Shiver by: Maggie Stiefvater
Caution: Sexual content
The pace of this story is much slower than previous reads this summer. This was a nice change, but I kept waiting. Don’t get me wrong, there was action, suspense, and speculation. I kept hanging in there and sure enough, I was not disappointed.
Grace, our main character, has two BFF’s, Olivia and Rachel. Olivia’s favorite hobby is photography. She takes pictures and documents everything; nature, wolves, her friends. Olivia is very observant but has a “it see to believe it” attitude.
Grace’s story had hardly began when a young man is killed. As tragic as this is, the circumstances and the evidence point the blame to the wolf population that live in the nearby wood. Strangely his body goes missing from the morgue. Was the body stolen? Did he walk away?
This can be classified as a love story, but between which characters. I would also say it is a study of friendships and loyalty. Grace comes to realize that some friends will be with you forever and are with you no matter what. While some people turn their back and still others willingly step up the friendship ladder when needed.
Grace’s character shows us that if we live with an open mind and heart, we will find more people willing to come to our aid and support. But as Grace shows us, you have to (as they say) be a friend to have a friend.
Favorite line; “So what am I suppose to tell the parental units?” This is my favorite because I so use that phrase “parental units”.
My copy of Linger, the next in this series, should be here next week. Yea!
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