The Sweet Far Thing (Gemma Doyle #3)

The Sweet Far Thing is the conclusion to Libba Bray's Gemma Doyle trilogy.

Gemma must decided what to do with the power of the realms. How will she convince tribes who have been enemies for centuries to work together to share the power? If she can find the Tree of All Souls she might find out...

And in her everyday word of England, she must continue to learn the socially acceptable behavior of a young woman. She will become a lady and have her season this summer.

And what of her true love? Kartik and Gemma can never be together in the society of the time. He is Indian and she is soon to be a lady.

Will Gemma be able to save the realms, her friends, herself, and her family? It seems a lot to ask of a seventeen year old.

Bray, Libba. (2007). The Sweet Far Thing. New York: Delacorte Press.

Rebel Angels (Gemma Doyle #2)

Libba Bray's second book in the Gemma Doyle series is Rebel Angels. It begins a couple of months after the end of A Great and Terrible Beauty.

Gemma, Ann, and Felicity are going back to London for the winter holidays. They must find a way to get together in London so they can enter the realms and continue to look for a way to bind the magic.

On top of finding time and the privacy to travel to the realms, the friends must attend to London society. There will be many dinners, parties, and balls to attend.

Bray captures the feel of Victorian England and the social roles of the time. The combination of a rather rigid social period combined with the magic of the other realms creates a wondrous story.

Bray, Libba. (2005). Rebel Angels. New York: Delacorte Press.

A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle #1)

A Great and Terrible Beauty is the first in a series about Gemma Doyle by Libba Bray.

Gemma has been raised in India. She doesn't even remember England. But when her mother dies she is sent back to England to live with her grandmother - who sends her immediately to finishing school.

At first Gemma does not fit in at Spence. Her only friend is Ann, her roommate, who is there on scholarship. But once her visions start to give her a power that her classmates find interesting, she finds she has three friends: Felicity, the most popular girl at the school; and Pippa, who is her shadow.

The four form a secret club and start venturing into another realm. But they are not the only beings capable of traveling between realms...

It is up to Gemma to reopen the door between the realms - that has been closed for twenty years - but not until she is strong enough to stop the evil forces at work.

The next book are: Rebel Angels, then The Sweet Far Thing.

Bray, Libba. (2003). A Great and Terrible Beauty. New York: Delacourte Press.