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Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater
5.0

I adore these books and the characters. Even three books in, there's still a lot of mystery to unravel, but this one had a lot more magical excursions.

We're definitely seeing Persephone again, because Neeve reappeared. Persephone's soul is in the mirrors, and she left her body behind (unsure if it was on purpose or by accident). The reappearance of Neeve and the death of Persephone next to the mirrors seems very purposeful though.

I liked that Ronan and Blue had some more direct interactions in this book; he's always been somewhat cold towards her, or outwardly he seems to only tolerating her presence. But there were several instances in this book of Blue realizing, "Huh, he just saved my life" or "huh, he was worried about me", and after the last few scenes, it's clear he's just as much a ride or die friend for Blue as he is for Adam and Gansey.

I enjoyed Adam's growth as well. He seems to have gotten over the hurdle of assuming his well-off friends look down on him, which was a huge relief to me.

My one gripe is that I felt like there should've been a bit more urgency to finding Maura, but otherwise, I loved this book just as much as the others.