Maggie Stiefvater

Now that the ley lines around Cabeswater are awake, magic is swirling around Blue and The Raven boys and Ronan Lynch's ability to pull objects from his dreams is almost out of control but worst of all, the mysterious Gray Man is stalking the Lynch family, looking for something called the Greywaren.

The dream thieves

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....

The Dream Thieves

lo dije mil veces y lo repito: yo mato y muero por la amistad entre estos dos 

There wasn’t even a tiny part of Ronan that was stung by this statement. When Ronan thought of Gansey, he thought of moving into Monmouth Manufacturing, of nights spent in companionable insomnia, of a summer searching for a king, of Gansey asking the Gray Man for his life. Brothers.

A weapon didn’t come to an agreement with the hand that held it.

High Fidelity

 “We can pretend. Just once. And then we’ll never say anything about it again.”

Ronan rationed the music from their old life, as if he used up a bit of his memories of his father every time he played it. Surely this occasion warranted it, though.

They were now just him and her. Not even that. They were only the time that they held between them. 

Oh, thought Blue. So this is what I can’t have.

“So, do you have a favorite weapon?” 

Without missing a beat, he replied, “Opportunity.”

Eleven minutes. That was how long the entire homicidal portrait lasted: one boy’s life destroyed in less time than it took to cook a hamburger.

In some parallel universe, there was a Gansey who could tell Blue that he found the ten inches of her bare calves far more tantalizing than the thirteen cubic feet of bare skin Orla sported. But in this universe, that was Adam’s job.

Blue and Gansey exchanged a look. Blue’s look said, I’m so, so sorry. Gansey’s said, Am I the pretty one?

She wore a dress Ronan thought looked like a lampshade. Whatever sort of lamp it belonged on, Gansey clearly wished he had one.

Then there was the awkward moment that arrives when two thirds of the people in the room know that the other third is supposed to die in fewer than nine months, and the person who is meant to die is not one of the ones in the know.

“It’s hard to imagine,” Gansey mused, “how this evidently successful classical education never seems to make it into your school papers.” 

“They never ask the right questions,” Ronan replied.

Bea 

This is the second book in a brand new series from bestselling author, Maggie Stiefvater. Fans of SHIVER (9781407115009), LINGER (9781407121086) and FOREVER (9781407121116) will love this new quartet!

percy

Katalina 

brie

Meh kinda rated it loosely . Enjoyed it I suppose . But there's still something missing that I cannot quite place a finger on yet .

Christine

HUH???????????????????????? EXCUSE ME?????????????????????????????????

akynn 

If you could steal things from dreams, what would you take? Ronan Lynch has secrets. Some he keeps from others. Some he keeps from himself. One secret: Ronan can bring things out of his dreams. And sometimes he’s not the only one who wants those things. Ronan is one of the raven boys — a group of friends, practically brothers, searching for a dead king named Glendower, who they think is hidden somewhere in the hills by their elite private school, Aglionby Academy. The path to Glendower has long lived as an undercurrent beneath town. But now, like Ronan’s secrets, it is beginning to rise to the surface — changing everything in its wake. Of THE RAVEN BOYS, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY wrote, “Maggie Stiefvater’s can’t-put-it-down paranormal adventure will leave you clamoring for book two.” Now the second book is here, with the same wild imagination, dark romance, and heart-stopping twists that only Maggie Stiefvater can conjure. Praise for THE DREAM THIEVES: * "Richly written and filled with figurative language...this story of secrets and dreams, of brothers and of all-too-real magic is an absolute marvel of imagination and an irresistible invitation to wonder." --BOOKLIST, starred review * "Mind-blowingly spectacular... Stiefvater's careful exploration of class and wealth and their limitations and opportunities astounds with its sensitivity and sophistication. The pace is electric, the prose marvelously sure-footed and strong, but it's the complicated characters...that meld magic and reality into an engrossing, believable whole." -- KIRKUS REVIEWS, starred review * "A paranormal thriller...this installment [is] more tense and foreboding than its predecessor–and every bit as gripping." -- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, starred review * "A complex web of magical intrigue and heartstopping action." -- THE BULLETIN, starred review * "Readers who want a moody chill and appreciate an atmospheric turn of phrase will want to spread more time in Henrietta." -- SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL, starred review

The Dream Thieves (The Raven Cycle, Book 2)

RONAN’S SECOND SECRET WAS ADAM PARRISH…….

kiana

britt

this book was fucking crazy. sometimes i didn’t want to read it because i was scared about what was going to happen. i absolutely love ronan and his growth is absolutely amazing.

here are my thoughts:
1. RONANNNN love him so much he’s so cool 
2. i still don’t really trust the gray man 
3. kavinsky is insane and needs to be locked up leave my perfect angel sunshine sweet darling ronan alone you freak (jk nvm typed this before i read that part)
4. adam has been fighting for his life please give him some happiness 
5. persephone and calla are perfect as always
6. love gansey and ronan’s relationship 
7. i hope ronan and blue interact more and we get to see some sort of friendship forming between them because i think they’d have such an interesting dynamic
8. BLUE AND GANSEY..

Now that the ley lines are awake, Ronan Lynch's ability to pull objects from his dreams is out of control but worst of all, the Gray Man is stalking the Lynch family, looking for something called the Greywaren.

chloe rae

*4.5
Hell. YES. Everything is really picking up and getting so much more INTENSE and I’m still just so obsessed with all the characters and I don’t know what’s going to happen next and I loooove that! I’m so excited for the next one!

Mel 

I have very incoherent thoughts about this book. 
I LOVE RONAN! I found his story to be both riveting and creepy at the same time. 
GANSEY is still one of my favourites. 
I was not a fan of the gray man storyline. It was a bit slow for me. 
I don’t really like Adam either 
I didn’t like Blue as much as I did in the first book. 
Persephone, Calla and Maura were still incredibly intriguing characters. 
The pieces are starting to fall into place.

catalina

Annika Arguemore

Just as grand as the first. Maybe even better?

Syahla Aurel

Ronan Lynch, keeper of secrets, fighter of men, devil of a boy, had told them all that he could take objects out of his dreams.

It was a lot more fun to read than the first book, Ronan is a very interesting character and I love his growth. Also, I feel like there was so much happening in this book yet I still have no idea abt this Blue and Gansey thing, maybe they deliberately save this plot for the last book? idk

garnet

Ronan baby, please let me give u a hug. Miss Maggie killed it, as always. These characters just give me such nostalgic vibes, even though I don't truly know them (it feels like I do). I want the best for them, and I cant wait to grow more with them in the future.

chloé

reading this feels like a religious experience

Melissa Palmer

Book #33 Read in 2014
The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater (YA)

This is the second book in a YA paranormal series. Teens are trying to find a ley line. This book focuses more on Ronan and his ability to bring back objects that appear in his dreams. Mr. Gray is a complex villain in this book; a hitman hired to bring back the object that is really a person. Blue is still struggling with her destiny of killing her true love with a kiss and is struggling with her feelings for Gansey and her non-feelings for Adam. Of course the ending is a cliffhanger one; book 3 will be out in October.

The characters in this series are interesting and complex. This book started off slowly for me (I loved the first book, The Raven Boys) but picked up halfway through and then was a totally engaging read. Besides the mystery of finding the ley line, there is also a good action plot with Mr. Gray, as well as humor and romance. All in all, a good read.

http://melissasbookpicks.blogspot.com

“In that moment, Blue was a little in love with all of them. Their magic. Their quest. Their awfulness and strangeness. Her raven boys.”

4.5 ☆

Elliot

¿he acabado el libro el libro ha acabado conmigo? QUE HA SIDO. ESTO.

fiona

I'm quite confused to be honest, I don't feel like I absorbed anything which I needed to understand this series further. 

This book is so much more slower than the first one, but I feel like I had very high expectations, since I loved the first one so much. I was just so confused, all the time. Am I supposed to know who the greyman is because I don't and I feel like I'm meant to 😭

I mean, it's not bad, I just think that it could have been a lot better, and seriously, this whole kiss thing is SO melodramatic, like what? 😭 It's genuinely so irrevelant why do we keep mentioning it. 

BUT I STILL LOVE THE CHARACTERS. I'M STILL CONTINUING THIS SERIES BECAUSE god I just love them all, like aren't all these characters just so loveable. There's not one person in this book who I dislike. I just think not alot of stuff really happens in this book. Actually, that's a lie, alot of stuff happens in this book, but it just does not compare to the first initial one. Maybe it's my own comparisions to the first one that's dragged the rating down a bit?

surtified™

I'm quite confused to be honest, I don't feel like I absorbed anything which I needed to understand this series further. 

This book is so much more slower than the first one, but I feel like I had very high expectations, since I loved the first one so much. I was just so confused, all the time. Am I supposed to know who the greyman is because I don't and I feel like I'm meant to 😭

I mean, it's not bad, I just think that it could have been a lot better, and seriously, this whole kiss thing is SO melodramatic, like what? 😭 It's genuinely so irrevelant why do we keep mentioning it. 

BUT I STILL LOVE THE CHARACTERS. I'M STILL CONTINUING THIS SERIES BECAUSE god I just love them all, like aren't all these characters just so loveable. There's not one person in this book who I dislike. I just think not alot of stuff really happens in this book. Actually, that's a lie, alot of stuff happens in this book, but it just does not compare to the first initial one. Maybe it's my own comparisions to the first one that's dragged the rating down a bit?



Dustin Tinch

Preface: 
 
I am severely sleep deprived so my deepest sympathies to those that read this "review" of...

The Dream Thieves



Look, when I say I struggled with The Raven Boys, I mean I STRUGGLED with The Raven Boys. The writing style did my head in! However, with this one it all finally clicked. In the words of Miss Ariana Grande, "If I put it quite plainly," I am now officially Ronan trash, Blue trash, Gansey trash, Adam trash, Noah trash and ultimately Maggie Stiefvater TRASH.  

 I can't wait for Blue Lily, Lily Blue to wreck me next! As Kevin McCallister proposed, "Thirsty for more?" Yes, yes I am. 

*Raises Kindle like Thor with his drinking horn*  “This book, I like it! Give me ANOTHER!"

Highly recommend finishing this on the fourth of july

Emily Klo

Nessa Luna

Read this review and more on my blog October Tune!

Beware: This review might contain spoilers for the previous book, proceed with caution!

In March, I read The Raven Boys the first book in The Raven Cycle, after a friend of mine lend me her books. I really enjoyed this first book, and so I picked up the next one the month after. The Dream Thieves picks up after the first book ended - after Adam made a sacrifice to activate the ley line, after Ronan confessed he pulled Chainsaw from his dreams. In this second book, we focus more on Ronan and his abilities, and I personally really liked that.

As with the previous book, this book was told from multiple perspectives, and while I got used to reading about Blue, Ronan, Gansey and Adam, I was also rather annoyed that we had another perspective in this book. We had Whelk in the first book, and here we got The Gray Man. I immediately disliked him, and to be honest it didn't improve that much over the course of this book (view spoiler)[even if he ended up coming to the good side eventually, I still just didn't like him at all (hide spoiler)]

The search for Glendower was put on hold in this book, which I didn't really mind at all, because I still didn't care that much about the Welsh king to be honest (apart from him being Welsh). I just loved that this book focused on the Greywaren more, even though that was also rather predictable. I knew what it was before it was found out in the book, so those reveals weren't really that exciting for me.

What made me so super sad was the lack of Noah in this book. He was honestly one of my favourite characters in the previous book, and because of all that shit happening with the ley line he was gone more often than not, and that just made me incredibly sad. There was one scene in particular that was soooooo cute even though it was also rather creepy I guess (view spoiler)[the part where Blue and Noah were sort of kissing, I mean it was just really cute and I'd like ten Noah's please. (hide spoiler)]

Like with the previous book, there were some parts that my brain just skipped over, not because they were that boring, but for no reason at all I guess, there was so much going on in this book that I just forgot the parts that weren't really part of the Ronan-pulling-stuff-from-his-dreams storyline. I mean I still don't really know what went on with Adam throughout this book, so I guess I'll just have to read a recap for that. The fact that I was in a massive reading slump probably didn't help either. (Which is part of why this review is so weird I guess, apologies).

Oh well, I still really enjoyed The Dream Thieves and I really will pick up the next book in the series asap (because that cliffhanger, dayummmmmmmmmmm). Again, I recommend this series to fans of paranormal books and especially fans of ancient Welsh kings, ha ha ha!

My opinion on this book in one gif:

Meghan Thompson 

let me just say that i am still fucking confused....especially with the whole glendower thing 

however i loved this book bcs being able to be inside Ronan's head and just learn more about who he is and what made him..him. he is authentically twisted and genuinely those are some of my favourite characters. 
i also really liked kavinsky as the overall villain he was just extremely entertaining especially with Ronan. 
mr. gray love him my little hitman go get your girl Maura and y'all better find her and live happily ever after. 
now señor Adam...i go back and forth between loving him and him doing things to upset me. this book also really dove deep into more of his backstory and made me love him even more. my issue is his consistent need to oppose his friends just trying to help and be decent towards him. and i get it and especially with everything he's been through but please my baby you can't do life alone. 

honestly my hope is that ronan and adam develop some feelings for eachother bcs Ronan is obvi gay and Adam can be his lover and voice of reason :)

Courtney

This book had a bombastic and satisfying ending leading perfectly with an intensely suspenseful ending into the next book!

The dream thieves

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