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The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
4.0

⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🐊
I have been eager to read this series for a very long time. I will admit, it has been a good decade+ since this book came out, so I will forgive some characterizations in the book as being out of date. Specifically Blue, her design reminded me of the modern manic-pixie-dream-girl and I wasn’t fond of that. It got better as the book went on.

In general, the book was slow for me to get into, despite being an easy read. It took a while to get me interested, but once it did, it was a fast track from there. I was hooked once it leaned into the paranormal and by the end of the book I was hungry for more. Had I had the next in the series available, I would have gobbled it up.

As it stands, it was a pretty good book with some good magical and mystery elements. A single gator for it’s lack of queer characters, but I’ve been told to be patient!