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I got my signed copy of The Raven Boys for Christmas from a wonderful friend, and sadly I
only just finished it (more like last week but I had a family event and a
Bachelorette party to bake for). Though
part of the delay for reading was purposeful, me trying to hold off and have
less time to wait for Book 2. I made it
what 4 months, that's it, but hey that's 4 less months to wait.
I'm a big fan of Maggie's other works so I was of
course ready to check this one out, on past history alone but seeing the
beautiful cover and the summary sealed the deal.
"There
are only two reasons a non-seer would see a spirit on St. Mark's Eve,"
Neeve said. "Either you're his true
love…or you killed him."
Interested yet?
Well this is made even more interesting because for as long as Blue can
remember she has been warned that when she kisses her true love she will cause
his death. Talk about killer
cooties! Still when Blue meets Gansy and
his crew of 3, Adam, Ronan, and Noah all four of them, Blue and the Raven Boys,
so called because they are students at the school for the local boys private
school Aglionby. This also makes them
off limits, not just because of her rule, no boys, but especially no Raven
Boys. But meeting him, after she saw him
on the Corpse road, she is drawn to him.
Despite her rule, Blue joins the boys in their
quest to uncover something of myth and legend.
A non-seer in a family full of them, she feels left out but strangely
perfectly at home with the boys on this adventure.
One
of my favorite parts of this book as with all of Stiefvater's books, are the
complex characters. Each one has a
different personality and motivation for everything not just moving the store
along, you feel like they are doing things for a deep purpose. Gansy, the leader of the pack, beyond rich, privileged,
good looking, devoted friends, he has the perfect life yet he is restless
always seeking something that to most is impossible. Then you have Adam, a poor kid from town
attending on scholarship working his behind off both in school and work and
trying to help in the search, even as he struggles with a rough life and some
resentment issues of those with money.
Ronan, is also a rich kid who goes back and forth from anger to despair
who has dealt with more than his fair share of darkness. Last but not least, it Noah, the quite one
who doesn't say as much but somehow sees more than anyone else and holds them
all together and so much more.
The book centers around their search for the
sleeping King and what finding him would mean for each of them. I don't want to give anything away, but this
book is full of mystery, adventure, suspense, magic, and just the right amount
of creep thrown in with amazingly complex characters and plotline. Pick it up and check it out, though be warned
you must wait till September for book 2!
I give this book 5 Ravens!
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