Gwen, una chica londinense de 16 años, acaba de descubrir que es portadora de un misterioso gen que le permite viajar en el tiempo...
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Dec 25, 2011
Cara
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I decided I was going to take some time to percolate my ideas for this book, but it's still up in the air what I exactly think. Had some aspects I liked (i.e. time-travel), and others I didn't (i.e. the arc of the story).
Alright synopsis first: Gwen is a sixteen-year-old girl who lives in London (the book was written in German originally so I'm not sure why that setting was chosen). Normal enough, but she comes from a family who can time-travel. Thankfully the gene bypassed her and w More...
Alright synopsis first: Gwen is a sixteen-year-old girl who lives in London (the book was written in German originally so I'm not sure why that setting was chosen). Normal enough, but she comes from a family who can time-travel. Thankfully the gene bypassed her and w More...
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Apr 18, 2011
Tatiana
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I knew Ruby Red wouldn't be quite my type of YA lit after reading first couple of pages of it. Even though the main character, Gwyneth, is 16 going on 17, she sounds about 12. Naturally, a quick decision-maker that I am, I made up my mind to drop it right after finishing chapter 1. After finishing chapter 1 I decided to drop it after chapter 2, and so it went...
Gwyneth is a member of the family of time-travelers. Every other generation or so her family produces a girl who starts unco More...
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May 26, 2011
Anica
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first read May 2009
When I found out about this book I knew I had to buy it. Simply because the cover is so very pretty! Plus, it is written by Kerstin Gier. You can't go wrong with that.
To be honest, I expected some kind of vampire novel regarding the cover. I am kinda glad that I was wrong. Although I wasn't very convinced that I would like the time travel part. But Kerstin Gier proved me wrong. The time travel is kinda logical, exciting and mysterious. Gwen is a very ni More...
When I found out about this book I knew I had to buy it. Simply because the cover is so very pretty! Plus, it is written by Kerstin Gier. You can't go wrong with that.
To be honest, I expected some kind of vampire novel regarding the cover. I am kinda glad that I was wrong. Although I wasn't very convinced that I would like the time travel part. But Kerstin Gier proved me wrong. The time travel is kinda logical, exciting and mysterious. Gwen is a very ni More...
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Feb 16, 2012
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Aug 11, 2011
Kristin
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You may also read my review here: http://www.mybookishways.com/2011/08/rev...
Ruby Red,set in present day London,follows 16 year old Gwyneth Shepherd as she discovers that she has a gene that enables her to time travel into the past,sometimes multiple times per day. Her cousin Charlotte has been prepared for this eventuality her entire life,but it turns out Gwyneth has the gene instead. This,of course,creates more animosity between the already at-odds cousins,and even more problems for More...
Ruby Red,set in present day London,follows 16 year old Gwyneth Shepherd as she discovers that she has a gene that enables her to time travel into the past,sometimes multiple times per day. Her cousin Charlotte has been prepared for this eventuality her entire life,but it turns out Gwyneth has the gene instead. This,of course,creates more animosity between the already at-odds cousins,and even more problems for More...
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Feb 16, 2012
Tyene
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Sono contenta di leggere che non sono stata l'ultima a guardare perplessa la copertina di questo libro e chiedermi "sarà un nuovo young adult con vampiri? speriamo di no" e infatti, grazie al cielo, non lo è.
La protagonista non è di quelle che si odiano dopo le prime dieci righe, riesce anche a risultare simpatica nella sua goffaggine e banalità, e la storia è interessante ed abbastanza coinvolgente. Sarà che trovo che le storie con salti nel passato abbiamo, di solito, buone po More...
La protagonista non è di quelle che si odiano dopo le prime dieci righe, riesce anche a risultare simpatica nella sua goffaggine e banalità, e la storia è interessante ed abbastanza coinvolgente. Sarà che trovo che le storie con salti nel passato abbiamo, di solito, buone po More...
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Jan 13, 2011
Janina
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3.5 stars
This book was actually much better than I had expected it to be. The story itself was a little predictable and I sometimes found it a tiny bit too young for my taste (the heroine is 16, but feels younger compared to other heroines of her age I've read about), but it wasn't as girly as I had feared (and as the pink cover suggests) at all. Simply something cute and fun for in-between, with a little romance and time-travel thrown in. Finished it in one setting!
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This book was actually much better than I had expected it to be. The story itself was a little predictable and I sometimes found it a tiny bit too young for my taste (the heroine is 16, but feels younger compared to other heroines of her age I've read about), but it wasn't as girly as I had feared (and as the pink cover suggests) at all. Simply something cute and fun for in-between, with a little romance and time-travel thrown in. Finished it in one setting!
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Nov 29, 2011
Michelle
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In Gwen’s family one of the girls is born with the ability to time travel in every generation. However that ability won’t manifest until after they turn sixteen. Everyone has assumed that Gwen’s cousin Charlotte will be the time traveler, because she was born on the right day. Charlotte has been prepared her whole life to start traveling, so when it turns out that Gwen is the time traveler in the family, everyone is shocked and suspicious. Gwen is not prepared for any of it and it will compl
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May 08, 2011
Debora
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"Red" è il primo libro della fortunatissima ed acclamatissima trilogia dell'autrice tedesca Kerstin Gier, trilogia che le ha permesso di valicare i confini tedeschi e di trovare successo e fan in ogni paese in cui è stata pubblicata. Ad un solo anno di distanza dall'uscita tedesca, per fortuna, i suoi libri arrivano in Italia grazie alla Corbaccio che ci propone le avventure temporali di Gwendolyn Sheper in una veste assolutamente elegante e intrigante; sembra proprio che le case editr
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Feb 18, 2012
Jessica
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Originally published in Germany, “Ruby Red” is already a best seller overseas. And it’s no surprise; “Ruby Red” is a gem of a book. It’s creative and different and fast-paced.
“Ruby Red” has elements of magic and adventure. There are also dark characters and scenes and death plays a role. But there’s a careful balance between all elements that helps the novel feel lighter than it otherwise could be.
Gwen is a multilayered character who readers More...
Originally published in Germany, “Ruby Red” is already a best seller overseas. And it’s no surprise; “Ruby Red” is a gem of a book. It’s creative and different and fast-paced.
“Ruby Red” has elements of magic and adventure. There are also dark characters and scenes and death plays a role. But there’s a careful balance between all elements that helps the novel feel lighter than it otherwise could be.
Gwen is a multilayered character who readers More...
Feb 15, 2012
Ivonne Guevara
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me gusto mucho el libro, como empieza la historia, te preguntas muchas cosas...
este es un abreboca, nos deja muchas dudas, nos hace preguntar en quien debemos confiar y cual es el bendito secreto, jajajaja
aunque una de mis sospechas del principio se hizo realidad (lo sabia!!!!)
Gideon todavia no me convence mucho, si muy atractivo y lo que quieran pero me hace dudar de él y el ultimo cap aunque me gusto quede con una gran pregunta (porque lo hace)
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este es un abreboca, nos deja muchas dudas, nos hace preguntar en quien debemos confiar y cual es el bendito secreto, jajajaja
aunque una de mis sospechas del principio se hizo realidad (lo sabia!!!!)
Gideon todavia no me convence mucho, si muy atractivo y lo que quieran pero me hace dudar de él y el ultimo cap aunque me gusto quede con una gran pregunta (porque lo hace)
me gusta el personaje de G More...
Jan 28, 2012
Amber
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Wow. Just wow. The reason I picked up this book in the first place was because the cover is so different, and I am so glad I did! This is my first foray into the world of time travel, and I couldn't have picked a better novel to start with. Ruby Red is an enthralling story that will captivate you from the first page. I can definitely see why it's an international bestseller.
The pacing of the book was a bit slow at first, but the characters are so well developed, and the story was so More...
The pacing of the book was a bit slow at first, but the characters are so well developed, and the story was so More...
Jan 22, 2012
Sull'amore
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Nessuno sfugge al proprio destino
Red è un romanzo della scrittrice tedesca Kerstin Gier e fa parte della Edelstein Trilogie (Trilogia delle gemme), di cui è il primo volume.
Un mix tra fantascienza e romanzo storico, condito con avventura e romance, Red è diventato in Germania un bestseller.
Nella Londra contemporanea, all’interno di una famiglia allargata vive Gwendolyn, una tranquilla liceale che possiede però un dono soprannaturale molto particolare. Charlot More...
Red è un romanzo della scrittrice tedesca Kerstin Gier e fa parte della Edelstein Trilogie (Trilogia delle gemme), di cui è il primo volume.
Un mix tra fantascienza e romanzo storico, condito con avventura e romance, Red è diventato in Germania un bestseller.
Nella Londra contemporanea, all’interno di una famiglia allargata vive Gwendolyn, una tranquilla liceale che possiede però un dono soprannaturale molto particolare. Charlot More...
Jan 15, 2012
kamelin
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Quark edit bisquits - oder so ähnlich [german review]
Charlotte ist das auserwählte Kind in Gwendolyns Familie, denn sie hat das Zeitreise-Gen. Hat sie doch, oder?
Das ist nicht mehr so ganz sicher, als Gwen die Schwindelanfälle bekommt, die eigentlich Charlotte überfallen müssten. Als sich dann tatsächlich herausstellt, dass die gute Charlotte ganz umsonst jahrelang ausgebildet wurde, sind Ärger und Verwirrung groß, und das ist erst der Anfang.
Für Gwendolyn fängt quasi über More...
Charlotte ist das auserwählte Kind in Gwendolyns Familie, denn sie hat das Zeitreise-Gen. Hat sie doch, oder?
Das ist nicht mehr so ganz sicher, als Gwen die Schwindelanfälle bekommt, die eigentlich Charlotte überfallen müssten. Als sich dann tatsächlich herausstellt, dass die gute Charlotte ganz umsonst jahrelang ausgebildet wurde, sind Ärger und Verwirrung groß, und das ist erst der Anfang.
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Jan 07, 2012
Jennifer
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I honestly didn't think much of this one at first. But then I found myself unable to put it down. Typical plot line for a YA novel; awkward girl falls into some mysterious alter-life, meets unbelievably hot guy, goes on unbelievable adventures all while the geeky BFF stays behind playing amateur sleuth on the internet trying to figure out the mystery of main character's life. Oddly enough, it works here. Gwen is a bumbling 16 year old, klutzy, naive, and very sweet. It's not her fault she was th
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Jan 04, 2012
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Kerstin Gier's Ruby Red is very engrossing take on time travel and how Gwyneth Shepherd, a destined time traveler gets pulled into the world she isn't prepared for. All of her sixteen years of life, Gwen has seen her cousin Charlotte being prepped for this very purpose.Gwyneth on the other hand has had a care free life involving family , friends and school. Just when the family is eagerly waiting for Charlotte to begin her time travelling, Gwyneth realizes that it isn't her cousin but herself wh
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Dec 08, 2011
Cris
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Viajes en el tiempo teen.
Los viajes en el tiempo de Gwen y Gideon no han hecho nada más que empezar. Porque con el final de esta novela, los interrogantes sólo han crecido, aumentando así las expectativas para la segunda. (...)
El argumento tiene una cierta complejidad, espero que todos los puntos que ha abierto la autora los esplique y los cierre como es debido. Aun así, la trama está bien hilada, al estar escrito en primera persona se lee muy fácil y rápido, ya que tiene mu More...
Los viajes en el tiempo de Gwen y Gideon no han hecho nada más que empezar. Porque con el final de esta novela, los interrogantes sólo han crecido, aumentando así las expectativas para la segunda. (...)
El argumento tiene una cierta complejidad, espero que todos los puntos que ha abierto la autora los esplique y los cierre como es debido. Aun así, la trama está bien hilada, al estar escrito en primera persona se lee muy fácil y rápido, ya que tiene mu More...
Dec 06, 2011
Diana
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A delightful combination of time travel, romance, ghosts, complicated family relationships, mystery, and a secret society blend into a must read book. Sixteen-year-old Gwyneth Montrose lives with her widowed mother and two younger sibs in a Mayfair mansion filled with their extended family. Gwyneth's cousin Charlotte was the one in the family who supposedly inherited the gene that allows time travel and she has been nurtured her whole life to have all the tools necessary to survive on trips to t
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Nov 22, 2011
Kiri
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So far so good.. engaging, entertaining, and well paced/written.
I've finished! This was a delightful read. Interesting premise, well set up conflicts, characters are well drawn, well paced writing that pulls you through the narrative. It does end somewhat abruptly but gives a nice teaser lead in to novel #2. This seems to be standard for this type of young adult novel in recent years. [the ending abruptly rather than winding up the story so it could - if needed -- stand alone. I More...
I've finished! This was a delightful read. Interesting premise, well set up conflicts, characters are well drawn, well paced writing that pulls you through the narrative. It does end somewhat abruptly but gives a nice teaser lead in to novel #2. This seems to be standard for this type of young adult novel in recent years. [the ending abruptly rather than winding up the story so it could - if needed -- stand alone. I More...
Nov 17, 2011
Lily
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Por fin, en mi larga lista de lecturas pendientes y/o deseadísimas le ha tocado el turno a Rubí. Había leído y oído todo tipo de críticas buenísimas y tras terminarlo puedo decir que me uno al club de fans incondicionales de la novela y del estilo de la autora.
La historia comienza poco a poco, sin prisa pero sin pausa. La primera mitad me resultó bastante introductoria pero no por ello aburrida o sobrante, en absoluto. Kerstin sabe cómo enganchar al lector con lo que cuenta, con cómo p More...
La historia comienza poco a poco, sin prisa pero sin pausa. La primera mitad me resultó bastante introductoria pero no por ello aburrida o sobrante, en absoluto. Kerstin sabe cómo enganchar al lector con lo que cuenta, con cómo p More...
Nov 13, 2011
Barbara
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Oct 31, 2011
Brooke
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Finally! A time-travel novel that makes sense! The author of Ruby Red does a fantastic job creating the rules for time travel. The time-travelers in Ruby Red are the descendants of two family lines, twelve in total. Somewhere over the course of the ancestors’ lives, they began to prophesy the coming time-travelers, which is why Charlotte, instead of Gwyneth, is thought to carry the time-traveling gene.
On their own, the time-travelers have no control over their ability. They can travel More...
On their own, the time-travelers have no control over their ability. They can travel More...
Oct 20, 2011
Azzurra
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Molto bello. Non speravo tanto, ma è stato un buon acquisto.
Anche se diretto principalmente ad un pubblico giovane, Red (Rubinrot, titolo orig.= Rubino rosso) è una bella ventata di aria fresca, frizzante e divertente…anche per “semi-adulti”. ;)
Un urban fantasy con componente time travel, se vogliamo classificarlo al meglio.
La protagonista è Gwendolyn, un’apparentemente comunissima ragazza di sedici anni e mezzo, che vive in una famiglia che di comune ha poco sin da subito. Dopo l More...
Anche se diretto principalmente ad un pubblico giovane, Red (Rubinrot, titolo orig.= Rubino rosso) è una bella ventata di aria fresca, frizzante e divertente…anche per “semi-adulti”. ;)
Un urban fantasy con componente time travel, se vogliamo classificarlo al meglio.
La protagonista è Gwendolyn, un’apparentemente comunissima ragazza di sedici anni e mezzo, che vive in una famiglia che di comune ha poco sin da subito. Dopo l More...
Oct 19, 2011
Elena
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Ho divorato “Red” con un'impazienza ed un trasporto che raramente mi è capitato di sperimentare leggendo un libro.
Le ragioni sono molteplici e tutte ugualmente importanti: prima tra tutte, la storia, particolare ed innovativa, composta da protagonisti ben costruiti e con i quali è semplice entrare in empatia.
C'è Gwendolyn, goffa ragazza di soli sedici anni che, ben presto, si ritroverà catapultata in una realtà che credeva esserle preclusa e di cui non sapeva pressoché nulla. C'è Lesli More...
Le ragioni sono molteplici e tutte ugualmente importanti: prima tra tutte, la storia, particolare ed innovativa, composta da protagonisti ben costruiti e con i quali è semplice entrare in empatia.
C'è Gwendolyn, goffa ragazza di soli sedici anni che, ben presto, si ritroverà catapultata in una realtà che credeva esserle preclusa e di cui non sapeva pressoché nulla. C'è Lesli More...
Oct 13, 2011
Aaron
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Imagine what it would be like growing up in a family surrounded by secrecy. Many of your closest relatives are part of an organization that supports people who have been born with a gene that allows them to travel through time. How would you feel if you were one of the few people without any of that inside information because you are normal? Or are you?
Gwyneth is a 16-year-old girl growing up in London. For her whole life she has felt like she has been overshadow by the family's dark s More...
Gwyneth is a 16-year-old girl growing up in London. For her whole life she has felt like she has been overshadow by the family's dark s More...
Oct 12, 2011
Ivanalessia
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"Rosso rubino, che ha la magia del corvo nel cuore, chiude il cerchio dei dodici in sol maggiore."
Gwendolyn Sheperd è una ragazza di sedici anni che vive in un'antica dimora londinese con la madre, i fratelli, la dispotica zia Glenda (con la figlia Charlotte) e la nonna Lady Arisa che comanda tutto e tutti.
Nella sua famiglia si tramanda un "gene" che permette di viaggiare nel tempo, ma dato che per tutti la predes More...
"Rosso rubino, che ha la magia del corvo nel cuore, chiude il cerchio dei dodici in sol maggiore."
Gwendolyn Sheperd è una ragazza di sedici anni che vive in un'antica dimora londinese con la madre, i fratelli, la dispotica zia Glenda (con la figlia Charlotte) e la nonna Lady Arisa che comanda tutto e tutti.
Nella sua famiglia si tramanda un "gene" che permette di viaggiare nel tempo, ma dato che per tutti la predes More...
Oct 08, 2011
Rebecca
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This book is the best book I read last summer. It is one of those books that inspire people to write about time travel, if your into that sort of thing. Kersten Gier is brilliant!
Gwyneth Shepherd is a good heroin, but not great. She is witty, but with a touch of self doubt that makes her so Mary Sue, not that I'm prejudiced to that sort of thing. It is always a pleasure to read about a character that catches their own faults, and especially fun to see a character find faults that More...
Gwyneth Shepherd is a good heroin, but not great. She is witty, but with a touch of self doubt that makes her so Mary Sue, not that I'm prejudiced to that sort of thing. It is always a pleasure to read about a character that catches their own faults, and especially fun to see a character find faults that More...
Oct 08, 2011
Dori
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CAUTION: SOME SMALL SPOILERS AT THE END OF THIS, BUT THEY ARE OBVIOUS AS YOU READ THE BOOK!
Wow. I read this a few weeks ago and it's still in my head! Even if it IS a little fuzzy on the details. I don't know if everyone else liked this as much as I did but I very thoroughly enjoyed Ruby Red. I love the characters, the descriptions, the plot, everything! I want to know what happens next! At the end it kind of just chopped off, and I was whoa, there should be more pages here!! Sadly t More...
Wow. I read this a few weeks ago and it's still in my head! Even if it IS a little fuzzy on the details. I don't know if everyone else liked this as much as I did but I very thoroughly enjoyed Ruby Red. I love the characters, the descriptions, the plot, everything! I want to know what happens next! At the end it kind of just chopped off, and I was whoa, there should be more pages here!! Sadly t More...
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Oct 06, 2011
Nicole
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Schon immer fand ich die Aufmachung der Cover sehr ansprechend, habe mich allerdings lange Zeit geweigert ein weiteres "Jugendbuch" zu lesen. Ich dachte mir, da ich "straff" auf die 30 zugehe, kann ich wohl kaum zur Zielgruppe von Kerstin Gier's "Rubinrot-, Saphirblau- & Smaragdgrün-Reihe" gehören :-)
Pustekuchen - falsch gedacht: Mich packte die Neugier und schonmal als kurze Info vorab - ich bin total begeistert und vernarrt in diese drei Hörbücher.
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Pustekuchen - falsch gedacht: Mich packte die Neugier und schonmal als kurze Info vorab - ich bin total begeistert und vernarrt in diese drei Hörbücher.
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Oct 03, 2011
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traveler. Gwyneth has always known, as has the rest of the family, that her beautiful and sophisticated cousin Charlotte is the carrier of the time travelling gene, having fulfilled a centuries old prophecy of being born on October 7, 1994. Gwyneth, who's birthday is October 8, never suspected the truth: that her mother lied about her birth date to protect her from lifelong preparation More...
traveler. Gwyneth has always known, as has the rest of the family, that her beautiful and sophisticated cousin Charlotte is the carrier of the time travelling gene, having fulfilled a centuries old prophecy of being born on October 7, 1994. Gwyneth, who's birthday is October 8, never suspected the truth: that her mother lied about her birth date to protect her from lifelong preparation More...
