![]() ![]() ![]() Everyone was interesting even the villains have fans. ![]() Her most recent series, “ The Raven Cycle,” featured a core of four main characters with a bounty of side characters. The biggest problem with her focusing on characters rather than plot was that the characters aren’t engaging. With “Call Down the Hawk,” it felt like Stiefvater was more focused on the quality of writing than the novel as a whole. That being said, a novel still needs a plot. In the past, I have praised Stiefvater for her exploration of characters’ personalities and her ability to make them seem three-dimensional. The plot was minimal, mixed in between prose that was more character study than anything else. Obviously, first novels in book series have to give a background to the world the characters live in and to who the characters are, but this whole novel felt like it was going nowhere. While previous Stiefvater series have entranced readers from book one, this book feels like a miss, like 400 pages of exposition. I’ve read all of Stiefvater’s other works, watching her writing and her plots improve as she grows as a writer, but this new book feels like a step back. However, her most recent novel, “Call Down The Hawk,” the first in her new “Dreamer” trilogy, failed to meet expectations. ![]() With three different young adult series under her belt, you would think Maggie Stiefvater was a pro at writing. ![]()
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