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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 9780807223765 Format: Audiobook ISBN: 080722376X Label: Listening Library (Audio) Manufacturer: Listening Library (Audio) Number Of Items: 9 Publication Date: 2007-09-25 Publisher: Listening Library (Audio) Reading Level: Young Adult Release Date: 2007-09-25 Studio: Listening Library (Audio)
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Editorial Reviews: It’s 1895, and after the suicide of her mother, 16-year-old Gemma Doyle is shipped off from the life she knows in India to Spence, a proper boarding school in England. Lonely, guilt-ridden, and prone to visions of the future that have an uncomfortable habit of coming true, Gemma’s reception there is a chilly one. To make things worse, she’s been followed by a mysterious young Indian man, a man sent to watch her. But why? What is her destiny? And what will her entanglement with Spence’s most powerful girls—and their foray into the spiritual world—lead to? From the Hardcover edition.
Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Just OK Comment: Beautiful prose, with lots of description. I think I would have enjoyed the story more if it had moved a bit faster, but I did enjoy the author's style, and the characters were well developed. The ending was a bit of a let-down for me. I didn't realize it was a series, but it didn't engage me enough to read on. Customer Rating: Summary: it didnt Grab me Comment: I'm a pretty avid reader, I devour books in one or two day when they grab me. But this one, I don't know...I thought it was this excellent book, but it just okay. i think its for somebody who reads like 20 pages for day. Its a book to read it very slowly. the book didn't grab me at all. the author, for me, its very simple, the things she wrote in the book didn't catch my attention at all, didnt surprise me at all, very cliche-y book. Maybe it is good for kids, but for the avid reader, who enjoys reading a book the whole day DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME. I hope rebel angels is better because i bought both of them. and will buy the third, because I want to know how it ends. Customer Rating: Summary: Enjoyable, I will read the other 2 in the series ASAP Comment: This was in my amazon recomendations so I thought I would try it. I was a little sceptical from the begining because Gemma seemed like a spoiled brat but it picked up quickly and I could barely put it down. The end suprised me and was satisfying. I am a Twilight and HP fanatic looking for more series books to sink my teeth into. I would say however this book is not for girls under high school age. It got a little graphic sexually more so than I would find appropriate for middle school or younger to be reading. Customer Rating: Summary: Excellent Series Comment: I bought the third book at Wal-Mart not knowing it was the last one in the set. I read the first few pages and had to buy the other two. Wal-Mart didn't carry the first to anymore and I live too far from a bookstore so got them here. I have to say that this set was a fast and fun read. I read each book in less than a day...all three books are pretty thick too! Customer Rating: Summary: I'm not disappointed, but I won't buy the sequels... Comment: I kept on reading this book because I don't like to judge a book by its cover, sometimes the strong part of a book is developed late in the story... I guess in the end I just read by pure inertia, I never found whatever was supposed to be the "strong part" of the book. I'm not disappointed, but I'm definitively not buying the sequels. More Reviews