Linger

"It's such a great series, especially if you're looking for a book you can pick up and not put down."

"Second of the series. I absolutely loved it! I finished it in two days and might’ve gotten it wet because of my stupidity driving me to read in the pool. It’s a disease that my little sister “cured” not too long ago but it came back. 😔 Don’t worry about me though. Anywaysss, I had a hard time not crying towards the end of the book and the new characters’ POVs add more insight on everything which totally keeps you from being bored of the same old. Also, I am just obsessed with Cole and Isabel. Can’t wait for the next book to be in my possession! "

"#werewolves #werewolfromance #trilogy #paranormalromance #supernaturalromance #ya #young_adult_fiction "

"An extraordinary conclusion and a can’t put down romance giving readers a beautiful view of young love #love_and_romance #fantasy_and_magic "

"I'm continuing to love The Wolves of Mercy Falls series. It took me a while to get into the additional PoVs in this book, particularly Cole's. And one of his chapters was pretty upsetting (at least to a vegetarian like me). But he grew on me towards the end. I also found the... lore? Science? Of the wolves to be quite interesting this time around. And of course, I continued to love Sam and Grace's story. Their tragic soulmate love keeps me obsessed with this series."

"Me too. I fell in love with this book. I couldn't put it down."

"Sorry for the late reply! I really enjoyed the guessing, daydreaming about the main characters what could possibly lie ahead in their conflicting but heated relationship. I'm so glad this book is a series."

"As with the first book, the beginning 2/3 was just Sam being in love and arty, Grace being neglected, sick and ignoring all forewarning, Cole being destructive and moody, and Isabelle turning out to be my favorite, most well-developed 3-dimensional character. All the action is in the last 20 pages. It was good, fast-paced action, but it did not make up for the angst-ridden remainder. In the end I like the story, the writing-while trite-is of good quality with lots of description and poetic language. I have to read the third book, so I guess it couldn't have been horrifying :)"

"This book was kind of difficult to get into. I was a little thrown by the fact that the voice actor for Sam was different. Another thing that was sort of distracting was the addition of two more narrators. Also as a side note: Emma Galvin also narrated the Divergent books, so it was difficult not to associate her with that. <br/><br/>Anyway, I agree with some other reviewers who thought that Shiver would have been fine as as stand-alone. I don't think it was begging for a sequel. I could have lived without more. That being said, since it is a trilogy, I did feel the need to keep reading.<br/><br/>I was glad that we were done with the "Grace: 47 degrees," "Sam: 28 degrees," blah blah blah every single chapter. I get why it was "important" in the first book, but it was annoying. <br/><br/><br/>Just in case my thoughts are too spoilery, I'm using a cut...<spoiler><br/><br/>- I was disappointed that Olivia pretty much disappeared from the story. For being Grace's best friend, she kinda just stopped caring about her. I know Grace probably wouldn't see wolf-Olivia very often, but there was barely even a mention, aside from the fake email Grace sent to Olivia's brother. And Rachel is pretty much the Cliché Female Best Friend To The Protagonist character. Ugh.<br/><br/>- I felt like this whole book, but especially Grace's "illness" was really drawn out. Too drawn out. I just wanted her to get to the point and have something happen. But that's kind of how I felt about the first book, too. Nothing really important was going on for most of the story. There was some buildup, but...it was more of a hill than a mountain, if you know what I mean. <br/><br/>- I thought that the whole "conflict" with Grace and her parents and Sam was so juvenile. A lot of the writing was, to be honest. I kept feeling like this felt more like fanfiction written by a 15 year old. I know these characters are teenagers, but...I don't know how else to explain it. It just felt forced and made me roll my eyes a lot.<br/><br/>- As I listened to Isabelle's narration, I kept thinking that she was rather flat and unemotional. Perhaps I was influenced by Emma Galvin's reading. I thought the same thing about Tris when I listened to Divergent. So either both characters are that way, or it was just the narrator's inflection (or lack thereof). I think either or both are possible. Even so, I didn't dislike her character. I just think she could have been written better.<br/><br/>- Cole. Ah, Cole. I don't know how I feel about him. He's such a cliché character. Yet again, I didn't dislike him, but he just wasn't that great, either. I wanted to know more about his backstory, and we got some, but still, not as much as I would have liked. Especially about Victor. <br/><br/>- Speaking of Cole, I thought his "science" at the end was interesting, if not completely believable. But like I said on my last review, I guess that's a relative term when you're talking about a fantasy book. How convenient to have a genius son of a genius scientist in their crew...<br/><br/>- So many people have said this made a "serious cliffhanger," but I didn't feel that way. Yeah, I guess it was a cliffhanger, but it didn't leave me with my jaw dropped, eagerly anticipating the next book. Perhaps that's a little bit because I had the next one loaded on my iPod, but...I just never felt any urgency with this book. </spoiler><br/><br/>This story is like a lot of other YA books I have read: I liked the idea of the story alright, but the execution wasn't the best. I'm giving the last book a go, because once I start a series, I need to finish it."