The Raven Boys

Blue is one of the main protagonists of The Raven Boys. Blue likes to think of herself as edgy and different, and she wears her hair in an intentionally unkempt style, having “worked hard to get it that way” (36). Blue begins the book feeling like an outcast among her family because she doesn’t share their gifts for clairvoyance and the supernatural. Instead, she is the booster her family calls upon when their gifts aren’t yielding satisfactory results. This contributes to her desire to be rebellious and to strike out on her own, making her an embodiment of Finding Where We Belong. When Blue meets Gansey and the other boys, her view of herself begins to change. Gansey and Ronan show her what real rebels look like, and Adam’s quiet assuredness makes her care less about standing out and more about being seen for who she is, showing how others affect how we see ourselves.

Since she was a child, Blue’s family has told her that her true love will die after she kisses him. Blue has had different relationships with this foretelling, and when the book opens, she’s decided it’s nonsense and doesn’t matter because she refuses to fall in love.