Linger (The Wolves of Mercy Falls, #2) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

Jun 08, 2010 Shelleyrae at Book'd Out rated it liked it

I was so eager to read Linger, Shiver was just stunning, but I think I may have expected too much.
Linger is a much darker story, which was not necessarily a bad thing, but that sense of doom felt uncomfortable. I also felt the story was very choppy as it flipped between narration by Grace, Sam, Isobel and Cole. The short chapters contributed to that sense of unease wonderfully but it again I found it uncomfortable to read. If that was Stiefvater's intent then she achieved it admirably, but I mi ...more

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May 31, 2012 PJ rated it liked it

Shelves: pass-me-a-tissue, young-adult, romance-paranormal, 2012-books-i-ve-read

Just finished this and it feels strange to be back in my life. I get so emotionally invested in characters and have to come to grips with the fact that they're not real. This is purely by choice, of course. I don't really believe what I just said. I feel lucky to not have to wait to see what happens. Book 3 is here waiting for me to start. My thoughts: so many povs it took me over halfway to care about Cole and Isabel. Grace seemed very flat throughout, though it's explained later on. I miss the ...more

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May 06, 2010 Samantha rated it liked it

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With this second installment in Stiefvater's Mercy Fall's series, I had a lot of the same issues as I did with its predecessor, but I felt the ending was much more appropriate than the one she concocted for Shiver. I also enjoyed reading about Cole and Isabel much more than Sam and Grace, who although warm and fuzzy, are about as exciting as watching paint dry. Plot-wise I would have liked to see more than Grace's teenage angst issues with her parents and that whole drama was too played-out to k ...more

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Jun 19, 2010 Charlotte (Buried in Books) rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, fiction

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I loved Shiver, one of the best books I've read in a long time, so I guess I had high expectations of Linger. It doesn't live up to the high standard that Shiver set, but it's still an extremely good book.

From the start you know that Grace will end up as a wolf - the only question is how it will happen. She spends most of the book ill, knowing that something is very wrong and knowing that it's somehow linked to the wolves. The realisation that the wolves tend to die about 10 years after their l I loved Shiver, one of the best books I've read in a long time, so I guess I had high expectations of Linger. It doesn't live up to the high standard that Shiver set, but it's still an extremely good book.

From the start you know that Grace will end up as a wolf - the only question is how it will happen. She spends most of the book ill, knowing that something is very wrong and knowing that it's somehow linked to the wolves. The realisation that the wolves tend to die about 10 years after their last shift throws open the question of whether its linked to the shifting or the underlying reason for the shifting (a wolf toxin/disease). This whole area is opened up by on the new wolves - Cole, lead singer of a rock band who decided to let Beck turn him - because he wants to escape his life and would rather be a wolf than kill himself.

I have to admit that for a large part of the book I really couldn't stand Cole - or Isabel for that matter. Isabel is full of rage for most of this book, which I guess is understandable. She's full of guilt as she feels she did nothing to try and save her brother Jack. Graces's parents were also another reason that I struggled a bit with this book as they suddenly seemed to wake up to the fact that they had a daughter and tried to ground her/forbid her to see Sam ever again blah, blah, blah.

The one reason that I kept reading was Sam. He really is one of the best characters I've ever come across. He can't quite believe that he is cured. His feeling of helplessness as he realised he was loosing Grace - one way or another, was heartbreaking. But he also faces the fact that his cure, isn't a cure - that in 10/15 years time (although as he got less years shifting I can't help thinking that he'd let less time with his 'cure' as well) he'd be in the same position as Grace.

Cole needs to figure this one out - he also needs to figure out if being a wolf is what he really wants, because I think he could be happy with Isabel.

Do I really have to wait until next summer for the next book? ...more

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Dec 12, 2010 Logan rated it liked it

Shelves: borrowed-ebook, shifters, paranormal, young-adult

First impressions: If there's one thing Maggie Stiefvater can do, it's write a good intro. I liked the tone of the prologue, setting us up for a not-so-happy ending. When the actual story begins, we pick up soon after the first book left off, and I thought things got going right away.

Lasting impressions: Even though I could see where the story was going, I really didn't want it to happen. This book suffered from "middle book syndrome," where there's enough of a story arc to get us through, but n ...more

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Sep 21, 2012 Marla rated it really liked it

Shelves: romance, series, challenged, paranormal, audiobook, young-adult, shape-shifters, made-me-cry, buddy, zz-2015

It's been a while since I read Shiver and I don't remember what happened at the end of the book. I am at a lost and I need to read a synopsis, so I can refresh my memory.

I really enjoyed this book, more than the first book. (view spoiler) ...more

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Mar 08, 2011 Adele rated it really liked it

OMG I am so lucky i bougt the trilogy in one hit!
I have gone straight from this to the next in the series.
I am so addicted to this series right now.
I love how we got to know isabel a little more. i'm not sure about the introduction of cole. But my respect-o-meter went up after he was trying to logically find a cure.
and you know i think he will.
Poor sam. I almost cried, and i was almost heartbroken for him.
Bring on Forever! ...more

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