false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255665115m/601719.jpg 51428 16 In this sequel to the Victorian fantasy <i>A Great and Terrible Beauty</i>, Gemma continues to pursue her role as the one destined to bind the magic of the Realms and restore it to the Order--a mysterious group who have been overthrown by a rebellion. Gemma, Felicity and Ann, (her girlfriends at Spence Academy for Young Ladies), use magical power to transport themselves on visits from their corseted world to the visionary country of the Realms, with its strange beauty and menace. There they search for the lost Temple, the key to Gemma's mission, and comfort Pippa, their friend who has been left behind in the Realms. After these visits they bring back magical power for a short time to use in their own world. Meanwhile, Gemma is torn between her attraction to the exotic Kartik, the messenger from the opposing forces of the Rakshana, and the handsome but clueless Simon, a young man of good family who is courting her. The complicated plot thickens when Gemma discovers a woman in Bedlam madhouse who knows where to find the Temple; Ann shows signs of being enamored of Gemma's loutish brother Tom, and their father's addiction to laudanum lands him in an opium den. A large part of the enjoyment of this unusual fantasy comes from the Victorian milieu and its restrictive rules about the behavior of proper young ladies, as contrasted with the unimaginable possibilities of the Realms, where Gemma has power to confront gorgons and ghosts and the responsibility to save a world. (Ages 12 and up) <i>--Patty Campbell</i> 1696926 book 2003 Rebel Angels (Gemma Doyle, #2) total:8506|5:3085|4:3115|3:1841|2:388|1:77| 8506 34261 11529 1063 5 15 false false Mon Jun 25 17:53:37 -0700 2007 Sat Mar 22 19:47:09 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 5 false true Fri Feb 13 14:18:12 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 30 09:06:18 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 13 14:18:12 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 4 false false Mon May 26 16:32:08 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 22 18:11:47 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Tue Sep 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 30 19:28:21 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 02 20:17:48 -0700 2008
So far I love this series way too much to be healthy. You know you've got me hooked when I start going all delusional and forget that there is this ...more...]]> 5 2 false false Thu Jan 31 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 13 11:34:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 31 21:58:06 -0800 2008 A Great and Terrible Beauty, Gemma, Felicity and Anne venture to London over the Christmas holidays. Gemma finds a new love interest among the peerage and Felicity and Anne undertake a daring deception about Anne's social status. Amid the...more...]]> 4 3 false false Sun Oct 21 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 23 11:57:39 -0700 2007 Tue May 27 09:55:24 -0700 2008 A Great and Terrible Beauty, set two months after, a new, ...more...]]> 3 2 false false Fri Feb 22 12:47:34 -0800 2008 Wed Jul 01 06:36:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Dec 04 18:16:12 -0800 2007 Wed Oct 15 14:35:14 -0700 2008 2

This book's way better than the second, because she gets away from Spence, and there is more action. I like the fact that Simon's there (Kartik has some competition!), and that he's still going to be there in...more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri Nov 21 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 22 17:54:15 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 22 18:03:31 -0800 2008
It's greatest strength is still there: the young women retain their complex, realistic relationship as they struggle ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Aug 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 29 10:36:31 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 10 16:06:40 -0700 2008 Rebel Angels is the second book in Libba Bray's Gemma Doyle trilogy. After reading the first book, A Great and Terrible Beauty, I wasn't all that excited to finish the series. I just felt that the book promised something that it couldn't entirely deliver. I'm really glad I gave the series a second c...more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 15 23:54:36 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 14 23:30:51 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Nov 24 10:23:22 -0800 2007 Sat Nov 24 10:23:22 -0800 2007 A Great and Terrible Beauty), I thought, "Oh no, not ano...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Nov 21 13:27:20 -0800 2007 Wed Jan 02 15:11:16 -0800 2008 548 pages (counts as two books)
My opinions on this book changed with almost every chapter. When I first started, I was somewhat disappointed. What I liked so much about the first book in the series, A Great and Terrible Beauty, was how realistic the dialogue and narration was for the tim...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Sep 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 06 09:05:25 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 02 09:13:21 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 2 false false Mon Mar 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Feb 28 11:56:25 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 16 20:27:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Jul 29 01:18:44 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 29 03:15:22 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Apr 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 09 13:13:01 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 17 10:01:31 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Dec 14 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 23 11:23:29 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 23 11:47:21 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Nov 26 21:47:37 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 26 21:50:36 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 1 false true Mon Jul 13 11:03:42 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 11:09:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=601719