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Overview

Gemma Doyle is looking forward to a holiday from Spence Academy—spending time with her friends in the city, attending balls in fancy gowns with plunging necklines, and dallying with the handsome Lord Denby. Yet amid these distractions, her visions intensify—visions of three girls dressed in white, to whom something horrific has happened that only the realms can explain.

The lure is strong, and soon Gemma, Felicity, and Ann are turning flowers into butterflies in the enchanted world that Gemma takes them to. To the girls' great joy, their beloved Pippa is there as well, eager to complete their circle of friendship.

But all is not well in the realms—or out. Kartik is back, desperately insisting to Gemma that she must bind the magic, lest colossal disaster befall her. Gemma is willing to comply, for this would bring her face-to-face with her late mother's greatest friend, now Gemma's foe—Circe. Until Circe is destroyed, Gemma cannot live out her destiny. But finding Circe proves a most perilous task. . . .

This sumptuous companion to A Great and Terrible Beauty teems with Victorian thrills and chills that play out against the rich backdrop of 1895 London, a place of shadows and light . . . where inside great beauty can lie a rebel angel.

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In this magnificent and mystical follow-up to A Great and Terrible Beauty, Gemma Doyle faces her biggest challenge yet, as she returns to the magical realms on a quest to find the Temple and bind the magic she released in her last adventure. Featuring complex and compelling characters and an intricately woven plot, this riveting fantasy is steeped in Victorian sensibility -- and filled with history, mystery, and spellbinding romance.

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"Although Bray's follow-up to A Great and Terrible Beauty feels a bit like a bridge between the launch and the next installment in her series," said PW, "fans of the author's first novel will nonetheless remain enthralled." Ages 12-up. (Dec.) Copyright 2007 Reed Business Information.

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Children's Literature

In this, the author's companion to A Great and Terrible Beauty, the reader joins three girls, Gemma, Felicity, and Ann, at the Spence Academy for Young Ladies as the Christmas holiday season approaches. It immediately becomes apparent that these are not average young ladies of the late 1890s in England. While they might fit the mold of the prim and proper private-school girls, you quickly realize that they are carrying a hidden, dark secret. The girls travel to London for the Christmas holidays, where they are embroiled in the social events of the season, their families, and travel into the world of magic. Talk of "the Realm" and "the Order," "the Eastern Star" and "the Rakshana" fills their conversations. Gemma, knowing that her mother died as a result of her own work for the Order, has visions of three young ladies in white who call to her to follow them into the Realm. Along with Felicity and Ann, she is able to visit the realm to search for the Temple, that is "rumored to be the source of all power in the realms", where they believe they will "bind the magic" to re-establish the Order as the ruler of the realms. Danger lurks in every corner because they do not know who they can trust, in both the real world and the world of magic. The Rakshana, a new teacher at their school, Kartik, a young man from India, whose brother died along with Gemma's mother when the "Runes of the Oracle" were destroyed, are all there to help or hinder the search. Filled with darkness and fear, the story also tells of friendship and love, reliance and rebellion. Every family has its secrets and those in this story are no different, but also very different. This novel has enough mystery and excitementto thrill the most critical readers. 2005, Delacorte Press, Ages 12 up.
—Naomi Williamson

Children's Literature

In book II of Bray's trilogy, which takes place two months after the events in book I, sixteen-year-old Gemma and her Spence Academy friends Felicity and Ann travel to London to celebrate Christmas. Kartik, a Rakshana novitiate, is back. His mission is to persuade Gemma to locate the Temple and bind the magic in the realms, and then kill her. Gemma's foe, Circe, is also trying to assume control of the power by finding the Temple. Meanwhile, Gemma's feelings are torn between Kartik and an aristocrat named Simon Middleton. Gemma also deals with her father's addiction and Felicity's history of incest. Gemma finally discovers Circe's identity and a battle for the magical power ensues. Set in 1895 England, this tale is aptly narrated by British voice actor Josephine Bailey. Fans of the fantasy genre will enjoy this suspenseful unabridged audio book. Although it is lengthy—fourteen hours on twelve compact discs—this title will hold the young adult listener's attention. The story is fast-paced with a few exceptions. Even though Bray's story occurs in 1895, today's adolescents will relate to its issues—dating, molestation, addiction, self-doubt, inner strength, and friendship. Before listening to this recording, it is beneficial, but not imperative, to read the print version or listen to the audio version of book I. Look for the release of book III in the fall of 2007.

School Library Journal

Gr 8 Up-The sequel (Delacorte, 2005) to Libba Bray's A Great and Terrible Beauty (Delacorte, 2003; Listening Library, 2004) takes up 17-year-old Gemma Doyle's adventures above ground, in Victorian London, and below in the magical Realms, just days after the first book ended. Narrator Josephine Bailey remains consistent and inspired in the range of accents and tones she provides for Gemma, her posh friend Felicity, their whiney classmate Ann, the mysterious and sensual Indian youth Kartik, and the newly introduced characters that include a suspicious new teacher and a patient at London's famous Bethlehem Hospital (Bedlam). Those unfamiliar with the prequel to the current adventures may find themselves a bit lost at the outset, but the flurry of immediate events will soon catch them up as Gemma works feverishly to understand how she can bind the magic running loose in the Realms, whether Kartik is her ally or her deadly opponent, and if her father's moodiness is an expression of the continuing grief at her mother's death or an opiate habit. Added to these Gothic matters is the fact that Gemma must come to terms with her feelings for the young man who pays her court during the Christmas holidays she's spending away from finishing school and in her grandmother's house. Bray realizes the time period not only in her skillfully embedded descriptions of sounds, textures, and smells, but also by evoking the social framework within which Gemma must move, at least while above ground. The Realms, on the other hand, include both other worldly beauty and ghastliness, befitting of hallucinations. Gemma proves her strength and her charity in both arenas.-Francisca Goldsmith, Berkeley Public Library, CA Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Kirkus Reviews

What beastly luck. When Victorian schoolgirl Gemma Doyle smashed the magical realms' runes two months ago (A Great and Terrible Beauty, 2003), she thought she was destroying evil. Instead, she unbound the magic and made it available to any malevolent force. In London for the Christmas holidays, Gemma must bind the power before disaster falls-but bind for whom? The all-female Order, which allowed corruption to enter the realms in the first place? The male secret society of the Rakshana, which wants Gemma dead? Betrayal is in the air, and the backstabbing distrust of London, where any girl or woman might be the evil Circe in disguise, is a far cry from the budding homoeroticism of Gemma's earlier adventure. To make matters worse, Gemma's father has become an opium eater, her erstwhile lover Kartik might be planning her death and her only clues to Circe's identity come from a Bedlamite. While the characters and setting lack the lush richness and depth that made the first volume appealing, Gemma's shivery adventures, lacking easy answers, make for an exciting mystical quest. (Fantasy. YA)

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780385733410
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Publication date: 12/26/2006
Edition description: Reprint
Pages: 592
Sales rank: 113,515
Age range: 12 - 17 Years
Lexile: 0680L (what's this?)
Series: Gemma Doyle Trilogy , #2
Product dimensions: 5.41 (w) x 7.99 (h) x 1.28 (d)

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Libba Bray

Libba Bray's two novels, A Great and Terrible Beauty and Rebel Angels, both became New York Times bestsellers. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband and their son, cat, and two goldfish.

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December 1895
Spence Academy for Young Ladies

Ah, Christmas!
The very mention of the holiday conjures such precious, sentimental memories for most: a tall evergreen tree hung with tinsel and glass; gaily wrapped presents strewn about; a roaring fire and glasses filled with cheer; carolers grouped round the door, their jaunty hats catching the snow as it falls; a nice fat goose resting upon a platter, surrounded by apples. And of course, fig pudding for dessert.
Right. Jolly good. I should like to see that very much.
These images of Christmas cheer are miles away from where I sit now, at the Spence Academy for Young Ladies, forced to construct a drummer boy ornament using only tinfoil, cotton, and a small bit of string, as if performing some diabolical experiment in cadaver regeneration. Mary Shelley's monster could not be half so frightening as this ridiculous thing. The figure will not remind a soul of Christmas happiness. More likely, it will reduce children to tears.
"This is impossible," I grumble. I elicit no pity from any quarter. Even Felicity and Ann, my two dearest friends, which is to say my only friends here, will not come to my aid. Ann is determined to turn wet sugar and small bits of kindling into an exact replica of the Christ child in a manger. She seems to take no notice of anything beyond her own two hands. For her part, Felicity turns her cool gray eyes to me as if to say, Suffer. I am.
No, instead, it is the beastly Cecily Temple who answers me. Dear, dear Cecily, or as I affectionately refer to her in the privacy of my mind, She Who Inflicts Misery Simply by Breathing.
"I cannot fathom what is giving you such trouble, Miss Doyle. Really, it is the simplest thing in the world. Look, I've done four already." She holds out her four perfect tinfoil boys for inspection. There is a round of oohing and aahing over their beautifully shaped arms, the tiny woolen scarves—knit by Cecily's capable hands, but of course—and those delicate licorice smiles that make them seem overjoyed to be hanging by the neck from a Christmas tree.
Two weeks until Christmas and my mood blackens by the hour. The tinfoil boy seems to be begging me to shoot him. Compelled by a force larger than myself, I cannot seem to keep from placing the crippled ornament boy on the side table and performing a little show. I move the ugly thing, forcing him to drag his useless leg like Mr. Dickens's treacly Tiny Tim.
"God bless us, every one," I warble in a pathetic, high-pitched voice.
This is greeted by horrified silence. Every eye is averted. Even Felicity, who is not known as the soul of decorum, seems cowed. Behind me, there is the familiar sound of a throat being cleared in grand disapproval. I turn to see Mrs. Nightwing, Spence's frosty headmistress, staring down at me as if I were a leper. Blast.
"Miss Doyle, do you suppose that to be humorous? Making light of the very real pain of London's unfortunates?"
"I—I . . . why . . ."
Mrs. Nightwing peers at me over her spectacles. Her graying pouf of hair is like a nimbus warning of the storm to come.
"Perhaps, Miss Doyle, if you were to spend time in service to the poor, wrapping bandages as I once did in my own youth during the Crimean War, you would acquire a healthy and much-needed dose of sympathy."
"Y-yes, Mrs. Nightwing. I don't know how I could have been so unkind," I blabber.
Out of the corner of my eye, I can see Felicity and Ann hunched over their ornaments as if they were fascinating relics from an archeological dig. I note that their shoulders are trembling, and I realize that they are fighting laughter over my terrible plight. There's friendship for you.
"For this you shall lose ten good conduct marks and I shall expect you to perform an act of charity during the holiday as penance."
"Yes, Mrs. Nightwing."
"You shall write a full account of this charitable act and tell me how it has enriched your character."
"Yes, Mrs. Nightwing."
"And that ornament needs much work."
"Yes, Mrs. Nightwing."
"Have you any questions?"
"Yes, Mrs. Nightwing. I meant, no, Mrs. Nightwing. Thank you."
An act of charity? Over the holiday? Would enduring time with my brother, Thomas, count toward that end? Blast. I've done it now.
"Mrs. Nightwing?" The sheer sound of Cecily's voice could make me froth at the mouth. "I hope these are satisfactory. I do so want to be of service to the unfortunate."
It's possible that I shall lose consciousness from holding back a very loud Ha! at this. Cecily, who never misses an opportunity to tease Ann about her scholarship status, wants nothing to do with the poor. What she does want is to be Mrs. Nightwing's lapdog.
Mrs. Nightwing holds Cecily's perfect ornaments up to the light for inspection. "These are exemplary, Miss Temple. I commend you."
Cecily gives a very smug smile. "Thank you, Mrs. Nightwing."
Ah, Christmas.
With a heavy sigh, I take apart my pathetic ornament and begin again. My eyes burn and blur. I rub them but it does no good. What I need is sleep, but sleep is the very thing I fear. For weeks, I've been haunted by wicked warnings of dreams. I cannot remember much when I awaken, only snatches here and there. A sky roiling with red and gray. A painted flower dripping tears of blood. Strange forests of light. My face, grave and questioning, reflected in water. But the images that stay with me are of her, beautiful and sad.
"Why did you leave me here?" she cries, and I cannot answer. "I want to come back. I want us to be together again." I break away and run, but her cry finds me. "It's your fault, Gemma! You left me here! You left me!"
That is all I remember when I wake each morning before dawn, gasping and covered in perspiration, more tired than when I went to bed. They are only dreams. Then why do they leave me feeling so troubled?

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songcatchers

Posted October 25, 2008

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will leave you wanting more...

This second novel in Libba Bray's trilogy is at least as good as the first, A Great and Terrible Beauty. This has all the magic and intrigue of the first book plus more! We get to explore more of The Realms and see more of the strange and unique inhabitants. Gemma struggles to find the Temple in the Realms and bind the magic that is running rampant for anyone to abuse. She struggles to help her father with his addiction to laudanum. She struggles with her feelings about the dashing Simon Middleton as well as her feelings for Kartik. Gemma has many conflicts to face and overcome in Rebel Angels. There are characters in this book who are not who they seem to be and Gemma has to decide who she can trust and who she cannot. Libba Bray is a fantastic writer who brings her characters to life. She does a wonderful job at giving each character a distinct personality. This book has humor, romance, suspense, fantasy all blended together into a story that is fun, entertaining and will leave you wanting more!

4 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
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Niesey31

Posted March 22, 2011

wow

what an amazing trilogy!!! highly recommend the Gemma Doyle series to anyone who enjoys supernaturl mixed with some romance and excitement!!!! I am a 32 year old woman so that just goes to show its not just for teen readers. could not put this one down, anything i say couldnt do it much justice just read it!!!!

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SILENT_SOUL

Posted January 4, 2011

I love it. Simple.

#2 of this series is intense and you can tell it'll bring a bang to the last book. This book brought more life into the characters. This book is highly recommended for the reader who wants something more than just a quick read. If you love a good mystery that will leave you guessing till the very end then this book is for you. Beautiful writing, angles and the right amount of romance circulates smoothly in Rebel Angels.

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WingdReader6

Posted March 3, 2009

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A wonderful sequel

"Rebel Angels" was such a great sequel to the already amazing "The Great and Terrible Beauty". Libba Bray has done an amazing job on this follow up as with the first book I couldn't stay away till I was finished.

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Christinewannabe47

Posted February 28, 2009

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Excellent book!

Another excellent book by Bray. Intriguing, sad, happy, exciting, what else do you want? Not slow, a wonderful read. The characters flourish even more, if that's at all possible. Even if you haven't read the first, it's easy to pick up the story, which is great. Definately a keeper and a part of my library for a very long time!

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Posted February 23, 2009

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loved it!

This book was soo awesome! I loved it alot more then the 1st one. The 1st moved kind of slow, but it was till good, but this one had you on the edge of your seat and i couldn't put it down. The end was a surprise too, it was a good twist. I recommend it.

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Janae

Posted November 4, 2008

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The second is even better

I read the first one very fast and loved it. I was delighted to find out that there was a second (as well as a thrid). I was a little worried that the second might be a disapointment, because after the adventure they just had how could there be any more...But I was wrong. The second was just as good if not better! It was darker and full of more epic adventure! We learn about the realms as well as getting to venture more deep within. The girls are starting to grow up and mature. They have to face bigger foes, such as Poppy Warriors and a new teacher.

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Anonymous

Posted April 24, 2012

THE SECOND BOOK IN THE BEST SERIES EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This book was as amazing as the first! I couldnt put it down until it ended and then immediatley wanted to pick the next book up. It has all of the things a good story needs, a bad guy, a decision, and a twist ending!
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Anonymous

Posted March 20, 2012

Ditto

I say ditto to the mortal instraments lover it is so awsome!but this book i havent read yet but as far as im concernd i love fantasy and romance plus action i thought i wouldnt like this very much...i was wrong i couldnt put it down i reread some parts i skipped all my homework plus dinner and lunch and breakfast to read this and i sometimes almost screamed at unexpected things that made my skin tngle with aticipation i would recamemd this to everyone at least in midd school and up
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Posted February 28, 2012

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The more Gemma Doyle learns about her visions and the magic that allows her to enter the Realms--a world beyond our own usually seen in dreams or death--the more questions she has. Gemma finally knows the truth about her mother and the mystical Order that she once belonged to . . . and helped destroy with her closest friend, Circe.

Now the magic is loose in the realms and Circe is hunting Gemma, her only way back to all of that magic. Kartik, Gemma's mysterious shadow since leaving India, insists Gemma must bind the magic before disaster strikes. Which would be fine if Gemma had any idea how to do such a thing.

Worse, is it the Christmas season--Gemma's first since her mother's death. While her friends Felicity and Ann talk of balls and other wonderful plans for their time away from Spence Academy, Gemma is left to wonder what the holidays can hold at home with her strict grandmother, her irritating brother, and her feeble father.

The holiday season promises a world of distractions in the form of balls and the most intriguing form of one Simon Middleton--not to mention an introduction to the rarefied circles of high society. But Gemma has no time for distractions.

Questions will be answered, enemies will be fought, and Gemma will have to take her stand in Rebel Angels (2006) by Libba Bray.

Rebel Angels is the second book in the Gemma Doyle Trilogy (which began with A Great and Terrible Beauty). It is also one of those books where it is very clear that it is the second book in a trilogy, which is fine. The beginning of the story provides almost enough recap of earlier events to make it possible to read this book out of sequence though, as ever, many nuances would be lost that way.

While Rebel Angels is a continuation of an already exciting story, this book lacked some of the verve and spark of the first. With all of the summarizing the story starts slowly, picking up when Gemma and her friends depart from Spence for their holiday. While Gemma and Kartik evolve and change especially throughout this story, it felt like a lot of the other characters were working through the same emotions and the same problems readers saw in the first book.

That said, the second half of the book is much more exciting and faster paced than the first. Bray once again provides a vivid window into the world of 1895 London from the eyes of a heroine willing and ready to think for herself. The underlying commentary on the roles of women in Victorian England and feminism is also fascinating in a book that is ostensibly a historical fantasy.

As a whole the story is very interesting and aptly sets up the conclusion of the trilogy, of course, but Rebel Angels just lacked that little spark to set truly set it apart as a book in its own right.

Possible Pairings: Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins, The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe, Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier, Paradise Lost by John Milton, Lirael by Garth Nix, The Ruby in the Smoke by Phillip Pullman
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Posted February 25, 2012

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This book was a great follow up from the first one. I really enjoyed it. I'm looking forward to reading the next in the series.
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Anonymous

Posted December 27, 2011

Good book

Kartik. Why u no just love Gemma like you really want to
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Anonymous

Posted December 26, 2011

Loved it

Loved it soo much!!!!
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ARRY

Posted September 8, 2011

Good :)

excellent sequel to a great and terrible beauty...full of mystery.
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Anonymous

Posted June 6, 2011

A Must Read!!!

Rebel angels is an amazing book. Libba Bray truly made the characters come alive.(Especially Gemma) This book is intense and will leave you wanting even more! I highlyrecommond this book. You won't regret reading it! Truly a amazing read!
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shmy

Posted November 1, 2010

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The best of the three.

I think this one was the best of the three. The plot moves really fast compared to The Sweet Far Thing, and there's more "meat" to it compared to A Great and Terrible Beauty.

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Posted July 24, 2010

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Even better than the first

This second book in the trilogy is even better than the first. Simon Middleton (Lord Denby) and his pursuit of Gemma is extremely interesting, along with her simultaneous interest in Kartik. Against the backdrop of prim, proper English society, Emma has to deal with her father's addiction to opium, deal with the dark secrets of her friends' past, and still try to find out a way to bind the magic that needs to be bound in the realms.

The action in this book is, to me, even more interesting than A Great and Terrible Beauty. The girls are learning about how powerful they are as well as the fact that their power doesn't mean they can make everything in real life perfect. The pieces of action that take place in the realms, to me, are not as interesting as the bits that take place in Victorian England.

Like the first book in the series, this will appeal to women and girls everywhere. It's a great, quick read that keeps those pages turning until you're finished. This book even more so than the first has many sensitive themes that will definitely interest the student reader (and give the recommending teacher a bit of caution) - addiction, sexual abuse, false identities, racism, prostitution, and many other things that Victorian society pretended did not exist.
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Book_girl44

Posted March 9, 2010

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Another great book in this series!

This is an excellent sequel to A Great And Terrible Beauty. New challenges and dangers bring this daring band of heroines closer together. With new discoveries about life, love, and each other. New secrets are revealed along with new dangers, tragedies threaten to pull friends apart, and the magical world threatens to come crashing down as Gemma makes promises she may not be able to keep. This thrilling sequel will only make you thirst for even more adventure and scares in the third and final book of the series!
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teri_marie

Posted March 3, 2010

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Rebel Angels review

I thought this book was so good! You get to know more about the characters. And it's one book that you can't put down. I enjoyed this novel alot. A must read!
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GirlintheStacks

Posted February 6, 2010

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a pretty good read

I was not that fond of A Great and Terrible Beauty, but it did have that otherworldly aspect that I liked. Since I was in a reading slump and have sworn off vampires for a month AND nothing seemed to peak my interest I decided that I would give the Gemma Doyle trilogy another go.

Rebel Angels was okay. I liked that it explained much of what was missing from the first, why Gemma is the most high, who the other members of the order are, more details of the Rakshana and more description of the realm itself. I like the gorgon, Kartik and think Simon was a very respectable suitor for Gemma. I like the struggle between good and bad, those with power and those with out, and the whole destiny versus choice argument. BUT, it just is not my cup of tea. Go figure.

Will I read the last book in the trilogy, The Sweet Far Thing? Yes, but I am not sure when. I really would like to see what becomes of Pippa, Ann and Felicity and the relationship between Gemma and Kartick.

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Rebel Angels (Gemma Doyle Trilogy #2)

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The second is even better

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Rebel Angels review

a pretty good read