What if someone told you that you will kill your true love?
Blue faces that fact every day, and the ominous prediction from countless psychics, including her family, has haunted her since day one. But destiny can only be avoided for so long.
After a solid record of avoiding boys, she is thrown into the lives of four: the Raven Boys. These boys are on a mission, to find the relic of a lost Welsh king, and each one of them has a destiny of their own.
Richard Gansley must find the truth behind a dark past, and he walks near death everyday. He leads Noah, Ronan and Adam to learn the pattern of strange events that surround them.
As Blue becomes attached to these boys, she searches for clues to the strange energy that surrounds them, dangerous magic that threatens her life and theirs.
This book is intense, comical and entertaining.
Not only are the characters complex and realistic, but the dialogue is intelligent, and the mystery unravels with every chapter.
Stiefvater does an excellent job balancing myth and modern day. Her knowledge of folklore and storytelling is plain to see.
This is a dark series, and it delivers a dark promise from the beginning, but the way the story is told, and the characters in it make you keep reading. You get a good look at every main character, and book one is only the beginning of their journey.
I give it four out of five tarot cards!
