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In Maggie Stiefvater’s Shiver, Grace and Sam found each other. Now, in Linger, they must fight to be together. For Grace, this means defying her parents and keeping a very dangerous secret about her own well-being. For Sam, this means grappling with his werewolf past . . . and figuring out a way to survive into the future. Add into the mix a new wolf named Cole, whose own past has the potential to destroy the whole pack. And Isabelle, who already lost her brother to the wolves . . . and is nonetheless drawn to Cole. At turns harrowing and euphoric, Linger is a spellbinding love story that explores both sides of love – the light and the dark, the warm and the cold – in a way you will never forget. Synopsis by Barnes & Noble First Paragraph From Linger.grace. 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. Quotes/passages From The Book“I never knew there were so many different ways to say goodbye” “Touche,” Isabel said, taking my drink as if it has always been hers. She slouched elegantly on her stool. I hunched like a vulture on mine.” (Chapter 1, Sam) “But finally I had to make my way home. Delightfully, both of my parents’ cars were in the driveway. I was beside myself with joy. I sat in my SUV in the driveway, opened the Shakespeare I was supposed to be reading, and turned up my music loud enough that I could see the bass vibrating in the rearview mirror.” (Chapter 9, Isabel) “But instead of answering, Sam stood and went to the kitchen. I swiveled to watch him put on the teakettle. He brought down two mugs from the cabinet over the stove; for some reason, the familiarity of this easy movement filled me with affection. I fought the urge to go stand behind him and wrap my arms around his chest.” (Chapter 4, Grace) “Outside, the last bit of sun glazed the corners of the parked cars with blinding amber and filled the puddles in the street with liquid gold. Inside, the store was already out of the reach of the dying day, dim and empty and half-asleep. (Chapter 13, Sam) “And then Sam there, hauling an industrial vacuum cleaner into the room. He’d only been gone two seconds, but the room got brighter when they were together, as if they were two elements that became brilliant in proximity. At Sam’s clumsy efforts to carry the vacuum, Grace smiled a smile that I thought only he ever got, and he shot her a withering look full of the sort of subtext you could only get from a lot of conversations whispered after dark.” (Chapter 38, Cole) “I folded myself against her body, breathing in the smell of my new life and matching my heartbeat to hers.” (Sam) “Long after the new wolf had gone, the image of him haunted me: the punture wounds at the bends of his elbows, the arrogance of his eyes, the familiarity of his face.” [source] ReviewI received an advanced reader copy of Linger! Read my review here Purchase |
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Title: Linger
Name: TeganAge: 14
Location: UK
About: i think shiver, linger and forver are amazing books. ove you start reading them, you cant put them down. the writer is such a talented writer. she makes you feel like you are there with the characters. they make you feel everything that sam or grace feel. you can tell how much they care for each other. i can truthfully say, that if i gave this book to one of my friends, they would like to read it to.