There’s a decent amount of romance going on (as much as I love the Gansey/Blue relationship, it’s definitely and thankfully not just about them) what really stands out about this sequel is that it puts the magical quest’s ambiguity to the foreground, and the doubts and insecurities this adventure brings out in our characters. Stiefvater manages to paint a fine line between the innocent and sinister motivations of her characters and how they are defined and obscured by all the ley line’s secrets and desires, while a new villain, the ominously named The Gray Man, is out for the infamous Greywaren and his dream objects. There’s still the humour I so loved with the first book, but it’s going to darker places with a more proper introduction to Ronan’s and his brothers psyches, and his relationship with Aglionby Academy student/criminal Kavinsky. I did not think this book’s magic was able to get more powerful, but it most certainly did, especially with adding more of Ronan’s point of view to the story. The Dream Thieves picks up right where its predecessor left us hanging, coaxing us into the quest for Glendower at a hot and sweaty summer’s day, perfectly blending with the first volume’s atmosphere.
It’s an uplifting, yet eerie conundrum of point of views, a mix of light and dark places, and it completely manages to effortlessly suck you into the magical world of Henrietta and Blue and her Raven Boys once more. Maggie Stiefvater’s The Raven Boys sequel The Dream Thieves hasn’t just got the most formidable title in the whole history of anticipated sequels, but it also properly delivers. Meanwhile, some very sinister people are looking for some of the same pieces of the Cabeswater puzzle that Gansey is after….Įxcuse my theatrics, but I want to marry and have children with this book. Ronan, for one, is falling more and more deeply into his dreams, and his dreams are intruding more and more into waking life. Now that the ley lines around Cabeswater have been woken, nothing for Ronan, Gansey, Blue, and Adam will be the same.
Genres: Young adult, contemporary, paranormal
Publication Date: September 17th 2013 by Scholastic Press
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