I read Stiefvater's The Scorpio Races last year and it was astonishingly good, so I had high hopes for this. It didn't match up. For the first two thirds or so of the book I was honestly a little bored, but once the story hit the Latin-speaking trees it started to hold my attention more. And the idea behind The Raven Boys is interesting enough, if it doesn't quite light me on fire, but I think most of that general indifference came from the characters. Noah was so barely drawn he was clearly a redshirt from the get-go (though credit is due, I didn't foresee just how he earned that status). I did like Blue and Adam, and I wish the story had been about them entirely, because both Gansey and Ronan were two of the most ridiculous characters I've come across in quite some time - and not in a good way. I didn't believe in either of them for a single second. Unfortunately it seems like Gansey is the fated love interest here, and to be frank that's really undermining my interest in reading further.