The Dream Thieves (The Raven Cycle, #2)

by Maggie Stiefvater

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I'm pretty sure this will be a 5 star book. It almost was after just the first read but then she... and I'm kind of devastated so I can't quite, yet.

But this book is amazing in the way some authors manage to articulate the world or life in a way you've always known but never tried to put words to before. It's brilliant in completely unexpected ways.

And I love that it offers deeper points of view on characters that were intriguing in the first book. I love Ronan and that he doesn't lie and getting to know him was awesome. And I love Gansey and that his whole family is so decent and kind of spectacular.

I loved the mystery and the revelations and that I really liked the bad guy. Well, one of them. I like the magic and the mythology of the story and that it isn't always quite what you expect.

I like that [a:Maggie Stiefvater|1330292|Maggie Stiefvater|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1587234813p2/1330292.jpg]'s writing is both simple and complex at the same time. That there's this aching beauty to the way she described the world. That she uses Latin. That her discordant descriptions are somehow unimaginably perfect.

I despise that there are four books in this cycle because I want to get to the end right now and I'm also really glad because I want to live in this world as long as possible.