book, and it will keep you on your toes until you finally get to the end - and then, the book hangover really hits hard.

Gideon will nichts lieber, als aus dem Neunten Haus zu entkommen. Doch bei ihrem neuesten Fluchtversuch wird sie von Harrow, der Erbin dieses Hauses erwischt und prompt dazu verdammt ihr in einem Wettkampf der neun Häuser als Schwertmeisterin zu dienen. Der erste Teil der Locked-Tomb-Reihe von Tamsyn Muir ist eine Science-Fantasy Geschichte voller Schwertkämpfer, Totenbeschwörer, einem geheimnissvollen Haus und schmutzigem Humor. Den Überblick über die Häuser und Charaktere zu behalten ist am Anfang recht schwer, doch mit der Zeit wachsen sie einem ans Herz. Eine unglaublich gute LGBTQ+/Sci-Fi Story!

You think you know where this book is going? Wrong! You might do so but even the characters don't know what's going on. Hail to the Ninth House with their mini goth queen and her badass, sarcastic, lesbian beefcake chavalier (who's just great but a absolute unreliable narrator). Love it!

Wow! It's been a minute since I read fantasy in gerneral, so I was a bit hesitant about this 450-pages chonky boi! What can I say; this was so good, the world-building was amazing and I cannot wait to read the other parts of the series <3

unhinged lesbians do bone cult magic in space and ruin everybody's lives. 10/10, changed my brain chemistry forever.