Sapphire Blue

Gier, Kierstin. Sapphire Blue. Book 2 of the Ruby Red trilogy. 2012. 362p. ISBN 0-8050-9266-8. Available at FIC GIE on the library shelves.

In Ruby Red, Gwen discovered that she was the Ruby, the 12th and final member of the Circle of Twelve, a group of time-travellers who seek to fulfil the prophecy, but two of the other members, one of them her cousin, have broken ranks and are fighting back against the Circle’s plans.

Now, Gwen is trying to figure out what is actually taking place and why her cousin would escape with one of the chronometers that enable time travel. The Count de St-Germain, the man who started the Circle, lives in the 1700s and Gwen must travel back to meet him again. She also meets her grandfather back in 1948, and with him she begins to question the real purpose of the Circle.

Assisted by a gargoyle demon only visible to her in her own time, Gwen is also trying to navigate the love / hate relationship she has with Gideon, the Diamond and himself a time traveller. And as if life wasn’t hard enough already, she still has to go to school and study. Can Gwen discover what the true purpose of the Circle is before it is too late?

The story concludes in Emerald Green.