All of Maggie Stiefvater’s life decisions have been based around her inability to be gainfully employed. Talking to yourself, staring into space, and coming to work in your pajamas are frowned upon when you’re a waitress, calligraphy instructor, or technical editor (all of which she’s tried), but are highly prized traits in novelists and artists. She’s made her living as one or the other since she was 22. She now lives an eccentric life in the middle of nowhere, Virginia with her charmingly straight-laced husband, two kids, two neurotic dogs, and a 1973 Camaro named Loki.
Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Mint leaves, dreams, and Glendower…
If you know me, you know how much I love The Raven Cycle series. Maggie Stiefvater writes stories that make me love reading and this series is one that won me over from the first page of the first book. To say that I have been anxiously waiting to have this book in my hands would admittedly be an understatement. I love every single one of these characters and I love that Stiefvater takes the time to develop each and every one while taking the reader on a journey with them.
Let me start with saying, I won’t be going into a lot of detail on this review as I don’t want to ruin the story for anyone. If you recall from book two, Blue’s mother is gone and outside of the group hunting for Glendower, they are also trying to find Maura. And…here is where you probably will hate me because I don’t want to say anything else about what happens. Sorry, not sorry. You HAVE to read this because I won’t do it justice in my review and you will enjoy it that much more!
What I will say is that I love the relationships that Stiefvater creates in this series. The friendship between the boys and Blue has moved to a stage where you can barely remember when they weren’t close friends. On top of that, we get to see how the friendships have changed between the boys as each of them are changing. Gansey is still my favorite and I will talk more about him in a minute but I have to say I was happy to see Adam grow so much and also get a view into his relationship with Ronan.
So….Gansey. I’m just going to say it, he is my favorite….hands down. And when Stiefvater gave me the bits of Gansey and Blue together…there may have been some sighs from me. All I can say is there were late night phone calls, a car ride, and mint leaves. I can’t even with these two and I just need more of them together.
There you have it…I can’t say much more and I know this might sound vague and seem fairly abrupt but I can’t say much else without potentially giving any of the story away and I really don’t want to do that. Just trust me and start this series if you haven’t yet. There is something for everyone…mystery, action, swoons, and magic…what else do you need in a great story?!?
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