Ruby Red

If you have not had the chance to read Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier, then what are you waiting for?  This book pulled me in and wouldn't let me go.  First of all, let's just talk about that beautiful cover.  It is definitely "ruby red", not scarlet or fire engine red, but deep and intense.  The girl on the cover is eerily beautiful, and then you have the little clock looking item at the bottom.  The book is about ordinary and plain sixteen-year-old Gwen.  Gwen has grown up going to school, the movies, and hanging with her best friend Lesley.  Everything that her cousin Charlotte has been unable to do because she has been training all her life to be a time traveler.  When the gene mysteriously, and quite unexpectedly falls to Gwen, everyone's life is irrevocably turned upside down.  Gwen's mum is accused of conspiring to put her daughter ahead of Charlotte and sabotaging the entire project.  In a place where secrets and secret societies abound, Gwen is torn between the life she knew and the life she wants to know.  Along with the gene, Gwen inherits Charlotte's time traveling partner-to-be, Gideon.  Two years older than her, Gideon is more seasoned in the ways of time travel, especially with Gwen not having any training.  This book has mysterious characters lurking around every zap back in time.  Who can they trust?  Can they trust each other?  And will their lives ever be normal again?  Great read!  Highly recommend it!