End of Time Travel Month

As Time Travel Month has come to a close, I am exceedingly glum, but don't despair, gentle readers, as there are more stupendous time travel titles coming soon!

**Sorry for the delay, I was stuck in traffic while traveling back to the future!**

REVIEW: A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray

As part of time travel month (12 October - 12 November 2010), I was excited to read the New York Times bestseller, A Great and Terrible Beauty.

After her mother's death in India, Gemma Doyle is sent to a  finishing school in Spence, England. 
After the terrible prediction of her mother's death, Gemma finds herself repeatedly experiencing similar visions of the future. Unsure what is happening to her, an aloof, cloaked stranger warns her about the dangers of her powers and the world around her. Can Gemma save herself before it all goes too far?

I found that this book was a bit slow for the first one or two chapters, but after that, you find yourself reaching for A great and Terrible Beauty around the clock.
The descriptions painted by Bray were effortless to visualize, leaving you with a lasting picture of the settings and all the characters. The characters came  from all ends of the spectrum; from withdrawn and reserved to fervent and temperamental.The characters were illustrated through their speech and behavior which effectively created a setting that took you back in time.
I thoroughly enjoyed A Great and Terrible Beauty and recommend it to girls aged 13-16 or fans of Anna Godbersen or Jenna Burtenshaw.


Other Books in the series
2. Rebel Angels
3. The Sweet Far Thing

Bright Young Things by Anna Godbersen

This new series by Historical author Anna Godbersen is a must read for any fans of The Luxe, or someone that wants to travel back in time to immerse themself in the last summer of the Roaring Twenties.

When best friends Cordelia Grey and Letty Larkspur leave their small town of Union, Ohio to find their fame, fortune and lost relatives in New York, they get more than they bargained for. 
Cordelia finds herself reunited with her long-lost father, Darius Grey, an affluent bootlegger who Cordelia has always wanted to know. Letty is just trying to make it all the way to the fame and fortune of being a star. 
But things don't come with a price, Letty and Cordelia will learn that. The easy way, OR the hard way.

Bright Young things was sent to me, and as soon as I opened the package I started reading. Then enticing cover and the luring plot don't compare to what is held inside. Drama, Romance, Danger, Forbidden Love and gripping plot lines fill the pages of this dynamic novel.

Be transported back in time to the last summer of the Jazz age and lose yourself in the stories that Godbersen has weaved with expert skills.

Bright Young Things captures the desire for glamour inside and shows you the life that everybody dreams of, and the truth behind it.
Plus: It's set in the 20's!!

I recommend this book for girls aged 12 - 16.