Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier

Ruby Red (The Ruby Red Trilogy, #1)

by Kerstin Gier

Although I had never seen him before, I recognized him immediately. I'd have known his voice anywhere. This was the guy I'd seen on my last journey back in time.

Or more precisely, the one who'd kissed my doppelganger while I was hiding behind the curtain in disbelief.

Sixteen-year-old Gwen lives with her extended - and rather eccentric - family in an exclusive London neighborhood. In spite of her ancestors' peculiar history, she's had a relatively normal life so far. The time-traveling gene that runs like a secret thread through the female half of the family is supposed to have skipped...

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Reviewed by wyvernfriend on

3 of 5 stars

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Not bad, fairly predictable in parts. A girl, Gwyneth, discovers that she is in fact the chosen one and that her cousin, Charlotte, who was thought to be the chosen one and taught everything she needed to know to time travel now loses her status and is no longer special. Meanwhile Gwyneth is trying to work out what this means for her future and how she's going to deal with all the complications. there are also layers of secrets that she has no clue about and no-one appears to be willing to fill her in, which is one of my least favourite tropes in this genre. Teach dammit.

All-in-all I found it quite readable and look forward to reading more in this series.

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