Title: Shiver
Author: Maggie Stiefvater
Series: The Wolves of Mercy Falls #1
Pages: 390
Published: Aug 1st 2009
Publisher: Scholastic Press
My mum bought all of Maggie Steifvater's five books (the ones she'd written at the time) for my friend's birthday (she reads a lot), and because it was like, only 5 pounds I got one too. So I started reading Shiver three years ago. I had read Twilight a bit before and a bit of Vampire Diaries so I guess I was still open for more, well, blood.
It wasn't the best book I've read. But it was a cute book to curl up with in the sofa and read just for pleasure. The plot was well thought through, but it wasn't complicated in the way that I had to think. I just went with what was said and accepted it. Nothing to question if that makes sense and sometimes it's not to bad to just have a book that easy to read through without complications and plot twists and what have you.
I like the chemistry between Sam and Grace because it's so simple. Like the rest of the book, there is nothing that hard to accept or doesn't make sense. Sure, he's a wolf, but they like each other and they stick together. Nothing like in Twilight where Team Edward and Team Jacob or Delena and Stelena in Vampire Diaries. I quite like it, because again, you don't have to think and there isn't that tension all the time (not that I don't like it), but it's just nice that once in a while have romance that isn't that complicated. Feelings are returned, lets keep it that way.
Plot Summary:
The pack circled around me, tongues and teeth and growls. When a local boy is killed by wolves, Grace's small town becomes a place of fear and suspicion. But Grace can't help being fascinated by the pack, and by one yellow-eyed wolf in particular. There's something about him - something almost human. Then she meets a yellowed-eyed boy whose familiarity takes her breath away...
Now I have this written up somewhere but I can't find it and I don't know what to search for on the internet so I'll edit this post when I find it!
My Rating:
8/10
Because it isn't that amazing thriller that keeps you hooked, but it's cute.
Other books in this series:
Shiver (The Wolves of Mercy Falls #1)
Linger (The Wolves of Mercy Falls # 2)
Forever (The Wolves of Mercy Falls # 2)
Other Books by Maggie Stiefvater:
The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle #1)
The Dream Thieves (The Raven Cycle #2)
Blue Lily, Lily Blue (The Raven Cycle #3)
The Raven King (The Raven Cycle #4)
Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception (Book of Faerie #1)
Ballad: A Gathering of Faerie (Book of Faerie #2)
The Scorpio Races
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