The Raven Cycle Review

​Ahh! I read one of the series in my TBR pile. The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater I finally finished this series. It was really great series overall but it did have some slow spots. My most favorite part of this book are the friendships and the bonds that are formed over the course of these books.
 
The Raven Boys
 So, I’m not going to lie to you it took me forever to start reading this book and it took me forever to keep reading this book. It had a slow start but if you stick with it, it does get better. I had to force myself to listen to it on audiobook because it was not grabbing my attention. But all in all, I really did love this book. The romance was cutesy and all but somewhat childish. It has an interesting storyline and relatable character’s.
 
The Dream Thieves
I liked this book a lot better. It had more action and more mystery. I didn’t like how some story lines were never explained (Kavinsky) and I felt that the battle scene at the end was poorly written and really weird. I liked the plot twists and the “romance.”
 
Blue Lily, Lily Blue
 This is where this series lost me. I liked the book and I loved the budding romance between Blue and Gansey but this book was just really weird. I felt like the story progressed fast and slow all at the same time. And the plot lines were weird.
 
The Raven King
Ok book. I’m glad most of the character’s got happy endings but I’m sad that Noah sort of just drifted out of the story. I do love the romance in this book (Ronan and Adam & Blue and Gansey). I glad that after Gansey died he was brought back to life because I would have been heated if he just died. I think this is my favorite book in the series and I don’t usually like last books.
 
This was an okay series. I think it would have been better if I had read these books when I was younger because the writing and the storylines seemed childish compared to what I have recently read. But if you don’t mind sticking around for a while to get hooked on these books, read them.