SAPPHIRE BLUE Ruby Red, Book 2

Narrator Marisa Calin dives enthusiastically into Book 2 of Geir's time-travel trilogy, launched with RUBY RED. Calin portrays the bewilderment of Gwyneth Shepherd, who is designated the final member in the Circle of Twelve, even though her perfectionist cousin, Charlotte, has been groomed for the role for years. Calin delivers an accurate British accent but sometimes misses period and class distinctions. She does capture the teen characters in their rivalry and their pursuit of mysteries. Especially fun is Calin's presentation of the time-traveling teens' karaoke performance in an eighteenth-century salon and her on-again, off-again romantic adventures through the ages with Gideon. Calin also imparts a good deal of character to Gwyneth's wise-guy gargolyle campanion, Xemerius, and revels in the cliff-hanger ending. D.P.D. © AudioFile 2013, Portland, Maine [Published: MARCH 2013]