Synopsis: Blue has spent the majority of her sixteen years being told that if she kisses her true love, he will die. When Blue meets Gansey's spirit on the corpse road she knows there is only one reason why - either he is her true love or she has killed him. Determined to find out the truth, Blue becomes involved with the Raven Boys, four boys from the local private school (lead by Gansey) who are on a quest to discover Glendower - a lost ancient Welsh King who is buried somewhere along the Virginia ley line. Whoever finds him will be granted a supernatural favour. Never before has Blue felt such magic around her. But is Gansey her true love? She can't imagine a time she would feel like that, and she is adamant not to be the reason for his death. Where will fate lead them? ...
First Impressions: I'd always wanted to read a Maggie Stiefvater book, but since her Shiver trilogy had quite a lot of mixed reviews, I decided to pick this one up instead. I'm not going to lie, I had quiet a lot of trouble getting through this book. It wasn't the characters or the story which I both found extremely interesting, but I think the pacing put me off. You should definitely give this book at least 100 pages so you can get used to Maggie Stiefvater's writing style and pacing in this novel. But overall, this book was great and I loved hearing about the Welsh mythology, I thought that was a really unique idea. I am definitely going to continue on with this series.
My Rating:
3.5/5 stars. A very interesting read, but should be giving at least 100 pages to get into the plot and writing style. I will definitely be continuing the series.
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