Title: Sapphire Blue (Ruby Red trilogy #2)

Author: Kerstin Gier

Published October 30th 2012 by Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)

Source: ARC received from the publisher

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Goodreads summary:

Gwen’s life has been a rollercoaster since she discovered she was the Ruby, the final member of the secret time-traveling Circle of Twelve. In between searching through history for the other time-travelers and asking for a bit of their blood (gross!), she’s been trying to figure out what all the mysteries and prophecies surrounding the Circle really mean.

At least Gwen has plenty of help. Her best friend Lesley follows every lead diligently on the Internet. James the ghost teaches Gwen how to fit in at an eighteenth century party. And Xemerius, the gargoyle demon who has been following Gwen since he caught her kissing Gideon in a church, offers advice on everything. Oh, yes. And of course there is Gideon, the Diamond. One minute he’s very warm indeed; the next he’s freezing cold. Gwen’s not sure what’s going on there, but she’s pretty much destined to find out.

Mini-review:

I continued to enjoy the timeslip adventures of Gwen and Gideon in Sapphire Blue. The romance was very typical of paranormal novels, but things get a little riskier as Gwen isn’t sure who to trust.

Something that may not have bothered me much if I’d had more time and distance between my reading of Ruby Red and Sapphire Blue is that they read like one big novel. They basically happen completely back to back. I felt like the first one wasn’t self-contained. It was like one book got to a point where someone decided “This is too long. Cut it in half and make it two.”

Still. Time travel. Good old-fashioned see what I did there fun.