The Grand Tour
Kate and Cecy and their new husbands, Thomas and James, are off on a Grand Tour. Their plans? To leisurely travel about the Continent, take in a few antiquities, and--of course--purchase fabulous Parisian wardrobes. But once they arrive in France, mysterious things start to happen. Cecy receives...
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Kate and Cecy and their new husbands, Thomas and James, are off on a Grand Tour. Their plans? To leisurely travel about the Continent, take in a few antiquities, and--of course--purchase fabulous Parisian wardrobes. But once they arrive in France, mysterious things start to happen. Cecy receives a package containing a lost coronation treasure, Thomas's valet is assaulted, and Kate loses a glove. Soon it becomes clear that they have stumbled upon a dastardly, magical plot to take over Europe. Now the four newlyweds must embark on a daring chase to thwart the evil conspiracy. And there's no telling the trouble they'll get into along the way. For when you mix Kate and Cecy and magic, you never know what's going to happen next!
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780152046163 (015204616X)
Publish date: September 1st 2004
Publisher: Harcourt Children's Books
Pages no: 480
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Young Adult,
Magic,
Teen,
Science Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
Young Adult Fantasy,
Mystery,
Regency,
Alternate History
Series: Cecelia and Kate (#2)
2.5 stars.I think the letter device worked better with the two of them on separate adventures - having Kate and Cecy directly corresponding was more fun and personal. In this one it felt more imbalanced, since Kate had a personal journal where she tended to talk about intimate moments with Thomas, a...
I didn't like this one nearly as much as the first one. For one thing, it's a LOT longer, so it seems like it rambles through the plot until things start happening. For another, I kept getting the characters confused. There are a lot of secondary characters, true, but I mean I got the *main* charact...
Kate was a bit of a wet blanket this time round, which was really irritating as three quarters of the book was from her perspective, instead of 50/50 between her and Cecy.
Not quite as good as the first one. Still fun, humorous, and an very good read.
I quite enjoyed this book. It wasn't as ingenious as the first with the letters being written back and forth but it had a lot of perks. It was full of adventure and tender moments. I think I may be more in love with the characters than I was before. It kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time. ...
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