Ruby Red by Kiertin Gier was an excellent first novel to a trilogy. I literally read Ruby Red in a few hours and loved it. It was an excellent first book of a trilogy that allowed the reader to be slowly drawn into this new world with ease. Terms and the rules of this world were not suddenly dumped on you but explored throughout the book which allowed for you to obtain a greater understanding about this new world. 
 The book is about two cousins Charlotte and Gwen. Charlotte is thought to be the time traveller in the family and has spent her life training for the day the gene that will allow her to time travel to unlock. Yet when the gene unlocks it is not Charlotte who time travels but her cousin Gwen. Gwen is confused since she has spent her entire life thinking she was nothing ordinary apart from her ability to see things others can not. So when Gwen finds herself in the past she must muddle her way through the secrets and prophecies and the new rules that she is now accountable for. 
 I loved Ruby Red since while not much happened plot and action wise it allowed for me to see into this world where time travel is possible. Instead of spending the first book immersed in action and adventure you are able to get a good understanding of the world and the characters. You can connect with Gwen because she isn't unobtainable to you, she could be the girl in your classroom or the girl on the bus, she isn't particularly special until she is thrust into a world she felt did not apply to her. The plot seems to be leading up to something exciting so I will be buying Sapphire blue (hopefully soon!). In all if you want a book about time travel then give this one a whirl.