I was actually excited about this sequel to The Great and Terrible Beauty, by Libba Bray. I figured it would salvage the failed ending of Beauty, I would actually really like the characters (instead of half-heartedly liking them), and that it would be a good bit of youth fiction to follow up all the adult fiction I’ve been reading.
I bailed.
It’s not often I bail on youth fiction; more often than not, I enjoy youth fiction more than adult fiction. But — and I hate to say this, because it makes me sound all Evangelical anti-witchcrafty — this book gave me the creeps. Evil creepy feelings. Just not good.
It’s weirder than I remember the first one being — with Circe on the loose and spirits in the Realms being corrupted and evil dreams of people being drowned — with overtones of The Exorcist and Rosemary’s Baby and all those movies that I just can’t stomach.
So, to salvage my dreams and to keep my imagination from wandering too much, I quit. This book is for people who are less easily scared than I.
The Book Nut 
I didn’t even know there WAS a sequel to Great and Terrible Beauty. That’s funny that you mention that you did not enjoy the ending. I totally agree! I COULD NOT put the book down…until the end! I felt really let down. Thanks for the info about the sequel – I’ll pass it by.
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Hi there,Yeah, I agree that this book and the first one are kind of creepy! I read Great and Terrible Beauty at night and stopped when it got too scary for me. 🙂 I know it’s wimpy but I can’t help it!Anyway, have you read the 3rd book, Sweet Far Thing? I haven’t yet.
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