OH. MY. FREAKING. GOODNESS. 
 I just found my new favourite book of all time. I wish I read this book sooner but whatever I'm done with it and I want NEED more. I don't even know where to start, I'm at loss for words because my emotions are exploding and they are not helping me focus at all. Sigh. Okay. Let's do this. 
 WILLIAM MALET, CONGRATULATIONS, YOU ARE MY NUMBER 1 PARANORMAL BOOK BOYFRIEND. I swear to God he is so perfect and one might think that he's the cliche "bad-ass plus romantic type" of a character, you guys... don't even. He stumped the other William in my life which is Will Herondale. (Sorry boo, you have been downgraded to #2.) But anyways going back, William Malet is everything I would want in a boyfriend, husband, soulmate... ya'll name it. He's the one. Never have I ever swooned my entire life and it's all thanks to him. 
 I'm going to talk more about him in awhile, let me just get my thoughts out on the story. Personally, I don't really find the time to read about vampires or anything dark and gothic really... like this is a first for me. Because I'm pretty sure Twilight doesn't count. Lol. (Just saying, Twilight looked so cheap compared to The Raven, I'm not joking.) The reason why I don't read this genre that much is because I find gothic, dark-paranormal romance somewhat cheesy in a sense. Like there are some books out that seems forced when it comes to combining those things. BUT THANKFULLY, The Raven wasn't like that at all. It changed my judgement and I might be diving into these type of books more in the future. The Raven was a well paced book and the writing was too good. Everything was just falling into place, one story arc after the other and character development was a 10/10. 
 I absolutely loved the fact that this book had Italian art as a base because I myself have been to Italy and one thing that I noticed there was their literature and art was exceptionally beautiful. It made me appreciate their culture more so that was something really enjoyable for me along the way. The fact that paranormal romance was mixed into it, made things 100x more interesting. 
 Okay, so we have our main cast William and Raven. 
 Raven at the very beginning, I didn't really have a specific first impression with her because she appeared as someone who didn't have a specific aura. Lol. Bear with me guys, but aside from the fact that she cares for the homeless and she's really into art, there wasn't much to know about her. (view spoiler)[ When she was introduced as someone who was limping all her life, as someone who didn't have the "ideal sexy weight" similar to other girls in other books. I knew that this was going to be some sort of important factor in the story. (hide spoiler)] 
 Then we have my bae, William. YOU GUYS I CAN WRITE A THESIS ON THIS GUY. He's the mysterious one at the start and of course he's a vampire. Along the way, I didn't know if I wanted to like him as much because everything about him was so secretive, I was scared that he might turn out to be someone completely different. But dear God, was I wrong. Every page and every chapter that I read about him, I find myself completely drawn to him. Completely. As if his voice was something addicting inside my head, I DON'T KNOW LOL I'M TURNING CRAZY BUT IT'S TRUE. 
 I'll point out why I love him so much. 
 He's so fucking different from other male characters out there. Like I said at the beginning, he's the mysterious vampire so obviously he would have those powerful sex god qualities, but once you actually get to know him, there's something deeper in him. And Raven was the one that brought it out. (view spoiler)[ In the story, Raven was insecure about William liking her because of how she physically looked like. The main reason that sealed the deal my love for William was when he mentioned how a physical appearance of a woman, doesn't matter to him. I never, EVER read anything about a guy who would talk about such things. (hide spoiler)] 
 "When I was human, slender women had a low survival rate. They were considered sickly, infirm, and definitely not beautiful." 
 "In other words, Botticelli's ideal women look like women and not boys. They're soft and curvaceous. Healthy and rounded. Women of the size figured in this painting were considered beautiful for centuries, if not millenia. They were the aesthetic ideal during my lifetime and long after." 
 ARE. YOU. KIDDING. ME. 
 I know some of you might be thinking, that, he's from the 13th century, that's why. But the fact that it was portayed in the story, the fact that he talked about a woman's "ideal weight" just showed how cruel our society can be these days. A lot of women my age feel so insecure about their weight, I myself, am one of them. I just don't like how we have this generic ideal weight for a girl to look sexy. Why? Is it because we're in the modern era? Girls today, like Raven, ends up comparing herself to other girls and I find it unfair. So yeah, William talking about it just fucking made me love him so much I wanted to cry. I really wish there are more open minded guys today, I know I'm asking for too much but I just want society to realise certain health issues and how it affects girls. 
 Speaking of open minded guys, William, again, duh, is a perfect example. All throughout the story, he just kept showing Raven how perfect she was. Raven thought she was broken, her limp, her weight, everything, it was constantly being showed in the story and it made me like it even more because WILLIAM COUNTERED EVERYTHING. /SIGH/ 
 So yeah, that's why I love him so much. He is the most open-minded, romantic, son of a bitch out there and he is my baby. I want a guy like him, someone who has the same mindset as him. I feel like the world would be a happier place if there are more guys like him. 
 I don't understand such things and I won't pretend to understand them. All I can say is that I think no one - human or otherwise - is perfect. If perfection is the standard for normalcy, we all fail. 
 :) I'm just going to leave that there :) 
 I should end this soon but I want to say more HAHA. Please do pick up the book, PLEASE. Just do it. And check out my blog after because I'm pretty sure I will be writing a longer book talk about this book and maybe even about the second book. We'll see.