A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

Dec 18, 2009 Zakiya LadyWings rated it it was amazing

Shelves: adventure, historical-fiction, atbynr, own, 2010-books, young-adult, april-2010, absolute-favorites

A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle trilogy, #1)
By Libba Bray
Publisher: Delacorte Press, 2003
403 pages
Read: 4/5/2010
Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult, Historical Fiction

First Line of Book: " 'Please tell me that's not going to be part of my birthday dinner this evening.' "

Review: A Great and Terrible Beauty was a great series/trilogy beginner. The story revolves around the series's main character and protagonist, and my favorite character, Gemma Doyle. She's sent to Spence Academy for Young Ladi ...more

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Oct 13, 2010 Melissa rated it it was ok

Shelves: library-book, ya

This book confused me. For the longest time i thought it was about a girl whose beauty was terrible. It was a surprise to me that it was not the case. Instead it was a very very weird story. Now i'm all gun-oh for the magical and mysteries types books, but this one left me disappointed. It may be the Gothic type atmosphere and the whole weirdness of the "other world" and everything through me off. Neither of the characters did anything for me. Not much to say since it was just an "eh" type book. ...more

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Dec 08, 2010 Carys rated it really liked it

Shelves: magic-realism, bubblegum, 2011-books

This was a great and easy read. Teenagers dealing with angst and parents who don't love them or don't understand them. Escaping from their problems into magical realms which give them the power to feel powerful for a while, as oppossed to the constant feeling of being powerless - everyone else is deciding how they will live there lives. Gypsy's, psychic powers, victorian england, dead people, mysteries, magic - what is not to love. ...more

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