Blue Lily, Lily Blue

Blue Lily, Lily Blue is the third book in Maggie Stiefvater’s Series, The Raven Cycle. This one is quite possibly my favorite book of the series. There are many things happening simultaneously, and in some way or another, they all connect together.

Some really interesting things happen in this book. Maura is underground and nobody knows if she needs help or if she doesn’t want to be found. Colin Greenmantle appears at 300 Fox Way and at Aglionby as the new Latin teacher. Noah is acting strange and out of character. The boys and blue discover a cave and wake up Gwenllian Glendower, who is very eccentric (to put it lightly). Adam and Ronan come up with a way to blackmail Greenmantle. Piper Greenmantle discovers Maura is underground and plans to go find her. Someone at 300 Fox Way dies.

I won’t go into a great deal of detail and spoilers, but this book was overall amazing. I still love how Maggie Stiefvater writes, and her characters as so relatable. She doesn’t create the perfect character, she gives them character flaws and personal things to overcome. I did grow to like Ronan more in this book, as well as Adam.

There really is a lot to learn about abuse and mental health from Adam’s character. Adam has always felt like a mistake and a burrden for his dad. This carries over into his friendships too. He never feels adequate. He wonders why Gansey chose him. He thinks they are just giving him thing because they pity him and his life. Adam doesn’t think any of this Aglionby friend’s can understand his situation because they grew up not having to worry about paying for anything. By this book, however, Adam is finally letting go of his obnoxious pride that, in my opinion, made him a tad unlikeable in the beginning. He finally realized people don’t do things for him out of pity, they do things because they are his friend and they care about him.

If I haven’t said it already, go read this series!

 

Happy Reading,

Moriah