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Shiver (The Wolves of Mercy Falls, #1)

Maggie Stiefvater

Start date: July 1, 2011

Finish date: August 1, 2011

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Sep 06, 2010 Mlpmom (Book Reviewer) rated it really liked it

Shelves: dtb-book

3.5 Stars

While I love Stiefvater's Raven Cycle series I just couldn't get into this one like I was really hoping I would. I never felt a connection with the characters like I wanted to and although it was a good story, it didn't blow me away as much as I was hoping that it would.

Hopefully the next book will be better at capturing my attention and giving me that wow factor I am hoping for. ...more

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Jul 07, 2010 Realteenreviews rated it it was amazing

Shelves: dream-catchers-list, north-stars-list, living-destinys-list, shore-whisperers-list, favorites

The Gist

Grace Brisbane lives for the winter. During that time of the year, a yellow eyed wolf known to Grace simply as her wolf, watches her from the woods in her backyard. She’s had some sort of odd connection with him ever since she was attached by a group of wolves when she was eleven. Now, after six years of watching him from the porch, or from the swing in her yard, or from her bedroom window, she begins to wonder if there’s more than just wolf in those yellow eyes. Sam Ross lives for the s ...more

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Mar 14, 2011 Huma rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: teen-fiction, angular-relationships, imaginative-prosed-poetry, adjusting-to-new-worlds, young-adult, adult-themes, series, over-rated, pov, bittersweet-romance

I guess I was expecting a tad bit more from this book because of the hype and reviews; it's not a bad per-se book but there is an irredeemable quality about it which just screams, 'give me up'.

... and that was before I'd read the second-half of the book.

I like the concept, there IS a bit of new along with the old, but the dialogue could have been a bit more insightful - Stiefvater has been a bit frugal in some places, me thinks - as well as the character-development, which was just awful. The w ...more

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Oct 27, 2010 Jennifer rated it it was amazing

I really liked this book!

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Nov 08, 2010 Liza rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: werewolves, paranormal, series, first-in-series, young-adult

First two thirds it was a little bit boring for me..but the last 150 pages was really beautiful written. So because of this I give this book 3.5 stars otherwise I would give it 2 stars. Oh and the love between Beck/Sam and Sam/Grace at the end brought tears to my eyes. :(

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