The Raven Cycle Series by Maggie Stiefvater -> Restarting on October 1st, 2019

[Alaina]

“There are only two reasons a non-seer would see a spirit on St. Mark’s Eve,” Neeve said. “Either you’re his true love . . . or you killed him.”

It is freezing in the churchyard, even before the dead arrive.

Every year, Blue Sargent stands next to her clairvoyant mother as the soon-to-be dead walk past. Blue herself never sees them—not until this year, when a boy emerges from the dark and speaks directly to her.

His name is Gansey, and Blue soon discovers that he is a rich student at Aglionby, the local private school. Blue has a policy of staying away from Aglionby boys. Known as Raven Boys, they can only mean trouble.

But Blue is drawn to Gansey, in a way she can’t entirely explain. He has it all—family money, good looks, devoted friends—but he’s looking for much more than that. He is on a quest that has encompassed three other Raven Boys: Adam, the scholarship student who resents all the privilege around him; Ronan, the fierce soul who ranges from anger to despair; and Noah, the taciturn watcher of the four, who notices many things but says very little.

For as long as she can remember, Blue has been warned that she will cause her true love to die. She never thought this would be a problem. But now, as her life becomes caught up in the strange and sinister world of the Raven Boys, she’s not so sure anymore.

[Kaya]

I think I'm going to start today!

[Felicia]

Shooooooot. You're definitely going to be way ahead of me. Lol. I'm still on Everless and have to go to Restore Me next. -.-

[Kaya]

lol I'm in the middle of a couple of others, so this one is going to be slow read...

[Felicia]

Oh okay! Good! Then you won't get too far ahead of me. I only like reading one physical book at a time.

[Hanna]

I also have to finish I'll give you the sun before starting Blue lily, Lily blue^^

[Kaya]

I have no willpower, I just miss my raven boys XD

[Kaya]

34%

(view spoiler)[OMG GREENMANTLE??? And I swear all these blossoming romances are going to kill me XD (hide spoiler)]

[Hanna]

Chapter 1-7

(view spoiler)[ I already love this book! I missed so much the raven boys!!
Malory seems to be a really funny guy too hehe
But poor Noah...
(hide spoiler)]

[Hanna]

Chapter 8-17
(view spoiler)[ I wonder who are the 3 sleepers and which one they shouldn't wake up!
I really need more Ronan/Adam interactions lol
(hide spoiler)]

[Kaya]

Chapter 30

(view spoiler)[So basically poor Noah is being possessed, they found Glendower's daughter, Gansey and Blue can't be together, Maura's missing, Blue's father has something to with it, Adam is struggling with time, and Ronan is riding in a shopping cart. I love this book XD (hide spoiler)]

[Felicia]

I'm terrible guys! I'm gonna start this one tonight (hopefully).

[Kaya]

lol you're fine! Can't wait for you to join us though XD

[Felicia]

Me too! I've put off my lovely love Gansey for too long! I finished book 2 like in February. So I've been depriving myself of him.

[Kaya]

There's no resisting Gansey! For me at least...

[Felicia]

Right! Lol. I feel like I'm going through withdrawls. Haha. I love him so much. Adam, Ronan and Noah too. But I really hate Maggie's writing style. So it takes me so long to read these books. ):

[Hanna]

They are all so cute and funny hehe
But Chainsaw is the one who really stole my heart lol

[Felicia]

Hanna wrote: "They are all so cute and funny hehe
But Chainsaw is the one who really stole my heart lol"

AWE! Little baby Chainsaw! I forgot about her! <3

[Kaya]

Hanna wrote: "They are all so cute and funny hehe
But Chainsaw is the one who really stole my heart lol"

Felicia wrote: "Right! Lol. I feel like I'm going through withdrawls. Haha. I love him so much. Adam, Ronan and Noah too. But I really hate Maggie's writing style. So it takes me so long to read these books. ):"

Same! Maggie's style is so atmospheric but it takes double the work to comprehend even the most basic sentence and YES CHAINSAW!!

[Felicia]

Kaya wrote: "Hanna wrote: "They are all so cute and funny hehe
But Chainsaw is the one who really stole my heart lol"

Felicia wrote: "Right! Lol. I feel like I'm going through withdrawls. Haha. I love him so ..."

Yes, definitely. If I didn't love the guys so much I probably wouldn't have continued. I tried reading her All The Crooked Saints and couldn't -.-

[Hanna]

I haven't tried any of her other books yet... I'm afraid of being disappointed lol

Chapter 18-39
(view spoiler)[ I'm really curious about our 2 new characters: Gwenllian and Henry!
And Adam has still many secrets...
(hide spoiler)]

[Hanna]

Chapter 40-42

(view spoiler)[ I'm so sad for Persephone TT (hide spoiler)]

[Hanna]

Chapter 43-End

(view spoiler)[ wow this ending! I really have to read soon the last book!
I'll miss my boys so much!
(hide spoiler)]

[Kaya]

End

(view spoiler)[ Poor Persephone! And that ending...ugh Neeve and is Artemus going to get in the way? (hide spoiler)]

[Kaya]

I've decided to start !

Chapters 1-12
(view spoiler)[I can't believe this is the last book, everything feels so final! And Ronan brought back Orphan Girl, I wonder how she's going to affect everything. That scene with Adam in the bathroom kinda freaked me out, though, seriously it felt like the beginning of a Supernatural episode. (hide spoiler)]

[Melany]

Chapter 2 (view spoiler)[ I forgot how interesting the Gray Man is, I love the way he works. I also like how the story is making Declan more a person and showing how much he really does care about his brothers (hide spoiler)]

[Melany]

Chapter 9 (view spoiler)[ it really is interesting how everyone in the group loves and hates Gansey. They love him because he is amazing and "better" then everything, but I love that both Adam and Ronan hate him when they see through the cracks but not because they need him to be perfect but because they hate that he can be so much better while so flawed. Also poor Noah, that the Leyline has so much power over him (view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)] (hide spoiler)]

[Melany]

Chapter 14 (view spoiler)[ I love Maura and the Gray Man's interaction, the sexual tension. I love that the complicated relationship they going to have because he wants to "hurt" or a least get info out of the raven boys but there is this clear connection between them! (hide spoiler)]

[Melany]

Chapter 24 (view spoiler)[ Blue and Gansey kill me, the fact that they both try so hard not to like the other it so angsty! (hide spoiler)]

[Felicia]

Ermahgerd! I have to finish Obsidio before I can start this one. But I'll hopefully be jumping in on book 3 this weekend. Hopefully. :D

[Melany]

OK

[Melany]

Chapter 31 (view spoiler)[ she finally admitted that she likes Gansey!!! I kinda feel bad for Adam at this point but she can't help how she feels. I also feel bad for Noah I feel he like Blue too (hide spoiler)]

[Melany]

Chapter 34 (view spoiler)[ I can't believe Ronan really stole the Camero and now it gonna be destroyed by the night horrors! (hide spoiler)]

[Melany]

Chapter 34 (view spoiler)[ I can't believe Ronan really stole the Camero and now it gonna be destroyed by the night horrors! (hide spoiler)]

[Melany]

Chapter 44 (view spoiler)[ Kavinsky's obsession with Ronan is so interesting! I wonder if the sexual strangeness of it was intentional! I love that Ronan told him off and left the moment he got want he wanted. I love Ronan (hide spoiler)]

[Melany]

Chapter 4 (view spoiler)[ Blue and Gansey's flirting is killing me, bad jokes and little touches!!! I know they can't be together yet because of Adam and the no kiss rule but GOD they are so cute! (hide spoiler)]

[Melany]

Chapter 18 (view spoiler)[ the secret calls at night are killing me!! Also it cute to found out Ronan was jealous of Adam when he first became Gansey's friend. (hide spoiler)]

[Melany]

Chapter 20(view spoiler)[ it funny that Adam is proud of the fact Ronan has a crush on him and it so sad about Mathew but make sense with how perfect he is (hide spoiler)]

[Melany]

Chapter 26(view spoiler)[ I get why Blue is mad but why does she have to take it out on Gansey. I get that she mad that talking to Henry made the differencing clear and she mad that she can't tell him he's going to die and that all she want to do is kiss him but that not is fault (hide spoiler)]

[Felicia]

Shit you're going so fast! Lol. I'm so behind. Still haven't finished Obsidio! -.-

[Melany]

Chapter 28 (view spoiler)[" 'My name is that of all women' the woman replied 'Sorrow'" This is great, why was Glenddower's daughter locked in a tomb tied up? (hide spoiler)]

[Melany]

Felicia wrote: "Shit you're going so fast! Lol. I'm so behind. Still haven't finished Obsidio! -.-"

LOL I'm only about half way through

[Melany]

Chapter 38 (view spoiler)[ I love that Gansey knew the Judge in Adam's case because of course, he would, I loved that Adam's shithead dad knew he was screwed the moment Gansey walked through the door. I love how Gansey is being constantly compared to a king in this book (hide spoiler)]

[Melany]

Chapter 42 (view spoiler)[ I poor Blue losing someone she loved while that person was looking for another person she loved. Poor Persephone and still didn't find Maura (hide spoiler)]

[Vanessa Gayle ⚔️]

Chapters 1-12 (view spoiler)[The scene with all of the women from 300 Fox Way at the beginning was very ominous. It just makes me ask more questions about what the hell is going on in this series. It seems like every time we get an answer to something, we have even more questions. I love it, but it wracks my brain. =P

I still love Ronan. So angsty and rough on the outside, but so selfless underneath. With Adam, and now trying to find this armor for Gansey in his dreams. I am very curious about the girl from his dreams though. I wonder what role she has to play in everything.

Gansey feels guilty that he can't comfort Blue because he is afraid to tell Adam that he loves Blue. And Blue wants to tell Gansey about his death to come. Adam can see that Blue and Gansey care about each other. I wonder if Blue will just tell Adam the truth. I am such a Gansey/Blue shipper. I just want them to end up together and happy. And alive.

The black oozing tree is creepy. I wonder if it has something to do with Noah or something to do with the dark thing that awakened at the end of the last book. Or if Noah is connected to it somehow? (hide spoiler)]

[Vanessa Gayle ⚔️]

Chapters 13-25 (view spoiler)[So Adam talks to Blue and asks her why she and Gansey didn't tell him about their "relationship". They both get defensive and Adam leaves. I feel kind of bad for him. Gansey is his best friend and he can't tell him that he is in love with his ex. It hurts him. And I can see Blue's stance as well since she and Gansey don't really have a relationship. They definitely care about each other, but the only acting upon it that they have done is minimal.

I really want to know where Henry Cheng plays into things. I don't really like him. He is annoying. And what is with the toga party? It doesn't seem like much of a party so far.

I really like it when Adam and Ronan spend time together. -sigh-

I was pretty shocked when Maura and Mr. Gray found Noah at the farmhouse where the Greenmantles were staying. Poor Noah. I was glad that 300 Fox Way welcomed him into their home, but I feel so bad for Noah. I wonder why his soul is so decayed?

Oh My Glob!! Ronan dreamed Cabeswater? But it existed before that? This actually makes complete sense now that I think about it. Though there are still so many things unanswered right now. Gah! I wonder why Cabeswater is drawing from Ronan's nightmares all of a sudden. And what in the world did Adam do to save Ronan and Orphan Girl when they fell into the acid?

The scene when Blue and Gansey went back to 300 Fox Way and found Noah there possessed by something else was super creepy.

Colin Greenmantle seems so pathetic now. I really hope that in the end, Piper gets her comeuppance. She is dreadful. (hide spoiler)]

[Vanessa Gayle ⚔️]

Chapters 26-36 (view spoiler)[Piper turned into bugs and killed her husband? So many creepy, weird things are happening! And the fact that the thing that she and Neeve discovered in the cave is a huge wasp-like creature that they call a demon. I can't even imagine a human-sized wasp creature. I would literally die of shock. Or a heart attack since bugs and I don't really get along. I do wonder if there is any significance to it being a wasp since Gansey is allergic to wasps and he is supposed to die within the year.

Poor Blue. I am glad that she won't lose her eye though. And I'm glad that Gansey finally told his friends about himself and Blue's relationship. Blue and Gansey together gives me all the feels.

Wow, so I guess we know Henry Cheng's deal. And his story is so sad. I feel sorry for him. He is supposed to spy on Gansey for his mother, but he seems to want to be friends with him instead. Their entire encounter was very odd though. I can't tell what his true intentions are.

Oh my gosh, I didn't know that I could feel sympathy for Declan. He was actually dealing with his father's old heat trying to keep his brothers safe.

I would be lying if I didnt say that I got a kick out of the scene with Blue and Henry by the bus line. Henry definitely made me giggle. Maybe he's all right after all. =P

These poor, fragile characters that make my heart ache! Adam being in the Lynch house and seeing the family's happiness surrounding him while he remembers his terrible parents and childhood was heart-wrenching. I need Adam to be happy. I NEED it! And that kiss! It is everything that I hoped it would be between Adam and Ronan. No words. Just kisses. And right at such a tender moment for Adam. My heart is bursting right now. I am NOT okay!

I knew that I didn't like Neeve for a good reason. Though it's weird that she kind of seems to have some sort of moral center when Piper tells her that she is going to sell the demon. She got to warn 300 Fox Way, but not before Piper had the demon end her. Despite her ant-sized redemption, I wasn't sad to see her go.

Ronan tells Blue and Gansey about dreaming Cabeswater and Matthew. And Adam tells Gansey about he and Ronan kissing. Adam had wanted to know how Gansey knew that he loved Blue. I was seriously holding my breath through the entire scene. (hide spoiler)]

[Vanessa Gayle ⚔️]

Chapters 37-53 (view spoiler)[I am glad that Henry is now friends with Blue and Gansey. And I love Mr. Gray. I despised him at the beginning of the series. Such incredible character growth! I love it when Mr. Gray spends time with Blue. It's darling.

I love how Ronan and Adam can speak to each other without words. And more kisses! OMG, the world is perfect now! =P

Gwenllian chasing Blue's father up a tree was interesting. Though now he is inside the tree, and it sounds like Gwenllian's mother was too. And apparently, so is Glendower. I am still trying to process all this.

So the demon killed Cabeswater, and with it Ronan's mother. I don't even know if Cabeswater is something that Ronan could dream over again and bring back since it was a real thing that Ronan gave life to again. It's all so strange.

This is the strangest book series that I have ever read. Stiefvater is a talented storyteller. I don't know how I can grasp the main idea of the story and yet be so bloody confused and curious at the same time. Blue's conversation with her father really baffled me. So her father is a tree creature? And so is Glendower and Gwenllian? Only certain trees can house these people and since the trees were depleting in Wales they came to America. And blood spilled on the corpse road can create a demon? And does this mean that Blue isn't human? It's so much to take in, but it's so confusing at the same time that I don't know how to process it.

So Blue is more than human? Or perhaps part of human and part tree creature thingy?

Did Gansey just see a unicorn? A for real unicorn?

The fact that the birds leading him to Glendower lead him to the place where he died from the bug stings is a little shocking. Maybe? Honestly, wouldn't Gansey have thought to look there before now since that is the place where he was given his life back from Glendower in the first place? (hide spoiler)]

[Vanessa Gayle ⚔️]

Finished! (view spoiler)[OMG! I'm not okay right now. But maybe I am? I am so glad that my book babies are all okay in the end. I love how everything coalesced at the end of the book. Everything came together so beautifully. Stiefvater is a master at foreshadowing. I am pretty blown away by this series. The ending was just perfect, though I would have liked to know how everyone else at 300 Fox Way ended up as well as the others. I am excited for the new Ronan series that is going to be coming out. I have to be honest though, I think that I would have preferred a series about Gansey, Blue, and Henry. I think that deep down they were my favorites. Gah. I love them all though. =P (hide spoiler)]

[Vanessa Gayle ⚔️]

Hanna wrote: "Chapter 8-17"

(view spoiler)[I wracked my brain about the three sleepers. =P And I feel the same about needing more Ronan/Adam interactions. =D (hide spoiler)]