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Maggie Stiefvater’s The Raven Cycle is one of my favorite young adult series of all time. A big part of why I love it so much is the characters: they feel real and complicated in frustrating, beautiful, relatable ways.

As a writer, I’m always trying to learn from what other authors do well. That’s why today I'm taking an in-depth look into how Stiefvater introduces some of her main characters in The Raven Boys, the first book in the series, and sets them up to become full...