"Reality's what other people dream for you." 
 By this point, most readers would have already fallen in love with this series. I thought some elements of this book were great, but I still had some problems. 
 I loved the haunting and mysterious atmosphere surrounding the town. It really made magic seem real. It felt like anything could happen. (view spoiler)[ I mean, we already had trees that speak latin. (hide spoiler)] 
 In terms of characters, I loved how Stievater gave them more personality. The dream thieves is a very character driven book. Ronan, though, was the most developed character in this book. 
 "And Ronan was everything that was left: molten eyes and a smile made for war." 
 He a wonderful, angry, funny, stupid, charming, and lovable character. His personality seemed so real. I loved watching him struggle with and overcome his problems and his past. His journey as a character was worth the read. Also, there are some wonderful scenes about him. 
 Gansey grew on me. I wasn't impressed with his character in The Raven Boys because I thought he was too "perfect" and to be honest, he spoke like an old man (I think Blue mentioned this in the Raven Boys). In this book we get to see another side of him. 
 "There were many versions of Gansey, but this one had been rare since the introduction of Adam's taming presence. It was also Ronan's favorite. It was the opposite of Gansey's most public face, which was pure control enclosed in a paper-thin wrapper of academia. But this version of Gansey was Gansey the boy. This was the Gansey who bought the Camaro, the Gansey who asked Ronan to teach him to fight, the Gansey who contained every wild spark so that it wouldn't show up in other versions." 
 I like this side much better. 
 Adam was the raven boy that I didn't like as much. He struck me as whiney. He also had the tendency to pity himself because he is poor. He never seems to want help and got angry when someone offered to help. I understand that he wants to do this himself and he wants to be dependent, but getting angry at others who are willing to help doesn't sit well with me. I do believes he changes somewhat by the end of the novel, so I didn't completely hate him. 
 Noah was barely in this book. We don't get to know him as well as the other Raven Boys. He sort of comes and goes whenever he wants. I would like to see more of him in the next book though. He quite a unique character (view spoiler)[ being a ghost and all (hide spoiler)] 
 The writing was beautiful and the plot was thought out. There is so much foreshadowing and events that caused other things to happen. Maggie's writing is beautiful, the descriptions painted an image in your head. 
 The reason I couldn't give it five stars: 
 Many reviewers have said that the beginning of the book was slow, while I agree with them, I had no problem with that. I think it is because I read this series late when all the books have already come out so I could read them in a row instead of waiting a year. But still, remember that it might take a while to get fully immersed in the story and characters. 
 I would recommend you try this book before deciding whether or not you want to go on with this series. (Especially if your favorite character is Ronan ;)