Praise for Blue Lily, Lily Blue:*"Blue Lily, Lily Blue is, simply, a triumph." Booklist, starred review*"Expect this truly one-of-a-kind series to come to a thundering close." Kirkus Reviews, starred review*"We have not yet finished loving these characters and exploring their world." The Bulletin, starred review*"Stiefvater's razor-sharp characterizations, drily witty dialogue, and knack for unexpected metaphors and turns of phrase make for sumptuous, thrilling reading.... Readers will snap up the final installment the second it's available." Publishers Weekly, starred review*"The prose is crisp and dazzling and the dialogue positively crackles." School Library Journal, starred reviewPraise 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 spend more time in Henrietta." School Library Journal, starred reviewPraise for The Raven Boys:"Stiefvater is a master storyteller." USA Today"A dizzying paranormal romance tinged with murder and Welsh mythology." The Los Angeles Times* "Simultaneously complex and simple, compulsively readable, marvelously wrought." Kirkus Reviews, starred review* "A tour de force . . . such a memorable read." Publishers Weekly, starred review* "One unexpected and wonderful surprise after another . . . a marvel of imagination." Booklist, starred review* "The Raven Boys is an incredibly rich and unique tale, a supernatural thriller of a different flavor. . . . Fans have been salivating for Stiefvater's next release and The Raven Boys delivers." School Library Journal, starred review"Equal parts thriller and mystery, with a measured dash of romance sprinkled on top . . . Maggie has woven such a unique, intriguing narrative that I struggled for comparisons." MTV.comA Publishers Weekly Best Book of the YearThe Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books 2012 Blue Ribbons list
With the news that ABC Family picked up Cassandra Clare’s Mortal Instruments series for TV adaptation comes squees, fantasy casting, and our wish list for all the other YA books we need to see on the small screen. The Mortal Instruments universe—including six books and counting, the Infernal Devices prequel series, a world guide, and a spinoff short story […]
You cried when you read the book, you cried double when you saw the movie, and now you’re all cried out and in need of a seriously good follow-up read (and a glass of water). Gayle Forman’s elegiac heartbreaker If I Stay finds teenaged Mia on the precipice between death and life, after the rest […]
Maggie Stiefvater is the best-selling author of books including the Shiver trilogy, The Scorpio Races, and the thrilling, mind-bending Raven Cycle, continuing next week with third installment Blue Lily, Lily Blue. The last time we saw Blue Sargent and her raven boys, in 2013’s The Dream Thieves, Blue was fighting her attraction to doomed golden boy Gansey; tortured Ronan […]
More than once, while reading Blue Lily, Lily Blue, I paused to silently thank Maggie Stiefvater for making the Raven Cycle a four-book series. After this, there will be one more book following four prep-school boys and the feisty daughter of small-town psychics Blue Sargent in their search through the mountains of Virginia for the legendary, wish-granting […]
If you’ve never opened a Maggie Stiefvater novel, and have only read the synopses of her books, you might think they would solely appeal to fans of werewolves (Shiver), fairies (Lament), Welsh mythology (The Raven Boys) and, um, rabid water horses (The Scorpio Races). But the truth is, she writes some of the most realistic […]