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Linger by Maggie Stiefvater
“Linger” is the sequel to “Shiver” and the second book in the Wolves of Mercy Falls trilogy. This review may contain some spoilers for “Shiver.” If you haven’t read that book yet, you may want to read that review instead – and maybe you would like to enter the giveaway for both book at the bottom of the post.
Grace and Sam are thrilled to finally be together for good, without the pesky problem of Sam turning into a wolf and never again being human. You see, Sam was a werewolf, turning from wolf and back to human with the changes in temperature. Now, though, Grace and Sam’s biggest problem is the fact that her parents seem to dislike him more and more with every passing day. Until Grace finds a dead wolf in the woods. After that, she begins to get strange headaches, fevers, and nosebleeds. An illness that others pass off as simply a virus, but Grace knows is something more. After finding a way to stay together, are Grace and Sam going to lose each other yet again?
“Linger” took “Shiver” and made it ever so much better.
Don’t get me wrong, I really liked “Shiver,” but “Linger” was a much richer, fuller story. Many people complained about Grace’s parents absenteeism, but now they start to wake up and are actually somewhat present in Grace’s life. In addition, the relationship between Grace and Sam becomes more realistic. The reader sees both of them spending time doing things apart and with other people, instead of being together all of the time that Grace isn’t in school. They clearly care about one another, but they are still their own people – even Sam who hasn’t had that much opportunity to be a person. I also just thought that Cole and Isabella’s storyline was much better developed than Jack and Isabella’s storyline was in “Shiver.” I would have liked to see a little more with Olivia’s story, however.
If you were on the fence about the Wolves of Mercy Falls series, I think that “Linger” should tip you towards yes. If it is any indication of where Stiefvater is going with this series, I cannot wait for the last book in the trilogy. Highly recommended.
Buy this book from:
Powells.*
A local independent bookstore via Indiebound.*
Amazon.*
This review was done with a book received from Stiefvater’s publicist.
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I so can not wait to read this one. I really enjoyed Shiver and if Linger is better than yippee!!!
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I have not read either book but I do want to read Shiver when I heard about it a while back and this sequence sounds interesting
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Thanks for the review and giveaway!
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This is one I cant wait to read either!
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Great review – thanks! My daughter really enjoyed Shiver, so I think I will recommend Linger to her. I read in a previous Devourer of Books post that the audiobook version of Shiver wasn’t your fav – have you listened to the audio version of Linger yet? Same cast?
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devourerofbooks Reply:
July 19th, 2010 at 1:20 pm
I have not yet listened to the audiobook of “Linger” and I probably won’t until right before the third book comes out, just to use it as a refresher. I thought I had heard a rumor that the narrator of Sam had changed, but I can’t find any verification that this is the case. I know that the narrator of Grace remained the same. I have heard good things about the narrator for one of the new characters.
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I’m crossing my fingers and hoping to win these books. My daughter has read Shiver and is going nuts waiting for the release of Linger. Glad to hear it is a sequel that holds up!
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These books are outside of my comfort zone but so many bloggers who I trust have loved them, so I want to give them a try.
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It’s so nice to hear that the second book is better than the first; that’s rarely the case in my experience.
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Thanks for the review (and giveaway)-can’t wait to read it!
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You make an excellent point about how Sam and Grace were more individual in this story than in Shiver. I, too, found Linger to be a step above Shiver and I loved the first so that says loads!
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I thought Linger introduced a lot of possibilities for the final book.
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I’ve been dying to read these! Great giveaway.
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I wasn’t that crazy about Shiver, but from the sound of it Linger might improve things. I’ll have to think about reading this!
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I’m glad to read that so many people enjoyed Linger. I know I have to read it now that I’ve finally read Shiver and loved it.
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I absolutely fell in love with Shiver, even though I certainly didn’t expect to lol
I am *drooling* (werewolf pun intended lol) to read Linger
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