I am super glad we were wrong about the professor, too! I realize I am WAY late to this discussion, but I am about 100 pages in now, and since you were so kind to give me the Matthew spoiler, I have seen those hints everywhere, and I’m looking forward to the Adam/Ronan thing developing (just read the lotion part – so lovely).

I also can’t stop laughing at Greenmantle. I’m sorry, I know he’s a villain, but he’s just SUCH a tool in every conversation.

BUT. Now I have so much anxiety about Book 4! Who is going to die? Gansey? No one (which I would prefer but seems too easy)? EVERYONE? The only thing I am 100% sure of (okay, 99%) is that Blue and Gansey are going to kiss at some point. And even if he dies afterwards, it will be worth it!

I have definitely thought about the possibility that Gansey knows he’s going to die. 🙁

My sister thinks it’s something to do with Adam’s court date. I said I didn’t think so because the court date gets resolved within the confines of the book, and Maggie Stiefvater could just have said so AT the court date. So I think it’s something else, but I just don’t know what yet. There are so many things Gansey could arrange with the headmaster that would piss off Adam.

The mystery thing! It’s clearly Adam-related, but what?

Also, THE SWEATER METAPHOR and “It’s simplifying.” “Exactly.” #feels

Yeah, and he definitely did not seem displeased, right? More like “this is a high-quality person to be having a crush on me”.

And I looooooved how much time Ronan and Adam spent together. I completely forgot that Gansey was going to do some mysterious Ganseyish thing in the headmaster’s office in that one chapter. When Ronan says “Parrish is coming for a drive with me” and Adam says “I am?” I immediately had to devote all of my brain space to being excited about that. <3<3<3

I'm SO glad we were wrong about the Professor.

EEEEEEEEEEE, I love that. I also love that Adam KNOWS he’s Ronan Lynch’s other secret and has, like, thoughts and feels about that. And thirdly, I love that they spend so much time together in this book.

You’re right about the Matthew thing, btw – I love being surprised by something that makes perfect sense in retrospect. And I agree about the ending not being a cliffhanger. Of course someone was going to wake that sleeper.

No overarching theories for me either atm, but I’m sure I’ll have more thoughts in time.

PS: I’m glad we were wrong about the Professor.

Tell me YOUR theory. I don’t even KNOW. I have lost trust in my ability to form overarching theories. However, I do think Ronan’s been sleeping over at Adam’s. (Chastely.) Several hints have been dropped.