Title:
The Raven Boys
The Raven Boys
Author:
Maggie Stiefvater
★★★★☆
4 out of 5 stars
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.
WOW.
Here I thought that maybe I was getting too old for young adult after so many
low rated books but, this one
Blue
is a non--so-gifted (by comparison) young girl, member of a clairvoyant family,
all of them strong, talented, independent women that make a living out of their
gift; one day she finds herself involved with 4 pretentious students from a
local private school that are in the search for an ancient welsh king's resting
place.
The
Raven Boys has different narrators, each voice different and unique, I found
every character interesting in its own way. All the supporting characters have
a purpose and are easy to remember. There are a lot of clues scattered around
and even though I saw one of the big twists coming, it didn't make me like this
book less. The four boys are all so different it made me wonder if they would
actually be friends in real life at first, but then, the way the author
delivers the story, made me feel fond of their non so conventional
relationship.
The
romance isn't as important as you would think, yet. There's going to be a love
triangle, it is more than obvious, but it isn't insta-love, so it is not going
to be shallow. The story itself is a little slow at the beginning but it picks
up towards the middle, and part of me likes that because many things I thought
needed to explained, are getting explained.
The
ending wasn't as satisfying as the rest of the book, not because of what
happens, but because I needed more; while I felt the plot was wonderful,
complex and magical, the resolution was a little bit too convenient for the
sake of the sequel, meaning, not much happens.
Highly recommend.
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