Linger - Meggie Stiefvater

This is the story of a boy who used to be a wolf and a girl who was becoming one.
Just a few months ago, it was Sam who was the mythical creature. His was the disease we couldn’t cure. His was the good-bye that meant the most. He had the body that was a mystery, too strange and wonderful and terrifying to comprehend.

But now it is spring. With the heat, the remaining wolves will soon be falling out of their wolf pelts and back into their human bodies. Sam stays Sam, and Cole stays Cole, and it’s only me who’s not firmly in my own skin.



4/5 Definitely worth your time.

Linger is the sequel to Meggie Stiefvater's 'Shiver', and I must say, this is one sequel that did not fall short at all.

The first book ended with a great sense of closure, making you think that this story of the Mercy Falls wolves was over with, but still wanting more. 'Linger' did not at all feel like a sequel that was written just for money. It opened the story back up without throwing too much new random crap in to try to get a decent plot going. It kept the integrity of the story and of the romance between Grace and Sam without feeling forced at all. It tied in well with the first book, bringing to light many things that were at first overlooked. It introduces a new character, Cole, who is easy to fall in love with, and fleshes out the character Isabel from the first book, showing a side and soul to her that you never got to see in 'Shiver' without making it feel fake or like her sudden personality change was simply to fit the plot.

Suspense builds over the course of the book as new difficulties are thrown Sam and Grace's way, all the while keeping up the romance that I fell in love with in the first book. The last chapters had me biting my nails as I waited to see what happened, only to leave me with the biggest cliff hanger of all time. Now I'm eagerly awaiting the third book to the sequel, 'Forever'. Hopefully this final installment will live up to the rest of the series.

'Linger' doesn't detract from 'Shiver', as man sequels do, but simply adds to the beauty of the first book.

See Also: Shiver