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Description
IT HAS BEEN A YEAR OF CHANGE since Gemma Doyle arrived at the foreboding Spence Academy. Her mother murdered, her father a laudanum addict, Gemma has relied on an unsuspected strength and has discovered an ability to travel to an enchanted world called the realms, where dark magic runs wild.... read more
Summary
This book takes place in the early 1900's in India then England. Gemma Doyle is thrown into an unknown world of magic and chaos when her mother is killed by a strange thing she sees in a vision. After her mothers death Gemma is sent to a finishing school so she can be married and have kids.... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Cast of Characters/Important People
- Gemma Doyle: Controler of all of all of the magic in the relams. Doesn't know where she fits in to the world.
- Kartik: Former Rakshana brother. Gemma's friend. Trys to what is best for Gemma
- Felicity Worthington: Add a description of this character.
- Ann Bradshaw: a governess that wants to be an actress. Gemma, Pip, and Fee's friend.
- Pippa Cross: A Winterland creature. Deceased. Fee's best friend. Gemma and Ann's friend
- Amar: Kartik's brother. Rakshana brother. Gemma's mother's protector. Deceased. Winterland creature. Rides a great white stallion through the Winterlands.
Memorable Quotes
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“And when it is too much for our eyes to take, we build a new illusion to shield us from its relentless truth.”
Gemma Doyle -
“That's blackmail.”
Kartik -
“I know. I learned a lot from you.”
Gemma Doyle -
“By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes.”
Macbeth -
“Protecting your lady love?”
Fowlson -
“Why do ladies refuse to say when they are angry? Is it a skill they teach you? It's terribly confusing.”
Kartik
First Sentence
The night was cold and dismal, and out on the Thames, the rivermen cursed their luck.
Table of Contents
Series
This is book 3 in the Gemma Doyle Trilogy series.
Authors & Contributors
- Libba Bray (Author)
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