Brava to Libba Bray for a thoroughly entertaining, imaginative, and original novel. Yet its greatest charm is Gemma herself-powerful yet insecure, intelligent and witty, yet gauche in society, searching for a place in a world constantly trying to put her in her place. Like the first book, Rebel Angels is a complex and well-blended mix of fantasy, mystery, romance, and even a little horror, all dressed up in historical costumes. Bray has a firm grasp of the cruel interactions of young women, and she keeps the tension among them taut even as they work together to defeat Circe, a witch trying to claim the power of The Realms for herself-leaving corpses and madwomen in her wake. Three sixteen-year-olds-rich Felicity, impoverished Ann, and the new girl, Gemma-head off to London for the 1895 Christmas season, still committed in their quest to bind the wild magic of The Realms, the world into which only Gemma has the power to enter. In this thrilling sequel, Gemma continues to pursue her destiny to bind the magic. 14 Hours and 6 Minutes Imprint: Listening Library Ages 12 and up Release Date: April 25, 2006. In this companion book to the New York Times bestseller A Great and Terrible Beauty, Libba Bray takes up where she left off, at Spence Academy, a posh English finishing school. Rebel Angels: The Gemma Doyle Trilogy (Paperback, ANZ Only).
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