Get ready Twilighters…there’s a new book in town. But in this book, nobody sparkles, they shiver…
Grace was brutally attacked by wolves when she was a child. She survived, which was something just short of a miracle. Even though she was attacked by wolves, she has a strange connection with them. She has a strange connection with one in particular who has distinct yellow eyes. He is her wolf.
Sam watches her from the woods during the cold months, but never has the courage to approach her during the warm months. As a wolf, Sam can keep a silent watch over Grace outside of her house, but as a human he fears how she will react to him.
Grace and Sam know they are in love long before they meet face to face. When they finally do meet, Grace is nursing Sam back to health after he is shot in wolf form. He has turned human again, much to his surprise because it is getting cold outside and turning this late in the season usually does not happen. It seems like this meeting was meant to be.
The problem? The next time Sam turns into a wolf will be his last. Grace and Sam have to make the most of their time together before the true cold comes and Sam shivers away forever.
This book switches perspectives between Grace and Sam, plus gives the temperature updates for every chapter. As the temperature falls, the tension grows. Other complications arise when a student at Grace’s school gets bitten by the wolves and starts to go through the change. Grace starts to wonder why she never changed into a wolf after she was bitten, and she starts to remember who saved her from the wolves so long ago.
There are many levels to this book that will keep you reading. Sam has an interesting back story filled with deception from his own parents (who tried to kill him) and his adopted parent, Beck. Grace too has parent issues, but not the deadly kind, just the typical absentee parents who ignore her. Another subplot has to do with Grace’s best friend Olivia, but I can’t tell you what happens or it will give everything away. Just pay particular notice to Olivia during the book. Oh, and another cool thing about the book is that it is written in blue ink!
If you love the Twilight saga, you will be pleased with the romantic love story between Grace and Sam. However, I will tell you that the ending kind of surprised me in a way that made me slam the book shut and say, “That’s how it ends?!?” Although the ending is abrupt, don’t worry readers, there is a sequel called Linger that is coming out July 20, 2010.
Read Shiver and you’ll be thinking about it long after you slam the book shut. Leave comments to let me know what you think!
Grace was brutally attacked by wolves when she was a child. She survived, which was something just short of a miracle. Even though she was attacked by wolves, she has a strange connection with them. She has a strange connection with one in particular who has distinct yellow eyes. He is her wolf.
Sam watches her from the woods during the cold months, but never has the courage to approach her during the warm months. As a wolf, Sam can keep a silent watch over Grace outside of her house, but as a human he fears how she will react to him.
Grace and Sam know they are in love long before they meet face to face. When they finally do meet, Grace is nursing Sam back to health after he is shot in wolf form. He has turned human again, much to his surprise because it is getting cold outside and turning this late in the season usually does not happen. It seems like this meeting was meant to be.
The problem? The next time Sam turns into a wolf will be his last. Grace and Sam have to make the most of their time together before the true cold comes and Sam shivers away forever.
This book switches perspectives between Grace and Sam, plus gives the temperature updates for every chapter. As the temperature falls, the tension grows. Other complications arise when a student at Grace’s school gets bitten by the wolves and starts to go through the change. Grace starts to wonder why she never changed into a wolf after she was bitten, and she starts to remember who saved her from the wolves so long ago.
There are many levels to this book that will keep you reading. Sam has an interesting back story filled with deception from his own parents (who tried to kill him) and his adopted parent, Beck. Grace too has parent issues, but not the deadly kind, just the typical absentee parents who ignore her. Another subplot has to do with Grace’s best friend Olivia, but I can’t tell you what happens or it will give everything away. Just pay particular notice to Olivia during the book. Oh, and another cool thing about the book is that it is written in blue ink!
If you love the Twilight saga, you will be pleased with the romantic love story between Grace and Sam. However, I will tell you that the ending kind of surprised me in a way that made me slam the book shut and say, “That’s how it ends?!?” Although the ending is abrupt, don’t worry readers, there is a sequel called Linger that is coming out July 20, 2010.
Read Shiver and you’ll be thinking about it long after you slam the book shut. Leave comments to let me know what you think!
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