Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo - Drinks & Discussion

Ladies,

See the book description at the end, but please review some housekeeping first:

We can bring whatever we like into The Parlour, so please feel free to BYOB! You can bring in wine, ingredients for cocktails, sodas, tea, etc. I will bring in some waters for everyone, and I DO have four bottles of wine left from the first event, so I'll bring those for anyone to enjoy! I'd also love if we could potluck some snacks to share. Something small, easy, and affordable is perfectly fine. If everyone brings a little something, we'll have a nice spread to nibble at throughout the night. Also, I've been informed by the venue that our ending time is flexible if things are still going strong at the end of our time.

I cannot wait to see you all again! Your host, Kelly

NINTH HOUSE DESCRIPTION:

"Galaxy 'Alex' Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale’s freshman class. Raised in the Los Angeles hinterlands by a hippie mom, Alex dropped out of school early and into a world of shady drug-dealer boyfriends, dead-end jobs, and much, much worse. In fact, by age twenty, she is the sole survivor of a horrific, unsolved multiple homicide. Some might say she’s thrown her life away. But at her hospital bed, Alex is offered a second chance: to attend one of the world’s most prestigious universities on a full ride. What’s the catch, and why her?

Still searching for answers, Alex arrives in New Haven tasked by her mysterious benefactors with monitoring the activities of Yale’s secret societies. Their eight windowless 'tombs' are the well-known haunts of the rich and powerful, from high-ranking politicos to Wall Street’s biggest players. But their occult activities are more sinister and more extraordinary than any paranoid imagination might conceive. They tamper with forbidden magic. They raise the dead. And, sometimes, they prey on the living."