Rebel Angels - Libba Bray

Rebel Angels

By Libba Bray

  • Release Date: 2005-08-23
  • Genre: Historical Fiction for Young Adults
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 62 Ratings

Description

The second book in the critically acclaimed New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestselling Gemma Doyle trilogy, an exhilarating and haunting saga from the author of The Diviners series and Going Bovine.

Ah, Christmas! Gemma Doyle is looking forward to a holiday from Spence Academy, spending time with her friends in the city, attending ritzy balls, and on a somber note, tending to her ailing father. As she prepares to ring in the New Year, 1896, a handsome young man, Lord Denby, has set his sights on Gemma, or so it seems. Yet amidst the distractions of London, Gemma’s visions intensify–visions of three girls dressed in white, to whom something horrific has happened, something only the realms can explain. . . .

The lure is strong, and before long, Gemma, Felicity, and Ann are turning flowers into butterflies in the enchanted world of the realms that Gemma alone can bring them to. To the girls’ great joy, their beloved Pippa is there as well, eager to complete their circle of friendship.

But all is not well in the realms–or out. The mysterious Kartik has reappeared, telling Gemma she must find the Temple and bind the magic, else great disaster will befall her. Gemma’s willing to do his intrusive bidding, despite the dangers it brings, for it means she will meet up with her mother’ s greatest friend–and now her foe, Circe. Until Circe is destroyed, Gemma cannot live out her destiny. But finding Circe proves a most perilous task.

“Extraordinary.”—VOYA in a Perfect 10 Review

“Remarkable.” —School Library Journal 


A New York Times Bestseller
A USA Today Bestseller
A Publishers Weekly Bestseller
A Book Sense Bestseller
A Book Sense Top Ten Selection
BBYA (ALA/YALSA Best Book for Young Adults)
Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award
Iowa High School Book Award
Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Award
Golden Spur Children’s Literature Book Award (TX)

Reviews

  • The best

    5
    By clydesbonn
    My favorite trilogy
  • Characters Spread Their Wings

    4
    By asapr212
    Having very much loved the first book (A Great and Terrible Beauty) I was excited to learn of two more in the series. I greatly enjoyed this one. While it did not (and could not) produce the feeling of wonder that the first book did - because wonder comes with discovery and we already know by the second book much of what is at play - I do like how the characters progressed in this one. They are more fully formed and less cardboard cutouts of both who they thought they should be by the nature and constraints of their world, and maybe some less imaginative character building in the first book. Their new world lets them grow. This book is a solid follow-up to the first; hoping the final book is the capstone that brings it home strong.
  • BRILLIANT!!!!

    5
    By R.E.C.
    Brilliant!!!! That's all I've got to say!