okay hope you don’t mind me answering this in public! this post has no spoilers

so trc = the raven cycle by maggie stiefvater and it is about

• dead welsh kings
  
• to be more specific, it is about this kid (nerd) named richard campbell gansey iii but we all just call him gansey because what kind of name ??. and he is searching for the dead welsh king named glendower
• who is believed to be buried on a ley line (energy line) that goes through henrietta, virginia, the charming setting of our story
• lots of cool magic-y stuff
• and gansey has these friends (fellow nerds) who help him search for this king because they love him and he loves them and their friendship is the greatest. these friends are ronan lynch, the resident scary punk asshole who is not as much of a scary punk asshole as he pretends to be; adam parrish, who is a precious ambitious little thing who is just very cool; noah czerny, cinnamon roll.
• ALSO! blue sargent who is the greatest and #goals and likes blueberry yogurt and owns a pink switchblade and is a feminist. yes.
• the relationships are just really good overall
• also i know the blurb about blue sargent seeing her true love dead or whatever (yeah, it’s in the summary) seems like it’s leading straight to an obligatory heterosexual romance ™ but i swear it’s an obligatory heterosexual romance worth reading
• but tHE RELATIONSHIPS are just REALLY GOOD overall like not even the romance blue/noah/gansey/ronan/adam is the best
• and the women of 300 fox way!!
• so basically read about these kids going to find a dead welsh king and exploring their relationship and stuff it’s really great read it
• trigger warnings: gansey has anxiety; abuse; death; the sequel = ptsd.