Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Resolutions We Have For 2015

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Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created at The Broke and the Bookish.

  Top ten series I resolve to finish in 2015.

 

 

Book Review: Dream A Little Dream by Kerstin Gier

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Dream A Little Dream
The Silver Trilogy #1
Author: Kerstin Gier
Reading Level: Young Adult
Genre: Fantasy
Released: April 14 2015
Review Source: Henry Holt and Co.

Mysterious doors with lizard-head knobs. Talking stone statues. A crazy girl with a hatchet. Yep, Liv’s dreams have been pretty weird lately. Especially this one where she’s in a graveyard at night, watching four boys perform dark magic rituals.

The really weird thing is that Liv recognizes the boys in her dream. They’re classmates from her new school in London, the school where’s she’s starting over because her mom has moved them to a new country (again). But they seem to know things about her in real life that they couldn’t possibly know, which is mystifying. Then again, Liv could never resist a good mystery. . . .

Liv's world gets flipped upside down when her mother meets a man. This man who might become her step-father and has two children of his own. Things only get weirder as her dreams revolve around her soon to be step-brother and his group of friends. She must figure out what these dreams mean and if these boys also remember these dreams.

I'm not sure this was my cup of tea. I enjoyed the concept, and I liked where the story went, but I just wasn't as gripped with the story as I expected to be. I think it might be because I am such an avid fan of Gossip Girl that whenever a story throws in an aspect that is like Gossip Girl, it tends to take me out of the story. I only want Gossip Girl to have a Gossip Girl. While Dream A Little Dream had Secrecy instead of Gossip Girl I still completely felt like it was Gossip Girl.

I loved Liv's reaction to this dream world. I feel like the first thing I would do was make a journal, such as she did. Although I wouldn't of woken myself up every hour on the hour, but that's the dedication that Liv had. And honestly it was believable, to me, that she would wake herself up and write in this journal. I also liked her spunk, she didn't let anyone really tell her what to do--except herself. I like a girl like that, mainly because it reminds me of myself!

Book Review: Sapphire Blue by Kerstin Gier

Sapphire Blue
Edelstein Trilogie #2
Author: Kerstin Gier
Reading Level: YA
Genre: Fantasy/Time Travel
Released: October 30th 2012
Review Source: Macmillan - Henry Holt and Co.
Available: Amazon

Summary: (from goodreads) 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.

Sapphire Blue is the second book in The Ruby Red Trilogy. Unfortunately, I didn't get to read the first book, Ruby Red, before reading this one, so I felt a little lost. This book shouldn't be read as a standalone. With that being said, I really did enjoy it. Ms. Gier really came up with an amazing story involving time travel, romance and paranormal.

Gwen is a time traveler and she isn't the only one. There is this society that are in charge of people like Gwen, which apparently are only a few that time travel. They are constantly going back and forth to different time periods. Now Gwen has a mission and is totally unprepared. No one knew that she had the time traveler gene so no one prepared her for this life style. Her cousin was the one everyone thought was going to travel so she had all the training. She could go back 200 years and know exactly what was happening in the world then and also know how to dress, act and speak. Something that Gwen is completely clueless on. So now, she is getting trained and wow, those dance classes are hilarious! Her love interest is Gideon, and boy did he annoy me. Sometimes he was all into her and then other, not so much. I wanted to smack him on the back side of his head and tell him "cut it out!" LOL The one character that I totally fell in love with was the gargoyle/demon/ghost, Xemerius. He always had something funny to say. Plus, he was Gwen's little sidekick and eyes whenever she wasn't around. The book is definitely full of mystery and suspense and you will be asking "what's going to happen next?"

Sapphire Blue was a great read, but like I said before, make sure you read Ruby Red first. I am considering reading Ruby Red just so I can get a better understanding to the series. Plus, I am really looking forward to reading the next book. I totally recommend this series.