BOOK REVIEW: THE DREAM THIEVES(THE RAVEN BOYS #2) By Amanda Perry Title: The Dream Thieves (The Raven Boys #2) Author: Maggie Steifvater Series: Raven Cycle Hardcover: 416 pages Publisher: Scholastic Press (September 17, 2013) Language: English ISBN-10: 0545424941 ISBN-13: 978-0545424943 The second installment in the all-new series from the masterful, #1 NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Maggie Stiefvater! Now that the ley lines around Cabeswater have been woken, nothing for Ronan, Gansey, Blue, and Adam will be the same. Ronan, for one, is falling more and more deeply into his dreams, and his dreams are intruding more and more into waking life. Meanwhile, some very sinister people are looking for some of the same pieces of the Cabeswater puzzle that Gansey is after.... Review Disclaimer: I received an ARC of the Dream Thieves from Netgalley.  I am going to try to keep this review as spoiler free as possible since you all have to wait a couple more weeks for the official book release.. Recently I reviewed the first book in this series The Raven Boys and was immediately blown away. Though Maggie Stiefvater is one of my favorite YA authors I was a tad bit disappointed with this installment. It may have been that the first book was so wonderful that this simply can’t compare but I think it was more than that. Maggie's writing style is absolutely beautiful as always, and I was easily sucked back into the world of Henrietta,the lives of what I now consider my Aglionby boys, and 300 Fox Way. In this installment of the Raven Cycle, Maggie introduces us to a couple of new characters, one of whom you may grow to  love, though maybe you shouldn't and a second whose purpose I am still not sure of. Though with Maggie the unknown may simply be that way because she wants us to wonder. There was one specific scene that I will not divulge too much about… It involves two of our characters and a great view of Henrietta, had the entire book been complete garbage I still would have suffered through for this one moment! That is how fantastic it was. The Dream Thieves brings us deeper into the lives, both past, and present, of some of our characters and we learn a great deal about who our they are and what makes them tick. We see quite a bit more of Matthew than we did before and even Noah is shown in a different light for a time. Ronan plays a much bigger part in this story, and I am really starting to appreciate his character much more than I previously had. Bule and Adam both go through some much needed changes and I believe that in the third book they will both be much more grown up than they were in the beginning of this adventure. I feel as though this book took a sort of hiatus as far as the search for Glendower is concerned and that was a little disappointing. In the first book we are led to believe the whole story is centered around the boys, Blue and this quest and yet throughout the second book that quest has been put on hold. I am still really unsure of what the heck has been happening to Adam since his sacrifice in Cabeswater. The ending of this book was a HUGE cliffhanger and that is putting it mildly. It was almost too much. After reading this book I am just as much in love with my Raven Boys as I ever was, if not even more so, and though I was not overly thrilled with this installment I did enjoy it. I am looking forward to the next book. In fact I am already starting to miss Gansey,(insert dramatic sigh here)  he is  just so dreamy (pun intended)! Do you plan on picking up this book when it is released on 9/17/13?? You can pre-order it from Amazon using the link below. What are you hoping for and expecting to happen? Any predictions? I would love to hear your thoughts!