Where we left off in book 2, Blue's mother, Maura, was gone. She'd disappeared leaving only a note that she was basically going to look for Glendower. Ronan had learned that he was basically the Greywaren and could pull things out of his dreams, as could his father. Adam was living away from his abusive father, but still not with Gansey and Ronan. Professor Malory, Gansey's friend has come to help with their search. Mr. Gray is still around, although he's kind of come over to the good side you might say, even though now his boss has come to town, still wanting the Greywaren. Blue is finding that she is attracted to Gansey instead of Adam, but knows that anything like this would mess up the friendship between the four of them, not to mention the original prediction about how Gansey would die from kissing her. They have gone back to their cave, only to find a blocked passage, and now they must figure out how to get to the other side of the blockage, and soon they find a cave in a small town on a man named Jesse Dittley's farm. I love Dittley, his character basically yells the whole time, as shown by the capital letters in the book. There was at least one conversation between him and Blue that I laughed out loud as I was reading, then looked up to see if anyone noticed I'd done that. Dittley says the cave is cursed, his family members have died there. At first he won't let them explore because of the curse. But Blue convinces him otherwise. And once the crew goes in to explore, many things are found, that show they are on the right track. But there are supposed to be 3 sleepers. Glendower, one who should not be woken, and a third one that is nonessential really. In the end they will find two of the sleepers. One which will help, one which will not, and that is where book 4 will go I guess. We will lose another beloved character, even as we also get rid of a bad guy. Kind of another cliffhanger. And I guess I have to wait another year now to finish! But that's okay, I'm so glad to have read this one.
I do have one complaint. Adam has the court case with his father. And while there might be some hints as to how it goes, it is never really said for sure. And so I kinda need the answer to that. Don't know if we'll get it or not, and I want to ask the author. I will probably ask her when she comes to Kansas City next month. Another great book from Stiefvater, another important part of the story has been unfolded, and now we just need to tie up all the ends and get to the prize. If you haven't started this series, you really need to get going! And thanks again to Tracy van Straaten, the VP of Publicity and Education/Library Marketing at Scholastic for taking my email seriously and giving me the chance to read this early.
