The Raven King (The Raven Cycle #4) by Maggie Stiefvater - Restarting April 13th 2023

[Sarah Elizabeth]

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Date changed. Restarting July 15th 2020. Happy Reading ☺

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[Sarah Elizabeth]

Aly, I just posted the breaker again so that I could link to the 4th page where you would be starting ☺

[Aly]

I'm starting this as soon as I finish The Shadow Wand. I'm so excited!

[Aly]

Finally starting this

[Blue Butterfly]

Great! I'm about two chapters in rn

[Blue Butterfly]

Chapter 12
(view spoiler)[Everyone knows that Gansey is the one that is going to die including him but no one knows that everyone else knows lol. I think Noah is going to have more to do in this story as he has only been a side character in the other books and there was a reason he died while Gansey lived. (hide spoiler)]

[Blue Butterfly]

Chapter 30
(view spoiler)[Good thing Gansey and Blue came out to the rest of their friends. I don't trust Henry, he and his mom are hiding something. (hide spoiler)]

[Aly]

Shreya wrote: "Chapter 12
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Ha true (view spoiler)[ everyone knows but thinks it's a secret. I agree that Noah should have a bigger purpose, maybe he'll save Gansey again? (hide spoiler)]

[Aly]

ch 17 (view spoiler)[ With Noah starting to devolve, I hope he can help them find Glendower or save Gansey before he passes on.

I don't understand why Ronan brought the girl out of the dream world, but I hope she's okay with Ronan's mom (hide spoiler)]

[Aly]

Shreya wrote: "Chapter 30
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(view spoiler)[ Yeah, what an odd conversation that was. I definitely don't trust Henry, he wants something and this feels like blackmail (hide spoiler)]

[Aly]

ch 33 (view spoiler)[ They kissed!!!! I am so happy right now (hide spoiler)]

[Aly]

ch 51 (view spoiler)[ Oh man, this is it! Will Gansey find Glendower? Will they be able to bring him back? I'm getting nervous and still not sure about trusting Henry (hide spoiler)]

[Aly]

finished (view spoiler)[I'm bummed that Glendower was dead and didn't pan out to anything. Gansey still died, but not from Blue. I guess now that he died and came back, they can kiss and be okay?

I'm happy Adam confronted his parents and is happy. I also love that he and Ronan have something going on and I think their relationship is explored a lot more in Call Down the Hawk (hide spoiler)]

[Blue Butterfly]

Aly wrote: "ch 17 With Noah starting to devolve, I hope he can help them find Glendower or save Gansey before he passes on.

I don't understand why Ronan brought the girl out of the dream world, but I hope s..."

(view spoiler)[I think he just accidentally brought her out. (hide spoiler)]

[Blue Butterfly]

Aly wrote: "ch 33 [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[Yeah it finally happened! (hide spoiler)]

[Blue Butterfly]

Chapter 46
(view spoiler)[I was waiting for a scene when Gansey or one of the other boys to showed up at Blue's school and we finally got it! I feel bad for Ronan he is all alone now. Maybe he could bring back another version of his mom? (hide spoiler)]

[Aly]

Shreya wrote: "Chapter 46
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(view spoiler)[ I know, really sad about his mom. It would be interesting if he made another version of her hmm. (hide spoiler)]

[Blue Butterfly]

Finished
(view spoiler)[The ending was a little anticlimactic because nothing happened with Glendower but it was still interesting. I'm glad that all of the characters are happy. Turns out Henry isn't actually bad lol (hide spoiler)]

[Blue Butterfly]

Aly wrote: "[spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[Yeah I think Blue's curse is over. Can't wait to read more about them! (hide spoiler)]

[Aly]

Shreya wrote: "Finished
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Agree, I wish (view spoiler)[ more had happened with the king, but still good. (hide spoiler)]

I'm so excited for Call Down the Hawk!

[Blue Butterfly]

Aly wrote: "Shreya wrote: "Finished
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Agree, I wish [spoilers removed]

I'm so excited for Call Down the Hawk!"

Yeah same

[Sarah Elizabeth]

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Date changed. Restarting November 1st 2020. Happy Reading ☺

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[Brinley]

Up to chapter 26
(view spoiler)[ I know you're probably tired of hearing this, but where is Glendower????? If he is only going to be a side plot, then why was he introduced as a main plot in the first book?? Now we're getting all of this stuff about how Cabeswater is being corrupted, Noah is decaying, and Ronan is nightmaring. Its interesting, sure, but what does this mean for the overall plot. Also, is Gansey Glendower in a different timeline? (that sounds stupid when I type it out) Just questioning because one of the physics said something about him looking for his grave.

Still love Ronan, by far my favorite character. That whole thing with Adam was just weird though, he started talking about his feelings toward him. Is it just me, or did that come out of nowhere? (hide spoiler)]

[Brinley]

Up to Chapter 27
(view spoiler)[ Let me guess, this insect type of thing is the sleeper that wasn't supposed to woken, and piper just woke it? Great... (hide spoiler)]

[Brinley]

Page 241
(view spoiler)[ "I regret the minute I squirted him into you."

Ummm, what on the world did I just read??? No thanks, never again, (hide spoiler)]

[Brinley]

Page 265
(view spoiler)[ “I think it’s time to find Glendower.”

No really??? It’s been FOUR books of side conflicts and you guys wandering around, YES it’s time to do what you said you would!!! (hide spoiler)]

[Brinley]

Page 380
(view spoiler)[ Are you KIDDING me????? Glendower better not be dead. We better not have gone through and entire quartet only for the goal of the ENTIRE thing to be dead and gone. Like what the heck?? You don’t just do that. This better get solved, or explained, or something (hide spoiler)]

[Saar The Book owl]

I've started, but only read the prologue and chapter 1 for now.

[Brinley]

Yah, I had a lot of time on my hands, so I just dove into this one

[Brinley]

Finished
(view spoiler)[ This was massively underwhelming. We went through four books only for the king to be dead??? I mean, come on. That's ridiculous. And I never liked Ronan and Adam's relationship, it came out of nowhere, and really didn't make sense to me. Still love Ronan though!! (hide spoiler)]

[Saar The Book owl]

I'll pick it up this weekend.

[Saar The Book owl]

Up to chapter 5:
(view spoiler)[I'm still asking myself what happened to Ronan's mother. Had he always knew the dream - Aurora, because Nial dreamed her? Also, in Ronan's dreams, Orphan Girl is making crow sounds. Is she Chainsaw in his dreams? (hide spoiler)]

[Saar The Book owl]

FInished chapter 11:
(view spoiler)[I odn't know if it's me, but is this book much more complicated than the previous ones? So, Gansey knows he's going to die at some point and Maura is preparing Blue for a life without Gansey, like there's nothing that can't be done to prevent it. The Laumonier triplets are weird. They are also some kind of psychics? And with all the black stuff that oozes from the tree, I'm wondering if Cabeswater is dying. (hide spoiler)]

[Brinley]

Saar The Book owl wrote: "FInished chapter 11:
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(view spoiler)[ I would agree that this one is more complicated than the others, probably because it's a culmination of every plotline brought up in the past three books. (hide spoiler)]

[Saar The Book owl]

Brinley wrote: "Saar The Book owl wrote: "FInished chapter 11:
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[spoilers removed]"

I was afraid of that...

Started chapter 12:
(view spoiler)[So, Noah had a younger sister: Adele. I can't imagine the Noah she described. It must be hard for him being a ghost now. But as she described how he saw Raven Day: 'nothing but dreams all around you', I'm wondering if he has something to do with the creation of Cabeswater or of the dreamwaren. Maybe there's a connection between this. (hide spoiler)]

[Saar The Book owl]

I'm now at chapter 20:
(view spoiler)[This book has some dark twist. There is something/someone threathening Cabeswater. Maybe to destroy it, but it affects Adam too and I wonder if he sometimes get possessed by it, like in the bathroom of the toilets and with returning to the trailerpark. I don't know why he was so mad about Blue and Gansey. Okay, they hided there feelings from him, but still...And what is it with Noah? Does he know that Adam will kill Gansey? Is it that why he can stay with the psychics? And Ronan admitted his feelings for Adam. Adam has a hinge of it and I wonder what he'll do about it. That toga party at Henry Cheng's is something weird. (hide spoiler)]

[Saar The Book owl]

Chapter 25:
(view spoiler)[Waw, Noah scared me so much! I'm wondering what take possession of him. And somewhere it makes sense that Ronan created Cabeswater, but I don't know why he kept it silent for so long. (hide spoiler)]

[Saar The Book owl]

Brinley wrote: "Up to chapter 26
I know you're probably tired of hearing this, but where is Glendower????? If he is only going to be a side plot, then why was he introduced as a main plot in the first book?? Now ..."

Well, about that
(view spoiler)[I keep hoping that Glendower will come as a big surprise or with a serious twist, but if not, than I would be dissapointed. Because what was all the fuzz about it then? But, when I come to think of it, what you wrote isn't stupid at all. Maybe Gansey is Glendower. I knew Ronan had feelings for Adam, but then he was very open about it. (hide spoiler)]

[Saar The Book owl]

Brinley wrote: "Up to Chapter 27
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Yes, that was exactly what I thought too :)

[Saar The Book owl]

Brinley wrote: "Page 241
"I regret the minute I squirted him into you."

Ummm, what on the world did I just read??? No thanks, never again, "

What was that?!

(view spoiler)[Also, I'm glad Adam and Ronan kissed, but what role will that play further in the story? And will they tell it to the others, because Adam was mad that he didn't knew it right away about Gansey and Blue. So, there's something big about to happen and I think that important sell is the demon getting sold. As I understand, Seondeok is Henry Cheng's mother, but I find Henry acting really weird. (hide spoiler)]

[Saar The Book owl]

Brinley wrote: "Page 265
“I think it’s time to find Glendower.”

No really??? It’s been FOUR books of side conflicts and you guys wandering around, YES it’s time to do what you said you would!!! "

Yes, I totally agree on that. And why if (view spoiler)[Artemus was the adviser of kings, can't they just ask him where Glendower is? (hide spoiler)]

I'm at chapter 46 now and I'm getting pretty annoyed. The story is all over the place.

[Saar The Book owl]

I think you could be right about Gansey:
Chapter 48:
(view spoiler)[Maybe Gansey IS the king, reading this line: A king acts so that others wil act.It's mostly Gansey telling the rest of them what to do and taking initiative. (hide spoiler)]

[Saar The Book owl]

Brinley wrote: "Finished
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I've finished too a few minutes ago and I'm so dissapointed! This could have been so much more, but I don't actually know what I've read or to think about.
(view spoiler)[Glendower was dead...So that was 4 books about a king that really didn't matter in the story. Gansey got revived again by Cabeswater, who vanished then, Noah, gave his ghost life up in favor of Gansey, so he could live again, and Adam and Ronan, well, they can have a relationship, but that was a loose end in the story. There was a gathering for the selling of the magical artefacts and Piper died...I mean, common, so many loose ends... (hide spoiler)]

[Brinley]

Saar The Book owl wrote: "Brinley wrote: "Finished
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I've finished too a few minutes ago and I'm so dissapointed! This could have been so much more, but I don't actually know what I've read or to think ab..."
(view spoiler)[ You’re right, so many loose ends. I was so disappointed, because I love Maggie’s writing, this this series was just a mess. I was in total disbelief when we were told Glendower was dead, because we spent way too much time trying to find him (hide spoiler)]

[Saar The Book owl]

At that point I wanted to throw the book aside.
This was the first series of Maggie Stiefvater that I've erad. I'm going to start the Shiver - series next month, but I hope they will be better.

[Brinley]

I loved Shiver, and I loved the Scorpio Races, so hopefully you do too!

[Saar The Book owl]

I really liked the Scorpio Races! I'm planning on rereading it :)

[Jenn]

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Date changed. Restarting March 24th 2021. Happy Reading ☺

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[Jenn]

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Date changed. Restarting August 6th, 2021. Happy Reading ☺

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[Wolf (Alpha)]

Aleja wrote: "Chapter 1

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Same this was on of my favorite parts!!