Precious Stone Trilogy (Book 1)

Ruby Red

Rating

4 stars+

Date Read

06/08/2015 - 08/08/2015

Age Group

13+

General Thoughts

I like secrets. Although I can't really keep any... I also like complicated. Mysteries that don't clear up in the first book but leave clues all over, small, almost indetecteble, that everyone can interprete differently. Like the mystery surrounding Lucy and Paul.

Gemstones, magic, time travel, counts, secret societies, mystery mongers and a lot of scientists trying to make sense of it all. A chronograph, the blood of twelve. A girl who knows very little and a cousin who knows it all. A powerful secret. A genious author. A marvellous story.

And a gorgeous cover I mean look at that!

Characters

Gwen

She's smart and adaptable and funny. She laughs with her bff, likes cheesy movies, texts faster than she can talk. Like a normal - if not comparatively easy-going- teenager. Because Gwen isn't anything if not completely and utterly normal. Until she's not... . Until her world is brought upside down and she has to deal with time travel and arrogant boys and lying mothers and hateful aunts. Until she realises she's the Ruby.

Gideon

Gideon is a quite mysterious character that I can't put my finger on (or maybe he's just that shallow). Probably because of his uncustomary upraising. While other little boys learned to play football in alleys and got home laughing with scraped knees and muddy shoes, he learned fensing and riding and playing the violin. While his peers flirted in their torn jeans and got bored in class, he went back in time in difficult missions, simultaneously managing his schoolwork, his home life and his ability to visit different eras. Handsome and intelligent, quick to act and brave, it's no wonder Gwen liked him. Thing is, I thought he was supposed to like Charlotte? Uhg, boys...

Charlotte

Delicate. Beautiful. Frail looking. Smart. Obsequious. Thinking herself something special. With and upraising much like Gideon's, with no time to play with dolls, make friends and make fun of the cafeteria food. All for nothing...

Narrating

The heroine is quite relatable, in all her normalcy, so her voice is just as pleasant. Having grown up like your average teenager, plus an eccentric household and a family secret, it's easy to follow her through large changes in her life, uncovered mysteries and impossible missions.

Writing

The author writes like a teenager herself, and I mean that as a compliment. Gwen's thoughts could have been my own, her fears and her decisions and her hopes.

All in all

Quick and fun, read it in the shade of a big tree, down in the garden. Ignoring the world, devouring a good book. Easy. Nice. Summer memories.

XOXO

Aggie Pearson