Shiver - Maggie Stiefvater

Started : 19th October 2010

Finished : 22nd October 2010

Rating : 5/5

The Blurb :

For years, Grace has watched the wolves in the woods behind her house. One yellow-eyed wolf - her wolf - is a haunting presence she can't seem to live without. Meanwhile, Sam has lived two lives: In winter, the frozen woods, the protection of the pack, and the silent company of a fearless girl. In summer, a few precious months of being human -- until the cold makes him shift back again. Now, Grace meets a yellow-eyed boy whose familiarity takes her breath away. It's her wolf. It has to be. But as winter nears and the temperature drops, Sam must fight to stay human or risk losing himself, and Grace, forever.

My Review:

Wow. That’s the first thing which came to mind every time l put this book down to get some food or was dragged away from this book for a few seconds, the pages were whizzing by. This book took over my mind, constantly thinking “what is going to happen next?” The thing that surprised me the most with this book is that it isn’t the most complicated story line with the most magical twists in it but yet l was totally gripped and found myself skipping a few lines as l just couldn’t wait to find out what happens.

The author really made this book something special from the magical romance between the two main characters wasn’t to sickly and therefore felt very real for me as the reader to believe the feelings and found myself feeling like l knew the characters personally. I think this was helped even more because of how the book is wrote from both Sam’s and Grace’s point of view so you start to understand both of their feelings and therefore understand the characters which Maggie was trying to create and did a great job of making them real from the readers point of view.

Cannot wait to read linger to escape to the world which Maggie has created.