The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle, Book 1) (1)
An all-new series from the masterful, #1 New York Times bestselling author Maggie Stiefvater!Every year, Blue Sargent stands next to her clairvoyant mother as the soon-to-be dead walk past. Blue never sees them--until this year, when a boy emerges from the dark and speaks to her.His name is Gansey, 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 is on a quest that has encompassed three other Raven Boys: Adam, the scholarship student who resents the privilege around him; Ronan, the fierce soul whose emotions range from anger to despair; and Noah, the taciturn watcher 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 doesn't believe in true love, and never thought this would be a problem. But as her life becomes caught up in the strange and sinister world of the Raven Boys, she's not so sure anymore.
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(3.75) I ended The Raven Boys hopeful that the rest of the books will be more gripping. The relationship building has a lot of potential, and I hope it plays through in the rest of the series. The approach the characters take is definitely "show you care," but I would have liked a bit more "say you care" to round the relationships out. Still, vocalizing care is not often immediate in young people, which is why I am hopeful about the trajectory of the book's relationships moving forward. I liked how easy the world-building and fantasy elements were to follow and how, despite that ease and YA rating, the world system didn't feel childish or elementary.
My third time to read The Raven Boys, and it was just as good as the first time. I'm rereading this series in anticipation of the the third installment.
Raven Boys only mean trouble. Blue has vows herself to stay away from them. Every year she accompanies her mom to the churchyard on St. Mark’s Eve as the soon to be dead walk by. Blue isn’t clairvoyant like her mother, so she’s never seen them. Not until this year. There’s only two reason why a non-seer would see a spirit on St. Mark’s Eve. Either you’re his true love, or you killed him. The spirit she sees is a rich boy name Gansey. One of the Raven Boys. Even though she swore to herself to stay away from Raven Boys, she’s drawn to Gansey in a way she can’t truly explain. Blue has always been warned by her family that she’ll cause her true love to die. She never taught that was possible until she met Gansey.
I enjoyed the magical world of psychics/clairvoyants and spirits with unresolved lives/deaths. A weird loner girl meets a privileged rich guy and his friends. Forbidden love. I immersive read this one and enjoyed the story, but not the narrator. Overall a good book.
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