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

[Wolf (Alpha)]

25%: (view spoiler)[ This book is amazing so far. I love Ronan so much and I love Blue as well. I feel bad for the Orphan Girl but I'm glad he brought her back so she wasn't stuck in his dream anymore. (hide spoiler)]

[Wolf (Alpha)]

50%: (view spoiler)[ The water thing that attacked Ronan was weird .I hate that Orphan girl and he got burned in the acid water stuff. (hide spoiler)]

[Wolf (Alpha)]

75%: (view spoiler)[Okay I didn't expect Ronan to kiss Adam. I knew he had feelings for him but damn. I hate that the demon started tearing the forest apart and killing it. I hate that the demon killed Ronan's mother. (hide spoiler)]

[Wolf (Alpha)]

Finished: (view spoiler)[So Gansey went to the mansion where he previously had died. Interesting. I felt so bad for Adam when the demon possessed him and made him attack Ronan and Blue. I hate that Blue had to kill Gansey again by kissing him. This was a really good book and I loved it. (hide spoiler)]

[Jenn]

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Date changed. Restarting April 13th 2023. Happy Reading ☺

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[Jenn]

Starting this one today :)

[Karen]

Hoping to catch up with this later tonight/early tomorrow.

[Jenn]

Prologue: (view spoiler)["He was a king. This was the year he was going to die." What a way to start a book (hide spoiler)]

[Jenn]

Chapter 14: (view spoiler)[ i agree with adam, blue and gansey should have said something to adam about their feelings. Even if nothing was happening. But alao adam is feeling cabeswater falling apart so his emotions are heightened. (hide spoiler)]

[Jenn]

Chapter 30: (view spoiler)[This entity that keeps taking over Noah is very creepy. I feel so bad for him especially when you can hear him coming through. Glad Gansey and Blue admitted their feelings out loud. This is all building towards Ganseys death and I don't like it haha (hide spoiler)]

[Jenn]

Chapter 43: (view spoiler)[ so gansey traded his place for ronans diploma. Oh gansey, he just cares too much about his friends. And now cabeswater is dying, theres a demon on the loose and ganseys death is closing in (hide spoiler)]

[Kay-Mika]

Hopefully I can start this tomorrow

[Jenn]

Kay-Mika wrote: "Hopefully I can start this tomorrow"

I'll be here for all your thoughts!

[Jenn]

Finished: (view spoiler)[ Noah 😭. I loved the ending. Adam confronting his father, blue and gansey together, adam and ronan together. But noahs prescence was missed for me (hide spoiler)]

[Kay-Mika]

Ronan is a Disney Princess

[Jenn]

Kay-Mika wrote: "Ronan is a Disney Princess"

Facts

[Karen]

11% - there’s a strange sense of things ending here. Ronan seems increasingly desperate and I’m not sure about the extra characters surrounding Blue.

[Kay-Mika]

Karen wrote: "11% - there’s a strange sense of things ending here. Ronan seems increasingly desperate and I’m not sure about the extra characters surrounding Blue."

Which extra characters? Gwenllian?

[Karen]

First quarter. There’s so thing creepy about the orphan child. (view spoiler)[ It seems odd that they’re worrying over whether to talk to Gansey about the prediction when he already seems to feel this. (hide spoiler)]

[Kay-Mika]

The Raven Day 🥺😭

[Dannii]

Jenn wrote: "Prologue: [spoilers removed]"

Like actual shivers!! I also loved (view spoiler)["He was no longer merely an observer of this world; he was a participant." (hide spoiler)]

[Dannii]

Kay-Mika wrote: "Ronan is a Disney Princess"

"Ronan Lynch - dreamer of dreams, fighter of men, skipper of classes."

[Dannii]

Karen wrote: "11% - there’s a strange sense of things ending here. Ronan seems increasingly desperate and I’m not sure about the extra characters surrounding Blue."

I totally agree. Everything has turned so suddenly ominous and I'm so tense whilst reading, even when nothing sinister occurs.

[Dannii]

Jenn wrote: "Chapter 14: [spoilers removed]"

I can't imagine the pain to find that two of the people closest to you had kept that a secret!

[Karen]

Jenn wrote: "Prologue: [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[ It rather took me by surprise that Gansey is aware of his impending death. (hide spoiler)]

[Karen]

Jenn wrote: "Chapter 14: [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[ They all seem to know about Blue and Gansey so it seems odd that nobody mentions it/acknowledges it. (hide spoiler)]

[Karen]

Second quarter (view spoiler)[ It really does feel as though they're all falling apart. Have I missed something about Piper? Who is the character she calls 'dad' and how do they link to the boys? (hide spoiler)]

[Karen]

Second quarter. There’s a sadness hovering I’ve then all. It makes me wonder who’ll survive the events we’re going to see unfold.

[Karen]

Third quarter - think the comment from Blue's father will seal Gansey's fate. Is it wrong to hope they find an alternative?

[Kay-Mika]

Karen wrote: "Second quarter [spoilers removed]"

Her father is one of the Laumonier triplet. They were mentioned in Blue Lily Lily Blue as also searching for the Greywaren.
And Piper is calling them to Henrietta, because she wants to sell something. (Chapter 10 in the Raven King)

[Karen]

Jenn wrote: "Finished: [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[ Loved Adam finding time to return home and decide what he was willing to accept. Noah's sacrifice seemed to be what he was waiting for - and I really was rather surprised that Gansey was brought back. (hide spoiler)]

[Karen]

Finished. Review on home page. Did not quite go as I thought. A lot darker in places and yet there was a lovely sentiment to some of the ending sections. Was anyone else creeped out by the orphan girl?

[Dannii]

Jenn wrote: "Chapter 30: [spoilers removed]"

This entire book makes for such tense reading (view spoiler)[The chapters beginning with the time, despite them all being the same, felt like a timer counting down. I did love seeing Adam and Ronan interact alone and I LOVED Henry's toga party but everything else was super sinister, with Noah's possession being the most eerie. (hide spoiler)]

[Kay-Mika]

Chapter 11
Every time Noah is mentioned I tear up 😭

[Kay-Mika]

Chapter 16
(view spoiler)[What is happening with Noah? I'm really worried for that poor ghost boy (hide spoiler)]

[Kay-Mika]

Chapter 36
(view spoiler)[Yes Gansey, Ronan is gay but that is not what he wants to tell you 🤣 (hide spoiler)]

[Kay-Mika]

Chapter 46
(view spoiler)[Poor Ronan😭 Not only did he found his swas father, he also found his dead mother. The poor boy 😭 (hide spoiler)]

[Kay-Mika]

Chapter 59
(view spoiler)[Adam is being possessed by the Demon and trying to kill his own boyfriend. I also liked how it came full circle and Gansey is back where he first died. (hide spoiler)]

[Kay-Mika]

Chapter 67
(view spoiler)[Cabeswater used its last bit of energy to bring Gansey back 🥺 . Also that epilogue. Adam visiting his parents to get some closer and Ronan gifting Blue the other dreamed Camaro 😭🤣 (hide spoiler)]

[Kay-Mika]

And now, I'm going to read some Noah/Henry fanfiction and look at pins on Pinterest, because how else am I supposed to recover from a series like this? *Fangirls life has me in her claws*

[Jenn]

Kay-Mika wrote: "Chapter 67
[spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[I just wish the group would have acknowledged Noah sacrifice. Part of me wonders if with Noah going back in time and giving his life force to Gansey like and this erased all his future interactions with the gang. (hide spoiler)]

[Kay-Mika]

Jenn wrote: "Kay-Mika wrote: "Chapter 67
[spoilers removed]"

[spoilers removed]"
Haven't they acknowledged his sacrifice in the earlier books? As far as I understood it, Noah relieves the same time and time again ( a time loop/ a little bit like the movie Groundhog Day). It's a bit confusing 😅
But I loved the idea of a Tumblr post, that said, the Gangsey should all get tattoos that say 'remembered' in memory of Noah

[Dannii]

Jenn wrote: "Chapter 43: [spoilers removed]"

His intentions are so pure! (view spoiler)[Even when he was unsure if it was the correct decision it shows his big heart. He has grown up in such an elite world and to not just blindly assume that academia is everyone's future shows so much maturity. He wanted what he thought was best for Ronan but did consider the other options. (hide spoiler)]

[Dannii]

Kay-Mika wrote: "Chapter 36
[spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[As soon as Adam and Ronan begun things I was like... how did I not see this from the start??? (hide spoiler)]

[Dannii]

Kay-Mika wrote: "Chapter 67
[spoilers removed]"

Dunno how I came to love a series so much that even the cars in it have my heart!