Journal Entry 1 by karendawn from Lafayette, Indiana USA on Saturday, March 29, 2008

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. 

Journal Entry 2 by karendawn from Lafayette, Indiana USA on Saturday, March 29, 2008

It's been a while since I read the other two books in this trilogy, so some of the past events remain a little fuzzy in my mind. But that didn't stop me from enjoying this book. There's a LOT that happens in this book (although at times it did seem like some of it could have been condensed) - some expected, some surprising - and not everything turns out happily. But it ends with hope and that seems to be the most important thing of all. 

Journal Entry 3 by karendawn at on Monday, March 31, 2008

Released 4 yrs ago (3/31/2008 UTC) at

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on its way to Kathy (traded for Bitterwood) 

Journal Entry 4 by KathyB25 from Arlington, Texas USA on Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Received today from Karendawn --- Thanks karen! 

Journal Entry 5 by KathyB25 from Arlington, Texas USA on Tuesday, February 10, 2009

I loved the Gemma Doyle series -- on it's way to k_kay who selected it from the Book Obsessed TeenVBB