"My beautiful summer girl..."
Here comes another series! I realized I've been reading too many of these supernatural TV-show like books...so next I'm planning to read either a chick-lit or something really heavy. St. Augustine's Confessions? LOL No way. I'll go with chick-lit!
Now let's talk about the series. I can't say that I don't enjoy reading it, but I can't really say that it's the best book I've ever read either. It is narrated from a first person point of view, but from different characters. So one time, the main girl character was narrating, then another it was the boy. I enjoyed it. Story wise, it was not bad. Perhaps some people would relate it to Twilight but I wouldn't. The only similarity is that in this book, wolverines are shape-shifters. So instead of getting this,
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| no offence to Teen Wolf fans |
you get THIS.
AND JUST LOOK AT THEM
AREN'T THEY ADORABLE!!
And in the story, you get infected by the wolf-virus through wolf saliva a.k.a being bitten. But hey, it's the drama that counts right? HAHA. Speaking of "the drama," it's a romance story so expect a lot of cuddling scenes. I will not give a detailed review as usual but the main storyline will be discussed so YES THERE WILL BE SPOILERS. You have been warned.
Now on to the first book. Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater.
The main character of the story is Grace Brisbane. She's just another girl who lives with her busy parents and never missed an assignment in school. But one day, she was attacked by wolves. All she could remember from the attack was a wolf with yellow eyes saving her from the other wolves. Guess who is the wolf with yellow eye? Yep you guessed right, it's Sam Roth, Grace Brisbane's going to be love-of-her-life.
In the first book, the story focuses on how Grace was attracted to this wolf, finally founds out he was a boy, and eventually they wanted a cure so they could stick together. OH, I forgot to mention. In this story, the wolves will transform to human when it's warm, and they will transform back into wolves when it's cold. And try to guess in which season is this story being put? WINTER. So yea, they tried to find a cure so they can keep cuddling and not have the boy transformed in a wolf. Grace herself was bitten, but not transformed. Why? Cause her father left her in a car to cook and it was so hot that the wolf inside of her recedes or something.
By the end of the drama of having other people bitten and somebody died, they found out that the cure might be giving oneself a very high fever. So Sam took it, and voila, he's human and no longer shifts into a wolf when it's cold. Then the next problem comes. Grace is starting to have headaches.
Now on to the second book, Linger.
In the second book, our beloved Grace found herself to be dying because the wolf inside of her can't get out. So yeap, it's the guy's turn to be emotional. Another character that plays a role in this book is Isabel, Rachel's bestfriend whose brother died because he became a werewolf and took the meningitis and didn't survived the fever. Isabel didn't turn into a wolf, don't worry. Another character who was added into the story was Cole St. Clair. He was the vocalist of some famous band called Narkotika and somehow he decided that being a wolf would be a better life. He regretted his choice eventually.
Well with Grace on the process of being a wolf and Sam being human, there is no possible way that we can get some mushy scenes in the book, not to mention Grace's protective parents, so here comes the Isabel and Cole couple. Isabel never became a wolf but she played a pretty big part in the story. She is always there when help is needed, even though her father is the crazy mad man who wanted to exterminate the whole population of wolves in Mercy Falls.
Long story short, by the end of this book, Grace was on the verge of dying and genius superstar Cole found out that it's because of the wolf inside of her so he gave the werewolf venom to her and she shifts to a wolf. Of course, her parents didn't know anything so they thought Sam killed her or something. Sam decided that he will find a cure for Grace. And the book ends.
The last book, Forever
I tell you, if you expect the ending to be like Twilight, YOU WILL BE DISAPPOINTED. The ending of the book was unclear to me...or maybe the epub I was reading was incomplete. Nope, I'm pretty sure it was complete. Maybe...ANYWAYS, here comes the last book of the series and here comes the goodbye to all the characters in the book.
The story starts with Grace finally being able to transform back into a human but still unstable therefore, there are no meetings between her and Sam. NOT YET. They met eventually when Grace was inside a mud pit and Sam and Cole found her on the verge of death, and they saved her. Hooray. Cole was then seen playing with himself (not in that kind of way you dirty minded people) not with toys, but with adrenaline and chemical substances. Not drugs. He is trying to find the cure. He found it, eventually, but it only lasted for a while.
Here comes the climax. Did I ever mention that Isabel's father was a psychopath who wanted to exterminate the whole population of wolves in Mercy Falls using helicopters, machine guns, bombs, and machetes?? I might have exaggerated it a bit but, you get the point. He wasn't kidding about the helicopters and machine guns though. So the climax was when the helicopters were chasing the wolves that was guided by Sam to another forest where they can be save. So the story is like this. Sam was human. Grace was wolf. Cole gave Sam a serum so he becomes a wolf again and leads the wolf pack from Mercy Falls to another forest. And he did. Synchronizing with Cole and Grace on the job.
Some wolves died, but some survived. Then it all came to an end. The pack is safe. And Grace tried the meningitis serum, not knowing whether she's going to die or not. And that's the ending.
Sincerely yours,
Well with Grace on the process of being a wolf and Sam being human, there is no possible way that we can get some mushy scenes in the book, not to mention Grace's protective parents, so here comes the Isabel and Cole couple. Isabel never became a wolf but she played a pretty big part in the story. She is always there when help is needed, even though her father is the crazy mad man who wanted to exterminate the whole population of wolves in Mercy Falls.
Long story short, by the end of this book, Grace was on the verge of dying and genius superstar Cole found out that it's because of the wolf inside of her so he gave the werewolf venom to her and she shifts to a wolf. Of course, her parents didn't know anything so they thought Sam killed her or something. Sam decided that he will find a cure for Grace. And the book ends.
The last book, Forever
I tell you, if you expect the ending to be like Twilight, YOU WILL BE DISAPPOINTED. The ending of the book was unclear to me...or maybe the epub I was reading was incomplete. Nope, I'm pretty sure it was complete. Maybe...ANYWAYS, here comes the last book of the series and here comes the goodbye to all the characters in the book.
The story starts with Grace finally being able to transform back into a human but still unstable therefore, there are no meetings between her and Sam. NOT YET. They met eventually when Grace was inside a mud pit and Sam and Cole found her on the verge of death, and they saved her. Hooray. Cole was then seen playing with himself (not in that kind of way you dirty minded people) not with toys, but with adrenaline and chemical substances. Not drugs. He is trying to find the cure. He found it, eventually, but it only lasted for a while.
Here comes the climax. Did I ever mention that Isabel's father was a psychopath who wanted to exterminate the whole population of wolves in Mercy Falls using helicopters, machine guns, bombs, and machetes?? I might have exaggerated it a bit but, you get the point. He wasn't kidding about the helicopters and machine guns though. So the climax was when the helicopters were chasing the wolves that was guided by Sam to another forest where they can be save. So the story is like this. Sam was human. Grace was wolf. Cole gave Sam a serum so he becomes a wolf again and leads the wolf pack from Mercy Falls to another forest. And he did. Synchronizing with Cole and Grace on the job.
Some wolves died, but some survived. Then it all came to an end. The pack is safe. And Grace tried the meningitis serum, not knowing whether she's going to die or not. And that's the ending.
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| c: deeuz-faux @deviantart |
"There are thousand ways to say goodbye" - Sam Roth
If I were to rate this book, it would be 3 out 5. I wouldn't say it's a must read because honestly, I skipped a few pages here and there. The characters can think quite a lot, and I do mean a lot. Well now that I'm done with this book, I shall read another one. Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins is something I look forward to. I actually read the first page and it looks interesting :D Can't wait to finish it. Another is You had Me at 'Hello' by Mhairi McFarlane. Heard that book has a lot of wit!
That would be all for this post. Thank you for reading and I hope you have
a nice day! See you on the next one!
a nice day! See you on the next one!
Sincerely yours,
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