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Does any part of you still look at the sky and hurt?

Opal by Maggie Stiefvater

Call Down the Hawk by Maggie Stiefvater

Mister Impossible by Maggie Stiefvater

Greywaren by Maggie Stiefvater

December 19, 2022 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

“She didn’t want this, she thought. She wanted to stop being afraid.. and she wanted a future that didn’t look exactly like her past. There had to be something they could do. This wasn’t living, it was just giving up while still breathing.” ― Maggie Stiefvater, Call Down the Hawk “Farooq-Lane’s fist smarted as if it had just been smashed against a douchebag’s face, because it had just been smashed against a douchebag’s face.” ― Maggie Stiefvater, Call Down the Hawk Spoilers for The Raven […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: angst, brothers, Fathers and sons, fish out of water, gay romance, identical twins, lesbian romance, LGBTQ, Maggie Stiefvater, magical realism, Mothers and daughters

carmelpie's CBR14 Review No:47 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: angst, brothers, Fathers and sons, fish out of water, gay romance, identical twins, lesbian romance, LGBTQ, Maggie Stiefvater, magical realism, Mothers and daughters ·
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“Blue was perfectly aware that it was possible to have a friendship that wasn’t all-encompassing, that wasn’t blinding, deafening, maddening, quickening. It was just that now that she’d had this kind, she didn’t want the other.”

Blue Lily, Lily Blue (The Raven Boys, #3) by Maggie Stiefvater

December 2, 2022 by narfna 2 Comments

I’m mad at myself because I really liked this one but it’s been since early September that I read it so I kind of forget the specifics of why. I think the next time I read this series I will just read them all back to back and then tab all my favorite bits. Most of which will be about Ronan. Does this make me basic? I don’t care. Basic things are awesome. That’s why they are basic. Also, just the way this series is […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Young Adult Tagged With: #fantasy, Blue Lily Lily Blue, Maggie Stiefvater, narfna, the raven boys, YA, ya fantasy, Young Adult

narfna's CBR14 Review No:202 · Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult · Tags: #fantasy, Blue Lily Lily Blue, Maggie Stiefvater, narfna, the raven boys, YA, ya fantasy, Young Adult ·
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And I had such high hopes

Swamp Thing: Twin Branches by Maggie Stiefvater

October 18, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

When I first heard of Swamp Thing: Twin Branches I figured it was going to be how the human who is to be Swamp thing became ST like the TV show of the 1980’s. (Good camp, bad everything else.) And like many of the DC graphic novels, Maggie Stiefvater was going to have a teen boy come of age and then, turn into part of nature. I thought it was going to be bittersweet but still nice. Afterall, I always thought that this creature was […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: coming-of-age, environmentalism, experiments, Maggie Stiefvater, Morgan Beem, nature, science, superheroes

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:527 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: coming-of-age, environmentalism, experiments, Maggie Stiefvater, Morgan Beem, nature, science, superheroes ·
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“She wore a dress Ronan thought looked like a lampshade. Whatever sort of lamp it belonged on, Gansey clearly wished he had one. Ronan wasn’t a fan of lamps.” #CBRBINGO – Holiday

The Dream Thieves (The Raven Cycle, #2) by Maggie Stiefvater

September 1, 2022 by narfna 2 Comments

I’ve been holding off on reviewing this one for a couple of days because I wasn’t sure if I was going to round my 4.5 stars up to five or not. Turns out I’m not—for now. This series and its premise make me nervous. I know that most YA goes in for happy endings, but there’s always the occasional tragical one, and I’m nervous this is one of those. So, I’m sort of holding out to see how the last two books go. If it […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Young Adult Tagged With: cbr14bingo, Maggie Stiefvater, narfna, the dream thieves, The Raven Cycle, YA, ya fantasy, Young Adult, young adult fantasy

narfna's CBR14 Review No:146 · Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult · Tags: cbr14bingo, Maggie Stiefvater, narfna, the dream thieves, The Raven Cycle, YA, ya fantasy, Young Adult, young adult fantasy ·
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Angst!

The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater

Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater

The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater

August 25, 2022 by carmelpie 2 Comments

“It was funny, the Gray Man thought, how humorous she always appeared, how that smile was always just a moment away from her lips. You really didn’t see the sadness or the longing unless you already knew it was there. But that was the trick, wasn’t it? Everyone had their disappointment and their baggage; only, some people carried it in their inside pockets and not on their backs. And here was the other trick: Maura was not faking her happiness. She was both very happy […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: angsty teen, brothers, child abuse, coming of age novel, found family, historical fiction. psychic, Maggie Stiefvater, orphans, poverty, psychic abilities, Tarot, toxic masculinity, toxic relationships

carmelpie's CBR14 Review No:22 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: angsty teen, brothers, child abuse, coming of age novel, found family, historical fiction. psychic, Maggie Stiefvater, orphans, poverty, psychic abilities, Tarot, toxic masculinity, toxic relationships ·
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Chainsaw <3

The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle, #1) by Maggie Stiefvater

April 27, 2022 by narfna 6 Comments

If someone had told me ten years ago that this book featured an emotionally turbulent teenaged boy hand-raising a baby female raven whom he has inexplicably named after a deadly tree-felling instrument, I would have read it a hell of a lot sooner. As it is, though, I’m glad I haven’t been spoiled for anything in this series. I really enjoyed my time with this first book, also my first book by this author. I think I had been avoiding it because I didn’t want […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Young Adult Tagged With: #fantasy, Maggie Stiefvater, narfna, the raven boys, The Raven Cycle, ya fantasy, Young Adult

narfna's CBR14 Review No:54 · Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult · Tags: #fantasy, Maggie Stiefvater, narfna, the raven boys, The Raven Cycle, ya fantasy, Young Adult ·
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