Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle Trilogy, #1)

by Libba Bray

After the suspicious death of her mother in 1895, sixteen-year-old Gemma returns to England, after many years in India, to attend a finishing school where she becomes aware of her magical powers and ability to see into the spirit world.

• ISBN10: 129906941X
• ISBN13: 9781299069411
• Publish Date: 1 January 2003
• Publish Status: Active
• Out of Print: 29 April 2015
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
• Format: eBook
• Language: English

Reviews

[Eve1972]

I use to be a bit of a snob about young adult books, well not really a snob, I just figured I was to old to be reading "those" types of books and would pass them by. Then I read Twilight and suddenly the genre didn't seem all that bad. Since then some of my favorite reads would be classified as young adult and this one definitely falls into that category! This novel had all the elements I love in a good book, set in and earlier time, involves the occult and with a little bit of raciness that I rather enjoy! This is book #1 of a three book collection and I can't wait to read the next two.