The Raven Boys follows teenager Blue, a normal girl in a family full of psychics. All her life Blue has been told that she will kill her true love when she kisses them. When she is helping her aunt on St. Mark's Eve she sees a spirit, Gansey. There are only two reasons a non-seer would see a spirit on St. Mark’s Eve, either you’re his true love or you killed him. In Blue's case, it could be both. Things take a turn when she actually meets Gansey and his friends, the Aglionby boys, as they try to find something or someone that can change their lives.
The only thing that threw me off with the book is how it's written. If you have read any of Cassandra Clare’s books, then you know the way she writes point of view is a bit different than some people do. You never know whose POV you’re in but after reading a bit you just figure it out. I got used to it but sometimes it was rough because I would forget whose head I was in if I stopped reading in the middle of the chapter and then came back to it. Besides the point, this book captures my attention from the first line, “Blue Sargent has forgotten how many times she has been told she would kill her first love”. Don't get me wrong there's some romance (literally only a speck) but it's more plot-heavy than anything. It's heavy on found family which might be one of the greatest tropes ever. It's not what I would consider fantasy but more so low fantasy because it is set in the real world but has some magical aspects. Heavily recommend it if you liked the family in Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo or the eerie vibes of A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid.