Rebel Angels by Libba Bray

In this sequel to A Great and Terrible Beauty, Gemma continues to pursue her destiny to bind the magic of the Realms and restore it to the Order. Gemma and her friends from Spence use magical power to transport themselves on visits from their corseted world of Victorian London (at the height of the Christmas season), to the visionary country of the Realms, with its strange beauty and menace. There they search for the lost Temple, the key to Gemma's mission, and comfort Pippa, their friend who has been left behind in the Realms.

After these visits they bring back magical power for a short time to use in their own world. Meanwhile, Gemma is torn between her attraction to the exotic Kartik, the messenger from the opposing forces of the Rakshana, and the handsome but clueless Simon, a young man of good family who is courting her. This is the second book in Libba Bray's engrossing trilogy, set in a time of strict morality and barely repressed sensuality, about a girl who saw another way.

It is almost a year ago that I finished reading A Great and Terrible Beauty, so I had to catch up a bit on the characters when I started reading Rebel Angels. The story and plot where a bit confusing in my opinion, especially the parts when they visit the visionary country. Maybe I have said this in previous reviews, but I somehow never really get into very fantasy-like novels like this. If you love this kind of books, try this one out, if not, don't bother yourself with this huge volume of fantasy.