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BOOK REVIEW!!

RUBY RED by KERSTIN GIER

4.5/5 stars

I’m very happy with this novel; I have actually never read a time travel book before so I was pleasantly surprised.
This book is about Gwen Shepard who is a part of a time travelling family. In this world you have to have a gene to be able to time travel and in Gwen’s case the gene is passed through the female line. When we meet Gwen she is just the average school girl with a very special cousin. Charlotte is the gene carrier and the family is expecting her to disappear at any moment. She has been preparing her whole life to travel in time. However soon Gwen is feeling dizzy and that is the #1 symptom of those who will soon travel. She keeps the feeling to herself, thinking that it’s impossible that she could be the actual gene carrier. Gwen does travel back in time, but she still keeps it to herself. By the third time she goes back she finally tells her mother Grace. Grace bring her to the temple to meet the de Villier family. No one believes Grace, because of something she did 16 years ago to do with the Chronograph and Lucy (Gwen’s cousin). Lucy we know has disappeared with Paul de Villier and we find out later that they actually stole a chronograph and Grace helped them get away. It is very clear through the book though that Grace is hiding something pretty important. Once Gwen finally proves that she is the gene carrier, by uncontrollably going back in time, she has to meet Count St. Germaine back in time. She goes with Gideon who is the current male time traveller. She meets him, he threatens her and thinks she has some special power. On their way back to the temple they get attacked and Gwen has to save Gideon. Eventually their time is up and they go back home. The next day Gideon picks her up and explains the mission that he is currently on is to get blood from all 12 time travellers since Lucy and Paul stole the other chronograph with all the time traveller blood in it. They have to get all the blood to reveal a secret. However Gideon is having trouble getting blood from Margaret Tilney, Gwen’s great-great grandmother. Gideon has travelled back to meet her, but she specifically requested Gwen come back to see her. They travel back to 1912 a completely random date as to avoid a trap. However they run into Lucy and Paul when they go back to meet with Margaret. Lucy tries to talk to Gwen about Count St. Germaine and warn her about something, but Gideon pulls her away. They go back to the present and the novel ends with Gideon and Gwen kissing. The Epilogue has Lucy and Paul talking about Gwen, but I’m sure we will figure out what they were referring to in the future novels.

Overall I thought it was well written and I’m excited to read the rest of the trilogy.