Maggie Stiefvater

Though she is from a family of clairvoyants, Blue Sargent's only gift seems to be that she makes other people's talents stronger. When she meets Gansey, one of the boys from the expensive Aglionby Academy, she discovers that he has talents of his own--and that together their talents are a dangerous mix. Blue has a policy of staying away from Aglionby boys. Known as "raven boys", they can only mean trouble. For as long as she can remember, Blue has been warned that she will cause her true love to die. She never thought this would be a problem. But now, as her life becomes caught up in the strange and sinister world of the raven boys, she's not so sure anymore.

The Raven Boys

When Gansey was polite, it made him powerful. When Adam was polite, he was giving power away. 

April days in Henrietta were quite often fair, tender things, coaxing sleeping trees to bud and love-mad ladybirds to beat against windowpanes. But not tonight. 

ivy 

Adam felt the familiar pang. Not jealousy, just wanting. One day, he’d have enough money to have a place like this. A place that looked on the outside like Adam looked on the inside.

“Fate,” Blue replied, glowering at her mother, “is a very weighty word to throw around before breakfast.”

The key, Gansey found, was that you had to believe that they existed; you had to realize they were part of something bigger. Some secrets only gave themselves up to those who’d proven themselves worthy. 

The way Gansey saw it was this: If you had a special knack for finding things, it meant you owed the world to look.

“Ask me if I found something,” Gansey said. Sighing, Ronan twitched the recorder toward Gansey. “Did you find anything?” Ronan didn’t sound very interested, but that was part of the Ronan Lynch brand. It was impossible to tell how deep his disinterest truly was.

kiana

Being Adam Parrish was a complicated thing, a wonder of muscles and organs, synapses and nerves. He was a miracle of moving parts, a study in survival.

Adam had once told Gansey, "Rags to riches isn't a story anyone wants to hear until after it's done.”

They were always walking away from him. But he never seemed able to walk away from them.

Ljudi viču kada nemaju dovoljno reči da bi šaputali.

Iz godine u godine Blu stoji pored svoje vidovite majke koja posmatra povorku onih što će uskoro biti mrtvi.

Blu nikada ranije nije mogla da ih vidi – sve do ove godine, kad se iz mraka pojavio duh mladića koji joj se obratio.

Bio je to Genzi, bogati učenik Aglionbija, lokalne privatne škole. Blu se iz principa drži podalje od momaka iz Aglionbija.

Poznati kao Mladi gavranovi, oni mogu samo da donesu nevolju.

Ipak, Blu oseća da je Genzi privlači, na način koji ne uspeva da u potpunosti objasni. Genzi traga za nečim, a u njegovu potragu uključena su još tri mlada gavrana: Adam, stipendista koji prezire privilegovani svet kojim je okružen, Ronan, žestok momak s rasponom osećanja od besa do očaja, i Noa, ćutljivi posmatrač koji mnogo šta primeti, ali malo toga kaže.

Otkad pamti, Blu je slušala kako će jednog dana izazvati smrt onoga kome je suđeno da bude njena prava ljubav. Blu ne veruje u pravu ljubav, i nikada nije mislila da će joj to proročanstvo predstavljati problem. Međutim, kako njen život počinje da se prepliće s čudnim i zlokobnim svetom Mladih gavranova, više nije toliko uverena u to.



Mladi gavranovi

High Fidelity

Jednom kad je Artur saznao da je gral stvaran,kako je mogao da ga ne traži?

Every year, Blue Sargent stands next to her clairvoyant mother as the soon-to-be dead walk past. Blue never sees them--until this year, when a boy emerges from the dark and speaks to her. His name is Gansey, a rich student at Aglionby, the local private school. Blue has a policy of staying away from Aglionby boys. Known as Raven Boys, they can only mean trouble. But Blue is drawn to Gansey, in a way she can't entirely explain. He is on a quest that has encompassed three other Raven Boys: Adam, the scholarship student who resents the privilege around him; Ronan, the fierce soul whose emotions range from anger to despair; and Noah, the taciturn watcher who notices many things but says very little. For as long as she can remember, Blue has been warned that she will cause her true love to die. She doesn't believe in true love, and never thought this would be a problem. But as her life becomes caught up in the strange and sinister world of the Raven Boys, she's not so sure anymore.

The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle, Book 1)

Gansey always thought that, after dark, it felt like anything could happen. 

This slumbering figure was dizzyingy important to Gansey in a way that he couldn't begin to understand or shape. It was something more, something bigger, something that mattered. Something without a price tag. Something earned. 

Natalie Sypeck 

Bea 

Though she is from a family of clairvoyants, Blue Sargent's only gift seems to be that she makes other people's talents stronger, and when she meets Gansey, one of the Raven Boys from the expensive Aglionby Academy, she discovers that he has talents of his own--and that together their talents are a dangerous mix.

Moira

Cici Pearson

see i LOVEEEEEDDD the vibe of this book! so ambient and perfectly autumnal & the welsh folklore(?) aspects of it was literally made for me. the banter was great, so witty and i found myself really liking all of the characters (except whelk yk). but for some reason.. i didnt find myself picking this book up. i think thats more of a me problem considering ive been in a reading slump but thats what stops it from being a 5 ⭐️ for me :/ also,,, considering it was YA,, the couple of,,? suggestive scenes? idk i didnt love that and it took me out of the story but ohwell

It has come upon me that the two times I’ve read this novel both have been times of emotional hardship. And in both moments I’ve cried for these characters' sake. 

I don’t think I’ve ever read something that’s helped me feel so seen— even if I am older than I was when I started. 

these characters are so human, they are so universal you can’t help but see yourself through them. Their hands reach out the pages and brush your shoulder for comfort. 

I think narration is a big part of that. Through the third person, Stiefvater focuses on each character closely and ties the story together delivering an honest and beautiful path into their heart, emotions, and how they see the world and each other. 

I think the constant theme that tore my heart to pieces begins along the lines of “I am more than.” 

The feeling of being unable to prove something and the ambition to overcome it as someone who is so young but has experienced the world enough to age rapidly is inexplicable.

It has come upon me that the two times I’ve read this novel both have been times of emotional hardship. And in both moments I’ve cried for these characters' sake. 

I don’t think I’ve ever read something that’s helped me feel so seen— even if I am older than I was when I started. 

these characters are so human, they are so universal you can’t help but see yourself through them. Their hands reach out the pages and brush your shoulder for comfort. 

I think narration is a big part of that. Through the third person, Stiefvater focuses on each character closely and ties the story together delivering an honest and beautiful path into their heart, emotions, and how they see the world and each other. 

I think the constant theme that tore my heart to pieces begins along the lines of “I am more than.” 

I am more than my wealth. 

I am more than my status. 

I am more than my grief. 

I am more than death. 

The feeling of being unable to prove something and the ambition to overcome it as someone who is so young but has experienced the world enough to age rapidly is inexplicable.

And the boys portray that perfectly. 

ang 

4.5 ⭐️
i've never felt like that for any book probably.

the beginning was quite slow if i have to be honest but that doesn't mean that it was boring. i was amazed by the world that maggie stiefvater has created, so similar to ours but still so different. 

probably the thing that i loved the most about the book was how the chapters were written, at the end of any of them there were something that just made me keep going reading. i wanted to get through this book as fast as i could because i wanted to see blue adam gansey ronan and noah as a friend group and when it happened my soul was blessed. 

my love for these characters grew up in me so fast and i loved them since the first time i've read their name. i love the raven boys and i love blue !!

I loved this book. Everything, from the writing style and the plot to the characters captivated me the first time in so long. This book became definitely one of my favourites. Will be definitely reading the whole series.

yousr abu sboulah

why should i go out and make friends when i can wait for someone to imply that i’m a prostitute while getting my number for a friend and then join their hunt for a dead welsh king???????

Shannon C

ploral

4.25

I'm only alive so I can find out what “I took Chainsaw out of my dreams.” means

This book is everything!! I loved it so much!!
And that ending …OMG!! Soo good!! These characters have a special place in my heart! I love them! This book made me smile and laugh a lot! It was so fun to read ugh!!:)

fun read bit slow at the start. I love the character dynamics.

isabelle

Anjorin Molayo 

yes, i love it! i have found my new personality!!! 

Adam Parrish being the best character >>>>>>

Developing her mother's clairvoyant powers for seeing visions of people who are about to die, Blue is drawn into the life of rich private school boy, Gansey, who has involved three of his classmates in a quest that Blue believes will end with her inv

envie,

Chloé

Monicap

Very good book. This isn't five stars, though, because I've been trying really hard not to hand out five stars indiscriminately.
So, this is very,very differing from Lament and Shiver, if anyone read those. I don't know if it's similar to The Scorpio Races, cuz I haven't read that yet (but I will!)
So, this is book is about a girl named Blue, who is not-a-psychic. And Gansey, who is not-dead. And Ronan, who is not-quite-sane. and Adam, who is not-rich. and Noah, who is (view spoiler)[not-alive (hide spoiler)].
It's all very interesting.
we really got into ley lines and some previously untouched mythology. And when i say 'untouched mythology' I mean I've never read or heard of a book with this particular mythology in it.
yep, pretty awesome.

Naomi

I read this for the first time when I was like 10 and had no capacity for writing that didn’t explicitly
spell out exactly what was going on and reread it at age 19 because Kalena made a Marauders comparison…..I get it now…..

Maria

this isn’t by any means a perfect book but it’s so dear to my heart, i just fall a little more in love with it every time i reread it

Christine

Alexandre Casal Vázquez

The Raven Boys : La profecía del cuervo

(3.75/5) no puedo creer que me haya tardado tanto en comenzar esta saga cuando hace tiempo que la tenía en la mira para leerla, pero lo cierto es que disfruté muchísimo de este libro y fue la lectura perfecta para despejarme y disfrutar de una trama (al menos en apariencia) sencilla, y unos personajes que se roban tu corazón desde la primera página.

me gusta mucho la manera en la que Maggie Stiefvater va hilando la trama, presentándonos de a poco nuevos elementos que van haciendo a esta fantasía mucho más intrincada de lo que parece. me fascinó el uso que le dio al esoterismo, al tarot y a las energías para desarrollar la magia de su mundo, y como todo esto tiene importancia tanto para el destino que se le ha dado a Blue, la protagonista, así como para la búsqueda en la que se ve embarcada luego de conocer a los raven boys. sí debo admitir que el comienzo del libro es bastante lento e introductorio, y de que a menos que los personajes te atrapen puede tornarse tedioso, y aunque así lo sentí en ciertas partes, pronto la trama comenzó a tomar ritmo y me vi completamente enredada en los misterios e incógnitas que se nos presentan.

sin embargo, el elemento que más brilla en este libro por sobre todas las cosas es sin duda sus personajes. a pesar de que la mayoría son el típico estereotipo que se manejaba en la época en que este libro fue publicado, la manera que tiene la autora para desarrollar las interacciones y relaciones entre cada uno de ellos es fascinante. te hace preocuparte por estos personajes casi desde el momento en que los conocés, y las relaciones entre cada uno de ellos son tan distintas y particulares que podés determinar quién es quien casi simplemente por la manera en que reaccionan al resto. son personajes muy humanos, que a pesar de todo se preocupan el uno por el otro y son increíblemente leales incluso cuando las cosas no son fáciles entre ellos. quedé fascinada, más que nada, por la amistad entre Ronan y Gansey, y entre Adam y Gansey (por accidentada y difícil que sea) y no puedo esperar a ver más de todos ellos en los proximos libros, leer cómo tanto ellos como su amistad crece, y cómo la dinámica en el grupo cambia para aceptar a Blue de manera orgánica.

en definitiva, disfruté mucho de esta lectura y no puedo esperar a descubrir qué nuevas cosas tiene Maggie preparadas en sus próximos libros (sobre todo con ESA frase con la que acaba esta novela, me dejó completamente en blanco).

martina

akynn 

3.5 Stars

I may have liked this book better if there was less romance but I guess that's relevant to the plot.

britt

omfg i loved this shit. the first time i tried to read this book, i was in middle school and wasn’t feeling it, so i abandoned it. as i read it again now, i cannot comprehend how i ever thought this book wasn’t my vibe. this was the shit. 

i was surprised by how well it did exploring and incorporating classism. i will def be reading the rest of the series and be eating all of it up.

it took me a while to get into the book but wowww wow wow so far i’m loving the plot it’s really interesting and unique but also pretty creepy? some parts did confuse me it must be said but i think the author did a good job with the descriptions which helped me piece things together. i think the descriptions of the settings especially were really well done. adam literally just living with $5 and a dream. if anything happens to gansey i’m killing someone (Adam (jk)) 😅 can’t wait to see how the story unfolds and especially cannot wait to know more about ronan 😘 i hope there’s more of persephone and calla in the next books i love them! also blue’s a sweetheart love her but i know she’s gonna fall in love with gansey really soon😭

The Raven Boys

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