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Read and annotated on Ada's copy, which she had already annotated
Rating: 4.5/5
Pages: 480
Started: 2 October 2022
Finished: 6 October 2022
Summary:
Piper Greenmantle is ecstatic. She's gotten rid of her decidedly annoying husband, and now she has her very own demon who fulfills her every wish. On top of that, she's convinced her father and his brothers, collectively known as Laumonier, to hold an auction in Henrietta for the demon. She's set on getting into the magic items trade, and she's certain this is the perfect way to start.
Something is unmaking Cabeswater--poisoning it, tearing it into shreds of gore and nightmare and chaos. And Blue and her Raven Boys must do something about it. They have to find Glendower and use their wish to destroy whatever demon is hijacking Ronan's dreams and Adam's hands before it's too late. But Blue's prophecy and Gansey's predicted death weigh heavily on them all. On a ley line where too much blood has already been spilt, there's no such thing as something for nothing.
Thoughts:
I think I might have been too tired and anxious to get the most out of this book, but I thoroughly enjoyed it none the less. For starters, the aesthetic is impeccable. There's so much imagery an magic and love--I adore it. The characters are also incredible. Ronan with his beautiful anger because he doesn't know how to be sad, Adam realizing his friends want to help him and not pity him; Blue being a mirror, more magical than she ever could have imagined; and Gansey, destined for greatness, for something more. Henry was also introduced in this book, and I love him too. He gets Gansey so fast and so respectfully, I somehow manage to not get jealous in the slightest on behalf of the already established found family. Noah is very sad in this book--I think it's awful that he fades into nothing by the end--but it's cool how everything is linked.
The rest of my thoughts are annotated into the book's pages. Here are a few examples:
