A GREAT AND TERRIBLE BEAUTY
By Libba Bray
Categories: Fantasy, young adult
Victorian boarding school set in a Gothic mansion seems like a great story to fold into 16 year old Gemma Doyle, who is still reeling from the death of her mother. But add premonitions, magic and other worlds to the mix and you get A Great and Terrible Beauty. Inexplicably drawn to the unusual, Gemma foresees the untimely death of her mother while living in India. After this loss, she is sent to Spence, a girl’s boarding school in London. Here she meets new faces and is drawn to something she can’t quite explain. The mystery of her visions is explained more when she and her new friends from Spence explore the other realms where magic is used to keep and maintain power by a group of ancient women called the Order.
There’s quite a bit of intrigue and suspense in this novel, and I enjoyed the detective agency feel to what the girls were getting into. I actually listened to this book on audio CD. It was easy to listen to, and I was pleased to find this book had become a trilogy. It was a good read with a lot of pretty imagery described, and I would suggest it to fantasy fans. If it keeps your interest, the second book is called Rebel Angels.
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