A Great and Terrible Beauty
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Libba Bray
It's 1895, and after the death of her mother, 16-year-old Gemma Doyle is shipped off from the life she knows in India to Spence, a proper boarding school in England. Lonely, guilt-ridden, and prone to visions of the future that have an uncomfortable habit of coming true, Gemma's reception there is a chilly one. To make things worse, she's being followed by a mysterious young Indian man, a man sent to watch her. But why? What is her destiny? And what will her entanglement with Spence's most powerful girls - and their foray into the spiritual world - lead to?
Fantasy
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Author
Libba Bray
Pages
416
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Published Date
2010-05-01
ISBN
0731814908 9780731814909
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"One of my favorite things to do is go into a book completely blind of everything about it, except the genre. That’s exactly the method I used with this read, and wow this book took me by surprise!!
An easy to read magical adventure, taking place in England!! With a gothic edge, and strong characters this book was difficult to put down!!
The transitions throughout the book felt a little too…simple, or brushed over for me unfortunately. The magic system I still don’t fully understand, but hopefully we will get more of that in the next book!!
This is the kind of book that makes you want to cozy up next to the fireplace with a cup of coffee for the evening!! A different but enchanting fantasy adventure with twists and turns around every corner!! I definitely recommend this book to any fantasy lover✨"
"Fun gothic tale about what lurks around the corner, set in a 19th Century finishing school for girls. Finding a way to fit in. I enjoyed being immersed in that world. "
J
Jeremy
"Enjoyable light entertainment though not great literature "
L B
Lindsey Boyer
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