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Blue Lily, Lily Blue
(The Raven Cycle #3)
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The third installment in the all-new series from the #1 NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Maggie Stiefvater!
Blue Sargent has found things. For the first time in her life, she has friends she can trust, a group to which she can belong. The Raven Boys have taken her in as one of their own. Their problems have become hers, and her problems have become theirs.
The trick with f ...more
Blue Sargent has found things. For the first time in her life, she has friends she can trust, a group to which she can belong. The Raven Boys have taken her in as one of their own. Their problems have become hers, and her problems have become theirs.
The trick with f ...more
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Nov 14, 2013
Zemira Warner
rated it
it was amazing
Recommends it for:
people with good taste
Shelves:
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boarding-school,
ghosts,
best-of-2014,
hot-guys,
i-own,
won,
i-want-to-write-like-this,
magical-realism
I only need one thing----> Ronan x Adam.
The story picks up where it left off. Boys are starting school again and Blue's mother is still missing. They're still trying to find Glendower, the long lost king. Gray Man's employed is in Henrietta looking for a payback. Now, I don't want to reveal anything else about the plot cause even the blurb is rather vague.
What I want to talk about are the characters. It seems Adam is the main one this time. Others all had their chapters but I feel as if he was ...more
The story picks up where it left off. Boys are starting school again and Blue's mother is still missing. They're still trying to find Glendower, the long lost king. Gray Man's employed is in Henrietta looking for a payback. Now, I don't want to reveal anything else about the plot cause even the blurb is rather vague.
What I want to talk about are the characters. It seems Adam is the main one this time. Others all had their chapters but I feel as if he was ...more
Faith in
“Blue,” he warned, but his voice was chaotic. This close, his throat was scented with mint and wool sweater and vinyl car seat, and Gansey, just Gansey.I would normally poke fun at YA for the drama and the weird boy-smells but I honestly can't.
She said, “I just want to pretend. I want to pretend that I could.”
Maggie Stiefvater has done such a wonderful job building this story that there's no room to be a sarcastic little snit about it.
It ...more
Nov 19, 2017
Virginia Ronan ♥ Herondale ♥
rated it
it was amazing
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
favorites
“Humans were so circular; they lived the same slow cycles of joy and misery over and over, never learning. Every lesson in the universe had to be taught billions of times, and it never stuck.”
Oh my!!! She did it once again!
Whenever I’m convinced that Maggie’s last book was already the peak of perfection she always manages to persuade me otherwise! I don’t really know how she does it, but she’s soo damn good at what she does that it’s almost impossible not to love her books!!! <3
Needless to say ...more
Oh my!!! She did it once again!
Whenever I’m convinced that Maggie’s last book was already the peak of perfection she always manages to persuade me otherwise! I don’t really know how she does it, but she’s soo damn good at what she does that it’s almost impossible not to love her books!!! <3
Needless to say ...more
Can the whole series be about Persephone?
“Queens and kings
Kings and queens
Blue lily, lily blue
Crowns and birds
Swords and things
Blue lily, lily blue.”
This review contains *spoilers*.
And just like that, I'm finished.
Now what?
I’ve been reading this series back to back and it made me realize how much I’ve missed the joy (and sleep deprivation) marathoning books gives me.
I already knew how dreadful I would feel once I finished Blue Lily, Lily Blue because I’m in love with these books, but I guess I didn’t prepare myself enough because I CA ...more
Kings and queens
Blue lily, lily blue
Crowns and birds
Swords and things
Blue lily, lily blue.”
This review contains *spoilers*.
And just like that, I'm finished.
Now what?
I’ve been reading this series back to back and it made me realize how much I’ve missed the joy (and sleep deprivation) marathoning books gives me.
I already knew how dreadful I would feel once I finished Blue Lily, Lily Blue because I’m in love with these books, but I guess I didn’t prepare myself enough because I CA ...more
Adam Parrish 
Richard Campbell Gansey III
Jun 08, 2013
Wendy Darling
rated it
really liked it
Shelves:
2014-favorites,
2014-publication,
read-2014,
to-review,
pn-ghosts,
fantasy,
young-adult,
own-dtb-tbr,
scholastic,
pn-witches
More heartbreaking kisses, please. Though I don't know if my heart can take it.
...more
resuming a reread i started two years ago, as the reading gods intended.
update: i love when a book is just as fun upon reread.
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reading all books with LGBTQ+ rep for pride this month!
book 1: the gravity of us
book 2: the great american whatever
book 3: wild beauty
book 4: the affair of the mysterious letter
book 5: how we fight for our lives
book 6: blue lily, lily blue
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original review
HOW DO YOU WRITE A REVIEW OF A BOOK THAT YOU LOVED SO MUCH IT MAKES YOUR HEART WARM AND IT R ...more
update: i love when a book is just as fun upon reread.
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reading all books with LGBTQ+ rep for pride this month!
book 1: the gravity of us
book 2: the great american whatever
book 3: wild beauty
book 4: the affair of the mysterious letter
book 5: how we fight for our lives
book 6: blue lily, lily blue
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original review
HOW DO YOU WRITE A REVIEW OF A BOOK THAT YOU LOVED SO MUCH IT MAKES YOUR HEART WARM AND IT R ...more
I know, I know. Please don't judge me, I'm sick.
But it's the sweetest kind of addiction. The one that doesn't let you sleep at nights because your thoughts wander into faraway lands and your heart beats fast for the people you came to love deeply even though they're the products of someone else's brilliant mind and beautiful soul. And I'm not alone, because I'll see you all in therapy, right? Right?
But it's the sweetest kind of addiction. The one that doesn't let you sleep at nights because your thoughts wander into faraway lands and your heart beats fast for the people you came to love deeply even though they're the products of someone else's brilliant mind and beautiful soul. And I'm not alone, because I'll see you all in therapy, right? Right?
“Queens and kings...more
Kings and Queens
Blue lily, lily blue
Crowns and birds
Swords and things
Blue
Mar 10, 2016
C.G. Drews
rated it
it was amazing
Shelves:
young-adult,
magical-fantasy,
audio-books,
reread,
5-star,
read-2019,
read-2016,
read-2015,
read-2018
1st Read: January 2015
2nd Read: March 2016
3rd Read: March 2018
4th Read: Oct 2019
Rereading In preparation for [Call Down The Hawk]
Because of course I am. 😌 I've got to say, I don't usually reread a series so much and being immersed in the audiobook again is both comforting and heartaching (it's like missing an old friend) and fresh. Even now. I still notice little things and my heart just feels incredibly full. These characters have long since stopped being ink on paper.
my particularly favourite ...more
2nd Read: March 2016
3rd Read: March 2018
4th Read: Oct 2019
Rereading In preparation for [Call Down The Hawk]
Because of course I am. 😌 I've got to say, I don't usually reread a series so much and being immersed in the audiobook again is both comforting and heartaching (it's like missing an old friend) and fresh. Even now. I still notice little things and my heart just feels incredibly full. These characters have long since stopped being ink on paper.
my particularly favourite ...more
“Mornings like this one were made for memories.”
Isn't it the most obscure and abnormal concept that a book filled with random sequences of the alphabet put together to make some sense, can act as a catalyst to generate a chemistry lab full of emotions?
Essentially, you could have an infinite amount of books with the same character count as an airline flight safety manual, but those random string of words put together in just a handful of books can make you feel so intensely.
This is what Th ...more
Isn't it the most obscure and abnormal concept that a book filled with random sequences of the alphabet put together to make some sense, can act as a catalyst to generate a chemistry lab full of emotions?
Essentially, you could have an infinite amount of books with the same character count as an airline flight safety manual, but those random string of words put together in just a handful of books can make you feel so intensely.
This is what Th ...more
Jun 12, 2017
Petrik
rated it
really liked it
·
review of another edition
Recommended to Petrik by:
Mary ~Ravager of Tomes~
You might want to underestimate this 4 stars rating slightly.
The Raven Cycle continues to improve with each installment and this is literally the first time I ever gave a 4 star rating to a YA book as I’m not a fan of the genre. Blue Lily, Lily Blue (BLLB) will probably be an easy 5 stars read for those of you who have no qualm with the genre in general.
One of the problems I had with 'The Dream Thieves' was that I feel like that there’s a lack of satisfaction in the sense of plot progression to ...more
The Raven Cycle continues to improve with each installment and this is literally the first time I ever gave a 4 star rating to a YA book as I’m not a fan of the genre. Blue Lily, Lily Blue (BLLB) will probably be an easy 5 stars read for those of you who have no qualm with the genre in general.
One of the problems I had with 'The Dream Thieves' was that I feel like that there’s a lack of satisfaction in the sense of plot progression to ...more
5 Stars
Overview: Re-Read
Umm... I don't have more to add except that I love this book and it's one of my all-time favorites? I appreciate so much more this time around and all of these characters are phenomenal.
Except Cheng, who exists here only to set his character up for the next book. And Maura, who continues to make bad decisions always.
Original Review
Here’s the thing with this series. The plot is… odd.
You open the first book expecting something about prep-school boys and maybe ghosts but ...more
Overview: Re-Read
Umm... I don't have more to add except that I love this book and it's one of my all-time favorites? I appreciate so much more this time around and all of these characters are phenomenal.
Except Cheng, who exists here only to set his character up for the next book. And Maura, who continues to make bad decisions always.
Original Review
Here’s the thing with this series. The plot is… odd.
You open the first book expecting something about prep-school boys and maybe ghosts but ...more
1st read May 2015
2nd read December 2015
3rd read April 2016
My favourite series of all time. This was such a beautiful third book, and ended in the best way. Everything feels calm enough that I can survive waiting ANOTHER 6 months for the final book in the series, but there was still a badass cliffhanger ending that I'm dying to read more about. ...more
2nd read December 2015
3rd read April 2016
My favourite series of all time. This was such a beautiful third book, and ended in the best way. Everything feels calm enough that I can survive waiting ANOTHER 6 months for the final book in the series, but there was still a badass cliffhanger ending that I'm dying to read more about. ...more
If Gansey dies, I too, will die.
Dec 01, 2016
Elle (ellexamines)
rated it
it was amazing
Shelves:
x-series,
z-2016read,
sff-high-fantasy,
x-coverporn,
identity,
x-rereads,
z-2016faves,
5-star
me when someone I know hates on Adam Parrish:
Okay, so this was a fantastic middle book. Blue Lily Lily Blue is a totally different beast than the Dream Thieves, but it's so good. Even thinking about this book makes me... so happy. I think what's funny about this series is I keep having problems with it but I'm okay with it - these books are as messy as life, as fucked up and emotionally charged and full of errors that won't ever be resolved. As I've said in my reviews for The Raven Boys, The Dre ...more
Okay, so this was a fantastic middle book. Blue Lily Lily Blue is a totally different beast than the Dream Thieves, but it's so good. Even thinking about this book makes me... so happy. I think what's funny about this series is I keep having problems with it but I'm okay with it - these books are as messy as life, as fucked up and emotionally charged and full of errors that won't ever be resolved. As I've said in my reviews for The Raven Boys, The Dre ...more
SPOILER FREE REVIEW: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT3ya...
So glad my order of The Raven King came in today so I don't have to wait to finish the series! ...more
So glad my order of The Raven King came in today so I don't have to wait to finish the series! ...more
*finishes The Dream Thieves*
*deep breath*
*dying whale noises*
I NEED THIS BOOK NOW
I CAN'T BELIEVE I HAVE TO WAIT ANOTHER YEAR
THE FEELS ...more
*deep breath*
*dying whale noises*
I NEED THIS BOOK NOW
I CAN'T BELIEVE I HAVE TO WAIT ANOTHER YEAR
THE FEELS ...more
“There was something unfamiliar about him. Something ferocious about his eyes, some sort of bite in his faint smile. Something altogether hectic and unsettled. She stood on the ledge of his smile and looked over the edge.”
Even though I always feel like I don't understand a thing that is going on in those books, they are just beautiful. Maybe exactly because I don't understand a thing: They always surprise me, I never know what to expect next but I am never let down.
I think this third installment ...more
Even though I always feel like I don't understand a thing that is going on in those books, they are just beautiful. Maybe exactly because I don't understand a thing: They always surprise me, I never know what to expect next but I am never let down.
I think this third installment ...more
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#1 The Raven Boys ★★★★★
#2 The Dream Thieves ★★★★★
#3 Blue Lily, Lily Blue ★★★★★
#4 The Raven King ★★★★★
#4.5 Opal ★★★★★
Blue was perfectly aware that it was possible to have a friendship that wasn’t all-encompassing, that wasn’t blinding, deafening, maddening, quickening. It was just that now that she’d had this kind, she didn’t want the other.
Where do I even begin? This review took me six weeks to write, and it's literally only because I loved it so much that I don't know how to describe it. ...more
×××May contain minor spoilers×××
This book is nothing like I expected. This book was everything I wanted it to be. The book gave me chills, it broke my heart. It made me laugh, it made me mad. It made me crazy. It made me cry - not a lot, not as much as The Raven Boys or The Dream Thieves but little silent tears pooling up in my eyes.
This book, at parts, made me forget that R ...more
"Queens and kings
Kings and queens
Blue lily, lily blue
Crowns and birds
Swords and things
Blue lily, lily blue"
This book is nothing like I expected. This book was everything I wanted it to be. The book gave me chills, it broke my heart. It made me laugh, it made me mad. It made me crazy. It made me cry - not a lot, not as much as The Raven Boys or The Dream Thieves but little silent tears pooling up in my eyes.
This book, at parts, made me forget that R ...more
Hands down my favorite one in the series so far <3
im so, so sad to admit this but… i think im slowly losing interest in this series. this book wasnt bad by any means, but i think the novelty and uniqueness is just wearing off for me. i found myself not really invested in the search for glyndŵr, which is a shame because the plot finally advances in this book! and again, ive wanted more on blues curse since ‘the raven boys,’ but shes hardly a focal point - shes only around when the boys do something. im going to finish the series because its only
...more
▒ My ten favorite things about Blue Lily, Lily Blue ▒
"Ronan kept going, his voice louder. "No. Do you hear me, Cabeswater? You promised to keep me safe. Who are we to you? Nothing? If you let him die, that is not keeping me safe. Do you understand? If they die, I die, too."
➊ To the surprise of absolutely nobody, Ronan takes the first place hands down even without having any chapter from his point of view. Actually, after the intensity of The Dream Thieves, getting to observe him through othe ...more
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THANK FUCK I'M DONE WITH THIS BOOK THANK THE LORD. Also my first 1 star of the year. I’ve been readin ...more
THANK FUCK I'M DONE WITH THIS BOOK THANK THE LORD. Also my first 1 star of the year. I’ve been readin ...more
"Queens and Kings
Kings and Queens
Blue lily, lily blue
Crowns and birds
Swords and things
Blue lily, lily blue"
I just bought about 16 books last week but they all can wait.
I'm going to re-read this baby first! You know why?
Because Ronan freaking Lynch, and Adam Parrish live in this. <3
“Behind him, he heard Ronan say,
"I like the way you losers thought Instagram before first aid.
Fuck off.”
I love this quote! It's just so... Ronan!
Ronan:“I know when I'm awake and when I'm asleep,"
Adam: ...more
Reread update 11/7/19:
This reread solidified that not only is BLLB my favorite book in the series, this is my favorite book of all time. Ever. Ever written. Trying to talk about this book in my reread vlog literally almost made me start crying. YIKES I love it.
Updated review 10/14/17:
I was curious if rereading this series would change my favorite book, but it definitely didn't. I knew from the first couple of chapters that this one just stands out from the rest for me. Maybe it is because it has ...more
This reread solidified that not only is BLLB my favorite book in the series, this is my favorite book of all time. Ever. Ever written. Trying to talk about this book in my reread vlog literally almost made me start crying. YIKES I love it.
Updated review 10/14/17:
I was curious if rereading this series would change my favorite book, but it definitely didn't. I knew from the first couple of chapters that this one just stands out from the rest for me. Maybe it is because it has ...more
1.) The Raven Boys ★★★★★
2.) The Dream Thieves ★★★★★
This book is the physical manifestation of perfection.
This is a once in a lifetime series.
This book's magic fills all my dark places with light.
This series reminded me why I fell in love with reading.
This series is the best thing I've read since Harry Potter and The Name of the Wind.
It's always hard for me to write reviews for books that become my favorites. Hopefully those above five lines will help, or maybe they won't. Either way, no amount ...more
Blue Lily, Lily Blue (RC 03), by Maggie Stiefvater: 5 “Barrel of Monkeys” Stars.
“ ‘What’s that slowly phrase?’ Noah asked. ‘Slowly, slowly …’
‘… catchy monkey,’ Gansey finished.”
~ Noah Czerny & Richard Gansey III.
According to the Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, the phrase Noah refers to is actually: Softly, softly, catchee monkey. Basically, it means that in very tricky situations – like catching monkeys – prudence, preparation, and patience are more effective than impulsiveness, irrationality, a ...more
“ ‘What’s that slowly phrase?’ Noah asked. ‘Slowly, slowly …’
‘… catchy monkey,’ Gansey finished.”
~ Noah Czerny & Richard Gansey III.
According to the Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, the phrase Noah refers to is actually: Softly, softly, catchee monkey. Basically, it means that in very tricky situations – like catching monkeys – prudence, preparation, and patience are more effective than impulsiveness, irrationality, a ...more
“Blue,” he warned, but his voice was chaotic. This close, his throat was scented with mint and wool sweater and vinyl car seat, and Gansey, just Gansey.
She said, “I just want to pretend. I want to pretend that I could.”
This is my favorite so far, I'm in love!
“Queens and kings, Kings and queens. Blue lily, lily blue, Crowns and birds. Swords and things, Blue lily, lily blue”
I feel like a lot of things right now, I just finished the book and making a mental review of what has been, I ...more
“Queens and kings, Kings and queens
Blue lily, lily blue, Crowns and birds
Swords and things, Blue lily, lily blue”
This series has reduced me to a barely functioning mess, making fan art and listening to fan mixes in my spare time. Which isn't anything wrong, except responsibilities. Responsibilities I have grossly neglected that really need to stop being grossly neglected.
These books just suck you in and take you prisoner. I feel like Maggie Stiefvater is a mad genius or something. The way ...more
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New York Times bestselling author of The Shiver Trilogy, The Raven Cycle, and The Scorpio Races. Artist. Driver of things with wheels. Avid reader.
Maggie Stiefvater plays several musical instruments (most infamously, the bagpipes) and makes art in several media (most generally, colored pencils).
She lives in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia with her husband, their two children, many dogs, a bunch ...more
Maggie Stiefvater plays several musical instruments (most infamously, the bagpipes) and makes art in several media (most generally, colored pencils).
She lives in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia with her husband, their two children, many dogs, a bunch ...more
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“You can be just friends with people, you know," Orla said. "I think it's crazy how you're in love with all those raven boys."
Orla wasn't wrong, of course. But what she didn't realize about Blue and her boys was that they were all in love with one another. She was no less obsessed with them than they were with her, or one another, analyzing every conversation and gesture, drawing out every joke into a longer and longer running gag, spending each moment either with one another or thinking about when next they would be with one another. Blue was perfectly aware that it was possible to have a friendship that wasn't all-encompassing, that wasn't blinding, deafening, maddening, quickening. It was just that now that she'd had this kind, she didn't want the other.”
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Orla wasn't wrong, of course. But what she didn't realize about Blue and her boys was that they were all in love with one another. She was no less obsessed with them than they were with her, or one another, analyzing every conversation and gesture, drawing out every joke into a longer and longer running gag, spending each moment either with one another or thinking about when next they would be with one another. Blue was perfectly aware that it was possible to have a friendship that wasn't all-encompassing, that wasn't blinding, deafening, maddening, quickening. It was just that now that she'd had this kind, she didn't want the other.”
“I know when I'm awake and when I'm asleep," Ronan Lynch said.
Adam Parrish, curled over himself in a pair of battered, greasy coveralls, asked, "Do you?"
"Maybe I dreamt you," he said.
"Thanks for the straight teeth, then," Adam replied.”
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Adam Parrish, curled over himself in a pair of battered, greasy coveralls, asked, "Do you?"
"Maybe I dreamt you," he said.
"Thanks for the straight teeth, then," Adam replied.”
