Hello
happy readers! I finished The Dream Thieves (Raven Cycle #2) by Maggie Stiefvater this morning and
wanted to share my thoughts on it. This
will contain spoilers from book one which I reviewed here.
Rating: 5 Stars
So
I read book one, The Raven Boys (review) back when it first came out a few
years ago. I never finished the series,
wanting to re-read the first book and marathon them once complete so I wouldn’t
miss anything. I re-read The Raven Boys
and started in on The Dream Thieves but RL and having a million open books
pushed it back but I was determined to finish.
Given the time lapse a re-read was pretty much needed or I feel I
wouldn’t have remembered so many of the details built into this world. We pick up where we left off before, Adam
made a sacrifice that no one really fully understands. Blue is dating a boy she can’t kiss or risk
him dying. Ronan has some serious
secrets held within and so much more is happening.
So
Ronan can bring things out of his dreams.
How flipping cool is that? I mean
this is flipping awesome. Think of the
things you could bring out? Okay maybe
not so good if you’re not good at controlling it and you bring out nightmares
but the positive side is pretty cool. As
they start to unravel things with Ronan and his past and understanding how it
relates to Glendower you follow along for the unique and often creepy
ride. Like most of her books, Stiefvater
manages to bring such magic into her writing and not simply with the magical
aspects but the words themselves. You
really feel you are part of the gang struggling along with your own issues as
you try to keep your group on task and from falling apart.
This
book focused on all aspects of our group and the dynamics within. Adam still has some serious issues about his
circumstances. He’s had it bad, no
doubt, but he’s angry at those who didn’t in an almost irrational way. It’s so surreal because I’ve seen people who
act out in some ways so similar. Blue
and her confused emotions between liking more than one boy, especially when
kissing one could end up in death. Plus
can we just say the emotional damage that could do to a girl, if you kiss your
true love they will die, that being all you know growing up not interested in
anyone is hard enough. However, when
people come into your life that you find yourself wanting to kiss…well one way
ticket to sucksville. What is crazy here
though is that even though there is no epic kissing scenes that we all seem to
love some of the scenes where kissing may take place in other stories are so
intense and intimate.
In
The Dream Thieves we also get to meet a new character, They Grey Man. A hit man with more to him than you might
expect. He wasn’t painted as a saint by
any means but he had some depth. As he
began to interact with character we know and love we saw more to him, and maybe
more than he saw of himself. We also get
to learn more about another elite private school Aglionby boy, one with a much
darker side than even our somewhat dark boys.
This
one continues the dark mystery and adventure we started in book one but keeps
upping the ante with romance, and keeps the heart racing with twists and
turns. Still in the end my favorite
part, aside from the beautiful writing, are the relationships. Be it Blue and her Raven Boys or her and her
family of eclectic psychics, and each boys relationships with family as compared
to that of the group dynamic. I loved
this continuation and can’t wait to read more and figure out more of the
mysteries of this world and what power it holds and how it will affect everyone
I care about. Please share your thoughts in the comments
below!
Until
next time…
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