The Raven King- An Initial Reaction (Spoilers Ahead)

Or, 'I Have A Lot of Feelings Right Now and I Need to Vent.'

"Hello, lover," I whispered when I picked up this book.

In theory, I read this book in two days. Two sittings. But in reality, I read this book over the course of a week- I started it on Tuesday night, put it down, picked it back up again on Saturday morning and was finished by the time dusk fell. So, I'm calling that "two days." Shut up.

PLEASE tell me I'm not alone in this: I am full of feelings, to the point of bursting.

I read the first three Raven Cycle books and loved them, obviously. I fell upon them, ravenous (see what I did there?) and devoured them in a manner of days, if you string the month together. I spaced them out so I could savor them, but essentially each one was read in the span of forty-eight hours. I just wanted to enjoy them over a period of time because I knew I would have to wait a while for TRK.

I am still in the process of drafting a proper review of the series (It was only last night that I finished TRK and I'm not emotionally ready to review it yet), but I just want to talk about my feelings for a minute.

FIRST OF ALL, is anybody except me disappointed in the way that Noah went in the end? I saw it coming from Book One, but I was really hoping that he might at least get to say goodbye! I adored the relationship between Noah and Blue from the very beginning, I loved the way he adored her, I loved the way she adored him, for a brief period of time I was shipping them way hard; and yet he 'slipped from time' without a single goodbye. No, I'm sorry, but my heart is broken and will never fully heal from that one. Just no.

In saying all of that, I spent a lot of time squealing, sighing and holding the book against my heart during the Ronan-and-Adam parts. My ship sailed at last; and I could not have been more of a typical fangirl if I'd tried. I loved the tenderness, the passion, the unrelenting fire that burned between the two of them and I loved how effortless it was. Oh my god, oh my god, oh. My. God.

Blue and Gansey, well, we all knew that one was coming, but at the end of the book I bawled like a baby and cradled the book in my arms like it was the most precious child in the world. I just couldn't. It was too good.

Anyway, I feel a little better now that I've blurted all of my thoughts onto the page. Stay tuned for a full-series review soon (it's coming, I promise!) and let me know in the comments if you've read this book and what you thought of it!

Rhi xo