Oh
my word…this book, this series, SO GOOD!!!
There is nothing more I can say other than read this book (but only if
you have read The Raven Boys…and if you haven’t read that yet…what are you
waiting for???)
From
Booklist
*Starred Review* In this continuation of The Raven Boys (2012),
Printz Honor Book recipient Stiefvater continues the compelling story, keeping
the focus once again on the Raven Boys themselves: privileged Gansey, tortured
Adam, spectral Noah, and darkly dangerous Ronan. This time, though, their quest
for the legendary sleeping Welsh King, Owen Glendower, takes a backseat to a
spate of secrets, dreams, and nightmares that appear to be sapping the ley
line—an invisible channel of energy connecting sacred places—that runs beneath
their small Virginia town. Could this be the reason that the mystical forest,
Cabeswater, has inexplicably disappeared? Who is the mysterious Grey Man, and
why is he searching for the Greywaren, a relic that enables its owner to steal objects
from dreams? How does this involve secretive Ronan? Visceral suspense builds as
the characters pursue answers to these and other questions, and a palpable
sense of foreboding and danger increasingly permeates the novel. Richly written
and filled with figurative language (buildings are “tidy as library books”; a
“murmur of guests” attend a party; a woman looks “fresh as a newscaster”), this
story of secrets and dreams, of brothers, and of all-too-real magic is an
absolute marvel of imagination and an irresistible invitation to wonder.
HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: Backed by a 150,000 print run and a marketing push that
includes a college-campus campaign, this title should multiply Stiefvater’s
already vast fan base. Grades 9-12. --Michael Cart 
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