The Raven Boys - Maggie Stiefvater

Hullo! I recently finished reading The Raven Boys, by Maggie Stiefvater, which was excellent.
You may have heard of it before, but it's a fairly recent book, so it's not too famous yet, though I have no doubt it will be in the next few months.
Now, I know that normally I give you a plot summary for the book and then review it, but this time around I can't seem to be able to write one that's coherent without being spoilery. So, I guess you'll just have to trust me when I tell you the story's great. Oh, and don't chose whether or not you want to read it based on what it says on the back, because I don't find it does the story justice. Anyway, hope you read The Raven Boys even without a plot summary, 'cause it's worth it.
Onto the review: the book was really good, as you'll have understood from what I've been saying. I absolutely loved the characters, mostly Ronan and Noah (and Adam, but now I'm confused as to what to think about him). They were very well written and seeing their different POV's and ways of dealing with people was quite entertaining. Parts of the book were really funny and others just made you want to cry, and I loved that. Not that I love crying, but I like it when a book makes you feel a whole bunch of different emotions and isn't just one thing the whole way through. I really liked the way the story developped, it was extremely interesting and surprising (for once, I didn't expect at all what was going to happen). I'd never read anything by Maggie Stiefvater, but now I'm thinking I might give the Shiver series a try. The only about Raven Boys that I didn't like was Whelk. And that's purely because he was a despicable character and I don't like despicable characters. Apart from that, he was well written, it's just that I wanted to punch him in the gut throughout the entire book.
So, overall, I'd give this book an 8.5/10. It was really good and I would greatly recommend you pick it up and read it, because it's totally worth it.
I'll see you sometime soon with a new review,
Toodlepip,
x Clara