Shiver (The Wolves of Mercy Falls, #1) in The Dusty Bookshelf

Feb 11, 2010 Gaijinmama rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, purchased

A sweet story of young star-crossed love that also manages to be creepy as hell.
Seriously, where were the YA books like this when I was in high school!!
Aside from graphic depictions of what it must be like to be chewed on by wolves, what upset me the most was the main character's parents. They were just awful! Not abusive, just criminally selfish, immature and neglectful. Not that I am a perfect parent myself, but I like to think I would at least know if my daughter were...you know...doing it wi ...more

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Dec 01, 2010 Ruth rated it liked it

Shelves: npr-100-best-ever-teen-novels, audiobooks

A fun YA novel of supernatural romance. Drawing many comparisons to "Twilight", I can't deny a certain number of similarities: werewolves, teen love, star-crossed lovers, and absent parents. But that is the extent of similarity. Better writing, strong female characters and protagonists I care about made this a more satisfying use of my time. ...more

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Jul 18, 2010 Rabiah rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: own

Originally Posted at: http://iliveforreading.blogspot.com/2...

Even better the second time!
I love this book. No, wait. Scratch that. I ADORE this book. I think Shiver as well as the rest of the series is one of the best werewolf YA books out there. The love, the challenge, the stakes. Amazing! I don't know why I've never reviewed this book. Well, obviously I'm pretty sure that this had been read before I created this blog :P
When I first picked this one up, I was actually waiting for my mom at Wal Originally Posted at: http://iliveforreading.blogspot.com/2...

Even better the second time!
I love this book. No, wait. Scratch that. I ADORE this book. I think Shiver as well as the rest of the series is one of the best werewolf YA books out there. The love, the challenge, the stakes. Amazing! I don't know why I've never reviewed this book. Well, obviously I'm pretty sure that this had been read before I created this blog :P
When I first picked this one up, I was actually waiting for my mom at Walmart, while she was shopping for some stuff. I (naturally) went to the book section and a book with a GORGEOUS cover was waiting there. How could I resist? Only one problem: werewolves. I mean, the Twilight thing was still going, and I was pretty much sick of reading about vampires and werewolves. But in the end, the cover really got to me and SURPRISE, I bought it. Went home, and started reading. Couldn't. Stop. And thus, it became one of my favorites. I re-read it recently (and thus the review was born!) because I'd just bought Linger and I needed to read it once more to refresh my memory.

Grace. Oh, Grace. How I envy you. Love her personality and her headstrong ways, she is one of the most amazing main characters in YA lit out there. (and lucky her, she gets Sam!)
Speaking of which, I've had this really long-time crush on Sam. Love his yellow eyes to his love for music and of course, his wolf-like nature. *Sigh*...I want a Sam!
Isabel. OMG, love her. I want to BE her. Seriously, she's the snarky yet reliable (and hilarious!) supporting character. I mean, at first she's pretty icy, but then once you get to know her, things really get going. The tie between her and the story of Sam and Grace really all fit and make things turn out quite differently...

I really like how we see the perspective of Sam and Grace alternatively. We can first see the flashback from when Grace was first with the wolves and then from then on it's the present point of view with Sam as a wolf and Grace as a human watching him...watching her. I really like how they add the temperature on the chapter headings, so we can see how the temperature effects Sam's state of being. I know, nerdy :P but it's different!
Another thing I found really cool was that the color of the ink used is usually the color of the color. I think for Linger it's the same (I have the UK cover, which is black, so the ink is...black) with the green ink and such. Just thought it made things more interesting.

Shiver is beautiful. The cover, the detail, the love–everything. I found myself wanting to have a wolf-like nature, and cheering on Sam to stay human. Stiefvater has revolutionized werewolves and made them evermore popular (and more lovable than vampires) with this novel. I've read Linger, and a review should be coming soon, and it is SO good.. Each book gets better and better than it already is! ...more

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Nov 16, 2009 Rebekah rated it liked it

Shelves: young-adult, 2011

My rating for this book started out as four stars. When I finished it I loved it but I just kept thinking about the characters. Grace is suppose to be practical and pragmatic - they say so many times in the book- and does not understand poetry, but then she keeps saying these romantic, poetic things like "books seem more real outside."

Overall the book was good it's just that I don't think Grace was written the way the author intended her to be. The author obviously wanted a practical character ...more

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Jul 18, 2011 Ansm rated it liked it

I liked the book. But it lacked depth. Felt like water down version of what the book could have been. Still I am looking forward to reading the 2nd part of the book.

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Feb 29, 2012 Hannah rated it it was ok

Shelves: 2011-2012, books-i-quit, 14-up, romance, ya, paranormal

Honestly I didn't even finish it, It was kinda boring for me... ...more

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Jun 01, 2010 Jessica (Books: A true story) rated it it was amazing

Shelves: blog, kindle, 5-stars, own, amazon, content-medium, favorites, re-read-2011, ebook-challenge-2011

I liked how she used smells to describe everything. A lot of it made me think of twilight. I always thought Jake had it easy. What if you couldn't choose to be a wolf? It was heartbreakingly sad and great story telling. The pace was calm to me. Kind of like winter. It was slow but refreshing at the same time. Loved it. It even made me cry.

This books is also reviewed at my blog Books: A true story ...more

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Jun 26, 2011 Autumn marked it as to-read

Shelves: young-adult, series, paranormal

I hate audiobooks. I'm sure they wouldn't be so bad if they had decent readers. And, curse my library, they only carry Shiver in audio format. So, i might not even be able to finish this the narrators are so obnoxious. ...more

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