Green in Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge

Mar 03, 2015 Krissy rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobook, audible-library, pgs-400-499, title-color, cover-color-green, read-before-2015

**2015 Reading Challenge W/Josh: #32 A Trilogy**

I loved this trilogy!

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Dec 06, 2021 Debbie rated it really liked it · review of another edition

This was a pretty good conclusion to the series as a whole, but I felt the ending was kind of vague and unsatisfying. As a matter of fact, an hour and a half after I'd finished the book, after I ran some errands and while I was washing dishes in the kitchen, I couldn't even remember what the ending was. That's how low-key and kind of vague it was.

That being said, there were a lot of issues that were solved, a lot of questions answered, and a fair amount of secrets revealed. Gwen and Gideon and ...more

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Apr 21, 2014 Nadine in NY Jones rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy-and-sci-fi, translation, young-adult, time-travel

This was the strongest of the three. Just as with Ruby, there are mysteries to solve and powers to learn, but unlike Sapphire, I didn't find myself annoyed with people intentionally hiding things from Gwen. The opposite, really - a lot of people gave her information in this book, and the info-hiders didn't play as big a part here.

The conclusion was satisfying, but maybe a bit too ... HEA.

This is, above all, YA fluff. The characters are fun to spend time with, but not especially memorable or dee This was the strongest of the three. Just as with Ruby, there are mysteries to solve and powers to learn, but unlike Sapphire, I didn't find myself annoyed with people intentionally hiding things from Gwen. The opposite, really - a lot of people gave her information in this book, and the info-hiders didn't play as big a part here.

The conclusion was satisfying, but maybe a bit too ... HEA.

This is, above all, YA fluff. The characters are fun to spend time with, but not especially memorable or deep. The mystery is engaging but not mind-blowing. The plot twists engendered by time travel are fun but not difficult to keep up with.

I looked forward to reading this every night, but I doubt I'll spend much time reflecting on it now that I'm done.

I'd read another book about these characters if I saw one - I'd like to see what they do next.

I do have one major complaint, that I wasn't really reminded of until I went back and read my own review of Ruby Red. "Each "lucky" person is also identified by a gemstone, a musical note, a Latin word that I can't remember the significance of, and blah blah blah special mystery specialness." .... So, what was the point of all that?? I thought we were going to learn the meanings of the gems and powers and animals and all that crap? And how did someone manage to come up with such accurate prophecies??? That's pretty impressive! Was the Count actually able to read minds? Why did Grace think it would be a good idea to NOT have Gwen trained with Charlotte? Hiding her did no good, since you can't hide your time traveling; it only hindered her. Ruby Red set up some really interesting riddles and mysteries, that were just ... dropped. Dropped in favor of seeing Gwen and Gideon kiss a lot. More mysteries and less kissing would have been preferable here.

Another (smaller) complaint: Gwen herself tells us that this entire series takes place in the space of a few weeks. No one should be sacrificing anything for someone they just met a few weeks ago. (And make no mistake, what Gideon did at the end was a SACRIFICE.) No one, not even 16 year olds, can fall madly in love in just a week or two. Just, no. But ... this is a minor complaint, because I know this is how these stories often go.
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Jan 17, 2019 Debbie rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy

Ruby Red trilogy, book three.

This is a light and breezy YA fantasy romance with a lot of time-traveling adventure. Though the events in the trilogy take place over a two week period, it seems longer because of the constant jumping back and forth in time. I enjoyed almost every character except for Gwen and Gideon. The insta-love annoyed me. The ending ties everything up in a nice, neat bow with no random plot threads left hanging.

I liked it, but didn’t love it.

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