The Great and Terrible Beauty

I finished the book The Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray today. I enjoyed the book very much. The plot of the book is that the heroine of the book is Gemma Doyle, has visions of things and she is seeking to find out who she is and why these things happen to her.

This book has a bit of mystery, romance and fantasy all rolled into one. It is funny, tragic and even has a moral at the end. This is a story of family, friendship and love; there is a measure of shame of ones self, learning to trust others with the truth of who you are and belief in hope that you can live up to your dreams or at least not be the mediocre that hunts us everyday. 

 I will end with a bit of a quote from the book about friendship, "That's why it's the most terrifying thing in the world, really- taking someone on faith, hoping they'll take you on faith too. It's such a precarious balance, it's a wonder we do it at all. And yet..."

Christine

PS if you have anything you would like to say about the book or would like to discuss anything just post a comment.