Publisher:
Scholastic
Release
Date: 21st
October 2014
Edition:
UK paperback,
purchased
Other
Titles by this Author: Lament,
Ballad, Shiver,
Linger,
Forever,
Sinner,
The
Scorpio Races, The
Raven Boys, The Dream Thieves
For
the first time in her life, Blue Sargent has found a place where she feels at
home. The Raven Boys have taken her in as one of their own and she is sure that
this is where she belongs.
But
certainties can unravel.
Visions
can mislead.
And
friends can betray.
The
trick with found things is how easily they can be lost...
After a week of bingeing on
this series I have finally read Blue
Lily, Lily Blue and I honestly don’t know how I’m going to follow it up
with a book not concocted in the depths of Maggie Stiefvater’s brain.
Maggie Stiefvater stepped up
the intensity with Blue Lily, Lily Blue. Feelings
were admitted, friends were made, relationships were forbidden and people died.
And it was all kinds of heart-wrenching, especially when Blue and Gansey were
involved. Ugh, they just give me all the feels. I love the sense of their
affection for each other. It feels genuine and complicated and it grows with
each and every day. Every single interaction is fraught with frustration and
denial and torment. The strange and unnecessary late night phone calls that
were purely to hear the other’s voice and ugh, heartache. I sincerely hope that
this turns out okay for them eventually.
As well as Gansey and Blue’s relationship
developing, the rest of the characters did too. Even as Ronan veered closer to
the edge and wildly back again, he just became easier to fall in love with
because there’s so much to him. And Adam just got creepy and unpredictable, but
he also discovered something incredible important with his new connection with
Cabeswater: he is strong, but has pushed everyone away in pride and that all
Gansey and Ronan ever offered him was love and friendship.
I don’t want to say too much
more about Blue Lily, Lily Blue because
I think this series is best experienced with a blank slate, so I shall leave
you with the knowledge that the third instalment of this series will make your
heart ache and there’s a big ‘ole “oh, crap...” moment at the end.
Read it. You won’t be sorry.
Sophie
This pretty much perfectly sums up how I feel about this book and series! I love it SO MUCH and I just want everything to work out for all of them. I feel like I won't be able to read anything until book 4 is out
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