
Stiefvater’s careful exploration of class and wealth and their limitations and opportunities astounds with its sensitivity and sophistication.

But his greatest nightmare can’t be grasped-how do you hold onto home? Not-quite-psychic Blue Sargent realizes that Gansey might really be her true love-and if she kisses him, he’ll die-and meanwhile, her wholly psychic mother is dating the hit man come to steal Ronan. Small ones, like the keys to Gansey’s Camaro, and larger, lethal nightmare creatures. The four Raven Boys-Gansey, Adam, long-dead Noah and Ronan-continue to search for the grave of the Welsh king Glendower, but now Ronan is starting to pull objects out of his dreams. There’s too much electricity-or none at all. Now that the ley line near Henrietta, Va., has been woken, strange currents race through the town. The second installment of Stiefvater’s Raven Cycle is as mind-blowingly spectacular as the first.
