Rebel Angels (Gemma Doyle Trilogy, #2)

by Libba Bray

Gemma and her friends from the Spence Academy return to the realms to defeat her foe, Circe, and to bind the magic that has been released.

• ISBN10: 0385730292
• ISBN13: 9780385730297
• Publish Date: 23 August 2005 (first published 26 July 2005)
• Publish Status: Out of Stock
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 560
• Language: English

Reviews

[bestmessever]

I enjoyed this one much more than the first book. This had all the things I wanted in it. A fantasy with that Regency era London vibe, there was mystery and magic. While I do wish we had gotten a bit more of one characters particular story, I really did enjoy reading this and cannot wait to see how things conclude in the last book.

[mrs_mander_reads]

I had read A Great and Terrible Beauty three or four times, but never made it on to the other two books. I was just as captivated by this one. I think it's a great story and well-written. Looking forward to finishing the trilogy!

[celinenyx]

In one word: amazing. Rebel Angels had everything I missed in A Great and Terrible Beauty. The love is bitter-sweet, the realms magical, the action thrilling and the friendship genuine.

The writing also improved greatly since the last book, and unlike in GBT I actually understood what was happening without having to read back. The mystery was maybe a little predictable, but still very well done.

I admire Libba Bray for taking risks and not stay inside the safe-zone. She actually dares to talk about sexual abuse and neglect and self-mutilation in a young-adult novel, without describing it too shocking or explicit.

I also think she has done some good research on the age she is writing about. The balls and visits feel like Austen, only written in a modern way.

Haunting book. Absolutely loved it.
Give me more Kartik!

[Eve1972]

I really really like these books!