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The Raven King (The Raven Cycle, Book 4) by [Maggie Stiefvater]

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The fourth and final installment in the spellbinding series from the irrepressible, #1 New York Times bestselling author Maggie Stiefvater.

All her life, Blue has been warned that she will cause her true love's death. 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.

In a starred review for Blue Lily, Lily Blue, Kirkus Reviews declared: "Expect this truly one-of-a-kind series to come to a thundering close."

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26 April 2016
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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 TodayA 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 reviewEqual 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 --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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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 review

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 spend more time in Henrietta." -- School Library Journal, starred review

Praise 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.com

A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year

The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books 2012 Blue Ribbons list --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Scholastic Press (26 April 2016)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 31540 KB
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New York Times bestselling author of The Shiver Trilogy, The Raven Cycle, and The Scorpio Races. Artist. Driver of things with wheels. Avid reader.

Maggie Stiefvater plays several musical instruments (most infamously, the bagpipes) and makes art in several media (most generally, colored pencils).

She lives in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia with her husband, their two children, many dogs, a bunch of fainting goats, and a mating pair of growly tuner cars.

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An Imaginary World for Dreamers World Where An Evil has Been Released

Reviewed in Australia on 5 June 2021

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The Raven King was a very satisfying conclusion to The Raven cycle series.

Although, with the knowledge of foresight, re: fate that was predicted to befall Gansey right from the get go, it did have you feeling a sense of foreboding throughout the whole story.

There were some elements however that DID feel, at times, that they were inserted into the storyline to provide a large stretched link to keep the narrative bubbling along.

Case in point - Henry.
Once Henry was introduced with his “Robobee”, and his eagerness to be Gansey’s friend, I thought.....Why?
What’s his purpose?
Was it his knack for comedy in the strangest of moments?
AND, what a heck is this business with this crazy robotic bee of his?
Well!....it wasn’t long before I realised Henry was the glue if you like.
The missing link.
That character who is always in the right place, at the right time to help/ stop the main characters early demise.
(With the help of his little bee)

I really enjoyed this book, despite the strange involvement of Cabeswater’s magic towards the end (re Gansey) that seemed to be just a little step to far into the realms of WTF!

So.
I guess, with most books of this nature, where the author can bend, and stretch, and wrap the story back around on its self, to get the ending they want, it will please some, while others will have wanted a different outcome.
Perhaps an alternative ending....A world where the gang of Magicians, Ronan, Adam, Blue ( and I guess Henry now) had to move on.....without their King possibly....hmmm

Reviewed in Australia on 18 May 2016

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A beautiful finale to the incredible series, this fourth instalment is everything you could have hoped for. All the puzzle pieces fall into place and we learn the fate of our favourite characters. Worth reading again and again, I was in another world for days after I finished reading.

Reviewed in Australia on 1 May 2016

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A cracking good finish for this series -- very satisfying. The writing is excellent on so many different levels, Maggie Stiefvater is a magical writer!

Reviewed in Australia on 17 August 2016

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Sad to see The Gangsey go, but couldn't have wrapped it up in a neater bow! Definitely going to read the Shiver series now too!!

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Shantala Nayak

One line summary of my feelings - The head is too wise. The heart is all fire. :)

Reviewed in Australia on 20 June 2016

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I don’t want to draw parallels or compare this book to Harry Potter and other such iconic book series’, because I feel that such comparisons set up a book/series for failure. And I don’t want to do that to this series I love so much.

But the one thing I can say is that - Maggie Stiefvater is a very skilled storyteller, and has the ability to create a profound depth of feeling for her characters. I loved/cared about all these characters just as much as I loved/cared about Harry, Ron and Hermoine. And I am not the overly sentimental type, so that is saying a lot.

I adored Gansey (but who wouldn’t?) - he was everything good and right about this world wrapped in one self-assured, yet slightly ambivalent package.

And I loved Blue - smart, sensible, quirky, ever curious, Blue.

I had a love/hate relationship with Adam - poor, broken, stupid, proud, Adam.

And then there was Ronan - This guy! I don’t even know what to say about him! He is repulsive, yet wonderful, obnoxious, yet adorable. Yeah, that kind of sums it up.

I was totally invested in how things turned out for all of them - not just the protagonists, but also the side characters, and even (inexplicably) the “villains”. I am rarely conflicted about how I feel about the antagonists, and this series has made me second guess my feelings about them many many times.

It has also completely changed my mind about character-driven stories. I thought I did not enjoy character driven tales, but I think I just had not met the right characters. Or well written ones. Or lovable ones.

Read the full review at - SHANAYA TALES DOT COM.

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A wonderful story

Reviewed in Australia on 4 March 2020

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I seriously awesome story, great characters and an amazing adventure

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ONE OF MA FAVOURITE SERIES !!!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 July 2019

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The only reason i have this novel 4* instead of 5* like the other three books is due to the fact i felt the ending was slightly rushed but aside from that it was a thrilling journey i will forever cherish.

The characters are beautifully fleshed out and believeable. The secondary characters also are very realistic and vivid but not so much that they get the in way of the plot.

The actual storyline of the Raven Cycle is gorgeous and it was such a pleasure to watch the characters grow and develop.

The writing is extremely immersive and Maggie has a gift with words.

If you liked this book I recommend:
Six of Crows (awesome character dynamics + insane plot!) The Scorpio Races (also written maggie) The Lunar Chronicles (cool ixea + great characters) , the Infernal Devices (characters again and a good story -- best of Casandra Clare's works so far), The Cruel Prince (stunning writing and very good plot development, feel very attached to certain characters)

C. Stewart

A Fantastic End to a Fantastic Quartet.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 May 2016

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Well, this has been a ride and a half. My favourite of the four books. A really satisfying and beautiful read. It took me longer than usual to read, mainly because I had to keep putting the book down to think about other things as I was so staggered by certain moments (chapters 18,19 and 20 left me reeling for around four hours).

There's so much to appreciate here about the writing. Stiefvarter does things with POV changes that are so good and effortless that you don't realise it's being done until you're right in the middle of a POV. I saw it with Greenmantle in BL,LB, and it was even more pronounced in this book when we saw something from Piper's POV. It's not just a dialogue difference, but a perspective change and a different way of thinking. It's great that you can read a section and know who the character is without seeing the names, because they are that distinctive.

POSSIBLE SPOILERS HERE NOW ........

I loved the ships in this. I loved the kisses. I highlighted the frick out of everything Ronan, partly because he's my favourite character, but also MY WORD the kisses he shares are so beautiful and golden. So much love, that's all he wanted. I was aghast at all his relationships, from Gansey, to Declan, Matthew, Noah, Blue and of course Adam, I was really rooting for everything to go right for him.

There was a slight niggle about the ease to which Henry slotted in, but that did dispel when the toga party happened and we saw Blue's opinion of him change. And he was very necessary to the gang at the end, very necessary, as the one on the outside.

Noah ... Noah ... Noah ... Noah. My beautiful boy. I'm weeping for you. Time is a circle so maybe, maybe, maybe we can have more stories.

This is rather incomprehensible. To say I loved the book would be a gross understatement. My ships came in - I'm hugely happy.
Let me leave you with a Gansey quote, which sums everything up:

'He was a book, and he was holding his final pages, and he wanted to get to the end to find out how it went, and he didn't want it to be over.'

I think I can breathe again, now.

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Georgiana89

Good end to a great series

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 September 2016

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Mostly, I thought this was a fitting end to a great series. There was a great sense of tension and adventure throughout, some brilliant moments, and most of the key mysteries were revealed and key plot strands wound up in a satisfying way. The romance and the mysticism were both beautifully done. I think that anyone who's enjoyed the rest of the series will enjoy this too.

That said, I did have a few small issues with this installment relative to the amazing books two and three that have made me go for four stars rather than the five I gave them. Firstly, though the key plots were resolved, several central, interesting sub-plots were either completely dropped or given no meaningful closure. Secondly, a few additional elements were brought in at the last minute - most notably the woman with the demon - that didn't really coalesce with the main plot or have much point. And thirdly, when the four Raven Boys were so fleshed out and nuanced and when the dynamics of their interwoven friendships were so powerful, suddenly adding Henry Chang to the group felt rather forced. He was a likeable enough character, but when there'd been three books to get to know the others, he felt rather two-dimensional in comparison and didn't bring much to the party. I think all three of these points stem from basically the same issue - this book would have benefited from being somewhat shorter, tighter, and more focused on the key story.

Really though, I'm being a little picky here, and this is still a great read. It only suffers in comparison to its predecessors and against the very high expectations I had for it.

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EmmaTP

A perfect end

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 February 2018

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This is the fourth book in the Raven Boys series. If you haven't read the first three I would strongly suggest you start with the others to get the full story. This one is as good as the rest of the series if not better. I liked the way it ended and everything seemed to tie up nicely. I love the main characters and feel slightly bereft the series has finished.

A fabulous series all in all and one I would highly recommend.

Missy P's

The Raven Boys book 4 The Raven King Great series with HOPEFULLY Maggie will write spin off possiblities.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 June 2016

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The Raven Boys Quartet 4: The Raven King Maggie Stiefvater has a way of writing that draws you in and sits you down among the characters of her books then drags you along with them sharing their pain, high and lows.. I devoured my way though the Raven Boys series and with waited patiently for the last book. The Raven King book 4, is a good book but... I expected a bit more and was bit deflated. It felt too hurried and abandoned as though the train of thought had been interrupted and .....

However, it was enjoyable book learning new things about not just the main characters but those who stood in the background. The ending kept alive the possible, HOPEFULLY, return to the Raven Boys or at least Gansey and Blues adventures continue in a spin off, again hopefully as this would be a far better ending to the Raven Boys saga. Even the story of Cabeswater needs to be heard with its tantalizing glimpses into its history.

As a series, its a great, cleverly woven through the characters leading up to, well read the entire series and make your own mind up on The Raven King.

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