The Dream Thieves

Let's dive right into this book. I just have to say, I was absolutely taken by Ronan in this book. We got to learn more about him and learn about his past and most importantly about his dream thieving! I have to admit that I liked Adam a lot less in this book mostly because of how brash he became and how he talked to Blue. But I really hope he can redeem himself!

I'm going to start my review by talking about Maura. I loved her. Everything about her was amazing. And every scene with her was fantastic. I especially love her with the Grey Man. One of my favorite things was their first meeting and how he arrived at 300 Fox Way. I loved his development in this book. He went from being a hit man to this wholesome person who is capable of love and a relationship, not only with Maura but also develops into a father figure for Blue. He comes into Henrietta to find the Greywaren for Green Mantel but when he realizes that the Greywaren is just a child he decides to do the right thing and protects Ronan. I was kind of scared about what would happen when his brother comes into the picture. I was scared of how it would effect not just the Grey Man, but also everyone else. I was so glad he died as soon as he came into the picture.

Now, Blue and Gansey. I spent the whole book wishing for more scenes with them. I wanted them to realize how they felt about each other and how perfect they were. And also, I really wanted them to throw caution to the wind and get together. I just loved the car scene with them and it was just beautiful.

Now, the dream thieves. There were two dream thieves, Ronan and Kavinsky. I was kind of hoping for Kavinsky's redemption since I kind of felt like he was misunderstood up until we finally reached the end and he kidnapped Matthew. I was so pissed at him for that. He took an innocent kid and put him in danger, put his life at risk. I was so scared about what would happen to him. I was so glad Ronan was able to save his little brother. I loved learning about the whole concept of dream. Talking about dreams, Aurora Lynch was amazing!!!

Moving on to the end, when Maura went missing, my heart literally stopped. I loved her and I was so scared about what would happen to her.

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Reviews for rest of the series:
The Raven Boys
The Dream Thieves
Blue Lily, Lily Blue (Coming Soon)
The Raven King (Coming Soon)

The Raven Boys

I know I'm really late with this review, but I wanted to finish the entire series before I got reviewed this book.

I will start by saying that the dynamic between the boys and Blue was fantastic. From the very first chapter, the book managed to captivate my interest. This book had many amazing things, but my absolute favorite was the characters! Throughout the series, the character development was flawless, and I think that each character was unique and flawed and perfect and real.

Now, I may go into some spoilers so beware!

From the very beginning, we knew that Blue Sargent's kiss would kill her true love and when I read about Gansey, I knew I would fall for him, and I fell hard. It was Gansey's confidence that made me like him as a character. In addition to having such a great personality, he has the biggest heart. Unlike most characters, Gansey in intrinsically trusting. He believes in the good in people, and that's something I relate too. I think the reason I loved Gansey so much was that I related to him and I've never related to a male character before. And I know that he is a little self-centered, but I could see past it for some reason, which I couldn't for Adam.

Now on to Blue Sargent. Blue was such a quirky young girl, and I loved reading about her relationship with her mother and the other women in 300 Fox Way. I just loved seeing a non-psychic like Blue in a house full of psychics. I loved that she never let anyone walk over her, as we know from her first interaction with Gansey. I think that it is crucial that a person knows how to stand up for themselves and Blue totally could. I love Blue's mother. I love that she respects her daughter enough to make her own decision and I just love the dynamic between the two of them.

Moving onto Adam. Initially, I did like him, but as the book went on, I was put off by his personalities, and when we found out about his family I wanted to overlook everything, but I couldn't excuse the way he acted. It really bothered me when he was selfish. I was mostly disappointed when he decided his own personal wish to gain social status was valid. I know he redeemed himself in the end but this kind of stuck with me. It wasn't until The Raven King that I was able to overcome this shortcoming. But I found him to be self-centered, too self-centered. I didn't really ship him with Blue because of all of this. But my biggest problem with him was the fact that he underestimated his own worth! To be honest, amongst all his friends, he was the only one that saw him as white trash. That bugged me a lot. I really did hope to like him in future books, and I did, I'm just not in love with him.

Noah, on the other hand, was someone I loved from the beginning and his relationship with Blue was fantastic. The way he cared about her, the way she cared about him, made my heart melt. I wasn't expecting him to be dead. I really didn't see that coming. I just thought he was a loner. And when we did discover he was dead, I thought, just for a second, that he could be Blue's father. I didn't realize that he had only been dead for seven years. I may have missed it, or forgotten, but I really thought that, thank god it wasn't true! The things that happened in the end with Noah actually broke my heart. When they found his body and when we figured out that the Professor's relation to him, it broke my heart. How can someone kill their friend? Favor or not, no one should kill a friend or anyone. I was so scared that by the end of the book we'd never see him again, but thankfully, I was wrong.

Finally, Ronan. Firstly, my head kept spell-checking it to Rowan, one of my favorite males of all time. I think there was a transference in my love for the character because of my love for Rowan. I know many people weren't really in love with him from book one, but I was. He was the typical bad boy that you can't help but love, and I just loved the way his character develops throughout the books. I was most excited about his relationship with Blue. I can really see them becoming good friends, I can see him becoming a brother figure to her. I can imagine him threatening his own best friend if he hurts her. I know that's far-fetched, but I just wanted that to happen. Also, I love how protective Ronan is of his friends. My favorite Rowan scene was when Ronan punches Adam's dad.

Anyways, I really did like this book, and I hope you give it a shot.

Reviews for rest of the series:
The Raven Boys
The Dream Thieves
Blue Lily, Lily Blue (Coming Soon)
The Raven King (Coming Soon)

Confess

Confession: This is the first novel by Colleen Hoover I've ever read. I wasn't expecting blown away as I was.

Confession: This book inspired me to make my own confession box which I plan on using as inspiration when I'm writing.

The whole concept of this book was mind blowing. Using people's confessions to paint. Reading people's confessions in this book was my favorite part of the book. I absolutely loved OMG! Owen was fantastic. He had this darker side and yet he was so amazing.

I absolutely hated Lydia. She was like those typical TV monsters-in-laws, the mean ones that think their sons can do no wrong. And don't even get me started on Trey.

I'll be discussing things with spoilers from here on so be prepared.

When I started reading Confess, I remember thinking 'This can't be it.' The book begins with Auburn and Adam, and he's dying. They couldn't have the main character die. I hadn't read reviews, I didn't even read the synopsis. I just jumped in not knowing anyone's name. When we moved to the present time, I was kind of relieved.

I was really curious as to what happened to her to make her so upset, and the whole lawyer angle scared me. I actually thought she ended up in some serious shit!

That scene outside the studio where she read all the confessions... I had the urge to drop a few confessions myself. The whole concept of painting based on the confessions was fantastic.

I really want to go to a studio with paintings like that.

Now. On to AJ. I did not see that coming. I had no idea that was going to happen. I was kind of excited, I was really hoping to see a lot of him. And in that instant knowing Lydia never let her see her son, I hated Lydia. What kind of a grandmother would separate her grandson from his own mother? AJ would've resented her when he grew up. She was such an awful person. She never gave Auburn a chance.

I really wish we saw more of AJ. He was such a huge part of the story, but he was barely present in person. I love reading about kids in books, be it younger siblings or kids, they're just so cute!

And let's just not get to Trey. That manipulative jerk (not the word in my head!) I really hate people like that. He was absolutely using her desperation to be a bigger part of her life to date her. I really love how Owen reacts about AJ. He was so supportive and everything.

I can't believe Trey was such a jerk. He knew it wasn't Owen's drugs and yet made such a huge deal of it. Owen was so stubborn, hoping that seeing him go to jail would set his dad right.

I really love how kind Owen is. I really like the painting he made of her, now that was incredible. I really like that he arranged all her confessions around it.

Then came the mess of an ending. I was kind of hoping Auburn recorded Trey admitting to what he did. And when she did I was so happy. I'm usually good at seeing things coming, and when I missed AJ and how Adam, Owen, and Trey knew each other it kind of threw me off. I was so proud that I guessed something. I loved that Owen's father finally came to his senses and did something right, I'm proud of him. Also, Lydia claims to love her grandson so much that she won't let his schedule get messed up but would give him up in a heartbeat to save her son because he committed a crime! Falsifying evidence is a crime and so is attacking someone.

That takes me to the scene where he attacks Auburn. That jerk! And he had the audacity for calling her out for loving his dead brother! Owen, a guy who has no reason to care about Adam, was okay with a part of Auburn still loving Adam and Trey wasn't.

I hate Trey with a burning passion. I wish she goes back on her word and shows the police the recording. A man like that deserves to be behind bars. I know it's kind of wrong, she promised but who know when Trey could snap and hurt another person, only this time there wouldn't be a gun wielding roommate to save the other person.

And the best part is, Auburn got sole custody. Am I evil if I want her to make Lydia feel what she felt, just for a while? Just once, let her feel the pain of not seeing AJ. Anyways. I loved this book and plan on reading more of Colleen's work!

OMG's Paintings

Confession: I'm afraid I'll never feel in real life what books make me feel.

Confession: I lie to my own journal sometimes because I don't want the future me to remember the present as it is.

Confession: I'm afraid I'm incapable of loving anyone who's not fictional because I'm afraid I'll have my heart broken.

Confession: I'm afraid I'll end up making a mess of my life when I actually start making my own decisions and have no idea what to do with life.

Rights for the images go to the artist Danny O'Connor

Confession: I haven't told my parents I love them in a long time, even though I do. Somehow the words don't come out when I actually mean them.

Confession: I don't think I'm brave enough to confess my secrets, even to myself.