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.

Children's Literature Review: This is the third and final book in "The Gemma Doyle" trilogy. It takes place a short time after the events of the second book Rebel Angels. The girls are still at Spence Academy. Gemma has bound the magic to her. Felicity and Ann still long for the freedom to live their lives as they see fit. Along with their upcoming debuts, Gemma and the girls must also face the mysterious Order and the Rakshana. Each group is vying for control of the realms. Within the realms, tensions are also rising. Gemma is the only one who can set everything right again. I do not think it fair to judge a series by a single book. My position only gets worse when the book in question is the last one in the series. As you can already guess, I have not read either one of the previous two books of "The Gemma Doyle" trilogy. But I am forced to say that I have no desire to. This book was enough. It could have been the feeling of being bashed over the head by all the quotes and allusions in an almost juvenile show of ...

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