It is a bit sad when you like the secondary characters more than you do the primary ones, or at least it seems like a lot of energy is invested in characters you never got to care for, and this was the case for me.

Some people have complained about the ending, and it does feel like suddenly this was more than a trilogy, but then again it could just be that Gier likes her cliff-hangers, no? Now, the things I didn't like. I will not extend on this point since I do not want to give spoilers, but one of them was pretty obvious, and the other not so much, so I will give it a 'meh' on plot twisting. There were a couple of twists at the end of the series, a couple as in two major ones, at least from my point of view. If you follow my blog or my reviews, you probably know that I am a sucker for period dressing. The descriptions of the dresses, and hence Madame Rossini, were delightful. We didn't have it, the whole references to the 'gene' and the need of blood for the chronograph to work are not explained, but maybe this is a better option than bad science. The whole building of it around a secret society as well as the workings of the chronograph was nice additions, and I would've liked a bit more of background there. As I mentioned the premise of time travelling was appealing to me. Final thoughts Let us start with the things I liked, both in general and in the series. So here we are, at the end of the series, and I am giving it a round and final 4, even though I was a bit disappointed at certain points.

I did want to know what the whole mystery was, but the love part felt a bit forced, sadly enough. The second one, Sapphire Blue, was ok, but I think I fell more for Xemerus than the other characters. The first installment, Ruby Red, was good enough, I liked the fact that Gwendolyn wasn't just a boy driven character, even though it was obvious that they were going to get together and hence I went for the second one. The premise of time travelling seemed appealing and so I went for it. Originally posted at: A Girl that Likes Books First impressions I started reading this series mostly because Audible was having a sale on first of a series books.

The ruby red trilogy kerstin gier