The Sweet Far Thing

By Libba Bray

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Average Rating: (See all reviews) Format: Hardcover, 819 pages Published In: United States, December 2007 Quantity Available: 1906 Ships within 6-10 days 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. Despite certain peril, Gemma has bound the magic to herself and forged unlikely new alliances. Now, as Gemma approaches her London debut, the time has come to test these bonds. The Order - the mysterious group her mother was once part of - is grappling for control of the realms, as is the Rakshana. Spence's burned East Wing is being rebuilt, but why now? Gemma and her friends see Pippa, but she is not the same. And their friendship faces its gravest trial as Gemma must decide once and for all what role she is meant for. Publisher: Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers ISBN: 0385730306 EAN: 9780385730303 Dimensions: 21.36 x 15.32 x 4.9 centimeters (1.04 kg)

A fabulous ending to the trilogy. Beautifully writen and this particular product is a beautiful thing to grace any bookshelf.

I don't know what I feel about this whole book in general. I liked the first two books better, for sure. I think this book was really really long. Nothing much happened in the first half of the whole book. And a lot of it was very surreal feeling/ambiguous, which I guess is how Gemma was feeling, but it made the story a bit confusing and vague. I liked the whole girl power thing, but at the same time it seemed kinda preachy. The book overall was very emotional, and I thought Libba Bray did a good job in expressing Gemma's whole life dilemma of where she belongs and stuff. That sounds like I don't like the book...I do, really, it's just different from the other two and I like the other two better.