365 Days of Books

Raven Boys is book one of the Raven Cycle (The Dream Thieves is available in hardcover). Blue is part of a family of female psychics but her talent is amplification of their powers. On St. MArk's Eve she accompanies her aunt to view the dead from the coming year and sees someone. Trying to find out about this person who she may love or kill, Blue gets a name and that he is a student at Aglionby. She soon comes into contact with Gansey, Ronan, Adam, and Noah. Gansey is obsessed with tracing the local ley lines and finding (and then awakening) a lost Welsh king. During the search we find out more (but not enough) about each of the boys and their mysterious enemy. They solve one mystery but don't even address several others. I was interested enough to read this book straight through (snow days!) but felt left hanging in some ways and that the main mystery was too obvious. Blue's talents are used in interesting ways where they were kept relevant - some books only mention the powers at key points and the rest of the time it's as if they don't exist or impact the persons life.