No one has posted here in a long time...
But I have to say, my favorite series is the Gemma Doyle Trilogy. It's so amazingly good. It starts with A Great and Terrible Beauty, then Rebel Angels, and the final volume is The Sweet Far Thing. The storyline in all three of them is practically flawless, and something I find very interesting is that it's written in present tense, so instead of saying something like "I walked down the street" it says "I am walking down the street". Really helps you to see and almost feel what is happening.
Has anyone heard of / read it?