Housewife Blues and Chihuahua Stories

Book Info
Kindle Edition, 464 pages
Published September 19th 2013 by Scholastic Fiction (first published September 5th 2013)
original title The Dream Thieves
ISBN 139781407139135
edition language English
series The Raven Cycle #2
characters Blue Sargent, Richard "Dick" Campbell Gansey, Adam Parrish, Ronan Lynch
setting Virginia (United States)
literary awards Milwaukee County Teen Book Award Nominee (2015), TIME Magazine Season's Most Anticipated Reads
other editions (25)
Source:Kindle version borrowed from Public Library

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BOOK SYNOPSIS

The second installment in the all-new series from the masterful, #1 NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Maggie Stiefvater!

Now that the ley lines around Cabeswater have been woken, nothing for Ronan, Gansey, Blue, and Adam will be the same. Ronan, for one, is falling more and more deeply into his dreams, and his dreams are intruding more and more into waking life. Meanwhile, some very sinister people are looking for some of the same pieces of the Cabeswater puzzle that Gansey is after…

My Thoughts

Having this second book spotlighting Ronan, his family, his nightmares, his power that is both frightening as well as enticing I find myself struggling a bit here and there unlike when read book 1. The addition of the Gray Man as a character is both creepy and intriguing to see as the element of danger that he brings into the mix intensified the urgency of their quest for the boys and Blue.

To be quite frank this second story took the long way around to build momentum, a very long way around that leaves one almost wishing for it to get to the point and when it does it gets there quickly.

I may be slower on the uptake than other readers but for me the last 20 to 25% of the book was the best part, the rest was basically a build up that could have fallen flat except for the fact that it came together beautifully instead.

My only regret is the dratted cliff hanger ending, really hope my library lets me borrow book three soon!

[Kindle version borrowed from Public Library]