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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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Sometimes dreams do come true

April 12, 2016 by yesknopemaybe Leave a Comment

The Raven Boys was a good start, but Stiefvater really hit her stride in The Dream Thieves. I was unsure if I was going to like it at first. Dream scenes in novels are a huge pet peeve of mine and unsurprisingly, a book with the title The Dream Thieves has its fair share of them. Luckily, these dreams are mostly like entering a different world instead of wallowing in subconscious symbolism that nobody, least of all me, wants to read. They further the plot […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: fantasy, LGBTQ, Maggie Stiefvater, the dream thieves, Young Adult

yesknopemaybe's CBR8 Review No:29 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: fantasy, LGBTQ, Maggie Stiefvater, the dream thieves, Young Adult ·
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