First of all, may I just say, AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH! I loved this book and the series so much. Words cannot describe how much I adore the gangsy, but Imma try anyway yall!
It took me forever to read this book. Like, over a month. But not because it was dull or boring or unexciting or any other synonym. And not because it was bad or unsatisfying. It took forever for the opposite reason. I loved the series so much that when I started the last book, the final book, I didn't want it to be over. It took so long because I realized that once I finished it I would never get to read it for the first time again, and we all know that nothing can ever beat the feeling of the first read-through of a good book. The excitement, the characters, the twists, the magic. So, yeah, it took me forever because I didn't want my first time to end. Is there a word for that? Virgin book fear? Idk.
Anyway, as I said, this book was beautiful. Well done. Superb. Maggie Stiefvater's writing is incredibly beautiful to me in a way that's hard to explain and that I haven't found very often. Her descriptions are so aesthetic. Her characters are so fun, right on the edge of unrealistic, often playing jump rope with that line, but without ever venturing too far past it. She brings out the human qualities in characters who are afraid of losing those very things that make them human. It's awesome. I love it.
THE REST OF THIS POST IS NOT SPOILER FREE!!!!
Can I just fangirl for a minute over Blue and Gansey and also over Adam and Ronan? Because I love them. I love their relationships. I love how they're all connected to each other in ways that make them bound and inextricable. And the addition of Henry was surprising but I didn't mind it. He fit in in his own way, the way they all do: by being perfectly himself, which is unlike anyone else. I am going to miss Noah, though. He was such a soft boy and I feel like his ending was realistic in its anticlimactic nature. It was very Noah, though whether that description makes sense to anyone else I'm not sure.
I thought the concept of Cabeswater sacrificing itself for Gansey was awesome. And the fact that it did so because they asked was even better. Is it possible to love a forest as a character? Because I do. As long as trees speak Latin I will love Cabeswater in all of it's complicated, nonsensical glory. And of course, I'm glad my son, Richard Campbell Gansey III, who I raised from birth, is going to get to go to Venezuela with his Jane and his Cheng. It makes my heart happy.
Also, Blue is a tree? Like many other things, that came out of nowhere to me and yet I accepted it wholeheartedly because Stiefvater gave me no other choice. Blue accepts it. Her dad accepts it. Her mom banged a tree and I applaud her. Then she dated a cool assassin. Maura Sargent, the true Appalachian icon. I aspire to be the Maura Sargent of my Appalachian town.
Anyway, I should wrap this up. I tend to ramble when excited, which can get annoying since I'm easily excitable. So, yes, five stars for The Raven King, in all of his glory. I cannot wait for the dreamer series! Make way for the Raven King!
-Payton Salmons
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