Ronan and Adam seem to be gravitating toward each other. One a dreamer, who can steal from his dreams, the other the conduit for a mystical forest and ley line. Both feel "other" or "unknown" and therefore bond. However, once again, Stiefvater chose a really great quote and overused it to the point of dead horse beating. Similar to the "it was never going to be you and me" idea from The Dream Thieves, the idea that "I am Unknown, but wait maybe I am not so unknown, oh does everyone know me but me?" bit threw me off after what felt like the hundredth use. Again, the first few times I loved the line and it lined up well with the emotions of the teenagers. But, when something good is used too many times to amplify a situation or expose a character's emotions, it can become draining and pull the reader right out of the story. This is the reason I did not give this book a five star rating, sorry! Also similar to The Dream Thieves, my favourite scene was a throw away, but it had me cracking up. It takes place when Adam, Blue and Noah are on their way to fix the ley line. Blue hits play on the old tape deck, and music starts, to everyone's surprise. When they pull out the tape, it has Ronan's handwriting on it. Ronan went out of his way to either record a tape, or dream a mixtape, for Adam. A great nod to mixtape meaning in the past. But to think of Ronan making a tape and then leaving it for Adam to find, was just so hilarious. It just seemed so out of character and yet so perfectly Ronan. Blue is as fearless as ever, jumping in to terrifying situations without a thought to her own safety. I love her more and more with each novel. Her dependence on her family, that strong female connection, wars with her need for friends, for freedom to be herself. She wants to wield her own magic, as we all might if we were surrounded by others with fantastical abilities. This book was full of growth of character for her. We are introduced to her future aspirations, we are exposed to her unknown past, and we can feel all of her emotions in the immediate present, with the weight of Gansey's death and her love for him sitting uncomfortably on her shoulders. A good read, with lots of character development, twists and great preparation for the fourth and final novel. My pulse races knowing that the culmination of everything I have read so far is about to implode in the next book. I worry for my favourite characters; for, as Blue Lily, Lily Blue showed, no one is safe.
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