Wow, I can’t believe I’ve finished with The Raven Cycle! I’m so excited to start on the Dreamer trilogy. I thought that this book was just great. The pacing was done really well, and you know your girl was ecstatic over Ronan and Adam. And Blue and Gansey ofc.

I think that the part at the end about Noah’s spirit speaking to Gansey all those years ago, the final thing he had to do before passing on… that was a really great moment.

The villain’s POV definitely didn’t get as much done with it as the previous books, but ngl, I’m not totally complaining, because I think Piper and Laumonier were the least engaging villains of the four books.
My only criticism is minor: some aspects that were really important in the first books

(e.g. the tree visions)

were kind of brushed aside in a way that made sense plot-wise but didn’t seem like it was always the plan. Almost like a ret-con, or like threads just needed to be tied up post-haste.
Overall, here is my ranking of the books:
4. Blue Lily, Lily Blue (Book 3)
3. The Raven King (Book 4)
2. The Raven Boys (Book 1)
1. The Dream Thieves (Book 2)