The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater
(book II of the Raven Cycle)
Continuing the story begun in The Raven Boys, the ley line has been awakened and now strange currents are racing through town. Electrical surges, astonishing secrets, and weird dreams and nightmares are becoming more common. In the middle of the magic are Blue, who is still not-quite-a-psychic, and the Raven Boys: Gansey, Adam, Ronan and Noah.
The hunt for the mysterious Welsh king continues, but the focus now is on Ronan's sudden strange ability to pull real objects out of dreams. And, perhaps, out of nightmares.
This book does not stand alone, and leaves readers gasping for the two final books...which don't even have release dates from the publisher yet! Ack.
The lush, imaginative writing should be no surprise to fans of this author. But the plot twists! If those don't surprise readers, there is truly no hope for redemption. I am eagerly awaiting the audiobook edition, which early reports call "suspenseful" and "murky."
No sex, no kissing (there's a reason! not a lack of interest!) and only mild cussing, but plenty of action, magic and some scary violence and drug use.
Recommended for readers who have already survived the first book, ages 14 to adult.
There is kissing! This has the best kissing scene I've read in a while- and it's all with a ghost!!!
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UPDATE: the audiobook is creepy and fun. The narrator never seems to get excited, which, in this case, draws out the suspense.
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