Title: The Dream
Thieves
Series: The Raven
Cycle, #2
Author: Maggie
Stiefvater
Publisher: Scholastic
Press
Publication Date: September
17, 2013
Genres: YA,
Paranormal
Reviewed by: Angie
Edwards
My rating: 5/5
SUMMARY
Now that the ley lines around Cabeswater have
been woken, nothing for Ronan, Gansey, Blue, and Adam will be the same.
Ronan, for one, is falling more and more deeply into his dreams, and his dreams are intruding more and more into waking life.
Meanwhile, some very sinister people are looking for some of the same pieces of the Cabeswater puzzle that Gansey is after...
Ronan, for one, is falling more and more deeply into his dreams, and his dreams are intruding more and more into waking life.
Meanwhile, some very sinister people are looking for some of the same pieces of the Cabeswater puzzle that Gansey is after...
REVIEW
If
you’ve read The Raven Boys, you’ll
know that I don’t need to go into detail about just how fabulously mindblowing Dream Thieves is. While reading The Raven Boys, I could never have
imagined how Stiefvater would be able to improve on that. But oh me of little
faith. She did, and she did it splendidly!
The
writing, as expected, is as imaginative and whimsical as it is in the first
book. Maybe even better. OK, definitely better. Then again, from this
incredibly talented author I would expect nothing less. Character growth is off
the charts and if you think you knew the boys quite well from the previous
novel, you have a few surprises coming your way for sure. I loved how this book
revolved around the three Raven boys (Gansey, Ronan, and Adam) more, and less
around Blue. I’m not sure how I feel about her anymore, that’s probably why I’m
happy she doesn’t feature as much in this story as in the first.
The
idea of dream thieves tickled my imagination and, to be honest, I loved the
concept of dreams literally coming true. Except for the night horrors, that is.
My
recommendation is that (if you haven’t yet) you should read The Raven Boys first. It is, after all,
the first book in this series and although I guess Dream Thieves can be read on its own, you’ll miss out on too much
back story to be able to fully appreciate the extraordinariness of this sequel.
ABOUT the AUTHOR
All of Maggie
Stiefvater's life decisions have been based around her inability to be
gainfully employed. Talking to yourself, staring into space, and coming to work
in your pajamas are frowned upon when you're a waitress, calligraphy
instructor, or technical editor (all of which she's tried), but are highly
prized traits in novelists and artists. She's made her living as one or the
other since she was 22. She now lives an eccentric life in the middle of
nowhere, Virginia with her charmingly straight-laced husband, two kids, two neurotic
dogs, and a 1973 Camaro named Loki.
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