Series: The Raven Cycle #4
Author: Maggie Stiefvater
Source/Format: Purchased; Paperback
More Details: Fantasy; Young Adult
Publisher/Publication Date: Scholasic Press; April 26, 2016
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Synopsis from Goodreads... All her life, Blue has been warned that she will cause her true love's death. 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.
Earlier this year, I mentioned one of my blogging related goals was to tackle at least one of the unfinished series that had been on my TBR list for far too long, and one such collection of books was Maggie Stiefvater’s The Raven Cycle. I know there’s a spinoff trilogy, but my goal was to read all of the initial books—or reread, in the case of The Raven Boys. And now, I finally got around to The Raven King.
“Richard Gansey III had forgotten how many times he had been told he was destined for greatness.”—pg.1
Every story has its beginning and its end. And every page of The Raven King felt like another ending. It was, effectively, the culmination of every plot thread, hint, and pivotal moment that occurred from The Raven Boys, The Dream Thieves, and Blue Lily Lily Blue. The Raven Cycle has always also been about its characters—the titular Raven Boys and Blue Sargent—as well as boasting of a colorful secondary cast that were given as much care as the core group. The character arcs came full circle in The Raven King too. And it was exciting—an emotional rollercoaster—to say the least, to see how it would all end: the hunt for Glendower, the prophecy that Blue would kill her true love with a kiss, Noah’s true role in all that had happened, and what would become of the places and characters with the threat of a demon and an unchecked (and horribly misguided) quest for influence.
Let me reiterate: The Raven King is a page turner, and it’s easily one of the best books I’ve read this year.
