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The Sweet Far Thing (The Gemma Doyle Trilogy) | 
 enlarge | Author: Libba Bray
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Category: Book
List Price: $17.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  116 reviews
Sales Rank: 3463
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 832
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 6.1 x 2.1
ISBN: 0385730306
EAN: 9780385730303
ASIN: 0385730306
Publication Date: December 26, 2007
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Product 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. 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.
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 The best book ever!.... August 21, 2008
This book is amazing amazing does not even describe how wonderfull this book is.
This book is the third book of the Gemma Doyle Trilogy it was well written a wondefull and beautiful story. I loved it I just finished reading it yesterday and my eyes are still swollen it was a truly fantastic story.
Last book in trilogy wouldn't have made it as first August 15, 2008
I got this book as a gift after it came out. I had already read the first two and enjoyed them. This book almost drags on alittle bit but has some serious parts. I wish I had asked someone what they thought about it before my grandmother bought it. I truly wish it had been better than the first two. Reader beware this book is good but it's very long and drags on at a lot of points.
Any who have acquired and enjoyed the others won't want to miss this August 15, 2008
Libba Bray's conclusion to Libba Bray's 'Gemma Doyle' trilogy The Sweet Far Thing (9780385730303 $17.99) requires familiarity with the other weighty books in series, but any who have acquired and enjoyed the others won't want to miss this, begin in A GREAT AND TERRIBLE BEAUTY and continued in REBEL ANGELS. Here the Spence Academy for Girls is preparing for its London debut season, but with Gemma and gang dreading it. Magic, change, and initiation abound in a stunning conclusion to a weighty but involving trilogy highly recommended for advanced YA readers.
 disapointment August 10, 2008
The begining of the book was really good and interseting. I loved the first and second books and was looking forward to the third one but in the end i was really disapointed. If you don't like a sad ending than i wouldn't suggest reading it. I think that she could of ended the series a lot better than she did.
Wonderful Conclusion to the Series! August 10, 2008
It is hard to think of anything to say about The Sweet Far Thing that will explain the level of awesome is reaches. It is yet another testament to the power and beauty of Libba Bray's mind.
The story, the characters, the suspense, the wonder all come alive in this third (and last) installment to the Gemma Doyle Trilogy. I was just as captivated by The Sweet Far Thing as I was with the first two novels. Maybe even more so as I was racing to the end desperate to know how everything would come together and if the realms would be set right once and for all.
I was extremely happy with the way things ended. Even while there were a couple sad endings for some of the characters, it felt right and real. I would gladly read a fourth Gemma Doyle novel if Libba ever chose to revisit Gemma in the future.
I highly recommend this series to those who have yet to discover it. Run to your bookstores and buy these books! You will not be disappointed at all.
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