I also kept in mind I am not within the age group it was written for. I had difficulty choosing what stars to give, because I did read all of them and as you will see, there are parts I was impressed with as much as there were parts I certainly was not. I will start off by saying that these are YA books meant for the ages 13-15, and that I am nowhere near that age. I love this cover but I was expecting the metallic version that was pictured.The Ruby Red Trilogy (Ruby Red, Sapphire Blue, Emerald Green) It seemed mega-rushed to me.Īlso, what a beautiful cover! I’m a little bit peeved because the Book Depository sent me the wrong cover and then told me “too bad” when I queried it.

It would have been more believable for me if Gideon and Gwyneth hadn’t have kissed at the end.

***SPOILER ALERT- PROCEED WITH CAUTION*** I’m hoping that something shakes things up in the next books, just because I was not ready for the insta-love. There was one thing that was a little annoying. If you’re a fan of time-travel and Victoriana then you will enjoy this book! The time-travelling aspect was just so much fun, even though it only works when going into the past. There were a few instances that seemed to have been left unexplained so I’m sure we’ll find out more in the next books. The book seems to have been well mapped out but I did find myself a little confused as to who belonged to what time-travelling family and so on. Even though it was set in modern London, it still had that Victorianesque feel to it with the mythology. The mythology was a lot of fun to read about and I liked that it was a very different kind of YA setting. A few of the other characters seemed a little underdone as well and could use with some fleshing out in the next instalments. I’m hoping that her character will grow as the series develops.

The main character, Gwyneth, was a little naive and actually sounded quite young, which isn’t normally so typical of YA. This book was really fun to read and I flew through it. But that couldn’t be possible, as Sir Isaac Newton himself devised the exact date of birth of the 12th and final time traveller and it’s Charlotte’s birthday which is the day before Gwyneth’s… Sir Isaac Newton couldn’t be wrong, could he? Except Gwyneth has been feeling dizzy too. She’s already had the first few symptoms of dizziness. A gene that will allow her to time-travel, as her ancestors did before her. You see, her cousin, Charlotte, has been training her entire life for the moment a dormant gene in her body becomes active. Gwyneth is a typical high school student from London just trying to get through school life. Time travel is a favourite of mine so as soon as that was mentioned, I was into it. I knew I would love this book from the get-go.

Popsugar Challenge: a book originally written in a different language (German)Īs if the cover isn’t beautiful enough, the story is too!.

Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier