The Raven Boys
Though she is from a family of clairvoyants, Blue Sargent's only gift seems to be that she makes other people's talents stronger. When she meets Gansey, one of the boys from the expensive Aglionby Academy, she discovers that he has talents of his own--and that together their talents are a dangerous mix. Blue has a policy of staying away from Aglionby boys. Known as "raven boys", they can only mean trouble. For as long as she can remember, Blue has been warned that she will cause her true love to die. She never thought this would be a problem. But now, as her life becomes caught up in the strange and sinister world of the raven boys, she's not so sure anymore.
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Blue Sargent has grown up in a Henrietta, Virginia house full of psychics with one prediction over her, that she will kill her true love with a kiss. On St. Mark's Eve she sees a soon-to-be ghost named Gansey, a wealthy Aglionby Academy student hunting for the sleeping Welsh king Glendower.
Maggie Stiefvater's Raven Cycle has four books: The Raven Boys, The Dream Thieves, Blue Lily, Lily Blue, and The Raven King. A follow-up trilogy, The Dreamer Trilogy, continues the world. The original quartet is complete.
Yes. A film and TV adaptation has been in development. As of 2025, the project remains in development.
The Raven Boys was written by Maggie Stiefvater, published in 2012 by Penguin Young Readers Group.
The Raven Boys is 455 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, The Raven Boys takes most readers 7 to 10 hours to finish.
The Raven Boys is a standalone novel by Maggie Stiefvater, not part of a series.
The Raven Boys is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.
