Young Adult Review: Emerald Green by Kerstin Gier

Emerald Green (Ruby Red #3) by Kerstin Gier

Hardcover, 464 pages

Published: October 8th, 2013 by Henry Hold and Co.

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Gwen has a destiny to fulfill, but no one will tell her what it is.
She’s only recently learned that she is the Ruby, the final member of the time-traveling Circle of Twelve, and since then nothing has been going right. She suspects the founder of the Circle, Count Saint-German, is up to something nefarious, but nobody will believe her. And she’s just learned that her charming time-traveling partner, Gideon, has probably been using her all along.
This stunning conclusion picks up where Sapphire Blue left off, reaching new heights of intrigue and romance as Gwen finally uncovers the secrets of the time-traveling society and learns her fate.

Oh how I love this series!  I absolutely adore so much about it I don't even know where to start!  I'll start with Gwen I suppose.  She's such a fun character.  She feels like an authentic teen in modern London. She has spunk and class.  She isn't a rebel, but isn't necessarily a rule follower either.  She's  realized a lot about herself and the Circle in her weeks as a time traveler and fortunately she's finally piecing things together in this book.  Her friend Lesley is a great load of fun as is her wonderful family with her lovely mother, her adorable siblings and her quirky aunt Maddy.  Of course then she has the awful side of her family with her aunt Glenda and cousin Charlotte, but Gwen is a force, she can handle them!  I can't not mention her wonderful gargoyle ghost who lends even more humor to this wonderful tale.  He's always there with witty and hilarious remarks, but the love he shows Gwen is absolutely lovely.  Love him!

Talking about the romance is rather spoilery for the previous books, so I'll settle on saying this- I loved it!  I felt completely satisfied, and ever so happy, with how things wrapped up with that aspect.

I love time travel books but they can be rather confusing.  This series feels less confusing, of course I've had three books to get use to it, but I feel like I can wrap my head around it all.  It makes more sense to me I suppose.  Plus they aren't traveling about willy nilly, there's very much a point to it all and they have goals each time.  I like the way the author took the time traveling theme in the end, it's twisty and I never expected things the way they ended up.  I'll just say, there are some surprises and I certainly never saw them coming!

Overall I'm very happy with this conclusion.  Except the fact that I WANT MORE!  Absolutely lovely series that I look forward to revisiting in the future.  Oh yes, this is one of those rare finds, books I will actually reread!   Highly recommend!

Disclosure: I received this book for review purposes, all opinions expressed are my own and I was not paid or influenced in any way.