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Amy
May 18, 2009 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: regency, read-in-2009
Summary: I was disappointed in this book, but if you liked the first, you should go ahead and plow through this one. The third is better, but you might need background information from this one to understand it.

I was excited about reading this after reading Sorcery and Cecelia or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot Being the Correspondence of Two Young Ladies of Quality Regarding Various Magical Scandals in London and the Country; unfortunately, this one did not work as well.
Instead of using letters bet
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Sarah Sammis
Jan 18, 2008 rated it it was amazing
I finally finished reading The Grand Tour (the sequel to Sorcery and Cecilia) and I enjoyed it thoroughly. As the four main characters are together in their adventure this time the story is far more coherent. The characters are allowed to interact from the get go rather than waiting for the details to slowly filter through the back and forth letters. This time the story is told in diary form (again from Cecy and Kate's POV's) and all I can say is that Cecy and Kate are far better diary writers t ...more
Cindywho
Sep 03, 2007 rated it liked it
A follow up to Sorcery and Cecelia... The girls are on their honeymoons and having a lovely adventure. It's not quite the same as having a letter game and it seems a little harder to tell them apart at times. It's all fun and fluff, though the paternalistic nature of their marriages is a bit creepy but true to the story. I enjoyed it, but not as much as the first one. (December 16, 2004) ...more
Kaushalya
Sep 21, 2008 rated it really liked it
Shelves: fantasy, women, biblio
My favourite is still the Chocolate Pot but I like this very much too
TRXTRMXTR
Mar 21, 2007 rated it liked it
Sarah
Jun 20, 2007 rated it really liked it
Wendy
Jul 02, 2007 rated it liked it
Shelves: sf-fantasy
Shigi
Oct 24, 2007 rated it liked it
Shelves: fantasy, regency
Amy
Oct 26, 2007 rated it really liked it
Sarah
Oct 27, 2007 rated it really liked it
Alice
Dec 17, 2007 rated it really liked it
katayoun Masoodi
Jan 28, 2008 rated it really liked it
Shelves: fantasy, favorites
Stacey Swainston
Mar 15, 2008 rated it really liked it
Inky
Apr 07, 2008 rated it liked it
Liz
Jun 21, 2008 rated it it was amazing
Mir
Jun 29, 2008 rated it really liked it
Shelves: fantasy, epistolary
Pauline
Jul 16, 2008 rated it really liked it
Phil
Oct 30, 2008 marked it as included-in-kindle-omnibus  ·  review of another edition
Jaime H
Jun 22, 2009 marked it as to-read
Elizabeth
Oct 29, 2009 rated it really liked it
Shelves: young-adult
Delanie
Dec 15, 2009 rated it really liked it
Nova
Mar 11, 2017 rated it it was ok
Shelves: never-finished
Lynne
Dec 28, 2013 marked it as to-read-ya
Jennifer
Jun 16, 2014 marked it as definitely-want-to-read
Elizabeth
Jun 13, 2022 rated it it was ok
Shelves: fantasy-sci-fi