What Is The Conflict In The Raven Boys

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In my book, The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater, there's more than one source of developing conflict. This is on behalf of the story being written in multiple points of view. But, the main developing conflict is that of protagonist Blue Sargent. Blue was born into a family of psychics, her mother being one along with all of her aunts that live in her house with her. Blue, although, has no psychic abilities. On account of her family being psychics, she's been told since she was a little girl that her true love will die if she kisses him. Early on in the book, Blue finds out that her supposed true love is Richard Campbell Gansey III. The conflict truly arises when Blue suddenly meets Gansey while at work and falls into his group of friends and

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