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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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May 07, 2017 Susan rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

REREAD 5/1/24
I read this again because I really wanted to finish the series and I didn't remember a lot hat happened in this book. I still really enjoyed it and I'm happy to get reacquainted with the characters again. I still loved them all

I have been reading a bunch of really good books. It makes me so excited and keeps me wanting more and more. I have books to read before I can pick up the next book in this series but I will start The Dream Thieves very soon. I loved the psychic women in this REREAD 5/1/24
I read this again because I really wanted to finish the series and I didn't remember a lot hat happened in this book. I still really enjoyed it and I'm happy to get reacquainted with the characters again. I still loved them all

I have been reading a bunch of really good books. It makes me so excited and keeps me wanting more and more. I have books to read before I can pick up the next book in this series but I will start The Dream Thieves very soon. I loved the psychic women in this book, I love the bit of magic. I loved the 4 boys and each of their varying uniqueness's. I hated poor Adam's home life, the way Ronan dealt with his loss, Noah and his silent ways (his part of this book shocked the heck out of me...never saw it coming) and Gansey, the glue that held them all together. Blue and her family of psychic misfits were the perfect touch to this amazing book.

RE-READ 4/23/19

It's still a 5 star book for me. I loved it more this time then I did the first time I read it. I only reread it because I want to read The Dream Thieves in May and I couldn't remember anything about the ending. Even while I was reading it this morning nothing was familiar to me. I read this when I was pretty new to the fantasy world and I think it was a little over my head at the time. All the ley line talk was a little hard to grasp. I have read a lot of magic/fantasy type books and things just stuck this time. I am anxious to get into the next book in the series. I am thrilled I reread this.

I think Blue is my favorite character besides Noah. I love all 4 of the boys. I love how toward the end of the book Blue's family referred to the boys as "her boys" Blue's mom said something like "Blue your boys are here" Gansey was the one who usually collected things and people but this group ended up belonging to Blue in the end.

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somehow I missed that Noah was dead or that he was the bones they found near that red mustang. I also didn't realize until this reread that Noah died so that Gansey could live. Gansey should have died and Noah should have been alive. This book took all kinds of crazy twists and turns and I loved it. ...more

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Apr 29, 2016 Dom rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites, good-ya, good-fantasy, supernatural-paranormal, urban-fantasy, books-with-tarot-scenes

4.5/5. Maaaay end up being 5/5 after I think on it a bit more.

This book contains all sorts of paranormal awesomeness. It also gave me lots of feels.
I very much understand now why so many people are in love with these characters. Now I am, too.

On to book 2!

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Mar 25, 2013 Chris rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, audiobook, youth, scifi-fantasy-paranormal, young-adult

I did not like this book at first, but it grew on me. The characters are a bit out of central casting. Blue is the only nonpsychic in a family of seers. All her life she's been told that if she kisses her true love, he will die. As the book opens, Blue sees the ghost of a young man named Gansey. Since she's not supposed to be able to see the dead, this means either he's her true love or she killed him. Gansey is the stereotypical rich boy in a prep school, sure that he can get whatever he wants ...more

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Nov 24, 2013 Trisha rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, ya, supernatural

I really liked her "Wolves of Mercy Falls" series, and this one was just as interesting. It was focused on ley lines, psychics, magic and mythology. It was interesting and fun with a great twist that actually surprised me. I'm curious to know what will happen next, so I will definitely be reading the next one. My only complaints would be about the constant use of the phrase "raven boys", it got old pretty quick, and the over use of "Aglionby boys". First of all, I have no idea how to even pronou ...more

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