In fact, it would be so, so much better without it! Because honestly, Gwen has no depth. Even though the entire bloody world is counting on her, even though she can travel in time, even though she has a pet gargoyle, her every waking moment is spent in contemplation of Gideon's hair.ĭid I mention the paragraphs upon paragraphs about how attractive he looks at random moments?ĭelete that from the book, and you have an intresting, entertaining story. Because here is the deal.he's all she thinks about. Its nonsense to make it appear more attractive to our hormonal town crier.I mean, our heroine. There is nothing more to him though! Sure, he plays the violin and piano and hates musicals, but is any of that depth? No. There is nothing wrong with him, his main goal is to protect the girl, oh! yeah, and all he wants to do is kiss. Gideon's character is, as I said, a teenage girl's characterization of the perfect guy. Its all lust and hormones and emotional hype. There is no real conception of what love is in this book. He's barely known this girl a few days and he's 'declaring his love'.which, apparently, translates to 'when I see you, all I want to do is makeout so obviously I'm head over heels.' It sounds like someone on a Jane Austen-high.

That brings me to my main problem with Gideon. Of course, he is also the most misunderstood character around and really in love with ther heroine. He is unlikely in the extreme and every high school girls fantasy. He's a boy toy with no real purpose but to look prety, be occasionally vexing, and be good at kissing. Lets take our fearless hero, Gideon, for example. The characters absolutely ruin this book. In fact, its creative and fun and quite enjoyable. And I suppose by October I'll be stuck back in dinky Dayton so I'll have to wait even longer to get my hands on a copy. Oh my gosh, do I really have to wait for OCTOBER for this book to be translated into English? AHHH! I'm so excited.

Sapphire blue by kerstin gier