A review by readingwithkelsey
Greywaren by Maggie Stiefvater

4.0

I have so many thoughts on this finale, and I feel like I need to reread the trilogy to truly wrap my head around what I experienced here. Stiefvater played so much with her writing in this one to convey the way that the characters were thinking (Ronan asking himself if he was awake for 3 pages at a time, for ex). The relationship between the brothers has always been one of my favourite parts of this trilogy so I really enjoyed how this was explored, specifically between Declan and Matthew and how it mirrored Declan's own experience with their father. She also really played into the religious symbolism with Ronan and his parents - I was actually really into these chapters and I WISH this book was longer because I wanted to dive so much more into this concept. I think this is probably my main complaint about this book. Stiefvater really tried to put too much into this book and while it was all super interesting, it felt brushed over too quickly. I wish we had more time to explore all the relationships and themes and it would have made for a much stronger ending. Overall though, I was obsessed with this trilogy and I love the Lynch brothers so I really hope to reread this in the future to get more out of it.