
Thankfully, we also love to read them.) Jordan’s arc is one of the fun surprises the novel has in store, so I won’t say more about her here. (If Stiefvater has a type she loves to write, it’s talented, messed-up, angry young people with hearts of gold.

A lot of the narrative is spent tracing this organization’s motives and operations, and it’s clear that their machinations will be key to the second two books in the series.Ī new character I really enjoyed is Jordan Hennessy, an art forger and badass to rival Ronan himself. Unknown to Ronan (but not the reader), there is also an organization tracking and eliminating Dreamers in an attempt to prevent the end of the world. Lately, a presence known as Bryde has been lurking in his dreams, urging Ronan to uncover his true potential. With Aglionby behind him and his friends dispersed, Ronan has to figure out where he fits in in the world, a task that requires learning more about his power as a Dreamer and that power’s limits. Gansey and Blue, away on a road trip, are all but absent from the narrative, while Adam has recently started his freshman year at Harvard (but never fear: he and Ronan are making it work). Call Down the Hawk is centrally focused on Ronan and his brothers, Declan and Matthew, as well as some characters who are totally new. Luckily for them, Stiefvater is happy to oblige.

It’s been three years since The Raven King came out, and fans have been clamoring for more about Gansey, Blue, Ronan, and Adam probably since before that.

Christmas may still be two weeks away, but for many readers, the most exciting part of the season has already come with the release of Maggie Stiefvater’s Call Down the Hawk, the first book in her new trilogy featuring several of the characters from The Raven Cycle.
