Book Review: “The Dream Thieves” (2013) by Maggie Stiefvater

April 7, 2015June 21, 2016The Narratologist

It seems that Maggie Stiefvater has heard the prayers from my last Raven Cycle book review (two years after this book was first published whatever shut up), because The Dream Thieves fixes many of the flaws of the first installment and turns to where the focus of the story should be. Sure, Blue’s name is still Blue, and sure, the love triangle has turned into a love pentagon I’m sure fanfiction writers are having an absolute ball with. …And I don’t mind. Not one bit. That’s how entertaining this book is.

Book Review: “The Raven Boys” (2012) by Maggie Stiefvater

March 13, 2015April 11, 2015The Narratologist

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BOOK REVIEW I BOEK REVIEW II

First things first: every time I read the name “Owen Glendower,” this Horrible Histories song popped into my head. This is not a bad thing.

Now, full disclosure: I did not expect to like The Raven Boys, especially not after reading the first couple of pages. The main character is a girl called Blue (because of course) who was raised by a family of witches and has to live with the knowledge that, if she ever kisses her true love, he will die. She is just another girl, but also Super Special, has a slightly eccentric fashion sense, and her milkshake brings all the boys to the yard. Basically, Stiefvater has taken every single supernatural YA cliché she could think of and put them in a blender to create her protagonist.