At the same time, though, she blushes when he’s around. He’s a snarky, experienced time traveler who is a complete nuisance to Gwyneth. The entire cast of characters is great, but I really like Gideon. It allows for a lot of side stories to come into play, like with Robert, the little boy who hangs around his dad all the time.Ĥ.
I love that Gwyneth can see and talk with ghosts. So he hangs out around the school and teaches Gwyneth about how things are in his time, mostly regarding manners and how to be a proper lady. Gwyneth’s ghost friend, James, is also highly amusing. She knows all about Gwyneth’s ability to travel through time, and watching her drink it all in is pretty great. Lesley, Gwyneth’s best friend, is particularly fun to read. I loved the clever, witty dialogue between the characters. He plays a significant role in Ruby Red, even though he is not a character in the book. It brings a completely different kind of awesomeness to the table, and makes a story so much more believable if people like Sir Isaac Newton are brought into the story. I’ve got this thing with real people in history being woven into fictional stories. I applaud the translator, and I applaud the author for writing a story that is amazing even in another language!Ģ. I can only imagine how amazing the writing is in German, if it is this good after translation. Not so with Ruby Red! The writing is beautiful, the characters witty, the current way of speaking taken into account without seeming out of place. We all know how easily wittiness and the beauty of descriptions can be lost in translation. I was really impressed by the translation. You know a book is bound to be awesome if it was translated from German to be published in the USA! I was really excited about Ruby Red when I found out, and even more excited when I discovered it’s all about time travel.
Together, Gwyneth and Gideon journey through time to discover who, in the 18th century and in contemporary London, they can trust. 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. But unexpectedly, it is Gwyneth, who in the middle of class takes a sudden spin to a different era! Gwyneth Shepherd's sophisticated, beautiful cousin Charlotte has been prepared her entire life for traveling through time.
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