I know, I know. I’m falling further and further behind! But, you know whose fault it is? (Mine, really, because I apparently lack literary self control.) But some blame needs to be laid at Maggie Stiefvater’s door for writing an engaging and epic series.
It all started on October 15th when I started reading The Raven Boys. I was completely engaged from the tag line onward.
“There are only two reasons a non-seer would see a spirit on St. Mark’s Eve. Either you’re his true love…or you killed him.”
Hello. More please.
The Raven Boys features a female lead, Blue Sargent, whose mother is clairvoyant and their home is filled with women who trade in predictions. Blue does not have the sight but she has the ability to intensify the gift in others. On St. Mark’s Eve she accompanies her mother every year as the soon-to-be-dead walk past. She has never seen them until this year, when a boy emerges and speaks to her. The boy wearing the uniform of the prestigious and affluent Aglionby school known to many as The Raven Boys. This experience is further complicated by Blue’s life-long knowledge that she will cause her true love to die.
Now, all of this seems like a lot to cover in one book which is why I should have suspected that this was actually a series. Also, a careful look at the cover would have tipped me off since it says, “Book 1 of the Raven Cycle.” I’m sorry! I was excited.
Occasionally, when this happens I am livid. Picture me tearing through the last 20 pages of the book muttering, “How on Earth are they going to wrap this up?!?” only to find a cliffhanger ending and the need to buy the next book. I am not even a little miffed that this is a series. I needed to spend more time with these characters on their creepy adventures.
So, for FGR #15 I give you The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater. This creepy story presents the reader with multiple points of view as Blue and the Raven Boys try to solve one piece of an enormous mystery while avoiding becoming romantically entangled. The fourth and final book Now, please excuse me, the next two books in the series have arrived and I have hot cider to drink.
Tell me, please!
When you find out a book is actually a series are you thrilled or annoyed?
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“When you find out a book is actually a series are you thrilled or annoyed?”
You know, it really depends on the book. Sometimes I pick up the first book in a series and end up being disgusted that the author wrote more. Could either be a terrible book or everything is wrapped up neat and tidy at the end. That usually leaves the sequels feelings so forced.
Recently, I finished Daughter of the Burning City and wished there were more books set in that world. The same with The Night Circus. Sometimes you just need MORE!
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I felt exactly the same about The Night Circus. I was so terribly disappointed when I had to leave that world. Thanks for your answer!
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Nothing delights me as much as finding a new series! I love prolific writers.
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I feel the same! Thanks for visiting!
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