A Trilogy

For the trilogy item, I read the Ruby Read Trilogy by Kerstin Gier. How did I choose this trilogy? I picked a book at random from the library and it happened to be the first book of three already published books. A very well thought out method, don't you think?

The first book is called Ruby Red.

When I started this book, I didn't like it much. The plot was moving along at a snail's pace and the main character, Gwenyth, was not the sharpest tool in the shed. She bordered on being ridiculously  stupid and it was difficult to tell if it was intentional. However, I stuck with it.

I spent most of the book only partly enjoying it- until the last two chapters. This was where it finally picked up the pace and the romance started developing and Gwenyth finally became her own individual rather than a silly shadow of her reasonably brighter best friend. I swear most of the book was 'Lesley said this' and 'Lesley thought that' and 'Lesley always said this'. Like I said though, it got better around the end before dropping off in a cliffhanger which was probably the reason I decided to continue the series. 

The second book is Sapphire Blue.

Right from the start, this book was better than the first. Although I could be biased because the first chapter had more romance than the entire first book. However, almost every aspect of the book seemed more coherent and interesting. Gwenyth was portrayed as adorably naive rather then infuriatingly dull and she finally became independent of Lesley. Another thing I loved about this book was the introduction of the character Xemerius, the ghost of a gargoyle that had long since been destroyed. He provided comic relief and helped move the plot along several times. He easily became my favorite character. Sapphire Blue, like Ruby Red, ended in a cliff hanger that the third book will hopefully wrap up for good.

The final book in the series is Emerald Green.

The first picture is the copy that looks like the others, the second is the copy that I bought at Barnes and Nobles because they didn't have it at either library I go to. I'm going to talk about the book in a second, but first, I want to talk about the exciting adventure I went on to pick up this book. I was at Star Co Coffee with my mom and her friend, playing scrabble and waiting for the library across the street to open. It just so happened, a movie was being filmed in the street between the cafe and the library. And it was starring actor Johnathon Bennett who played Aaron in Mean Girls. We even got a picture with him!

Okay, onto the book review part.
I loved this book. It was excellent. The ending was a bit odd, but somehow it worked with the writing style. The ending was nicely wrapped up and the characters were so nicely developed I think I'mm going to miss them. Emerald Green was overall cover to cover amazingness and I recommend the series to anyone.
Onto a new book and author!