Read Series: Gemma Doyle
by Author Libba Bray
Rebel Angels (2006)
I liked this book less than book 1, A Great and Terrible Beauty, probably because it felt as though the author decided to add a few heaping spoonfuls of More Social Issues to a book that didn't need them. Book 1's take on feminism and ways that teenage girls suck toward each other and themselves...
The Sweet Far Thing (2007)
I was not impressed with this last book in the triology. It did not end well for me. Here are my issues with it (many of which have already been touched upon by other reviers)...- Too darn long. Seriously. I don't mind reading long books, but only when it doesn't -feel- like a long book. You can ...
A Great and Terrible Beauty (2003)
It was there, I was there, I picked it up and started reading it. And almost didn't stop even when my eyelids were growing heavier and heavier in the wee hours. On the first page, I noted the use of present tense, flipped back a hundred pages or so (it's a real book) and saw that it wasn't just f...