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I thought I wouldn't like this book, but I absolutely loved it - I mean full-on, never-wanted-it-to-finish, loved it. The writing flowed so beautifully, the characters were unbelievably real, and the premise and setting was amazing. I am still stunned. I would never have picked this book up normally and I can't believe I would have missed out. It is the kind of book which leaves you feeling that no other book you pick up now is going to quite match up to it. But yay! There are two more in the se
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Sep 19, 2012
Marla
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3.5 stars. I listened to this book, because I was wary of the mixed reviews and I enjoyed it. It reminded me of Beautiful Creatures but with better writing, more interesting characters and no cryptic poetry/song lyrics. I didn't love the characters, but they were interesting, the prophesies and predictions were intriguing and the boys were such good friends. So I liked it in spite of the strange repetitive language, thoughtless and condescending speech, Gansey's ranting about the King and Blue's
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3.5-Stars- Briefly describing this book I'd say slow start, interesting middle, and more interesting ending. I didn't love this one as much as The Scorpio Races, but I liked it much more than her Shiver trilogy. Our trusty heroine Blue is decent and I love the world of women psychics she was raised around. It's all very free-spirited and bohemian. Stiefvater as always has poignant, pithy observations about life interspersed at unexpected moments that really hit me in the gut. I especially liked
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Not a bad book but I don't get the hype. The plot was interesting, but I didn't like the boys much, especially Adam and Ronan, neither deserved a friend like Gansey. They all needed a good shrink. But I liked Blue and her family, they were funny. Just like Mallory.
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Mar 28, 2024
Genevieve
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it was amazing
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Jun 21, 2012
Debbie
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Sep 25, 2012
Jen
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Nov 16, 2012
Christina T
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Dec 07, 2012
Cheer Papworth
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Feb 02, 2013
Adele
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Feb 07, 2013
Deyara
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Feb 14, 2013
Lori
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Nov 13, 2014
Lisa
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it was amazing
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