Bri is Reading: The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater:
Idon’t have a ton of time to re-read books but I made an exception for the first three books in Maggie Stiefvater’s The Raven Cycle. Filled with prophecies, a handful of psychics, and a curse, The Raven Cycle follows Blue, Gansey, Adam, Ronan, and Noah as they go on a quest to find the sleeping Welsh King Glendower. When I originally read the first book in the series, The Raven Boys, I was surprised by how the characters snuck up on me; about halfway through I was hopelessly attached to each and every one, with no idea how it happened. The persnickety Blue and her curse that prevents her from kissing her true love lest he perish; the scholarly Gansey, the leader of their quest; the dangerous Ronan, with his unexpectedly fierce loyalty; the stubborn Adam, who has always wanted more for himself; and the smudgy Noah, who anchors them all. Put them together with a bunch of psychics, a hit man, and a few unsavory challengers, and you have yourself one of the most unique YA series I’ve ever read.
I adored The Raven Boys, The Dream Thieves, and Blue Lily, Lily Blue the first time I read them, but I’m enjoying my revisit even more. Stiefvater is very clever in how she weaves the story together–there are tiny hints and pieces about events that happen later sprinkled throughout the story from the very beginning. Everything feels very casual, but is incredibly well thought out. I can’t wait to see how everything pays off in The Raven King, the final book of the series.
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