The Sweet Far Thing
by Libba Bray
Taste attributes: fantasyteenhistoricalfastfresh & originalimaginarylinearglossybig & variedall consuming questempowerment/personal growthrescue/escape/jeopardy
Boxlist takeAn otherworldly fantasy novel that is polished, sweeping and fast. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
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Pace: fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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3.0 / 5
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About This Book
IT HAS BEEN A YEAR OF CHANGE since Gemma Doyle arrived at the foreboding Spence Academy. Her mother murdered, her father alaudanum 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.
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- Author
- Libba Bray
- Published
- 2007
- Pages
- 634
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- Open Library
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