1. For as long as she can remember, Blue has known that if she were to “kiss her true love, he would die.” Do you think it was fair of Blue’s family to tell her this prophecy?
2. Would you want to know a prophecy about yourself that would drastically change your life?
3. How would you feel if you were Blue and lived in a house full of physic women and your gift was just to "make things louder" for them? How do you think she really feels about this?
4. The characters’ clothes were referred to on many different occasions throughout the story. Adam’s Aglionby uniform isn’t as pristine as Ronan’s or Gansey’s, and Blue often creates new outfits from bits of older ones. Do each character’s outfits truly reflect the image that he or she is trying to portray?
5. Blue spend every St. Mark’s Eve on the ley line helping her mother record the name of the people who will die the following year. How do you think this affects Blue? What would you do if you were Blue and knew which people in your town would die in the next twelve months?
6. A ley line “is a perfectly straight, supernatural energy path that connected spiritual places.” After knowing how powerful ley lines are, do you think that this is an accurate description? Why or why not? Do you think that things like ley lines exist in real life? If yes, explain what they are and where you believe you can find them.
7. Adam has trouble disconnecting from his upbringing and breaking free from his father’s constant abuse. Even though he obviously doesn’t want to live with his parents under the circumstances, he struggles with the decision to leave. Why is it so hard for Adam to leave? Do you think he should have left home and moved into Manmouth Manufacturing before he finally did? Why or why not?
8. Do you have any ideas about what's going on between Ronan and his brother? Or with Ronan, in general? There's obviously a secret--any guesses? And do you think things will ever get better between the brothers?
9. It seems like nothing is good enough for Gansey, and he’s always striving for more. Why is he so hard on himself? Have you ever felt like you put too much pressure on yourself to succeed at something? Is so, how did you feel? What, if anything, made you feel better?
10. Adam, Blue, and Gansey had very different experiences inside the hollowed out tree in Cabeswater. What did each one see? Do you think they was their futures, nightmares, or dreams?
11. In the book, legend says that the person who wakes Glendower is granted a wish. Explain what you think the following characters would wish for if they woke Glendower: Blue, Gansey, Adam Ronan, Noah, Whelk, Neeve, and Maura. What would you wish for?
12. Why would Gansey—someone who has the means to buy anything he could ever want or need—need a wish from Glendower?
13. Which character from The Raven Boys do you identify with the most? Why?
14. Can you guess what happens in the next book?
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