Dreams: romance

Format: Hardcover / Kindle
Number of pages: 352
Published January 17th 2012 by St. Martin's Griffin (first published 2011)
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Synopsis:

The year is 2009. Nineteen-year-old Jackson Meyer is a normal guy… he’s in college, has a girlfriend… and he can travel back through time. But it’s not like the movies – nothing changes in the present after his jumps, there’s no space-time continuum issues or broken flux capacitors – it’s just harmless fun.

That is… until the day strangers burst in on Jackson and his girlfriend, Holly, and during a struggle with Jackson, Holly is fatally shot. In his panic, Jackson jumps back two years to 2007, but this is not like his previous time jumps. Now he’s stuck in 2007 and can’t get back to the future.

Desperate to somehow return to 2009 to save Holly but unable to return to his rightful year, Jackson settles into 2007 and learns what he can about his abilities.

But it’s not long before the people who shot Holly in 2009 come looking for Jackson in the past, and these “Enemies of Time” will stop at nothing to recruit this powerful young time-traveler. Recruit… or kill him.

Piecing together the clues about his father, the Enemies of Time, and himself, Jackson must decide how far he’s willing to go to save Holly… and possibly the entire world.

Rating: 4/5

I have started this book for some time and I was really exccited about it when I did. I was not really sure what it is about but I knew it envolved time travel.

The main character of the book is Jackson Meyer, a college student who discovered for some time his ability to travel in time. He can jump in time but he can not change things that have or will happen. Thanks to his friend Adam, he can understand more about his jumps and gradually he jumps in back days, months, years.

Jackson has a really nice girlfriend named Holly, who he loves really much.

One day, a strange incident occurs making Jackson jump back in time and get stuck there. Althou he tries to get back to the main base he always ends up in a different place.

His regret for jumping back in time is leaving Holly behind in danger. But he is also grateful for having the possibility to see his ~~dead~~ sister again.

I enjoyed reading this book but as I gradually flipped the pages something didn't catch me anymore. I don't know if it was the many jumps that Jackson made (which started to confuse me at some point, always having to look at the previous chapters to check the date where J. is) or the plot itself but something was a little off. When I saw this book and the synopsis I felt like there was something more to it. Its not a bad book but it could have been more.

I liked the relationship that Jackson and Holly have. They are so cute together and I really admired J for caring so much about H.

It is a good read for a summer day or any other days you fell like travveling in time.

Kindle Edition, 233 pages
Published February 3rd 2012
Jacket design & Image © Julie Cassar

Synopsis:

Meet Ruby. She’s your average (somewhat dorky) ice-cream eating, garden-loving teenager, who is constantly being annoyed by her little brother, is best friends with possibly the only Goth kid in town and, oh yeah…she sees fairies.

After Nick Martino (possibly the hottest guy she’s ever known) finally asks her out, she can barely manage a two-word sentence when a bizarre incident strikes their lakeside town.Stumbling bare-foot through some interesting dates, will she ever find love? And what does Ruby do when more strange events continue to occur? Will she keep her gift of Fairy Sight a secret? As an ancient myth unfolds and new mystic fairy tales come to life, Ruby and her menagerie of friends tackle some extraordinary circumstances with her very ordinary abilities in this modern day fairy tale. See what legends come to life in “Ruby Blue,” a young adult fantasy fiction novel and the first installment of the Ruby Blue series.

Ruby Blue este o carte foarte frumoasă de care m-am bucurat încă de când am auzit de ea!

Ruby este o adolescentă iubitoare de ingheţată şi teneşi care are abilitatea de a vedea... zânele :D. Prietenii ei cei mai buni sunt Anya şi Brennan, două zâne simpatice care sunt alături de Ruby mereu.

Chiar dacă viaţa ei este plină de magie acest lucru nu o opreşte din a trăi o viaţă normală alături de părinţii şi fratele ei. Este o adolescentă ca oricare alta, se îndrăgosteşte de cel mai frumos băiat şi trăieşte la fel de multe emoţii ca oricine.

Mi-au plăcut replicile amuzante din carte ele combinându-se de minune cu magia cărţii!

Recomand această carte copiilor, adolescenţilor şi nu numai! Este o lectură amuzantă, plină de emoţie iar prietenia dintre Ruby şi zâne este una foarte puternică, făcându-te să îţi doreşti ceva asemănător în viaţa ta!

Este o carte super drăguţă iar coperta este superbă!!! Iubesc culorile magice pe care Julie le-a folosit. Îmi amintesc de un borcan cu licurici <3

Rating: 3.5-4/5

Ruby Blue is a very beautiful book which I enjoyed ever since I have heard of it!

Ruby is a ice-cream and converse loving teenager which has the ability to see... fairies :D Her best friends are Anya and Brennan, two lovely fairies which are always by her side.

Even thou her life is full of magic this does not stop her to live a normal life with her parents and brother. She is a teenager like any other, she falls in love with the most beautiful guy and she has as many emotions as everybody.

I loved the funny dialogues in the book which blend nicely with the magic inside!

I recommend this book to children, teenagers and not only! It is a funny reading, full of emotion and the friendship between Ruby and fairies is a really strong one, making you want something like that!

Really awesome book and the cover is really beautiful!!! I love those magical colours Julie used. They remind me of fireflies in a jar <3