Lyrical, complex, funny, and satisfying—I'm totally hooked. I especially enjoy the darkly humorous noir elements that permeate book 2 and 3... wonderful genre-bending going on here. ( )

am i a whore why do i have a crush on adam noah ronan and gansey bro ( )

This one definitely felt like a middle book, but not at all boring like many middle books are. Action packed, fast-paced, and engaging, the only thing I found lacking was the depth of character explored in the first two books. Still awesome. Still not sure if I'm reading fantasy, horror, dystopian, supernatural, or a compendium on space-time theory.

But definitely read it! ( )

Only 4, because of emotional feels... I feel betrayed. Don't get me wrong the book is amazing, I just got attached to certain things and then things changed and it hit me harder than I would have liked. ( )

Blue Lily, Lily Blue was an intriguing novel.

It's my own fault that I didn't enjoy this book as much as I could have. It has been YEARS (and I mean, literally years - probably five?) since I've read the first two books in this series (The Raven Boys and The Dream Theives) so I don't remember much of what this series is all about. But, I really love Maggie Stiefvater so I wanted to continue on with this series! It's safe to say that I was REALLY lost about what was going on.

What I got out of this book was: witches, fantastic friendships, parental drama, ghosts and death, and a giant cave.

I really enjoy Gansey in this series even though I'm not quite sure about what his character is supposed to be. He's not the love interest, he's not the typical best friend side character and he has no typical trope about him. I love that aspect of these characters (Maggie is great at not making a typical trope-filled book) but I'm still just so unsure. I love him, but... I need to know what happens in this last book to see how it all plays out.

Noah the ghost interests me too. What was going on with him and Blue? He's still her energy but he is also acting very strange. Something is up with these ley lines! I want to know more. I'm too analytical for books like this - I need to know everything now.

The plot itself just confused me. The screaming man, the man they found in the cave, the lady at the end... Don't stop this series if you intend to keep reading it. That's my biggest suggestion. Reading other reviewers' reviews helped a lot but I really should have re-read the series to make sure I knew what was going on. It's a real shame too, because Maggie has a beautiful writing style and her prose is to die for! She's fabulous.

I did binge this book in one sitting. Since I forgot most of what happened in the previous books, I knew that if I put it down I would never pick it back up. The binging was okay, but I'd rather have read it in bits and pieces.

My biggest praise is the cover. My gosh, all of the covers for this series fall into the realm of absolutely beautiful!

Overall, this book is marvelous but didn't hit high with me. Hopefully one day I will be able to jump back into this whole series and mass read the entire set. Maggie is such a good writer but it's a shame that we had to wait for her books. That's what really did me in - waiting for books to come out and then not being able to afford them so I had to wait until I could. One day Maggie! One day I will read this excellence in full and understand the whole darn thing!

Three out of five stars! ( )