Xemerius provided his little two cents to everything that just was so funny and was so great to Gwen. Lesley and Xemerius were probably my favorite characters. And we see a little bit of none stuck up Charlotte at Cynthia’s party in the last book when she’s drunk but you can’t really sympathizes with her. In just seemed that in every book they got worse. I hated Charlotte and her mother in every book. It wasn’t until about page 100 something that Gwyneth finally tells her mother and goes to the Temple and the truth about her being the family time traveler is revealed. I felt that Ruby Red started out a bit slow. The ending of Emerald Green did not give much resolution to what happens to the Gwyneth and Gideon and the crew, which was a bit disappointing, but was a good read reguardless. The romance was extremely frustrating throughout each book and I think I liked the supporting characters a good bit more than the main characters. The Ruby Red trilogy was a fun read and had a very interesting concept, seeing as I’ve never read a book about time travel.
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How to Talk to GIrls at Parties was originally a short story written by Neil Gaiman in the Fragile Things short story collection and was adapted and illustrated by Fabio Moon and Gabriel Ba (a Brazilian comics duo well known for their work on stories like Daytripper and Two Brothers). Which is why I was curious about the comic book adaptation of a short story about a teen boy getting dragged to a rather strange party by his best friend and all of the adventures that ensue as the boys attempt to meet (and talk) to the girls at the party. Often, I take the easy way out and just don’t bother to go unless someone drags me along. Unless I know a significant portion of the guests well, parties just mean sitting in a corner, sipping alcohol and wishing I was less awkward at making conversation with people. 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