clarascissorhands 's review for:

Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater

4.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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This instalment was a little less enjoyable than the first two in the series. It's darker, more tense, our main character Blue feels a lot of frustration for being stuck in her situation. She definitely takes even more of a back seat in the story as she did in the previous book, which is actually fine because all the other characters are compelling. Instead of following one main plot, though, each character does something Big; it feels a little contrived that everyone should go through something so exceptional at the same time. Still, I inhaled this book like I did the previous two. I'm impressed with how believable and embodied each character feels - this is Stiefvater's biggest strength. On top of writing really damn well.