Call Down the Hawk: The Dreamer Trilogy #1 Paperback – 5 November 2019

This is one of my favorite books, so I already knew I'd like it but i didn't expect the paperback to be so pretty! all in all great

Note: you could read „Call Down the Hawk“ without knowing the previous tetralogy „The Raven Cycle“. But I still recommend to read it first, because you get Ronan, one of the main characters, if you know his backstory, but not really, if you only read this book.ReviewI love Maggie Stiefvater’s writing, in each and every one of her books. And „Call down the Hawk“ is no exception. And I loved „The Raven Cycle“, which introduced Ronan and the world of the dreamers, who are able to bring whatever they want back from their dreams into the real world. So I was a bit astonished to find that I did like the book, but not love it as unconditionally as the previous ones.It’s darker, a lot darker than Gansey and his friends (Ronan among them) searching for an old welsh king. This book explores the dangerous world of the dreamers and the even more dangerous „Moderators“ who are out there killing each and every dreamer and destroy his dream manifestations. There are a lot of POVs here: Ronan, who desperately tries to find a way to live with his lover Adam and Declan, Ronan‘s brother. Then there is Henessy, a dreamer and Jordan, a dream. And finally, there is Carmen Farooq-Lane, who somehow was sucked into the business of the Moderators and is now somewhat bewildered, but still works as a hunter for dreamers.They all have their own stories for a pretty long time and it slows the pace a lot in the beginning. I still loved the wonderful world and the complex characters and when the plot lines finally converged, the story became a cool magical adventure. My minor complaint: just when the pace was right and everything had become exciting, the book was over with a cliffhanger (and I hate those). So if the world building weren’t so amazing, and the characters so well fleshed out, I would have given four stars max. But even with all the things I did not wholly like, it’s still a wonderful magic realism book.

‘You are made of dreams and this world is not for you.’Let me start with saying that the Raven Cycle is one of my absolute favourite series so obviously I was very much looking forward to this.I was not left disappointed!Maggie Stiefvater’s writing is as captivating and magical as it always is and I was taken back into the world of the Raven Boys from the very first page.I really enjoyed being back in this world and although I missed Gansey and Blue I feel like what we got instead more than makes up for the lack of them.I loved Ronan in the Raven Cycle and it was so nice to have a whole book of him. As always, he comes across dark and brooding and don’t-give-a-damn but he’s so much more underneath all the bravado. There’s a particular part near the end that made my heart hurt a little and I just love him even more after reading this.Now, here’s the surprise. We get to know Declan better in this book and now I can honestly say that I really like him. Okay, so him and Ronan still rile each other up the wrong way but it always comes down to Declan protecting his brothers and we get to see just how much he does in order to achieve this. So a nice surprise really!The development of both Declan and Matthew’s characters is wonderful and I feel like we have a deeper understanding of how the brothers Lynch work as a unit, even when Declan and Ronan are at each other’s throats.I also quite like the new characters - Jordan Hennessy and Carmen Farooq-Lane. They really add another dimension to the story and although I was unsure about these new characters at first (how could they possibly replace the original Raven Boys?!) I found myself warming to them fairly quickly and I’m looking forward to seeing how their stories pan out.I also like the mysterious character of Bryde, a man who first makes an appearance in Ronan’s dreams, talking in riddles and remaining unseen until the very end of the book.And I can’t forget Adam. As Adam is now away at college, his and Ronan’s relationship is a little different to what it was and even though it doesn’t play a big part in the story, it’s still there underneath it all and I really hope they can make it work.If you enjoyed the Raven Cycle then you’ll definitely enjoy this. Maggie Stiefvater does not disappoint!This book is everything I hoped it would be. Can we have the next one already? I need it.

This is a nice read. It isn’t perfect, and at the end of it, I felt a little disappointed. Nonetheless, I enjoyed it and I will read the next two books.Set in the continuity of The Raven Cycle, Call Down the Hawk is a book of dreams and dreamers.The main character is Ronan, one of my favorite in TRC. But here, it looked as if he didn’t get enough space.I wish Maggie wrote more about him and less about secondary characters or villains. She did that in TRC too, and as a writer she need to work on this problem, in my opinion.In this book Carmen Farooq-Lane and visionaries takes too many pages to tell stories that aren’t interesting. These characters are dull, boring and nobody will remember them. Their perspective aren't necessary.I would rather have read about Adam instead, but guess what?There is almost no Adam in this book.He doesn’t even get an entire chapter. By the way where is the paragraph Maggie posted on her Instagram on Adam’s birthday in 2018? Did she eliminate it? And if that’s so, why she did it?The thing is Adam’s absence is felt. Adam is such a fascinating character and he has an important role in Ronan’s life. He’s not only his friend and lover, he’s also an adviser. He has knowledge, he still has power. And the Harvard situation is… cold somehow. I couldn’t empathize with him, because there were a lot of information missing. Why did he stop scrying at Harvard? Why did Ronan call him psychic rather than magician? Who were his friends? What did he like of them? We don’t know. All we have are glimpses of his life. Therefore, I couldn’t help to feel frustrated.I did enjoy Declan’s point of view. He does anything to protect Ronan and Matthew, included lying. He’s been living as a liar since his birth, but now he feels the weight of it. He would love to be free, to be himself, giving up old, boring Declan and just be. I really like his character development.I love Jordan too, she’s a new character and Maggie did a great job on her. Like Declan, she’s stuck in a life she hasn’t chosen. She wants to be awake and be her own person. She meets him in a peculiar way and something changes in them.The plot is decent, even if a bit confusing, and the cliffhanger ending is a good device – personally I hate cliffhangers though.Overall, if you liked The Raven Cycle, give it a chance. It’s a pleasant book, but don’t expect too much. I hope Maggie will do her best in the next one.

Os irmãos Lynch são as estrelas dessa nova trilogia da Maggie Stiefvater.E os sonhos são o pano de fundo.Ronan Lynch é um sonhadorMatthew Lynch é um sonhoDeclan Lynch é uma mentiraEsse é o primeiro livro da trilogia, somos apresentados à trama que vai melhor se desenvolver nos próximos livros.Novos sonhadores são apresentados, intrigas e tramas começam a ganhar forma e vamos entendendo um pouquinho melhor como os sonhadores afetam a vida de todos.E, apesar dos irmãos Lynch terem nascido na saga dos corvos, não espere encontrar os personagens da passada, pelo menos nesse primeiro livro, eles são apenas mencionados aqui e ali. Mesma coisa para o romance do Ronan e do Adam. Fica claro, até aqui, que essa é uma trilogia nova e isso é uma coisa bem legal.Por enquanto, tudo bem.Vamos ver como os demais livros vão se desenrolar.