Emerald Green

When Gwyneth Shepherd turns 17 she learns she has inherited a time traveling gene passed down through her mother's side of the family.  This is a problem because everyone thought it was passed to her cousin Charlotte.  Charlotte has spent her entire life training and preparing for traveling into the past.  So, when it actually happens to Gwyneth, no one is prepared.  Now Gwyneth must carry out the plans to close the circle of twelve.  When that happens, it is believed all of humanity will be positively affected.  However, the two members of the circle before her have disappeared, taking an important time traveling instrument with them.  She begins working with her male counterpart, Gideon, who she quickly falls in love with, to find these two members at different points in the past.  She quickly learns that everything is not what it seems and the secrets of the secret society meant to protect the circle, may not be what everyone thinks.
This is the third book in the Ruby Red trilogy and concludes Gwyneth's story.  I loved the first two books.  Gwyneth is a normal teenager, who is thrust into a wild situation.  I enjoyed her as a protagonist.  I love historical fiction, so the time traveling aspect was something new and different.  However, this book was not that great.  It moves very, very slowly.  It is more than half-way through the book before Gwyneth actually travels to an important ball that gets the action moving.  Up until that time, she is crying over Gideon, and trying to figure out what the Guardians are really up to.  Some of the characters' actions are so over the top it's humorous.  The story is wrapped up neatly and I was satisfied with the ending, it just took too long to get to that point.  Lots of non-essential plot points.  I do recommend the first two books, so I would recommend this one as well just to finish out the story.  With that being said, I am so glad I am done!