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The Raven Cycle: The Graphic Novels #2
The Dream Thieves: The Graphic Novel
The second book in Maggie Stiefvater's #1 NYT bestselling series The Raven Cycle, now a stunning graphic novel!
Ronan Lynch is made of secrets. His longest kept one? He can pull impossible things out of dreams. It's a secret that's nearly killed him more than once.
Waking the ley line should have led Blue and the Raven Boys straight to Glendower, the Whelsh king rumored to be sleeping beneath the mountains of Henrietta.
But instead, the forest of Cabeswater has disappeared, energy hums and sputters beneath the town, and the Raven Boys' search is at a dead end. Ronan's dreams may be the key to finding Glendower, but none of the Raven Boys are prepared for what will be unleashed in Ronan's desperate attempt to finally control his power.
Reimagined as a stunning full-color graphic novel adapted and illustrated by Sas Milledge, Dream Thieves blurs the line between reality and nightmare until they are one and the same.
Ronan Lynch is made of secrets. His longest kept one? He can pull impossible things out of dreams. It's a secret that's nearly killed him more than once.
Waking the ley line should have led Blue and the Raven Boys straight to Glendower, the Whelsh king rumored to be sleeping beneath the mountains of Henrietta.
But instead, the forest of Cabeswater has disappeared, energy hums and sputters beneath the town, and the Raven Boys' search is at a dead end. Ronan's dreams may be the key to finding Glendower, but none of the Raven Boys are prepared for what will be unleashed in Ronan's desperate attempt to finally control his power.
Reimagined as a stunning full-color graphic novel adapted and illustrated by Sas Milledge, Dream Thieves blurs the line between reality and nightmare until they are one and the same.
288 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 4, 2026
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October 29, 2025
It is in bad taste to rate your own book five stars
WHEN YOU WANT TO RATE IT ONE THOUSAND STARS!?
we're back, kids, with the graphic novel adaptation of The Dream Thieves, coming next August. Book 2 is so much more insane than book 1, and I promise Sas brought the insanity in the art.
You can pre-order signed copies from Parnassas Books (more details on swag later). Let's goooooo
WHEN YOU WANT TO RATE IT ONE THOUSAND STARS!?
we're back, kids, with the graphic novel adaptation of The Dream Thieves, coming next August. Book 2 is so much more insane than book 1, and I promise Sas brought the insanity in the art.
You can pre-order signed copies from Parnassas Books (more details on swag later). Let's goooooo
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November 3, 2025fantastic cover........ gay boy tortured by his nightmares but most importantly by his one million homoerotic friendships
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October 29, 2025definitely not normal bout this i need it in my hands right freaking now 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
August 5, 2026
WHERE IS GANSEY ON FIRE?
DREAM ME THE WORLD???????????
I WISH YOU COULD BE KISSED???
where is kavinsky’s house?? where is blue and gansey’s nighttime drive…. their phone calls?? gansey’s interception of adam’s long walk, the tricolored car? the other people hunting the greywaren??? ADAM’S RENT? matthew and ronan at the barns… the malory pigeon phone call..?
(comparably small detail to the rest of these but a personal bias… adam eating ronan’s tattoo… i just selfishly wanted that dream sequence visual)
condensed to the point of near incomprehensibility. love love love this series and the passion poured into these graphic novels, and im grateful that they exist!! i will buy every one! but it’s becoming clear that the heart of the story lies in its original book format.
beautiful art, as expected, and i loved how a certain few scenes were illustrated- the imagery of adam’s visions comes to mind immediately (loved the ancient processions!) and the barns. fox way looks great, the paneling of ronan’s second secret…. and noah and blue’s scene at monmouth ❤️🩹 lovely! the art invokes all the feeling, where the characters and the story stall and scramble. i think these graphic novels serve as a treat for those already familiar with the story rather than something to go into blind. it just feels like sequencing- things are happening, im along for the ride, but the condensed nature leaves very very little time for the small moments and details that string it all together and make it feel meaningful. the things i listed weren’t even small details, they were huge ones imo, and even they didn’t make the cut. i get it! i was expecting it- maybe just not to this extent.
i guess maybe it felt super ronan centric (in its own attempted, shortened way)- cutting out a lot of gansey and blue’s important romantic developments, which surprised me. but how you can have a ronan story without “dream me the world”is beyond me. i am realllyyy hoping blue and gansey’s drive is included in the next book!
all in all, excited for the visuals of bllb, but yearning for all the yearning omitted from this version of the dream thieves.
DREAM ME THE WORLD???????????
I WISH YOU COULD BE KISSED???
where is kavinsky’s house?? where is blue and gansey’s nighttime drive…. their phone calls?? gansey’s interception of adam’s long walk, the tricolored car? the other people hunting the greywaren??? ADAM’S RENT? matthew and ronan at the barns… the malory pigeon phone call..?
(comparably small detail to the rest of these but a personal bias… adam eating ronan’s tattoo… i just selfishly wanted that dream sequence visual)
condensed to the point of near incomprehensibility. love love love this series and the passion poured into these graphic novels, and im grateful that they exist!! i will buy every one! but it’s becoming clear that the heart of the story lies in its original book format.
beautiful art, as expected, and i loved how a certain few scenes were illustrated- the imagery of adam’s visions comes to mind immediately (loved the ancient processions!) and the barns. fox way looks great, the paneling of ronan’s second secret…. and noah and blue’s scene at monmouth ❤️🩹 lovely! the art invokes all the feeling, where the characters and the story stall and scramble. i think these graphic novels serve as a treat for those already familiar with the story rather than something to go into blind. it just feels like sequencing- things are happening, im along for the ride, but the condensed nature leaves very very little time for the small moments and details that string it all together and make it feel meaningful. the things i listed weren’t even small details, they were huge ones imo, and even they didn’t make the cut. i get it! i was expecting it- maybe just not to this extent.
i guess maybe it felt super ronan centric (in its own attempted, shortened way)- cutting out a lot of gansey and blue’s important romantic developments, which surprised me. but how you can have a ronan story without “dream me the world”is beyond me. i am realllyyy hoping blue and gansey’s drive is included in the next book!
all in all, excited for the visuals of bllb, but yearning for all the yearning omitted from this version of the dream thieves.
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October 29, 2025the magician tarot card?????? the ronan???? the everything??? FIVE STARS immediately
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July 30, 2026Why did the illustration of Aurora hugging Matthew and Ronan actually make me cry
November 19, 2025
ADAM MY BELOVEDDDD
having adams scenes painted out before me was a legit throat punch because reading it was one thing but actually seeing it was another. i knew this was going to be amazing as tdt is my favorite in the series and it did not disappoint.
all the scenes we know and love (and hate) are included in and i cannot WAIT to read it again once i get a copy next year
having adams scenes painted out before me was a legit throat punch because reading it was one thing but actually seeing it was another. i knew this was going to be amazing as tdt is my favorite in the series and it did not disappoint.
all the scenes we know and love (and hate) are included in and i cannot WAIT to read it again once i get a copy next year
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October 30, 2025the magician tarot card on the cover are you kidding me omg
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October 29, 2025the cover is actually perfect. bye.
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April 28, 2026give it to me gay boy!
November 18, 2025
Ronan’s 🗣️ second 🗣️ secret 🗣️ was 🗣️ Adam 🗣️ Parrish 🗣️
August 4, 2026
Nothing but respect and admiration for the artists and colorists who worked on this project, and the previous installment; the character designs and backdrops are beautifully rendered and capture the aesthetics of the series perfectly. However, the changes made to this novel’s graphic adaptation are…baffling, to say the least, and I say this with recognition of the difficulties inherent in adapting a 460-something page book to graphic novel form.
The changes made to the timeline of events, here, don’t really make sense, and I would argue actually make the book suffer by condensing big moments into little ones and also trivializing character arcs and development. Details that really, really do matter are also absent - there’s no Ronan paying Adam’s rent, for example, or there’s no Ronan and Gansey at K’s substance party. The graphic novel starts with the Gangsey discovering Cabeswater’s disappearance, so you automatically lose all that buildup, but you also lose everything following it that tells you so much about the characters - the Pig breaking down, Gansey calling Declan, Ronan and Adam in the backseat, etc. The infamous boat scene comes out of order, and Adam and Gansey don’t actually go to DC - instead, Mrs. Gansey holds some sort of fundraiser at Aglionby and Adam’s amnesia episode isn’t really there. The rent plotline is replaced with an entrance fee to Mrs. Gansey’s fundraiser of $1300, except Gansey immediately waives it, because Adam is a friend of the family, which is not at all equivalent to the tuition raise/rent bit in the book.
Overall, all sense of how deeply these characters care for one another is lost here, which, in my opinion, completely shoots the whole project in the foot - so much of the allure of TRC is found in its intimacy and found family trope.
The changes made to the timeline of events, here, don’t really make sense, and I would argue actually make the book suffer by condensing big moments into little ones and also trivializing character arcs and development. Details that really, really do matter are also absent - there’s no Ronan paying Adam’s rent, for example, or there’s no Ronan and Gansey at K’s substance party. The graphic novel starts with the Gangsey discovering Cabeswater’s disappearance, so you automatically lose all that buildup, but you also lose everything following it that tells you so much about the characters - the Pig breaking down, Gansey calling Declan, Ronan and Adam in the backseat, etc. The infamous boat scene comes out of order, and Adam and Gansey don’t actually go to DC - instead, Mrs. Gansey holds some sort of fundraiser at Aglionby and Adam’s amnesia episode isn’t really there. The rent plotline is replaced with an entrance fee to Mrs. Gansey’s fundraiser of $1300, except Gansey immediately waives it, because Adam is a friend of the family, which is not at all equivalent to the tuition raise/rent bit in the book.
Overall, all sense of how deeply these characters care for one another is lost here, which, in my opinion, completely shoots the whole project in the foot - so much of the allure of TRC is found in its intimacy and found family trope.
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August 4, 2026
went in with No expectations this time around since trb disappointed me so much but GODDDD!!! somehow so much worse. i’ve complained to every person i know about the fact these novels simply do not work in any form other than its original one. everything that makes trc magical is what exists in the quiet moments and where maggie’s writing is able to shine. of course i don’t expect a 1:1 adaptation HOWEVER i do think it gets to a point where it’s just bastardizing the original work. so many wonderfully beautiful scenes are missing and it feels so confusing because?? where is the heart?? you have no sense of how deeply these characters care for one another?? why are we doing any of this?? why does it all matter?? the art is gorgeous so it feels like such a shame to see it wasted on a very weak summarized version of events. would have loved for these to just be illustrated versions of the novels rather than trying to do something new. i can’t imagine my introduction to such a rich and intimate story being through these graphic novels. if anything, these can work as a companion piece to the novels. which also frustrates me because these are able to exist Because of the following trc has maintained these last 15ish years so it feels like a slap in the face when some of the most beloved scenes are just constantly missing.
also secretly feel like there is one big grudge against adam parrish and adam/gansey in general by the adaptation team but that also might just be my adam parrish induced paranoia speaking.
will be back in the not so near future when we get blue lily, lily blue (which will be a shit show since it’s my favorite of the series)
also secretly feel like there is one big grudge against adam parrish and adam/gansey in general by the adaptation team but that also might just be my adam parrish induced paranoia speaking.
will be back in the not so near future when we get blue lily, lily blue (which will be a shit show since it’s my favorite of the series)
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October 30, 2025this is incredibly serious to me
August 3, 2026
We're back with gangsey searching for this dead welsh king and oh, I'll never get tired of this story. They are hands down one of my favorite found families, if not my absolute favorite. reading this adaptation just makes me want to finally do my reread of the series. I miss being with these characters so much 😭
The graphic novel does a good job summarizing overall what happens in this sequel, that being said I do highly recommend that you should read the series itself first if you've never read the raven cycle before!! I feel like it is difficult to decide what to keep and what to scrap when it comes to an adaptation, especially when there is limited space of telling a story, so I was a little bummed when a few of my favorite scenes were omitted, but at the same time I understood it. It's not possible to keep every detail, but at the same time I had wished the graphic novel was a tad longer.
The artwork was absolutely gorgeous as usual, and I can't wait to see how everything looks in color once my preorder arrives. The raven cycle will forever hold a special place in my heart.
Thank you penguin teen for the arc and gifted copy! <3
Out THIS TUESDAY, August 4th!!
The graphic novel does a good job summarizing overall what happens in this sequel, that being said I do highly recommend that you should read the series itself first if you've never read the raven cycle before!! I feel like it is difficult to decide what to keep and what to scrap when it comes to an adaptation, especially when there is limited space of telling a story, so I was a little bummed when a few of my favorite scenes were omitted, but at the same time I understood it. It's not possible to keep every detail, but at the same time I had wished the graphic novel was a tad longer.
The artwork was absolutely gorgeous as usual, and I can't wait to see how everything looks in color once my preorder arrives. The raven cycle will forever hold a special place in my heart.
Thank you penguin teen for the arc and gifted copy! <3
Out THIS TUESDAY, August 4th!!
August 3, 2026
Beautiful gorgeous art but…..yikes…. many of my favorite scenes and quotes are omitted and some (admittedly small but) weird story changes ultimately made it lose the magic and the intricacies of the story💔💔💔💔
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November 3, 2025somebody sedate me
August 5, 2026
sas you are a genius
August 4, 2026
Didn’t think that the graphic novel could make this friend group any more incestuous but oh well
April 20, 2026
Biiiiig thank you to the team at Penguin Teen Canada for giving me the opportunity to read this early! The art is so so beautiful like the first and the story is just as engaging as in the novel version!!
i love my bb ronan 😭😭😭
i love my bb ronan 😭😭😭
August 6, 2026
LOVE the graphic novel adaptations, i love being able to see them how the author sees them and whilst the books immerse me in henrietta anyway, the graphic novels immerse me in an entirely different way
August 6, 2026
amazing delicious stunning showstopping next book please
August 6, 2026
the fact that so much was cut out is kind of repugnant 🤞
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October 30, 2025my n1 anticipated release for 2026 and its not even CLOSE
August 7, 2026
i think the value of this book for me lies not in the content itself but in 1) how it gets me thinking about the raven cycle and inching ever closer to a reread and 2) the experience of going to the release event and hearing maggie and other fans talk about these books. apart from that, i think these graphic novel adaptations are baffling bc this story is fundamentally ineffective in this format. so much of the incredibly unique and memorable feeling that you get from these books is due to the prose and the interiority and the act of conjuring the settings and characters and fantastical actions yourself. when i was reading these books, i was fully 100% bought in and truly immersed regardless of how confused i was sometimes by the imagery as written on the page. but sometimes that felt like it was the point!!! so to have the graphic novel attempt to spell it out (not very well either) in these static visuals feels like it’s keeping me at arms’ length from the story rather than enveloping me in it. these books are just so wispy to me, so atmospheric, so dreamlike (which is most certainly the point in this book in particular!!!!!!) that i just cannot imagine anyone picking up this version of it for the first time and feeling even a fraction of the wonder and intrigue that i did. idk maybe there’s a world in which these books COULD be adapted in this format, just with a different artist with a weirder style maybe??? but as it is, the experience of reading this is like hearing the muffled sound of your comfort song playing from another room. i’m just gonna go to that other room. this is a recap of the dream thieves with serviceable pictures, and more than anything else, it just makes me want to reread the og
will i buy the other two books when they come out? yes yes i will. but like i said, half of the value is in seeing maggie for the release so. not exactly a glowing review of the book itself
will i buy the other two books when they come out? yes yes i will. but like i said, half of the value is in seeing maggie for the release so. not exactly a glowing review of the book itself
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August 5, 2026
these adaptations bring all of the beautiful strangeness of this series to life! although not every scene can be adapted in its entirety, they manage to keep all of the core emotions and plot intricacies intact! (however i am slightly annoyed that they took out what is perhaps my favourite quote in the series)
a certain scene in this did in fact make me cry 🙂↕️🙂↕️
a certain scene in this did in fact make me cry 🙂↕️🙂↕️
February 1, 2026
*4.5. Definitely more condensed and edited than the first volume, but this series is just so magical.
August 4, 2026
Obviously a five stars read, but I am very disappointed by a rushed and clumsy ending
August 4, 2026
I couldn’t have imagined a better Ronan and kavinsky scene than how it was illustrated here…
Also I am in love with Adam Parrish he might be one of THE characters of all time
Also I am in love with Adam Parrish he might be one of THE characters of all time
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