Review: The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater

This is the long-awaited last book of “The Raven Cycle” and I finally got around to reading it. Absolutely everyone hauled it when it first came out, but it took a little while for me to get my hands on it and then it took another good while for me to actually read it. Do you know that feeling of not wanting to read a book because you are afraid it won’t live up to the rest of the series? Well, have no fear, because this one does.



We follow Blue and the Raven Boys as their adventures comes to and end. I can’t really say too much about the plot without spoiling the rest of the series, if you haven’t read that yet, but just know that this book is everything the other books are and more. We get closure on pretty much everything, there’s drama, action and love and all of it is well-written and realistic. Plus there is one love story that I for sure thought was fan-made or what you call it but it turned out to be canon!! Woop! 

Sometimes I was a bit confused, because it has been a long time since I’ve read the other books, and there were a number of storylines and people that I had trouble placing, but eventually it all made sense to me. So you can go in not remembering much of the other books, but I do think that you'll get more out of it, if the other books are a bit fresher in your mind, as the plot is many-stringed and the cast of characters is varied. 

SPOILERS FOR THE ENDING BELOW!

I did wonder how the ending would go as a happy ending for everyone would seemingly be very contrived, but at the same time I hoped it would happen as I just couldn't stand not seeing everyone together in the end. I think Stiefvater pulled it off and I can forgive the little turns it took in order for it all to come together.


I gave this book 5 stars out of 5 on Goodreads, and I would definitely recommend the entire series to everyone. 

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