The Raven Boys (2012) (Book One in The Raven Cycle) - Maggie Stievfater
BOOK IN A SERIES • MAGICAL REALISM • MULTI-POV • QUESTIONING /AMBIGUOUS CHARACTERS
“There are only two reasons a non-seer would see a spirit o St. Mark's Eve," Neeve said. "Either you're his true love . . . or you killed him"
It is freezing in the churchyard, even before the dead arrive.
Every year, Blue Sargent stands next to her clairvoyant mother as the soon-to-be dead walk past. Blue herself never sees them-not until this year, when a boy emerges from the dark and speaks directly to her. His name is Gansey, and Blue soon discovers that he is a rich student at Aglionby, the local private school. Blue has a policy of staying away from Aglionby boys. Known as Raven Boys, they can only mean trouble. But Blue is drawn to Gansey, in a way she can't entirely explain. He has it all-family money, good looks, devoted friends-but he's looking for much more than that.
*Note* The first of this series is not overtly queer, but is important as it is the beginning of this story, and the beginning of the queer characters in this series.
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Tropes hero’s journey • epic journey • old mystic • sleeping kings
Warnings drugs • abuse • depression • alcohol • gun violence • violence
