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Shiver (The Wolves of Mercy Falls, #1)

Maggie Stiefvater

Start date: August 1, 2014

Finish date: August 30, 2014

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Jan 24, 2014 ♥♡¢σσкιє♥♡ (Krystle) rated it liked it

Shelves: ya-romance, ya, meh, paranormal-romance, werewolves

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Everything that I didn’t like about this book I’m positive other people love so take this review with a grain of salt.

The author tossed almost all the traditional werewolf folklore out the window, but I happen to like traditional werewolf folklore so it didn’t work for me. I love the fact that Sam wasn’t a typical “pretty boy alpha male with a perfect body”, but werewolf novels are one of the few times that type of character makes sen ...more

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Aug 01, 2013 ♥Booknerdswift♥ rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites

It was soooooooo good! I loved it! Sam nd Grace- <3
Grace nd Olivia's friendship- <3
Heart everything about this book! ...more

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Jan 20, 2022 Angela Blount rated it it was ok

Shelves: urban-fantasy, ya

All respect to Maggie Stiefvater--I enjoyed most of The Raven Boys series, and found The Scorpio Races refreshingly unique. If nothing else, I could appreciate this book as evidence of how the author's prose has developed over time.

This was a largely slow-paced urban fantasy YA romance, spiced with a few flares of violence. The fantasy aspect centers around wolf shape-shifters (NOT werewolves, mind you. There is no intermediate stage between human and wolf in this scenario. Yes, I'm particular a ...more

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May 21, 2012 Justin rated it it was amazing

Shiver was astonishingly good. Werewolves are another thing I am extremely picky about when it comes to them being included in a YA book, but Maggie truly did an amazing job with Shiver. I loved how she portrayed the Werewolves, how it wasn't extremely dark but you still had that subtle touch of darkness. And the writing... Oh boy, the writing. I can't even begin to explain how great of a writer Maggie is, even from the first few chapters I was hooked on the way she writes. Shiver is packed with
Shiver was astonishingly good. Werewolves are another thing I am extremely picky about when it comes to them being included in a YA book, but Maggie truly did an amazing job with Shiver. I loved how she portrayed the Werewolves, how it wasn't extremely dark but you still had that subtle touch of darkness. And the writing... Oh boy, the writing. I can't even begin to explain how great of a writer Maggie is, even from the first few chapters I was hooked on the way she writes. Shiver is packed with amazing, what a great introduction to Maggie's writing.

As I already mentioned, Maggie did an amazing job portraying the Werewolves in this book. Sam, in particular was written extremely well. He really felt like a huge backbone to the story, not just because of him being a main character but just because it was so easy to connect with him. I've seen so many cases where you have main characters in a story like this that are extremely hard to connect to, and understand their role in the story but that's not the case for Sam or Grace. This story is pretty straightforward, once you learn everything There are a lot of fun and even suspenseful moments throughout the book that really help make the atmosphere really great, as you're reading. I honestly couldn't find anything wrong with the story as a whole though, everything was written extremely well as I have mentioned several times now and it all flowed together very nicely.

You already know how I feel about Grace and Sam... Amazing to say the very least. But there are also a lot of other great characters in this book that really makes it all come together very nicely. Olivia, Beck and Isabel are all extremely awesome in their own ways. I am leaving out a few characters from this review, simply because I don't want to spoil anything. But trust me when I say that even down the the smallest character, Maggie did a fantastic job breathing life into all of them and making them all extremely enjoyable within the story.

I am pumped to read the rest of this series. I am really anxious to see where Grace and Sam's story goes, and what happens to a few certain side characters. I am also interested to see what characters might be introduced in Linger, and what role they will play. After the events in Shiver, it feels extremely likely that there might be some new characters that might have some very important roles in the story, guess I will just have to wait and see. Needless to say, this is an amazing book and I highly suggest that you read it if you haven't yet. ...more

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Jan 14, 2015 Cassie rated it liked it

Shelves: own

More like 3.5. I absolutely loved the writing, and I liked the premise of the novel. I just wasn't the biggest fan of the romance. ...more

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Feb 05, 2011 Manda rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: ya-na

I don't usually read books on wolves because most of the past books have been crap. Shiver isn't in anyway crap, it't far from it. I liked the different take on wolves and the beautiful writing. I did get bored halfway through the book which is why I gave it four stars instead of five. The book has a lot of chapters which vary in different sizes. I think maybe the book could have done without a few chapters.
I found the book quite sad, and at times too sad to read. It was the wolves changing and ...more

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Jan 08, 2022 Angela Blount rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Couldn't keep going with the audio past halfway--switching to reading.

It's very slow going, and the female narrator sounds no older than my 11-year-old. The immature word choices and behavior aren't really helping that. The male narrator does sound like an 18-year-old... but that just makes the dynamic strike an 'ick' factor I can't seem to get past.

I just hope I can alter their voices in my head enough to make it through the hard copy. ...more

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Mar 06, 2012 Anna rated it really liked it

Wow. What a great first book!

It had a pretty great spaced out plot line. Not too quick but slow and steady. Maggie Stiefvater wanted her readers to feel it; and feel it I did.

This first book was magical, enchanting and tortuously romantic! My favorite kind of story. A definite must-read. I'm a little worried where she's going to take the story, since it ended great but there are two more books to the series, but I eagerly wait for them nonetheless! :) ...more

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Oct 31, 2011 Faith Flores rated it it was amazing

Shelves: series

Ok so i did take is book but I really didn't want to read it but a friend did recommend me this book so i deiced to look into it and well its very different.
I don't really have much words on this book as the other's but maybe I will more into this mouth but we shall see
I am still very new to this arthur a but so far this book does seem interesting. ...more

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