Jennifer M. (Kaydence) reviewed on + 380 more book reviews
Summary:
Picking up almost exactly where Sapphire Blue left off, Gwen is learning how to deal with pain of a broken heart and understanding what her life as a member of the Circle of Twelve means. She thinks that something is going on with Count Saint-German, but she can't convince anyone to be on her side. Also, Gideon's been using her and dealing with the emotions of being manipulated by someone she is completely in love with. Seriously, what's a time traveling teen girl to do?
My thoughts:
If you haven't read the other two of the series, this will be very hard to follow. All time traveling novels have the difficult chore of letting the reader know exactly who is where and when without being redundant. Since all of the characters cross paths at different places and times, this can be confusing. Since the first two novels got me ready for this one, I was already used to the characters and Gier's style of writing. Even with that background knowledge, there were times where I was lost. I would have to skim through a few pages before to figure out what happened that I may have missed. Generally, I only write things down with mysteries, but I felt like I needed little post-its to tell me "when" I was. If I had to try to figure out character relationships and learn everything as if this was a stand alone, then I would not have enjoyed this at all.
So, for those of you who have not read Ruby Red or Sapphire Blue, don't start here.
Other than that, I enjoyed this novel. It was a good wrap-up to the series. The only question that I was really left with was why seeing ghosts was such a big deal. I'm pretty sure the major plot lines could have been kept without that feature, or it could have been brought more to the forefront. Either way would have given me more satisfaction. Also, as mentioned, there was some confusion with the crossing of paths within time travel. This confusion can be hard to avoid, but sometimes just a few more words in the sentence would have given me a firm grounding of where and when we were. While the introductory elements can get redundant, sometimes they are necessary.
Picking up almost exactly where Sapphire Blue left off, Gwen is learning how to deal with pain of a broken heart and understanding what her life as a member of the Circle of Twelve means. She thinks that something is going on with Count Saint-German, but she can't convince anyone to be on her side. Also, Gideon's been using her and dealing with the emotions of being manipulated by someone she is completely in love with. Seriously, what's a time traveling teen girl to do?
My thoughts:
If you haven't read the other two of the series, this will be very hard to follow. All time traveling novels have the difficult chore of letting the reader know exactly who is where and when without being redundant. Since all of the characters cross paths at different places and times, this can be confusing. Since the first two novels got me ready for this one, I was already used to the characters and Gier's style of writing. Even with that background knowledge, there were times where I was lost. I would have to skim through a few pages before to figure out what happened that I may have missed. Generally, I only write things down with mysteries, but I felt like I needed little post-its to tell me "when" I was. If I had to try to figure out character relationships and learn everything as if this was a stand alone, then I would not have enjoyed this at all.
So, for those of you who have not read Ruby Red or Sapphire Blue, don't start here.
Other than that, I enjoyed this novel. It was a good wrap-up to the series. The only question that I was really left with was why seeing ghosts was such a big deal. I'm pretty sure the major plot lines could have been kept without that feature, or it could have been brought more to the forefront. Either way would have given me more satisfaction. Also, as mentioned, there was some confusion with the crossing of paths within time travel. This confusion can be hard to avoid, but sometimes just a few more words in the sentence would have given me a firm grounding of where and when we were. While the introductory elements can get redundant, sometimes they are necessary.
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