The Raven Boys by Maggie Stievfater
Blue has always been told one thing, that if she kisses her true love, he'll die. Raised in a family of psychics, Blue herself doesn't seem to have any powers herself. That is, until she sees the spirit of a boy named Gansey on the corpse road. There are only two reasons why Blue would see a spirit on the corpse road, either he's her true love, or he's going to die within the year.
On the other side of town live four boys who attend the local rich boy school of Aglionby, but really spend their time pursuing a lost and buried king, as ancient as Arthur.
I wasn't sure if this book was going to be realistic fiction, fantasy, romance or supernatural. It ended up being a little bit of everything. One word to describe this book? Eerie. And super cool. Okay, that's four words, but it was. Full of spinetingling secrets and slowly unfolding mysteries, Raven Boys was hard to put down. Maggie Stievfater is an expert at casting a mood, sinking you deep into the emotion of the characters and the giving the reader a sense of place. Like Mark Zusak's The Book Thief, Steivfater offers tiny pieces of the story at a time, waiting until the very end to tie it all together in a black lace ribbon.
This is the first book in a trilogy, but unlike some other books in a series, Raven Boys doesn't leave you hanging at the end. Well, there's definitely some unresolved questions, but no worries. There is enough sense of closure to give you patience for the next book.
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