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Shiver Trilogy Boxset (The Wolves of Mercy Falls, #1-3)
by
Maggie Stiefvater (Goodreads Author)
The amazing, haunting Shiver trilogy is complete!shiverSam's not just a normal boy - he has a secret. During the summer he walks and talks as a human, but when the cold comes, he runs with his pack as a wolf. Grace has spent years watching the wolves in the woods behind her house - but never dreamed that she would fall in love with one of them. Now that they've found each...more
Hardcover, 1150 pages
Published
July 12th 2011
by Scholastic Inc.
(first published November 1st 2010)
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Oct 27, 2011
Demonic Circus Princess
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5 of 5 stars
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Everyone who ever lived.
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Karma owed me
Someone asked me the other day, "If you had three wishes, what would you wish for?"
Of course my first answer was "For more wishes. Duh." But then they glared at me so I was like, "Fine. I'd wish for more time to think of what to wish for because I don't like pressure!" I crossed my arms, made a face like a frustrated five year old, and stomped away.
Well, today I have decided what I want one of my wishes to be. I want a machine that can bring people back from the dead, for one reason only:
To shov...more
Of course my first answer was "For more wishes. Duh." But then they glared at me so I was like, "Fine. I'd wish for more time to think of what to wish for because I don't like pressure!" I crossed my arms, made a face like a frustrated five year old, and stomped away.
Well, today I have decided what I want one of my wishes to be. I want a machine that can bring people back from the dead, for one reason only:
To shov...more
Please see the individual Books for a review.
this is just how i purchased my books.
Sorry But I'm Not swapping this one!!
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Shiver Review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
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Forever Review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
this is just how i purchased my books.
Sorry But I'm Not swapping this one!!
Click on the links below to find the review for each book.
Shiver Review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Linger Review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Forever Review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Raven Boys was so delightful that going back in time to Wolves of Mercy Falls was maybe always going to be a disappointment. Don't get me wrong -- this is still skillful stuff. Maggie can always spin a line and, for example, "I may have thrown one too many Molotov cocktails over God's fence," is a stonking good one. And her treatment of lycanthropy as simultaneously a disease and a metaphor for death is an interesting one. Most of my problems with the book might be rooted in my lack of interest...more
I really really liked the first book; it was absolutely addictive. But the other two were really disappointing. What I found difficult about these books was how Maggie changed who was speaking almost every paragraph, so I sometimes got confused who was talking or what the frick was going on. There were really good scenes in the books that were easy to read and enjoy, but some just didn't really fit and were a bit choppy in my opinion. In the last book, the end was annoying! The author pretty muc...more
I read this series when it first came out and recently reread it. Something about Maggie Stiefvater just draws me in. Her writing is lyrical, just short of poetic, although there is no lack of (quoted) poetry. I love the pictures she paints with her simple, show-don't-tell style. Somehow I enjoyed these books even more the second time around. Having the big picture under my belt, I picked up on subtleties in the story that weren't evident the first time. Her characters (the sensible pragmatist,...more
The series focuses on Grace and Sam. Grace is a high school student in love with her wolf boy Sam. Since the werewolf/shifter genre has grown tired, Maggie decided to throw some ice on this one, literally. When winter hits Sam shifts back into fluffy. Grace and Sam grow closer and closer and closer and closer (ha -had to do it) while dreading the approaching cold. A few other characters are thrown in the mix and stick around throughout the series. Some annoyed me while others made me feel sad (I...more
Plot:
Some of us may feel annoyed about reading about a girl falling in love with a werewolf so soon after Twilight, but the books deal with the fantasy aspects in unique ways, and like Stephanie Meyer, Stiefvater changes some of the old legends and creates her own. Also, the story is not just love—there are some action-packed bits too. After Shiver, the books lose the similarities with Twilight, new characters/romances are introduced, and it all gets less cheesy.
Writing:
Alternating, first-pers...more
Some of us may feel annoyed about reading about a girl falling in love with a werewolf so soon after Twilight, but the books deal with the fantasy aspects in unique ways, and like Stephanie Meyer, Stiefvater changes some of the old legends and creates her own. Also, the story is not just love—there are some action-packed bits too. After Shiver, the books lose the similarities with Twilight, new characters/romances are introduced, and it all gets less cheesy.
Writing:
Alternating, first-pers...more
I am reviewing this series all together because they flow perfectly from one to another and I read them over a period of two days. I love, love, love this series so I am going to talk about them a lot and I will probably give things away, so I am putting a spoiler alert on most of my review. For those of you who have never read the series and don't like spoilers, I will share a few of the adjectives that I will probably use in my review. Beautiful. Lyrical. Unique. Abstract. Bittersweet. Tragic....more
Shiver.
I loved it! the character's are all so likeable and I found I could hardly put it down. Sam and Grace have a real teenage love, unlike in other romance novels, they're nervous about being with eachother but they love eachother! And I like how different these books are from your other werwolf novels.
Linger.
I loved reading this too. But it was definitely really sad at the end, but suspense was good, inevitably leaving the readers hungry for more.
Forever.
As I said in my review for Linger,...more
I loved it! the character's are all so likeable and I found I could hardly put it down. Sam and Grace have a real teenage love, unlike in other romance novels, they're nervous about being with eachother but they love eachother! And I like how different these books are from your other werwolf novels.
Linger.
I loved reading this too. But it was definitely really sad at the end, but suspense was good, inevitably leaving the readers hungry for more.
Forever.
As I said in my review for Linger,...more
The story of these books rocketed me to high highs and dragged me to lows lows--like any good story does.
The first book: Music, love, shapeshifting wolves. Sam is "The Boy," a wolf. He doesn't want to be, but as far as he knows, he can't change it. Grace is his "Summer Girl," because Summer is the only time where he can live a normal life, without his body exploding and reforming into an almost-human wolf. How can this work, you ask? Read.
The second book eclipses it, in my humble opinion. C...more
The first book: Music, love, shapeshifting wolves. Sam is "The Boy," a wolf. He doesn't want to be, but as far as he knows, he can't change it. Grace is his "Summer Girl," because Summer is the only time where he can live a normal life, without his body exploding and reforming into an almost-human wolf. How can this work, you ask? Read.
The second book eclipses it, in my humble opinion. C...more
I devoured all three of these books. I'm not sure why. It was a little too teen for my typical reading tastes but read all three books in the trilogy back to back. I guess each book inspires you to read the next. I can't say I didn't enjoy it.
The author really made me care about what happened to the characters, even when she introduced ones that I didn't like, she gave them redeeming qualities which kept me guessing, because I never knew what they were going to do or how they were going to get t...more
The author really made me care about what happened to the characters, even when she introduced ones that I didn't like, she gave them redeeming qualities which kept me guessing, because I never knew what they were going to do or how they were going to get t...more
The shiver trilogy is a typical, boring werewolf story. It wasnt very enjoyable, it wasnt compelling or surprising, nor did it really seem to have much of a story line. it just seems the problems drag on throughout the three books, with each character slowly realising the obvious option to solve the complications. It was pretty easy to read though, and if it werent for the occasional teenage moment, i wouldve suspected it was for a younger reading age. The covers were pretty but also kind of chi...more
I did not get the books in the Boxset i got them as single copies. But the series still gets 5 stars from me. I got the first one for my birthday. It was a gift from my grandma, i read it all in one night. Then i reread it for the next 2 days. Then i bought the second one with a gift card from my birthday and even though the first 50 pages were boringish i still managed to read it in about 2 or 3 days. Then i was at my aunts house and we went to the book store and she bought me the third one whi...more
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Overall I gave The Wolves of Mercy Falls trilogy by Maggie Stiefvater 4 STARS. Shiver, Linger, and Forever complete The Wolves of Mercy Falls trilogy, and it's a wonderful series filled with wolves, romance and suspense. Although I wish Maggie Stiefvater would have answered more of my questions in the conclusion of Forever, I still think this is a great young adult series and I highly recommend it.
READING, EATING & DREAMING
Overall I gave The Wolves of Mercy Falls trilogy by Maggie Stiefvater 4 STARS. Shiver, Linger, and Forever complete The Wolves of Mercy Falls trilogy, and it's a wonderful series filled with wolves, romance and suspense. Although I wish Maggie Stiefvater would have answered more of my questions in the conclusion of Forever, I still think this is a great young adult series and I highly recommend it.
READING, EATING & DREAMING
I love this series.
SHIVER got me all hooked up with the love between Sam and Grace. He was a wolf, she was not. But she knew he was. And he knew something about her that wasn't right. In this first installment, they meet again, they fell in love, and Grace is strugling with Sam soon to be changing in to a wolf. He tell his story about how it happened and what his parents did to him. I read Shiver in two days, only because I had to work and I would've look weird(crazy) reading while attending cus...more
SHIVER got me all hooked up with the love between Sam and Grace. He was a wolf, she was not. But she knew he was. And he knew something about her that wasn't right. In this first installment, they meet again, they fell in love, and Grace is strugling with Sam soon to be changing in to a wolf. He tell his story about how it happened and what his parents did to him. I read Shiver in two days, only because I had to work and I would've look weird(crazy) reading while attending cus...more
this series of books were awesome they just simply rocked!!!
the first one (Shiver) in my eyes was the best it was an amazing and touching book that will probly still be around in years from now.
the second one (Linger) was super good but i still think that the first one was just breath taking,this one may not have been as good in my eyes but it was still a realy good book that made a nice conyinueation to the first one!
The last one (Forever) well the title was not that original but still all toge...more
the first one (Shiver) in my eyes was the best it was an amazing and touching book that will probly still be around in years from now.
the second one (Linger) was super good but i still think that the first one was just breath taking,this one may not have been as good in my eyes but it was still a realy good book that made a nice conyinueation to the first one!
The last one (Forever) well the title was not that original but still all toge...more
Yeah, I love these (I might have to come back and give it 5 stars). If I'd read them as a teenager I probably would have liked them more, but they're still great - why didn't these get as popular as Twilight?
I will say that the similar plotlines across the books are a little bit annoying - they're approached from different ways, but it's the same problem happening each time.
I will say that the similar plotlines across the books are a little bit annoying - they're approached from different ways, but it's the same problem happening each time.
It was a different way to look at werewolfism, and the main love story was sweet (very twilightesq). However, there was another love match that was building and IMO was much more interesting and in depth than the main couple, but it was never finished. Plus, the writing didn't really make me want to read it as fast as I devour other books. I could put it down and not feel the tug to go back to it right away. I can sum it up by saying: They aren't going on my reread list...
Maybe it's the fact that a lot of people told me that this series is amazing which probably made my expectations really high and which then made it look sort of like.. crap.
Or maybe... it didn't ring the bell for me.
Sam was just full on awkward which turned me off. He's the book's "guy". I have to like the book's "guy" to like the book— but he didn't do it for me at all. The action was minimal which is shocking for a wolf series.
Anyways, I didn't like it. The end.
Or maybe... it didn't ring the bell for me.
Sam was just full on awkward which turned me off. He's the book's "guy". I have to like the book's "guy" to like the book— but he didn't do it for me at all. The action was minimal which is shocking for a wolf series.
Anyways, I didn't like it. The end.
I really enjoyed reading these, they are however very adult. Grace is bitten by a wolves when she is little and all she remembers is being saved by a wolf with yellow eyes. When a boy shows up on her front door, wounded, with the same yellow eyes, she knows it is the same person. Anyways, each book goes through the trails of young love and dealing with being werewolves.
The Wolves of Mercy Falls series by Maggie Stiefvater...."Shiver" introduces us to Grace and Sam, a boy who when the seasons change transforms into a wolf. "Linger" follows them and trusted friends as they try to find a cure for Sam. in "Forever" the tables are turned, its Grace who now transforms and Sam who has been saved.....its a love story to capture your heart.
Brilliant blend of supernatural and the real world, couldn't believe how seamless the transition was, great concept and live story about romance and family and how people (and wolf people) have to cope with both sides of their being. Heart breaking, joyous and sublimely intertwining. Great series for old and young alike
I really enjoyed this series, however, the ending could have been better. It became realy interesting when I realized it wasn't another werewolf love story. It was more of a mystery. Trying to figure out how the wolves became "the wolves" and what made them change was fun. I wanted to find out the answer so bad!
This series was really good if you like werewolf. I thought that it was a little slow at first but then it got better and it had lots of drama. I found it kinda sad that they had back to back to back drama for all the characters. But like I said before, it was good.
The first one was great but then the pace just got way too slow for my liking. Plus, I didn't like the alternating perspectives. The series started off powerful, but eventually, it just lost my interest. She's a great writer though, I was just expecting a little more.
I LOVE THESE BOOKS! I love twilight and the hunger games but these are the best books I've read they're so easy to read and cute I've read better but they make me feel warm and fuzzy which is why they're my favourite just go for it!!!!
These book were very elegantly written.
I loved the relationship between Sam and Grace.
It was just a weird read for me, I loved the writing and the love they had for one another but the story didn't have me completely hooked.
I loved the relationship between Sam and Grace.
It was just a weird read for me, I loved the writing and the love they had for one another but the story didn't have me completely hooked.
An amazing series of books by Stiefvater! Her words are so perfectly chosen they slip off the page to caress your mind. The characters are all wholly realized and although Same and Grace are my favorites, Cole and Isabel are incredibly interesting and entertaining. The wolves are multidimensional, and the plot is fascinating and frightening.
A beautiful group of books about a boy and his summer girl,and the range of their wonderful love which is wide as the Boundary Woods. I will miss reading th...more
A beautiful group of books about a boy and his summer girl,and the range of their wonderful love which is wide as the Boundary Woods. I will miss reading th...more
May 05, 2012
Cassie Schmidt
marked it as to-read
I have seen many people reading these but I have not been able to get my hands on the series because everyone in our school is reading them and I can't wait to be able to read your books they sound like they are very good.
Oct 01, 2012
Nainai
is currently reading it
definitely a romantic fantasy novel that show you the basic need in our life, to be caring, loving, protecting, and we will do anything to pursuit that, include sacrifice our life...
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