The Dream Thieves by
Maggie Stiefvater, the sequel to The
Raven Boys, was every bit as magical as the first book in The Raven Cycle
series. I LOVED The Raven Boys and I
loved this one just as much! Admittedly, I read about 13% of it before taking a
two-month hiatus. Stupid college, messing up my reading schedule!! But even
though I was extremely confused when I first restarted (I couldn’t really
remember what had happened in the first book or the beginning of the second), I
was drawn in, nonetheless. It takes pretty awesome writing to keep me reading
and interested even when I don’t know what is going on (Don’t worry though, I
quickly remembered everything else) and I finished the rest of it in just two
days!
This will be a short summary because I can’t really remember
how it started and it’s hard to explain the latter part of the book without
giving everything away, but I shall try my hardest!
After Adam
woke the ley lines surrounding Cabeswater, the town of Henrietta has been
experiencing electrical surges and outages, Adam has been seeing strange
visions, and Noah has been blinking in and out of consciousness/existence.
Gansey and the gang continue searching for Glendower, but are immensely
surprised when they discover that Cabeswater, their only lead on Glendower’s
location, has vanished. What’s more, Ronan has been falling even deeper into
his dreams, pulling out larger, more terrifying things. This book focuses a lot
more on Ronan, his dreams, and the people that are after him because of what he
can do. Ronan also discovers that there is someone else just like him, though
perhaps not exactly like him…
I love Blue
and Gansey together. THEY ARE SO ADORABLE!! But alas, they are star-crossed
lovers, doomed to a dark fate. Oh, woe is me! But anyway, they are definitely
my favorites because Blue is so real, funny, and grounded, while Gansey is more
whimsical, classy, and dreamy and they compliment each other really well (and
may I just say that Gansey and I are literally the exact same person… like exactly… but not in family circumstance,
just in personality…). In this book, I didn’t like Adam. Like at all. In the
last book, I thought he was really adorable and all, but I just wasn’t feeling
him in this book. I warmed up a lot to Ronan, though, and could actually
tolerate and maybe even like him by
the end of this second book. It must be a miracle! But Noah again didn’t play a
very large role, but his interactions with Blue had to be the cutest thing I
have ever read/seen. Ever. BLAH I GET HAPPY JUST THINKING ABOUT THEM TOGETHER
IT’S SO CUTE I’M GONNA DIE!
I was drawn
into the story immediately (once I started rereading it) and I couldn’t wait to
see what would happen next. All of the characters were, once again, written so
realistically and there were times that I actually laughed out loud. There were
also times when I couldn’t stop smiling and making little “aw” sounds during
the cute moments. I love the big words that Stiefvater uses, especially when
Gansey talks because, instead of making it sound forced and unnatural, it
actually makes it more realistic. Gansey is a preppy, smart, politician-raised
boy who I would imagine uses those exact words. Plus, I get to learn a little
new vocabulary J
Another amazing thing was the character transformations. Ronan in particular
went through an enormous change throughout the book and it as amazing to see
how much he changed by the end. I liked how he changed little by little; there
wasn’t a moment where it was just like BAM he’s a changed man! It took time and
he made plenty of mistakes along the way, but he got through it and ended up a
better person, which is how I think it happens in real life.
I absolutely CANNOT WAIT for the next book!! I’m dying in
anticipation!! The ending was really good (and am I sensing a little Adam-Ronan
action possibly?) and I’m really excited about what this series will bring in
the future!
I LOVE this series!! 5 Smileys!!!
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