Ruby Red
Ratings53
Average rating3.6
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Ratings53
Average rating3.6
Gwyneth Shepherd's sophisticated, beautiful cousin Charlotte has been prepared her entire life for traveling through time. But unexpectedly, it is Gwyneth, who in the middle of class takes a sudden spin to a different era!
Gwyneth must now unearth the mystery of why her mother would lie about her birth date to ward off suspicion about her ability, brush up on her history, and work with Gideon--the time traveler from a similarly gifted family that passes the gene through its male line, and whose presence becomes, in time, less insufferable and more essential. Together, Gwyneth and Gideon journey through time to discover who, in the 18th century and in contemporary London, they can trust.
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I'd never stop loving these books. They're funny and so good. If you haven't read them yet, you should.
In Gwendolyns Familie wird ein Zeitreise Gen weitervererbt. Womit niemand gerechnet hat: Nicht Charlotte, die ihr Leben lang auf das zeitreisen vorbereitet wurde, hat das Gen geerbt, sondern Gwendolyn! Vollkommen unwissend muss sie nun während ihren Zeitsprüngen in der Vergangenheit zurechtkommen.
Die Autorin schafft es, die Charaktere und das Geheimnis um das zeitreisen überzeugend darzustellen, es macht Lust auf die weiteren Zeitreisen die Gwen unternehmen wird.
Da lag für mich jedoch auch der Knackpunkt: Die Reisen waren zwar interessant, aber insgesamt passiert einfach zu wenig. Rubinrot liest sich eher wie ein Anfang einer Geschichte.. die ich mir jetzt in Form von den nächsten zwei Bänden kaufen “darf”.
Nichtsdestotrotz gefällt mir Gwens Geschichte, das Buch ist ansonsten stimmig und ich bin gespannt was sie noch erleben wird.
Ein Pluspunkt ist natürlich das Cover mit dem Scherenschnittfiguren - und das obwohl ich sonst gar nicht der Rosa-Typ bin!
That was amazing! I loved all the science stuff plus the time travel. Gwen and Gideon are quite the pair. And Gwen is a hilarious narrator and I love all the different things she does throughout the book.
While there wasn't much plot in this book, since it was all about Gwen finding out about her powers and setting up the main conflict in the series, I still really enjoyed the book.
And that was such a cruel cliffhanger both between Gwen and Gideon and the epilogue with Lucy and Paul's conversation.
