{"id":32747,"date":"2016-07-13T08:30:08","date_gmt":"2016-07-12T20:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=32747"},"modified":"2016-07-12T23:12:38","modified_gmt":"2016-07-12T11:12:38","slug":"just-arrived-the-raven-king-by-maggie-stiefvater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2016\/07\/13\/just-arrived-the-raven-king-by-maggie-stiefvater\/","title":{"rendered":"Just Arrived: “The Raven King” by Maggie Stiefvater"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"The<\/a>Way awa’ back in December 2013 I posted a “What I’m Reading”<\/a> on The Raven Boys<\/em><\/a> the first novel in Maggie Stievater’s “The Raven Cycle”.<\/p>\n

As I said at the time, I thought it, “one of the best YA paranormal urban fantasies I\u2019ve read for a while.”<\/em><\/p>\n

I’ve since read the second and third books in the series, The Dream Thieves<\/em><\/strong> and Blue Lily, Lily Blue<\/em><\/strong> — and although I thought the latter suffered somewhat from middle book syndrome, I have still enjoyed the whole series enough to be very much looking forward to reading the fourth and final novel in the series: The Raven King<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Like all the books, the jacket treatment is great, although I may not love this one quite<\/em> as much as I did the cover for Blue Lily, Lily Blue<\/em><\/strong>, which joined the ranks of my favourites<\/a> as soon as it came out.<\/p>\n

The Raven Cycle<\/strong> story weaves together a number of stories from Celtic lore, including the tales surrounding the semi-legendary Owen Glendower, the story of Blodeuwedd from the Mabinogion, and of course the myth of the Raven King. I’m looking forwad to seeing how they all come together.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, I leave you with the official blurb:<\/p>\n

“For years, Gansey has been on a quest to find a lost king. One by one, he\u2019s drawn others into this quest: Ronan, who steals from dreams; Adam, whose life is no longer his own; Noah, whose life is no longer a lie; and Blue, who loves Gansey\u2026 and is certain she is destined to kill him.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Now the endgame has begun. Dreams and nightmares are converging. Love and loss are inseparable. And the quest refuses to be pinned to a path.”<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Nowt left to do then, but read on…<\/p>\n

(In due course, when the rest of the TBR table allows—but I’m not sure how long I’ll be able to hold out. \ud83d\ude09 )<\/p>\n

\"Raven<\/a>\"Dream-Thieves-Cover\"<\/a>\"Blue<\/a>\"The<\/a><\/p>\n

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