Emerald Green (The Ruby Red Trilogy, #3) in Around the World in 80 Books

Apr 26, 2020 superawesomekt rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult, fantasy, time-travel

Not quite as satisfying as the first two. The first was my favorite, the second one introduced a great comedic character. This one tied it all up but I felt like it was missing something... Still, enjoyable overall.

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Apr 21, 2014 Nadine in NY Jones rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult, fantasy-and-sci-fi, translation, time-travel

This was the strongest of the three. Just as with Ruby, there are mysteries to solve and powers to learn, but unlike Sapphire, I didn't find myself annoyed with people intentionally hiding things from Gwen. The opposite, really - a lot of people gave her information in this book, and the info-hiders didn't play as big a part here.

The conclusion was satisfying, but maybe a bit too ... HEA.

This is, above all, YA fluff. The characters are fun to spend time with, but not especially memorable or dee This was the strongest of the three. Just as with Ruby, there are mysteries to solve and powers to learn, but unlike Sapphire, I didn't find myself annoyed with people intentionally hiding things from Gwen. The opposite, really - a lot of people gave her information in this book, and the info-hiders didn't play as big a part here.

The conclusion was satisfying, but maybe a bit too ... HEA.

This is, above all, YA fluff. The characters are fun to spend time with, but not especially memorable or deep. The mystery is engaging but not mind-blowing. The plot twists engendered by time travel are fun but not difficult to keep up with.

I looked forward to reading this every night, but I doubt I'll spend much time reflecting on it now that I'm done.

I'd read another book about these characters if I saw one - I'd like to see what they do next.

I do have one major complaint, that I wasn't really reminded of until I went back and read my own review of Ruby Red. "Each "lucky" person is also identified by a gemstone, a musical note, a Latin word that I can't remember the significance of, and blah blah blah special mystery specialness." .... So, what was the point of all that?? I thought we were going to learn the meanings of the gems and powers and animals and all that crap? And how did someone manage to come up with such accurate prophecies??? That's pretty impressive! Was the Count actually able to read minds? Why did Grace think it would be a good idea to NOT have Gwen trained with Charlotte? Hiding her did no good, since you can't hide your time traveling; it only hindered her. Ruby Red set up some really interesting riddles and mysteries, that were just ... dropped. Dropped in favor of seeing Gwen and Gideon kiss a lot. More mysteries and less kissing would have been preferable here.

Another (smaller) complaint: Gwen herself tells us that this entire series takes place in the space of a few weeks. No one should be sacrificing anything for someone they just met a few weeks ago. (And make no mistake, what Gideon did at the end was a SACRIFICE.) No one, not even 16 year olds, can fall madly in love in just a week or two. Just, no. But ... this is a minor complaint, because I know this is how these stories often go.
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Dec 09, 2010 Juliane rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: feature-love-stories, genre-fantasy, authors-german, feature-funny, 2010-books-i-read

Schönes Ende! Das hat den gestreckten Anfang echt gerettet.

Alle, die es schon gelesen haben, wissen, wovon ich rede: Der letzte Absatz! Wie cool! Super Idee von Kerstin Gier!

Locker flockig geschrieben, eine süße Liebesgeschichte und ein spannenden Showdown, in dem es um Leben und Tod geht. Eine gute Mischung.
Wer Teil 1 und 2 gelesen hat, muss Teil 3 einfach lesen. Und wer nicht - der sollte schnell Teil 1 lesen ;)

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Nov 26, 2013 Wanda rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: historical-fiction

The last installment of the Precious Stones trilogy has many twists and turns for our favorite time travelers Gwen and Gideon. Gwen had previously believed that Gideon was in love with her but then discovered what she believed to be his unscrupulous manipulations of her emotions. Still, she has to work with him to try to stall the insidious plans of Count Saint Germain to produce the philosopher stone the completion of the Circle of Blood. If it sounds mysterious it is and a really great read. S ...more

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Feb 16, 2014 Erica rated it really liked it · review of another edition

The side characters like Xerioumus (however you spell that) and Lesley made the series enjoyable for me. The time traveling element was the whole reason I wanted to read this series and it was underused in my opinion. Too much focus on the love drama and the stuff with the count was a tad predictable but despite that I still enjoyed it for being a fun read. This final book to the series was a good wrap up for the series but I'm going to miss my favorite gargoyle ghost thingy lol. ...more

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