Shiver

I hate when I don't have books to read when I'm on a break from work.  I live for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Spring and Summer Breaks because I get to read, read, read!  Therefore I went to the media specialist at work and she suggested the Shiver Saga by Maggie Stiefvater.  I was wary at first because it's out of my usual distopian kick, but I'm glad I got into it.

Shiver is told in 1st person (which if you've read my other posts you know I love) from the perspective of two different characters, Grace and Sam.  As Grace grows up she is obsessed with the wolves that live in the woods behind her house.  She was attacked by the wolves when she was young but a wolf with yellow eyes (her wolf) saved her from the rest of the pack.  Sam just so happens to be that wolf.  Ever since he saved her he watched her from the woods in the winter.  When a boy from school is 'killed' by the wolves the men of the town go out hunting the wolves.  Sam gets shot as a wolf.  Grace sees her wolf is shot and goes to help him.  When she goes into the house and comes out Sam has phased back into a human.  From that point it's a love story with the added wolfy drama in it.

I like Grace and Sam.  Grace is a strong independent person who seems to be raising her parents more than they are raising her.  Sam is always respectful of Grace and doesn't try to push himself on her.  They do end up having sex which I saw coming from the fifth chapter or so that it was going to happen.  It's a middle school level book and I think they can leave that kind of thing out, but I'm not the author.  All in all it is a very well written book.  A quick and easy read for me as soon as I had a chance to sit and read.  It kept me up until 2am two nights in a row so it must have been good.  I'm pretty excited to move into Linger, which is the second book in the saga.  

Until then, happy reading!