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The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle, #1)

Maggie Stiefvater

Start date: May 12, 2013

Finish date: May 31, 2013

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Apr 06, 2014 Gremlin rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: ya

I'll admit that it took me a little while to accept the premise of this book. (For some reason, I have a block against current, paranormal YA). But the writing was smooth enough - and it was a breath of fresh air from the previous book I'd read - so I continued on. And eventually I was won over.

The characters held true and continued to develop. The mechanics of this paranormal world were fairly consistent with themselves. What could have been a very typical love triangle didn't fall prey to stan ...more

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Sep 19, 2012 Marla rated it liked it

Shelves: award-winner, catholic, made-me-laugh, paranormal, young-adult, mystery, audiobook, overrated, recommended-to-me, series

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 ...more

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Nov 10, 2012 Lauren rated it really liked it

I WANT to love Maggie Stiefvater like everyone else does, but I always feel like I'm missing something! I'd probably really just give this book a 3.5, but I bumped it up because the characters are great and because I'm always hooked by stories featuring psychics. ...more

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Dec 06, 2012 Amanda rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 5-stars, favorites, young-adult

I'm definitely still enthralled by this story. By Blue and Her Raven Boys, by the magic and the fate, by the glimpses of the future, by the promises we get from the very first series that set us up for how our hearts will be broken in another book or two. I've got so much piqued interest all across this first book though.

I'm endeared to all the boys, and all the mysteries around each of them that have not yet even begun to be resolved. And yet so much was already taken in hand, and we solved li ...more

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