Name: Blue Lily, Lily Blue
Rating: 4.342816091954023 (870 reviews)
ISBN: 9781407143224

Maggie Stiefvater

The third book in the mesmerizing RAVEN CYCLE quartet from bestselling author, Maggie Stiefvater. Fans of the SHIVER trilogy will love this new quartet!

Blue Lily, Lily Blue

Blue Sargent has found things. For the first time in her life, she has friends she can trust, a group to which she can belong. The Raven Boys have taken her in as one of their own. Their problems have become hers, and her problems have become theirs. The trick with found things, though, is how easily they can be lost.

Ronan's crush on Adam is my favorite thing in this book, I loved every bit of their interactions. My hearts really broken by Persephones death it was something I didn't expect at all the 300 Fox way ladies all seemed invincible even to death. Gansey and Ronan showing up for up for Adam's court case was the most beautiful thing because they knew that he needed them  even when Adam didn't, so the not having to ask thing was really special I love them all. 

Nala

Louis Norton

Christine

britt

i slightly feel as though this book was just a tad more filler than i wanted it to be, but in no way was it bad. it just wasn’t as good as the first two. i still love this book and this series. ronan is still my little worstie. also! nothing against adam but i lowkey never want his pov. love pookie though, but personally i feel like i care more for the others’ povs.

chloe rae

This was BY FAR my favorite book of the series so far. Guys. I'm SO OBSESSED WITH THESE CHARACTERS. My goodness. They are just the greatest thing. Their friendship and love towards each other is just so refreshing and sweet and I'm in love with them, all of them. Not sure whats coming next but I'm excited for this conclusion!

catalina

me enamoré de esta saga.
y amo demasiado a adam, period.

Annika Arguemore

The writing was a bit off at some parts. There wasn't consistency to some of it. A thing would happen and then another thing would happen abruptly. It was like there wasn't any transition. It kind of disrupted the flow.

It dragged as well most of the time. Like, there was a lot of unnecessary information I could have done without.

The world of Blue and Gansey was still a nice place to be in, though. Also, Adam's character development has come along nicely. Just as nice as Ronan's character development in The Dream Thieves.

chloé

i wish i was good with words to explain how much i like this book

Melissa Palmer

Book #44 Read in 2015
Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater (YA)

This is the third, and I think final, book in a young adult paranormal series. Gansey, Blue and crew are very close to finding the ley line and the mystical person that will be able to grant them a favor. Blue is mostly concerned about finding her missing mother and avoiding Gansey's death. This book bogged down a bit for me in the middle but overall it was a good read. This series definitely needs to be read in order as each installment picks up right where the previous one left off. 

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underwhelming compared to the the dream thieves, but still enjoyable. i loved that blue had more focus in this installment however, because she was the only reason i started this series, and she's still my favorite part. and adam's somewhat graduated from his incelitis, so there's another plus. stiefvater's writing is ethereal as always, but the plot did fall a bit flat for me.

3.75

I think the entire time of the book, I wasn't as entranced for excited to read it. It's just slowly starting to feel so conventional and not boring, but just not an exciting book that makes you carry on reading it. But, it's still a 3, which to me  is a good rating, because god there are so many plot twists and just certain features in this book that just makes it so special. 

STILL GOING TO CONTINUE AND END THIS SERIES WITH THE FOURTH BOOK 💗

Safs 🧸

I think the entire time of the book, I wasn't as entranced for excited to read it. It's just slowly starting to feel so conventional and not boring, but just not an exciting book that makes you carry on reading it. But, it's still a 3, which to me  is a good rating, because god there are so many plot twists and just certain features in this book that just makes it so special. 

STILL GOING TO CONTINUE AND END THIS SERIES WITH THE FOURTH BOOK 💗

Briar's Reviews

Blue Lily, Lily Blue was an intriguing novel.

It's my own fault that I didn't enjoy this book as much as I could have. It has been YEARS (and I mean, literally years - probably five?) since I've read the first two books in this series (The Raven Boys and The Dream Theives) so I don't remember much of what this series is all about. But, I really love Maggie Stiefvater so I wanted to continue on with this series! It's safe to say that I was REALLY lost about what was going on.

What I got out of this book was: witches, fantastic friendships, parental drama, ghosts and death, and a giant cave. 

I really enjoy Gansey in this series even though I'm not quite sure about what his character is supposed to be. He's not the love interest, he's not the typical best friend side character and he has no typical trope about him. I love that aspect of these characters (Maggie is great at not making a typical trope-filled book) but I'm still just so unsure. I love him, but... I need to know what happens in this last book to see how it all plays out.

Noah the ghost interests me too. What was going on with him and Blue? He's still her energy but he is also acting very strange. Something is up with these ley lines! I want to know more. I'm too analytical for books like this - I need to know everything now.

The plot itself just confused me. The screaming man, the man they found in the cave, the lady at the end... Don't stop this series if you intend to keep reading it. That's my biggest suggestion. Reading other reviewers' reviews helped a lot but I really should have re-read the series to make sure I knew what was going on. It's a real shame too, because Maggie has a beautiful writing style and her prose is to die for! She's fabulous. 

I did binge this book in one sitting. Since I forgot most of what happened in the previous books, I knew that if I put it down I would never pick it back up. The binging was okay, but I'd rather have read it in bits and pieces. 

My biggest praise is the cover. My gosh, all of the covers for this series fall into the realm of absolutely beautiful! 

Overall, this book is marvelous but didn't hit high with me. Hopefully one day I will be able to jump back into this whole series and mass read the entire set. Maggie is such a good writer but it's a shame that we had to wait for her books. That's what really did me in - waiting for books to come out and then not being able to afford them so I had to wait until I could. One day Maggie! One day I will read this excellence in full and understand the whole darn thing!

Three out of five stars!

Blue Lily, Lily Blue

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