despite this book being named after blue, i think we delved more into adam, which i actually enjoyed. i'm glad he finally reconciled with gansey, the court scene did in fact make me cry. this was definitely a sadder book, with all the characters going through something, and you kind of felt that exhaustion with them, that teetering on giving up this wondrous quest. the ending of this one was definitely more tense than the past ones, and i can't wait (but also dread) reading the last book.