BookChick.com Recommends “Shiver” by Maggie Stiefvater
By Tram Hoang
Welcome Tram to the Bookchick.com! Thanks for writing this review!
When Grace was a little girl, she was attacked and dragged into the woods by wolves. She does not remember how it happened, but ever since then, she has developed a fascination with wolves. One yellow-eyed wolf in particular has always caught her eye. Then one day, a strange boy appears at Grace’s door step. It’s not his face or injuries that grasps her attention, but his eyes — the same eyes that belong to the wolf she has been watching for years.
SHIVER tells the story of Grace and Sam, an unlikely couple who struggle to keep Sam human before the winter strips him of his humanity forever. Because when the weather turns cold, Sam turns lupine. And he’s deadly close to staying a wolf for the rest of his days and no longer shifting back to a boy.
What I love most about the story is how the author, Maggie Stiefvater, reminds us of what it feels like to fall in love for the first time, and what we willing to do to keep that love for as long as possible.
The story is packed full of emotion. I laughed, I smiled, I cried, but most of all, I hoped. SHIVER is definitely one of those books that will keep you thinking about the characters days after the story has already ended.
