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Shiver
by Maggie Stiefvater
3.5 stars
Shiver is the first Maggie Stiefvater book I read and the trilogy was one I loved and flew through. Because of this, it will always have a special place for me in my heart and I was happy to finally reread Shiver after a few years apart from it.
The book takes place in Mercy Falls where a 17-year-old girl called Grace was attacked by wolves when she was younger. Rather than being scared by them, Grace now feels a close affinity to the wolves that haunt the woods behind her house, in particular a young wolf with yellow eyes who seems to be her quiet guardian. Grace's guesses that the wolves are more than they appear prove correct when a young man with yellow eyes comes to her for help one night.
While Grace and Sam are VERY insta-lovey, there's a part of me that doesn't mind their relationship because they have technically known each other - even if it's just a soulful thing - for six years. I do wish there was a little bit of distance and more talking before kisses and bed cuddles to make things more realistic (as realistic as you can get in a werewolf story) but I don't have a whole lot of complaints. One thing that does annoy me though is when Sam and Grace are in the honeymoon stage, Grace literally ditches her friends and doesn't care about them. Her friend goes AWOL and she decides to wait a week before calling in to her - if I didn't talk to my best friend for more than a day, she'd be knocking down the door to make sure I was okay. Get your priorities straight Grace.
This book also has very absent parents but this is talked about in length by Grace and Sam so at least it's acknowledged and it's pointed out that it's abnormal and not right.
I do like that Stiefvater was able to create a nice twist on the typical werewolf story with the transformation being connected to the weather rather than the moon and it makes for some great scenes and beautiful descriptions. I am looking forward to continuing on with my reread and getting to know the rest of the pack better again as this book was very much focused on just Grace and Sam.
Shiver is the first Maggie Stiefvater book I read and the trilogy was one I loved and flew through. Because of this, it will always have a special place for me in my heart and I was happy to finally reread Shiver after a few years apart from it.
The book takes place in Mercy Falls where a 17-year-old girl called Grace was attacked by wolves when she was younger. Rather than being scared by them, Grace now feels a close affinity to the wolves that haunt the woods behind her house, in particular a young wolf with yellow eyes who seems to be her quiet guardian. Grace's guesses that the wolves are more than they appear prove correct when a young man with yellow eyes comes to her for help one night.
While Grace and Sam are VERY insta-lovey, there's a part of me that doesn't mind their relationship because they have technically known each other - even if it's just a soulful thing - for six years. I do wish there was a little bit of distance and more talking before kisses and bed cuddles to make things more realistic (as realistic as you can get in a werewolf story) but I don't have a whole lot of complaints. One thing that does annoy me though is when Sam and Grace are in the honeymoon stage, Grace literally ditches her friends and doesn't care about them. Her friend goes AWOL and she decides to wait a week before calling in to her - if I didn't talk to my best friend for more than a day, she'd be knocking down the door to make sure I was okay. Get your priorities straight Grace.
This book also has very absent parents but this is talked about in length by Grace and Sam so at least it's acknowledged and it's pointed out that it's abnormal and not right.
I do like that Stiefvater was able to create a nice twist on the typical werewolf story with the transformation being connected to the weather rather than the moon and it makes for some great scenes and beautiful descriptions. I am looking forward to continuing on with my reread and getting to know the rest of the pack better again as this book was very much focused on just Grace and Sam.