January 2020
2 years later, and I'm completely in love with this story the second time around. A lot of what I said below still holds true, but none of it matters anymore. The writing, characters and setting are completely magical, and I refuse to be such a stickler about what books may be missing.

February 2018
I'm not a fan girl yet, but I can see myself heading that way, easily.

Oh these characters are wonderful! My favorite is easily Ronan. He's fantastically damaged. Blue is fantastically eccentric. Gansey is fantastically heroic. Adam is fantastically flawed. And Noah is fantastically...well...Noah.

The writing was excellent and the story kept me very very interested in what was happening. I really dug the main story and then all the background info had me pretty stoked.

The only reason this is getting 3 stars instead of 4, is because while I enjoyed the background info, I did scan a few times when I wanted to still be in the main plot. So maybe the pacing was a bit off for me.

Overall, I know I'm late to the game, but I'll be recommending this series for sure.