Episode 12: Everything Terrible Happens at Christmas: Rebel Angels by Libba Bray
Happy Yule and Saturnalia! It's a Winter Wonderland at Go Your Own YA, where everything festively terrible happens to Gemma Doyle in Rebel Angels by Libba Bray. Carols, presents, wraiths and horrible fates in the classic about monstrous teen girls. We talk about Buffy the Vampire Slayer as the heroine's journey and folk horror Christmas traditions as we gear for a festive month of reads.
Rebel Angels: Goodreads
Beauty Queens: Goodreads
Libba Bray: Website
Content Warnings
Drug addiction in a family member, general Victorian racism,classism, and sexism, parental incest, blood and gore, suicide, and a whole lot of plot set in an asylum
Show Notes
Paradise Lost by John Milton at Project Gutenberg
Cassandra Clare scoops £1m for first adult novels
A Victorian [England] Christmas
Saturnalia: The December Festival of Joy and Merriment in Ancient Rome
The Winter Solstice - Yule Lore
Jólakötturinn, The Christmas Cat of Iceland
8 Legendary Monsters of Christmas
15 Fascinating Facts About The Wicker Man
One Thing Leads to Another: An Interview with Libba Bray
Monstrous Bodies: Feminine Power in Young Adult Horror Fiction
Who are the Baby Bees? Listen to Baby-Sitters Club Club to find out
From Bethlehem to Bedlam - England's First Mental Institution
A Gemma sighting in Lair of Dreams! Thank you to allthesmallwords.tumblr.com for the photo
Readalikes
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