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It is released on November 22nd and is our Book of the Month! Every 2 weeks we send out an e-mail with 12 Book Recommendations by genre. Subscribe today! But as winter nears, Sam must fight to stay human—or risk losing himself, and Grace, forever. Get A Copy. Hardcover , pages. More Details Original Title. The Wolves of Mercy Falls 1. Mercy Falls, Minnesota , United States. Other Editions Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up.

To ask other readers questions about Shiver , please sign up. Is this like Twilight? Characterization, diction, and imagery are so much better. Maggie Stiefvater is one of the greatest YA authors writing now.

The whole series is delightful. Is anyone reading this right now? See all 51 questions about Shiver…. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Jul 04, Kat Kennedy rated it it was ok Recommends it for: Insomniacs Recommended to Kat Kennedy by: The world.

A very gender confused world. Shelves: kat-s-rants , just-plain-bad , ya-pnr-maddness , kat-s-book-reviews. I started reading this book and a curious thing happened. Suddenly my house was sparkling clean, my bills were filed away, I started playing Farm Story and reached level 13 in one day, I did my tax, I spent two hours chatting to the chatbott, Jabberwocky Shiver, the story of a girl drastically into beastiality, only to find out her wolf lover was really a boy.

As I read this book I had the strange urge to lock up my German s I started reading this book and a curious thing happened.

As I read this book I had the strange urge to lock up my German sheppard should Grace ever decide to visit my home because she really does fall in love with a dog I can't even begin to express how creepy her obsession with a wolf is. I get the whole eternal love thing. Perhaps Stiefvater was trying to show that Sam and Grace's connection transcends all the things love actually isn't supposed to transcend.

Maybe I'm just weird and completely unromantic, but I've never looked at Fido and found a kindred spirit. I never passed a dog down the street and found that I couldn't be attracted to men because they just weren't going to cut it for me anymore. So, other than the fact that this book disturbed the fucking hell out of me, bored me to death and dragged on like a visit to the old folk's home, it was also poorly edited.

The writing wasn't TOO bad. Some of the poems were down right rubbish, and some of the others were alright. Grace and Sam's voices were near identical. Oh, and another thing, Sam was annoyingly chaste for way too long. Where were all of these careful, thoughtful boys when I was in high school? It's a disturbing trend, really. Maybe I'm just a sucker for bad boys.

What is with the sudden need to keep us women in line? If I read one more paranormal, male hunk refuse the supposed love of his life, who is literally flinging her naked body onto him, then I think I'm going to start a convention C'mon, Stiefvater! Give the boy his balls back, please! He complained that a jacket made him look bulky!

He wrote a poem about a leaking womb! What teenage boy doesn't shudder at the thought of menstrual blood? What next? Chipped nail, PMS cramps? Is he going to stamp his foot and mutter, "Drat! I can't believe Jennifer is wearing the same dress as me! I think I might just die! After all, it was kind of nice to read about a "stoic" female character and an emotional, gentle male character. But Sam felt and read far too much like a middle aged woman and not like a teenage boy.

I didn't feel like he was well characterized or fleshed out enough. So all in all, I can't muster the energy to rant about this book. It was average on the writing scale. It's secondary characterization was pretty good but the main characters didn't do it for me.

The plot was SLOW. Her parents were stupid. I could complain that they were unrealistic - but I've met some fucked up parents over my life, so I'll buy that they really could be that moronic. What I will complain about is where they get this amazing and varied social life in a small town. It never explains why Sam's fate is mysteriously different to Jack's.

Maybe I'm just stupid I don't buy that. Was it because he was out in the freezing cold so it kept his temperature reasonable? Wouldn't that defeat the purpose of giving him a crazy-ass fever? Was it actually because he processed it as a wolf? Well that doesn't make sense because Grace never changed. And what's with the dramatic ending? He gets cured and goes home and gets dressed and reads a few books, checks his mail, gives himself a mani and a pedi, goes on a diet, waits for his skin to clear up, buys the perfect set of shoes and THEN tracks down the love of his life who he thought he'd never see again?

How about stumbling through the forest naked and desperately arriving in Grace's backyard because he can't believe the complete miracle of his cure and can't wait to have the love of his life back in his arms? Yeah, that ending makes so much more sense. I don't get why this is popular. But then, I don't get why Fallen is popular either. It's just all beyond me.

Now I'm off to see if I can cram the word "balls" into this review anymore. Balls, balls, balls. Oh my goodness she fell in love with a dog! This review can also be found on my blog, Cuddlebuggery Book Blog. View all comments. Jul 08, Heather rated it did not like it Shelves: I think all the purple prose has blacked out my eyes!

And I need some aspirin because my head aches from clenching my jaw as I am certain all the sappy sweetness contained in this adverb infested book was injected straight into my molars.

I am very much at a loss as to how this book has received so many glowing reviews. Am I missing something? Allow me to recount the story for mood purposes, you need to know that the setting of this book is frigid, so, well, feel cold okay? Moving on, Grace is 17 and in love with a golden eyed wolf that saved her when she was 11 and too weak and insipid to fight back for herself as wolves were attempting to consume her flesh.

Unable to think of anything but her love for a wild dog, Grace is forever seeking out her wolf, trying to catch a glimpse of him or possibly make friends with him a la White Fang, only in a romantic way.

Sounds disturbing right? Well brace yourself cause this wild dog is equally obsessed and in love with Grace, either due to the fact that she looked like an angel while lying in the snow, nearly catatonic and helpless or because his wolf self likes the stink of fear and uselessness. The best part of this book is the cover and the font, which sadly, had nothing to do with the author.

There was one well done scene, and the description was able to establish the temperature of the setting which was pertinent to the plot. But the very thing that the author was good at, description, was one of the very worst things about Shiver.

Grace might as well have been a Bella cutout, though somehow not as interesting, which is a whole new low that I never would have thought possible. And Sam, well he is the werewolf version of Edward, only lacking in confidence, swoonworthiness, and talent. But those moments were usually massacred by extreme ridiculousness, childishness, pretentious poetry, and random outbursts of nonsensical song lyrics that were impossible to ignore. So YA readers, do yourself a favor, and avoid this book like the plague otherwise you may experience bruising of the retinas, sore teeth, and burnt fingers from turning all those frosty pages.

Other side effects may include side stitches from laughing at extreme ridiculousness, random eye twitching and scratchy throat from asking WTH? Dec 13, Joe rated it did not like it Shelves: young-adult , fantasy , borrowed-library.

Here's how I imagine Stiefvater's meeting with the publishing house. Stiefvater: I want to write a book about a girl who falls in love with a vampire! Publisher: Sorry, Maggie. That's been done before. Read Twilight. It's terrible! Stiefvater: Oh. I want to write a book about a girl who falls in love with a zombie! Read Generation Dead. I want to write a book about a girl who falls in love with a werewolf!

Publisher: Bin Here's how I imagine Stiefvater's meeting with the publishing house. Publisher: Bingo! Months later Stiefvater: I wrote a book about a girl who falls in love with a werewolf! Publisher: reads a couple pages Maggie, this is terrible!

We'll take it! In what's becoming a distressing theme in young adult literature aimed at females, Stiefvater's Shiver follows a teenage girl who falls in love with a supernatural creature, and risks life and limb to be with him - oftentimes forgetting herself along the way.

Love, after all, is something every girl needs. Sure, Shiver lacks anything as truly awful as a vampire baseball game, but it does have a brooding protagonist werewolf Sam who writes unfathomably insipid lyrics to songs in his head.

I'm going to write my own teenage supernatural love story. It will be sexy! And scary! And totally realistic! The pale sunlight filtered through the linen curtains, casting a soft glow on the chupacabra's skin, highlighting the sick, putty-colored spine.

How had it gotten into her room? No matter. The glances that had passed between them in the desert earlier that day hadn't been in vain. Jessa swooned, casting a sultry look at the chupacabra. Her chupacabra. She reached out to it, and it ripped her fucking arm off. Jun 29, Miranda Reads rated it it was ok Shelves: audiobook. Stuck at home? Got some time on your hands? Want to start a long series? But you don't want a dud?

Check out this booktube video all about which series are worth your time and which ones aren't! Here's the Written Review! Girl loves wolf. Possible bestiality new edgy YA twist? Wolf is actually boy who loves girl. Wolf turns into boy. Girl loves boy. Many kisses. I stood on my toes and stole a soft kiss from his lips. Sam leaned down and kissed me back, his mouth lingering on mine, teeth grazing my lower lip, making me shiver.

This book wasn't bad per se His lips tasted cool and sharp, peppermint, winter, but his hands, soft on the back of my neck, promised long days and summer and forever. It wasn't even the totally terrible lovey-dovey levels Yes, believe it or not young teenagers, you can love a person for their personality. And as someone who prefers SOME sort of plot, I did get a little bored of all the cutesy moments of their relationship. So much of the page-space was absolutely devoted to Girl protecting Boy from secrets or Boy protecting Girl from secrets.

It's a huge pet peeve of mine whenever the plot of the entire book could disappear merely if the two main characters talk to each other. And the book did get a little fake-philosophical, which induced further eye-rolling. I'd found heaven and grabbed it as tightly as I could, but it was unraveling, an insubstantial thread sliding between my fingers, too fine to hold. It's like I get that Girl's been pining over Wolf for six years And let's not even get into the reason behind the werewolfism.

Suffice to say that there were more holes than a fishnet. Ultimately, I did enjoy parts of the book but good lawd. These kids need a cold shower. Though, I did love their love for books! Books are more real when you read them outside. View all 39 comments. Jul 30, Tatiana rated it it was ok Recommends it for: Twilight fans, especially those on Team Jacob.

Shelves: ya , romancelandia , why-the-hype , To sum it up, this book should have been called "Twilight: Team Jacob Version.

Well, while I understand that the author wrote her first draft of "Shiver" before "Twilight" came out, still, the similarities are striking. A boring girl whose only personality traits are obsessing about her supernatural boyfriend, doing homework and cooking dinner for her parents - check; an emo supernatural boyfriend whose life revolves around his human flame, who plays an instrument and writes songs for his To sum it up, this book should have been called "Twilight: Team Jacob Version.

A boring girl whose only personality traits are obsessing about her supernatural boyfriend, doing homework and cooking dinner for her parents - check; an emo supernatural boyfriend whose life revolves around his human flame, who plays an instrument and writes songs for his girl - check; a boy and a girl sleeping in the same bed night after night and no matter how much this girl asks for "it," the hero says "no," because it's not "right" - check; parents, who are oblivious to the fact that their daughter practically has a live-in boyfriend - check.

I can go on, but I am sure you get the picture. Why 2 stars and not less then? Well, the writing is not bad. It is a little "purplish," but at least we are spared numerous "chagrins" and endless "Edward is a beautiful god-like creature" rants. The werewolf mythology, although very little explored, is based on a moderately novel idea of the transformation caused by changes in temperature.

And finally, the main scorer is that Stiefvater manages to create in her book an atmosphere of coldness. You literally feel cold reading this book all the time. I have to give her some credit for this, I am sure it takes skill. I expect if you love "Twilight," you'll like this book too.

I personally didn't care for it much. There are 2 more books in this series, but I doubt I'll be reading them. Reading challenge: 1 - S View all 96 comments. Shelves: pn-shapeshifters , crush-worthy-boys , series-with-disappointing-endings , snowy , supportive , gorgeous-prose , young-adult , favorites-all-time , favorite-ya , read Lovely, lyrical, and achingly sad.

Shiver is more introspective than most YA books and is sometimes criticized for being too slow or wordy, but I found it to be beautifully written, tragic, and a gorgeous take on werewolf lore. Sam's desperate struggle to hold onto his humanity is incredibly poignant, and his heartrending relationship with Grace is deeply emotional and sweet.

It's a book that makes me cry every time I read it. Sam cupped my face in his hands and looked me in the eyes.

His eyes we Lovely, lyrical, and achingly sad. His eyes were yellow, sad, wolf, mine. Remember that when you look at me. Remember it's me. It's in a class all its own. View all 84 comments. And I stopped it. I just love her writing style, the way she always manages to create an amazing atmosphere, how she weaves a mystery around it all and adds so beautifully broken characters into her plot line.

More than that. Beck kept me Sam. I swear Sam is such a special snowflake and I loved him right from the start! I loved that he was always so shy around Grace and that he tried to keep his distance even though he was in love with her.

Beck was right; Sam really is the best of them all. How cool is that?! A boy that turns into a wolf and has yellow eyes! XD Also his past, oh my! Maggie you have a talent to write the best broken characters and Sam is no exception to the rule. Poor boy and what he had to go through! I just wanted to wrap him into a blanket and keep him warm!! What was I without my wolf skin?

A boy stuffed so full of words that they spilled out of me. At least not physically. His mind?! That was what Sam was: transient. A summer leaf clinging to a frozen branch for as long as possible. In fact both of them did. Grace tried her best to help him, but with the temperatures dropping so low this was a real struggle. And this kind of brings me to the next thing I loved about the book: The temperature information at the beginning of every chapter!

This was a really cool detail and it really helped me to get a feel for the story! XD All told I enjoyed this immensely and because the ending was so abrupt I feel like I need to dive into the next book soon! As always our buddy read was rather spontaneous but I really enjoyed it and I loved that we tried to guess the ending.

View all 49 comments. Oct 09, Penny rated it did not like it Recommends it for: Nobody. Not even my worst enemy. Shelves: paranormal-romance , wish-i-could-unread , werewolves , should-never-have-been-published , ya-fiction , disappointing , reviewed-books , stalled , i-think-i-m-gonna-be-sick. Who is publishing these horribly written YA novels? I couldn't finish this book.

Actually not only is this book boring as hell but the audiobook was poorly cast more on that later. This is another book I picked up because of the pretty cover. But guess what? Not an interesting story. Not even kind of. The coupling in this book? Boring--I mean, really boring. Sam doesn't think like a guy. Not even a little. Sam thinks like a woman. A really boring older woman.

No guy throws on a puffy coat and thinks "I look like a blimp in this thing. No way. Not ever. I can't help but wonder if Sam ever gets around to asking Grace if his pants make his butt look fat.

But I digress. Grace is Boring. Not only that but she's also insipid, and irritating. Did I mention mind-numbingly boring? So just to review: Grace: She's Bella Swan's evil, but oh-so-very-boring twin. And the character named Isabella I think that's her name , that, like, pisses herself? Seriously, WHY? It's because of the pissing scene that I stopped paying attention to the audio book. Sure, every once in a while I caught snippets of the story.

But none of it was interesting. So eventually I turned it off and cursed Audible for having a no return policy--sure, it totally makes sense. But still. Tangent: Look, I wasted one of my audible credits on this piece of trash. I can't resell it, or even trade it for something better. I'm pissed. Speaking of the audio book: like I said earlier it was horribly cast. The female narrator sounds like a fourteen-year-old girl. And the male narrator sounds like my old elementary school gym coach. The one that sorta looked like a child molester--you know what I'm talking about, everyone had a coach like that.

Needless to say, the audio book gave me heebies from the get go. I couldn't help but picture some ninth grade girl--because, like I said, she sounds quite young--flirting with her disgusting teacher who has a mustache and wears tiny gym shorts. I'm still traumatized. So yeah, I advise you don't read this book.

And definitely don't buy the audio book. If you do, don't say I didn't warn you. That is all. View all 92 comments. Nov 18, C. Drews rated it it was amazing Shelves: paranormal , read , audio-books , 5-star , read , reread , young-adult , read Sam's sweet softness will never stop breaking me into pieces, and just the themes of holding onto yourself, your humanity, being shaped by circumstance and being a product of your environment are intricately explored.

I fully love it. It is so slow and thoughtful and loving. And the sensory elements! It has me craving winter and peppermint [read 4 ] Reading this book is like being swallowed whole by winter. It has me craving winter and peppermint and woodsmoke and sweaters.

I also listened to the audio this time and really loved both the narrators! On 2 x the speed, because my brain needs things fast. I'm definitely glad Stiefvater's later books have grown. Which means my sieve-brain and I remembered next to nothing. I have so many feelings. She just has a way of totally drawing you into the story. I was just absorbed by werewolves and book lovers and grief and wanting and the excitement of life and the fear of lose. And it was so so beautifully written.

Also Sam is the softest and I love him. And shout out to the food scenes, which I didn't pay attention to until this time. But there is so. And it's all so symbolic in how it's portrayed. Sam and Grace having candies and peppermint hot chocolates together as their first "real date" Grace cooking for herself in a lonely cold house vs Sam making Grace porridge.

Let's just say food is important here and I love love these scenes. I'll be honest: mostly Isabel and Cole Second time round, my thoughts? I noticed, compared to Maggie Stiefvater's writing now, Shiver was a lot thicker on description and action-less prose. And I also noticed that Sam and Grace literally ran into their relationship. They knew of each other, but not really each other.

Sam is so sweet and unassuming. And Grace is so black-and-white and Vulcan. Plus they have the best banter in the world. I want to read the second two again now Ah, if I had to answer the question "what's your guilty pleasure reading", it'd probably be rereading this series. I thoroughly enjoyed it and was only skimming a few pages because I wanted to get back to the dialogue.

It's definitely the strongest part. The characters all just shine in this book. Like even the briefest mentions of Isabel she's already popping with personality, even before she comes over to make quiche.

They felt like cookie cutters: the introvert and the extrovert, and Grace's need to make them stick But hey, it's Sam. It's understandable. View all 15 comments. Feb 07, Cory rated it did not like it Recommends it for: Idiots. Trolls: You are welcome to comment on my review.

In winter he stays in the frozen woods, with the protection of the pack. When Grace and Sam finally meet they realize they can't bear to be apart. But as winter nears, Sam must fight to stay human - or risk losing himself, and Grace, for ever. For Grace, this means defying her parents and keeping dangerous secrets. For Sam, it means grappling with his werewolf past But just when they manage to find happiness, Grace finds herself changing in ways she could never have expected.

Wolves are being hunted. Lives are being threatened. An love is harder and harder to hold on to as death comes closing. Clair, a pivotal character from the 1 bestselling Shiver Trilogy. Cole St. Clair has come to California for one reason: to get back Isabel Culpeper.