{"id":4524,"date":"2014-04-06T20:15:53","date_gmt":"2014-04-07T01:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=4524"},"modified":"2026-03-22T09:13:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T13:13:10","slug":"the-dream-thieves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/4524","title":{"rendered":"The Dream Thieves"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Dream Thieves<\/a><\/em> (2013) Maggie Stiefvater<\/a><\/p>\n

\"dream_thieves\"<\/a>Right. Now I know why I put off reading this, even though I pre-ordered it.<\/p>\n

It’s book two in a projected four book series.<\/p>\n

(sigh)<\/p>\n

However, once I started listening to Raven Boys<\/em>, I had to finish re-reading it, and then I had to read The Dream Thieves<\/em>, because I wanted to spend more time in this story.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo what you\u2019re saying is you can\u2019t explain it.\u201d
\n\u201cI did explain it.\u201d
\n\u201cNo, you used nouns and verbs together in a pleasing but illogical format.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

First, this is very much Ronan Lynch’s story. You remember Ronan–the destroyed, rude, nasty boy who Gansey liked and cared for, but no one quite understood why.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd you, Ronan,\u201d Niall said. He always said Ronan differently from other words. As if he had meant to say another word entirely \u2014 something like knife or poison or revenge \u2014 and then swapped it out for Ronan\u2019s name at the last moment.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It’s a long journey, but you understand why Gansey was so patient with Ronan for so long.<\/p>\n

Ronan is damaged. We knew that from the first story. He was the one who found his father’s body, the day of the murder.<\/p>\n

He and his brothers are forbidden to return to their home, by the will his father left. He and his brothers are left only with each other–and that’s not much to be left with.<\/p>\n

This is where Gansey and Blue start to fall in love, as we knew they would from the beginning. <\/p>\n

But, of course, in the meantime, Gansey is Gansey.<\/p>\n

Gansey contemplated whether he could dive for the object. The first thing that occurred to him was his teal polo shirt \u2014 it would have to be removed. The next thing that occurred to him was his chinos \u2014 could they be removed in the presence of all these females? Dubious.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He really is almost an alien.<\/p>\n

And Adam has to live with pressing charges against his father, being on his own, and sacrificing himself to Cabeswater.<\/p>\n

And other stuff.<\/p>\n

After a moment, he calmed enough to see how his anger was a separate thing inside him, a dingy, surprise gift from his father.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Noah is present, but plays far less of a part than in the previous story (in many ways, the previous book was his story as much as it was anyone else’s story).<\/p>\n

But mostly it’s such a fun read. There were so many bits I adore stumbling upon, like this:<\/p>\n

Blue turned it slowly to read each side: hyacinthus, celea. One side was blank. Gansey pointed to each side for her. \u201cLatin, Coptic, Sanskrit, something we don\u2019t know, and \u2026 this is supposed to be Greek. Isn\u2019t that funny that it\u2019s blank?\u201d
\nDerisively, Ronan said, \u201cNo. The ancient Greeks didn\u2019t have a word for blue.\u201d
\nEveryone at the table looked at him.
\n\u201cWhat the hell, Ronan?\u201d said Adam.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That is an honest-to-god true fact, and amazing and fascinating and marvelous it was out in there.<\/p>\n

There were so many bits that reminded me of other things: of Tom Waits, of The Princess Bride<\/em>, and then there was The Gray Man.<\/p>\n

I really love Robert B. Parker’s Spenser series, and my favorite book is Small Vices<\/em>, where Spenser goes up against a hit man, the Gray Man. If this wasn’t a nod to Small Vices<\/em>, then it’s a very eerie coincidence.<\/p>\n

I really love this series so far. It’s marvelous. Despite the fact that it ended on a cliff-hanger. (It didn’t make me as mad as it could have, because I was expecting it.)
\nRating: 9\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n

Published by Scholastic Inc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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