The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater: Re-read series review

Series Rating: 4.5

Series Summary: Blue Sargent is cursed to kill her true love if she kisses him. When Blue meets the Raven Boys, whom one of she is destined to fall in love with or kill, she becomes entranced. Both engulfed with the boys and the mission they are set on.  An urban fantasy which 


I did not plan this. Right now I should not be re-reading books, my slight reading slump does not need this. I had planned to re-read a couple book this summer and this series was no where near this list. Then, someone on my tumblr dash went on a Raven Cycle reblogging spree and  I got sucked in. 



This series is so much better than I remember. And I really liked it before. I guess this rereading was slightly good for me, as the final book comes out in September, I didn't really remember a lot of thing (especially major points in the last book like WoAh how did I not remember that man) and there's some things I think I missed reading the first time around. 



Steifvater's writing is beautiful but I can sometimes get lost in it. I can't really describe her writing, but you probably know what I mean if you've read it. She makes you fall hard for the characters, every single one, from the minor ones to even the villains. The romance(s) are so good, yet not even close to the main plot, it makes my heart melt ans eyes water. The subplots rarely feel like distraction or filler and fall into the main plot beautifully.  Each keep me at the edge of my seat. 


My favorite out of the three is the last one, Blue Lily, Lily Blue (which I have a review on) . After reading it for the first time, it was my least favorite but I think that is because I read it too fast. Each book is better than the last and I am highly anticipating the final book, The Raven King, which come out in September. This is a great series which I would recommend to anyone.  

The Lux Series by Jennifer L. Armentrout (overall review)

Series Rating: 4.5 stars

    Let me set the scene. Olivia. Late at Night. A dead bookshelf with books laying everywhere. Grieving. The main character of the book I was currently reading is a book blogger. Why not?

*cue many days of template searching instead of actually reading*

    I saw this series on Booktube a lot as "Twilight but aliens" and finally gave in. I didn't expect to like it. Two Twilights can't coexist and both be good. But alas, it was sooo good. I didn't expect it to be so funny and I read the whole series in about 5 days. It took Katy a while to figure out the whole alien thing, which was frustrating, but afterwards the action never stopped and I was on the edge of my seat 95% of the time. The dialog was perfect and I found myself laughing in the most serious situations. My favorite was Opal (Lux #3) and my least favorite has to be either the first or last one.

     The main character, Kathy, was such a badass bitch and didn't take any shit I just want to be her. She was strong, a fangirl, and her refusal of falling into a damsel in distress position makes me love her so much. Daemon in the beginning was down right cruel to her and she never backed down. Daemon, the love interest, made me out loud and the banter he had with everyone, especially Katy, was perfect. To describe my love of the rest of the gang would give spoilers, but i'll just say a certain 15 year old is the reason for my existence. I was born to read him. I just want a whole book of just him. I could read him reading a phone book.

     The reason for the 4.5 stars instead of 5 was the opening and closing of the series. Altough i very much enjoyed the lack of insta love, in Obsidian and a little in Onyx Daemon was so hot and cold, his cold being downright awful to Katy, it was frustrating and sometimes I would set the book down because I didn't want to deal with him. However, once Daemon and Katy got together I was in love. In Opposition, the final book, I would find myself skipping whole paragraphs and skimming the page just reading the dialogue. It was, it hurts to say but,  boring. It seemed every three seconds there was a new conflict which was predictably solved in 50 pages. I still gave it four stars for the characters and the dialogue and I still enjoyed it.

    Overall, I loved it. The characters were fantastic. The narration was fantastic. The dialogue was fantastic. It made me laugh out loud then reread it and laugh again. It was cheesy, and it knew it, and it called itself out on it. It accepted it was a book where a girl literally falls in love with a alien and it embraced it. Go read it (I do suggest a library copy or an eBook though because those cover man, they're bad).