I loved Shiver, Linger and Forever by Stiefvater so I was really excited for this book. So perhaps my expectations were a little too high when I began reading it. 
 I was disappointed by the mass of characters, none of who I really felt I could connect with, and then an overload of intersecting plot lines, many of which felt like they were thrown in as an after thought. The book was slow in the beginning, but I really enjoyed getting to know Blue and her family, and the book had potential. I was a bit overwhelmed when suddenly a group of "Raven Boys" were introduced and I had to keep all of their personalities straight while trying to figure out their mysterious back stories, and a lot of their motivations still escape me. (Can I just say that Gansey's back story really didn't do it for me, and how the heck is this TEENAGER making historical discoveries around the world? I don't care how rich you are, you're still a minor and you haven't been alive long enough to be putting the worlds scholars to shame.) 
 I really felt like Stiefvater should have taken about half of this book and left it for book two and spent a bit more time on character development and making some kind of cohesive plot line for this book, because I felt lost more often than not.