(Also posted to my blog) 
 OKAY SO Maggie Stiefvater is really good. Like really good. She might be one of the best urban fantasy and best young-adult writers I have ever read. The way she weaves in rural Virginia and these insane random Welsh mythological figures is astounding. Is it weird to say that the magic and wonder in this book is believable? It isn't just everyone has powers and is great at them and can deal with them professionally. There's anger and messiness that are involved with new found magic. 
 One of the big things that this book (and this series in general) excels at is the relationship between the main characters. I mean, one of the main characters in the friend group is dead and I still want him to be happy and loved! Every different relationship pairing (not necessarily sexual/romantic. Well kind of) is explored and built on. 
 I have one more book left in this series and I'm not quite sure if I'm ready for the series to end.