Sapphire Blue

Sapphire Blue

Publication information
Original language	German
Original title	Saphirblau
Author	Kerstin Gier
Illustrator
Published on
Published by	Henry Holt and Co.
Chronology
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Ruby Red	Emerald Green

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Sapphire Blue is the second book in the Ruby Red trilogy.

Blurb[]

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.^[1]

Plot[]

Gideon has just kissed Gwen when they are disturbed by a gargoyle demon named Xemerius, whom only Gwen can see. Xemerius, follows them back to the Temple. Gideon and Gwen meet with the members of the Inner Circle to discuss how Lucy and Paul knew about their visit to Lady Tilney. All the members, aside from Mr. George and Gideon, suspect Gwen told them.

In order to fulfill her quota of time travel for the day, Gwen is sent to the year 1948, where she meets Lord Lucas Montrose, her grandfather.

Lady Arista tells Gwen that Charlotte will from now on be teaching her how to be a proper time traveler, much to Gwen's dismay. Gwen is taught dance and quizzed on history, all in preparation for a soiree that Gwen must attend on orders of Count Saint-Germain.

Xemerius informs Gwen that Gideon was knocked in the head and left unconscious.

After dance and history lessons, she is sent to 1956, where she meets Lucas under the disguise of being his cousin, Hazel, and the two go to a cafe. Lucas tells her that Count Saint-Germain murdered Lancelot de Villiers, the first time traveler, and his ancestor. Lucas tells her that the Count had enemies in the Florentine Alliance, that he had private documents not recorded in the Annals, and that reading all twelve of the time traveler's blood into the chronograph was not the only thing that had to be done in order to reveal its secret.

Gwen invites Lesley over, and Mr. Bernard brings Lord Montrose's copy of The Green Rider, which has a series of numbers on a paper; a code that Lesley breaks, but can't make out the meaning of the decoded message. At the soiree, Gideon is led away by Lavinia Rutland and Gwen befriends Lady Brompton and another woman. She meets the Count again, and also Lord Alastair, a man who founded the Florentine Alliance.

Raphael figures out that the numbers and letters in the Green Rider form a GPS code. After Gideon is sent away with Lady Lavinia, the Count is delighted to see that Gwen has fallen for Gideon, stating that women in love were much easier to control, and congratulates Gideon for his work. Shocked, angry, and sad, Gwen confronts Gideon about it after they elapse to the present again, to which he denies pretending to fall in love with her, but doesn't deny tricking her. Gwen leaves the Temple, angry and heartbroken.