I didn’t realize how much I needed a story from Opal’s perspective until I read this. Orphan Girl has long held a special place in my heart; even more so now. ( )

As a step between Gansey/Blue's tale with Raven Boys, and the new series that will focus on Ronan, this is the stepping stone to connecting them. While I appreciate that Maggie has told it from an outside perspective, that can twist it, show us the magic and the boys from outside of themselves -- I felt like this was a barely enough appetize and remain 'raven'ously impatient for the next novel.

Beautiful tiny story. Enjoy the boys being the boys, dealing with magic, Cabeswater, and being in love. ( )

It took me DAYS to read this short story because every sentence is packed with so many feels. I kept having to walk away for a bit. The LONG savor. It was delicious and bittersweet and wonderful.

Summer needs to get here NOW so I can re-read the entire Raven Cycle without feeling guilty for neglecting my studies. ( )

Weird little short story, sort of an epilogue to the Raven cycle. Nice to check in with Adam and Ronan again. ( )

The Raven Cycle is back! More Adam and Ronan! Oh how I adored this short story, narrated from the POV of Opal, who is an adorable narrator with her receipt-eating and annoyance with certain rules like not being allowed to eat things in Adam's room or go into the long barn where Ronan's dream creatures hide. She's delightful and impish and gives us just enough glimpses of our Raven boys to leave me absolutely longing for the next trilogy. I think the cutest thing was her limited understanding of things, like Adam's car having something wrong with it called "shitbox" that made the narration so cute and so so Raven Boys. MS just has an amazing writing voice. And oh the Ronan/Adam feels. I am such a shipper for these two guys and now will be absolutely drooling until we get their full trilogy. Thank you so much to Maggie for writing this!

Please excuse typos/name misspellings. Entered on screen reader. ( )