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Sunday, June 23, 2013

The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle book One) By: Maggie Stiefvater

“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.”
It is freezing in the churchyard, even before the dead arrive.
Every year, Blue Sargent stands next to her clairvoyant mother as the soon-to-be dead walk past. Blue herself never sees them—not until this year, when a boy emerges from the dark and speaks directly to her.
His name is Gansey, and Blue soon discovers that he is a rich student at Aglionby, the local private school. Blue has a policy of staying away from Aglionby boys. Known as Raven Boys, they can only mean trouble.
But Blue is drawn to Gansey, in a way she can’t entirely explain. He has it all—family money, good looks, devoted friends—but he’s looking for much more than that. He is on a quest that has encompassed three other Raven Boys: Adam, the scholarship student who resents all the privilege around him; Ronan, the fierce soul who ranges from anger to despair; and Noah, the taciturn watcher of the four, who notices many things but says very little.
For as long as she can remember, Blue has been warned that she will cause her true love to die. She never thought this would be a problem. But now, as her life becomes caught up in the strange and sinister world of the Raven Boys, she’s not so sure anymore.

(Goodreads) 

Well I really loved this book!! But it took me forever to finish it. Which never happens... I usually, when I really like the book, finish it in one or two days. This one took me almost an entire week.  But it was really good, it was super interesting, it was new and it was odd. It had many different point of views, Blue, Gansey, Adam, Whelk, and Neeve. And it would randomly change, so at times it was very confusing. What bugged me was Blues mom and semi-aunts. They knew what was going on, but wouldn't tell anyone what it was, making it harder and they could have avoided some things from happening. But it was so awesome. And unique, all the characters had flaws, in one way or another and that made them human. Whereas, most books have near perfect characters, that then at one point will become perfect. Boring. But this, this was amazing, I really came to love the characters, and they all had there own demons to fight against, some worse then others, but it was amazing. Now the ending made me scream, it was such a cliffy, I love and hate cliffys, they make the wait for the next book agonizing, but also it makes the wait worth it (sometimes). And the mystery of the book kept me on edge the entire time. I absolutely did not expect some (most) of the things that happened!! Like Noah being dead, I should have realized some of the hints of him being dead, but I didn't and it was such a big shock. It was slow at times, but the story had a lot of things to explain which made it understandable. 
Absolutely loved this book!! :D

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