4 Stars!What an enjoyable read this was.Blue, a teenage girl lives in a house full of psychic aunts and her mother. Ever since Blue was little, she was told that her true love will die if she kisses him. (That's one way to scare a little child...shit)Blue goes to church with her Aunt Neeve on St. Mark's Eve, which is when the spirits of those who will die in the next twelve months come through. (Nice....)Blue has no psychic ability, but she sees the spirit of a boy named Gansey. Aunt Neeve tells her this is because Gansey is either her true love, or she will kill him.Blue eventually meets Gansey and his group of friends: Adam, Ronan and Noah. The boys go to Aglionby, which is a rich all-boys school, so typically Blue sees them as snobs. HahaBlue slowly develops a friendship with them and joins them on their quest to find ley lines and the buried Welsh King, Glendower. Gasney's been trying to find the Welsh King since he was small and almost died of hornet stings. He refues to give up until he finds Glendower, but the boys and Blue aren't the only ones looking for the ley lines...I liked Blue as a character. I mean, she's a typical teenage girl, and to be honest I find her quite extraordinary too. She lives in a small town, argues with her mother and she hates going to school.Blue has knows since she was a child what will happen to her when she falls in love, and I don't think anyone would want that. Blue knows that her love life can't end well because her mother and her aunts are psychic. I'd find it pretty hard to live like a normal teenager if that were to happen to me. When Blue meets Gansey for the first time, she isn't impressed by his confidence and handsome features. Her instant thought is that he's a rich snob and that she can't imagine to ever fall in love with him. Haha! Gansey has his own apartment, tries to pay people for their time and thinks nothing of a lot of money.HE'S RICH BASICALLY.Overall this was a light read and I enjoyed it.

"What happened was they drove to Harrys and... Gansey ordered flavors of gelato until the table wouldnt hold any more bowls and Ronan convinced the staff to turn the overhead speakers up and Blue laughed for the first time at something Gansey said and they were loud and triumphant and kings of Henrietta, because theyd found the ley line and because it was starting, it was starting.(Artwork by Static)There was so much more to this book. What it was: a group of kids searching for a dead welsh king What we didn't know we needed in life: a group of kids searching for a dead welsh king What we got: a more than useless but frustratingly lovable orange car that drove a dead boy, a sarcastic asshole, a cinnamon role, a girl with a heart of sensible gold and Richard 'Dick' Gansey III. Wherein these group of misfits, don't find the dead welsh king yet. But find so much more, within themselves, within each other and in the beautiful world that Ms. Stiefvater has blessed us with. +boatshoes, trees that speak latin and a raven for a raven boy ____________________The Plot You missed World Hist.""Did you get notes for me?""No. I thought you were dead in a ditch. I loved quite literally everything about The Raven Boys. The only thing I'm going to start by saying is that the first half went a bit too slow for my liking, but straight after the halfway mark, I was so drawn in, if someone took the book out of my hand- I could have cut a bitch. I annotated the hell out of this one, because everything was meaning dense. We didn't just get words for the sake of it being a book. We got words for the sake of the story's importance. That for me, defines great writing. Gansey's partying with his mother," Ronan said. He smelled like beer. "And Noah's fucking dead. But Parrish is here. I loved the hell out of this gang. I could feel how connected they were to themselves and their adventures. For the first book, the plot really got me hooked, but besides the point - if this book was whole-heartedly character driven. I would be there, sitting, reading with the biggest fucking grin on my face. I am an avid romance reader, and although romance is a sub theme within this book - it isn't the focus. There are romantic elements but this was more on the lives of these teenagers / adults who are growing through the path of finding themselves through finding something else. (be it a dead king, or even the keys to the car). It gave me a really warm feeling in my chest, it reminded me so much of why I love YA, because no matter what age reads it - there's a message for everyone. 300 Fox Way I wish I could explain this part, and what it means to me - but it's going to be hard to put my feelings to words. Every single character (minor or major) in this book had an impact. To the extent, where we got not just characters playing an impact but objects, symbols, damn flora and fauna. It's such a bittersweet feeling knowing that somewhere out there, there is always something waiting to be found or known. Everything and everyone in this book was reaching for it, for their own reason. if you had a special knack for finding things, it meant you owed the world to look. So in a way, we all have our own Cabeswater. We all have our own Owen Glendower. We all have our own St. Marks Day. We all have our own 300 Fox Way. That's the beauty of this book. It took such a fantastical and non-sensical escapade and turned it into a life lesson that nearly everyone can look at and learn from. For this reason, I find it a shame that some people don't read. Fuck knows, they are missing out. Excelsior

Easily the best book I've read all year. I've never read a book before where I love every single character equally. Blue: she is everything i aspire to be and i just want to be bffs with herGansey: yes plz Ronan: he's so scary and angry but you just know he secretly loves to watch cute cat videos Adam: he must be wrapped in a warm blanket and protected at all costsNoah: my precious cinnamon bun