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Click to view on Amazon A Great and Terrible Beauty By Libba Bray Release Date: December 9, 2003 (U.S.) Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers Pages: 403 ISBN-13: 978-0385730280 (hardcover); 978-0385732314 (paperback) Genre:  Romantic Suspense - YA  (Going towards the  2012 Genre Fiction Challenge !) Interested in something with magic, adventure, secret sisterhoods, love, betrayal, sinister forces, and more?   A Great and Terrible Beauty a young adult novel which has all of these, and it is an interesting blend of different elements of genre fiction. It is the first of a three part series. The novel is set in Victorian England, and it follows the story of Gemma Doyle. It begins in India, where Gemma lives with her parents. It is her 16th birthday, and she is in the market with her mother. They have a fight after Gemma becomes angry that her mother does not want to return and take the family back to England. Gemma becomes lost in the market ...

So how well do you know your genre fiction? Would you like to have a better comprehensive knowledge of the different genres of fiction? Are you an avid bookworm? Do you find yourself only reading one or two genres and would perhaps like to refine and expand your literary palate? Well, in keeping with the tradition of creating resolutions and goals on the new year, I'm going to try a brand-spankin' new reading challenge I have never tried before, and I'd like to invite you to try it with me! To win this challenge, one must read five novels of every genre of genre fiction in 2012. You can also win "Genre Apprentice" status by reading one book from each genre in 2012. The books can be targeted for young adults or adults and the genres are as follows*: Adrenaline Genres Adventure : This genre is action-packed and has a hero on a mission. Pacing is brisk and there is an obvious hero protagonist. There is a sense of danger and physical obstacles for the p...