Trailer Tuesday: The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
I just finished Maggie Stiefvater's The Raven Boys over the weekend. I've been reading this book since at least November, picking it up and putting it down, forgetting about it while I zoomed through other books and coming back to it after days and weeks away. Now that I'm finished...I think I liked it. I suppose that's not a stunning endorsement (which is partly why I'm not doing a full review), but I will say that I'm definitely interested in reading the sequel. What I'm not sure about is why I was so on and off about reading it. The story is well-crafted. There are surprises and twists and turns. The characters are distinct and developed fully over the course of the novel. I guess it just took a while for the pieces to come together and I knew that some things wouldn't be resolved in this book, since it's the first in a series, so that kept me from being fully engaged. But you should read it! Prep school boys on a quest to find a not-dead-but-not-living king. A psychic's daughter whose whole family has clairvoyant capabilities, but she doesn't. A fortelling that brings them together and keeps them apart. Give it a try!
And ooh! Maggie Stiefvater did the trailer herself! You go girl!
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by Maggie Stiefvater
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