Book fair #3 or 4… I can’t remember.
After I had bought this book and started reading it, I discovered
that it was 1. Young adult and 2. Part of a trilogy. Sigh…
Why is every book part of a trilogy?
What happened to writing one novel and moving to the next story? I only find this annoying because my
obsessive nature results in my reading the rest of the trilogy so I feel like I
am bamboozled into reading books I didn’t intend to. The young adult thing didn’t bother me but as
it was not in the young adult section of the book fair, I was surprised to
discover this.
Gemma Doyla, 16, is living in India at the end of the 19th
century. Due to some tragic events, she
is sent to school in England where she, along with three of her classmates,
unlock a magic that leads them to “the realms”, a mystical place between two
worlds. The girls don’t understand the
implications of having the power of this magic (even though they are warned)
and, as a result, things get out of hand.
While I found this to be an intriguing story especially
since fantasy is not really my thing, I found parts of it to be forced. I also felt there should have been more
explanation about the background of Mary and Sarah. Did they just suddenly start seeing
visions? What triggered it?
Spoilers!
I also thought that the whole Mary as her mother bit was
side-eye. I mean she supposedly dies or
so everyone thinks so how the heck did she make her way to marry Gemma’s
dad? She probably had no money.
Also, so with the chaos that ensued at the end, was Gemma’s
mother not really her? Was it some kind
of facade that was supposed to trick her?
I will probably read the next two just because I want to
know what comes next. I have already
looked at the Wikipedia info on this trilogy.
This was easy reading but not the best book I ever read.
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