maggie stiefvater opal a raven cycle story

They’re so dynamic and troubled and full. It has great small town vibes, local accents, a full house of working real life psychics, and a creepy magical wood! This series is such a mood that I was all about. It’s cozy and creepy and way more magical realism than out right fantasy. And I did not find it to be cheesy AT ALL.įirst and foremost – the setting and tone is so atmospheric. The description really seemed to play up the true love curse drama and idk I just hardcore judged it okay?! I’m not totally sure what they could have done specifically to improve this description because quite frankly the series is unlike anything I’ve read before. SO reading that, I thought it sounded like another cheesy YA fantasy romance. But now, as her life becomes caught up in the strange and sinister world of the Raven Boys, she’s not so sure anymore. She never thought this would be a problem. 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.įor as long as she can remember, Blue has been warned that she will cause her true love to die. He has it all-family money, good looks, devoted friends-but he’s looking for much more than that. Known as Raven Boys, they can only mean trouble.īut Blue is drawn to Gansey, in a way she can’t entirely explain. Blue has a policy of staying away from Aglionby boys. His name is Gansey, and Blue soon discovers that he is a rich student at Aglionby, the local private school. Blue herself never sees them-not until this year, when a boy emerges from the dark and speaks directly to her. Every year, Blue Sargent stands next to her clairvoyant mother as the soon-to-be dead walk past.

It is freezing in the churchyard, even before the dead arrive. “There are only two reasons a non-seer would see a spirit on St. Here’s the dumb description off Goodreads:

It did not entice me to read it the handful of times I came across it and after reading it, and LOVING IT, I’m so mad at how misleading it was! So shout out to my blogger friends, you know who you are!!, for encouraging me to read this series, Raven Boys 4everrrrr!! Okay so a huge part of this review is going to be about how the description for the first book DOES NOT DO IT JUSTICE. There is also a spin-off series (YAS!), Dreamer Trilogy, coming out this November with Call the Hawk Down. My copy of The Raven King also came with the short 38pg novella Opal, which takes places after the events of the series and I recommend. There are four primary works in the series: The Raven Boys, Dream Thieves, Blue Lily Lily Blue, and The Raven King. The Raven Cycle is a YA paranormal fantasy book series by Maggie Stiefvater.

Maggie stiefvater opal a raven cycle story