The Sweet Far Thing (2007)

Slightly disappointing end to the trilogy. Beyond the evil thing the author did -- which I completely expected, sadly -- there's this feeling of things left undone.

Does Fee really move to Paris? How well does Ann really do singing? What does Gemma do in America? ( )

Libba Bray’s The Sweet Far Thing (Gemma Doyle #3) | Jorie’s Reads by Starry Night Elf ( )

December 26, 2007

Libba Bray has promised kissing!!! :)

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reread : I still think that this book in the series could use a good editor ( 200 pages of back and forth in the realms could really stand to be trimmed ) and I am yet again confused on how Felicity's path is somehow neatly resolved, but all in all, I do enjoy this books. ( )

Gemma is forced to (finally) decide what to do with the magic of the realms now that forces of evil have begun to openly move to seize it. The time has also come for the girls to leave school and make their debuts along with choices about their futures.

OMG that was soooo loooooong. (Apparently teen Victorian lit puts me in the mood for txt speak.) Seriously, make a decision. Any decision. The realms and your lives are in danger. Do NOT play games in a castle.

I enjoyed most of the themes here, and, for the most part, I was glad of the way things ended, as well, but by the end of it, when she talked about every character's longing, I was mostly just longing for her to get on with it. Yay for strong female characters. Still pretty glad I read the series.

*Spoilery Bits!!!*
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1. Thank goodness Ann finally had some strength, but I wish she had kicked a little more booty in the realms, too. She was kind of inconsequential there. 2. Yay for GLBTQ characters, but did she really have to be abused as a child first? 3. Kartik being gone was really the easy way out. It would've been a lot harder to explain how they got on with their life if he had continued to exist in this world. ( )