Rating: 3/5 
 ***Minor spoilers*** 
 Blue is used to living in a house with her mother and "aunts" all of whom are psychics. Unfortunately, she seems to be the only one in the family without psychic abilities, however her presence seems to make other psychics stronger. Every year, Blue goes to accompany a member of her family to see the people who will die within the next year on Saint Mark's Eve. She's never been able to see any of the spirits, she just helps whoever is with her speak to them - until now. She sees a boy who says his name is Gansey. She's later informed that she sees him because he is either her true love, or she kills him - in Blue's case, it might be both. Gansey is searching for the Welsh king Glendower, who he believes can grant a favour if he awakens the ley line in their town of Henrietta. Gansey's dedication to this has Gansey and his friends path intertwine with Blue as they uncover more and more information about the mysterious ley line. 
 I ended up picking this book up because of how many people were obsessing with the series all over Goodreads. Maggie Stiefvater can be quite hit and miss with me. I read her Shiver series when I was 12 or so and loved it, but then reread it 2 years ago and didn't like it very much at all. I tried reading The Scorpio Races several years ago and couldn't finish it, but then I also read her fae series several years ago and loved it. It seems that I've finally found a Stiefvater book that had me thinking it was good, but not great. I'm a bit disappointed I didn't enjoy it more, but I did enjoy it. 
 For starters, I liked how this book wasn't entirely focussed on Blue's romance. Sometimes a romance thrown at you right away can be great, and sometimes it can be distracting from the main plot of the book. I think in this case we were better off leaving the romance until later so that we could focus on the paranormal aspect of this. In terms of the psychic and ley line stuff, it's nothing new, but the idea of awakening the ley line and finding a lost king was entirely new to me. It was confusing a lot of the time, but a lot of it came together by the end. There was still some stuff that I didn't grasp, but hopefully it will be explained in future books. 
 At times I found the plot slow, but for the most part the pacing was good. I quite liked the characters, but I thought Blue was a bit stereotypical, since you always seem to see female characters who dress strangely, make their own clothes, and are sometimes viewed as eccentric. Besides that little thing that didn't matter in the long run anyway, the characters were likeable. I would've loved to learn more about Ronan, but I suppose that's coming in the next book. 
 Overall, this book was quite enjoyable but I would say that the confusion with some of the topics took away from my final rating. This is definitely a promising start to a series and I'll be picking up the next book in the future, hopeful to learn more about some of the other characters. The characters were likeable and I enjoyed their dynamic. There was a tiny romantic aspect but we didn't get any sort of intense romance, which I liked. If you're a bit hesitant to pick up another Maggie Stiefvater book, I would tell you to go for this one since it really is an enjoyable read.