Book Review: Forever by Maggie Stiefvater

 ***** There will be no spoilers for this book in this review ******

Synopsis: In Maggie Stiefvater's Shiver, Grace and Sam found each other. In Linger, they fought to be together. Now, in Forever, the stakes are even higher than before. Wolves are being hunted. Lives are being threatened. And love is harder and harder to hold on to as death comes closing in.

Review:  Let me just start by saying that Forever was not as bad as Linger. The Wolves of Mercy Falls series was doing nothing for me so far and I didn't expect much for this book, but I actually enjoyed this novel by Stiefvater. It was definitely more action driven and the plot was  interesting! There are things that bothered me throughout the series, particularly the way people act when they found out ''wherewolves'' are real and the way most of the teenagers in this town seemed to know so much about science, chemistry and biology is just weird and a  bit to convenient. All of those aspects are definitely present in this book. Aside from that, I liked how time was a big part of the book, timing was everything. One would miss the other by seconds and it was so frustrating at times! I must admit though, my favorite characters weren't Grace and Sam but Isabel and Cole. To me, they felt real and believable (though the hole rock star thing kept reminding me that this was a story). I enjoyed reading about their rocky relationship and they both were full of surprises. Grace and Sam were...  they were dull and too soft and it got on my nerves. About the ending, now the ending of the series was satisfying for me, but I know not everyone agrees with me. It's pretty much all I can say without spoiling it for you guys. So overall, The Wolves of Mercy Falls  is not a series I would reread , I'm not saying I regret reading it but I do regret buying the books.   

Nina xx

Book Review: Linger by Maggie Stiefvater

 ***** There will be no spoilers for this book in this review ******

Synopsis: Once Grace and Sam have found each other, they know they must fight to stay together. For Sam, this means a reckoning with his werewolf past. For Grace, it means facing a future that is less and less certain.

Into their world comes a new wolf named Cole, whose past is full of hurt and danger. He is wrestling with his own demons, embracing the life of a wolf while denying the ties of a human. For Grace, Sam, and Cole, life is a constant struggle between two forces--wolf and human--with love baring its two sides as well. It is harrowing and euphoric, freeing and entrapping, enticing and alarming. As their world falls apart, love is what lingers. But will it be enough?

Review: This review will be short and sweet because I don't have much to say about this book. It took me about three to four months to read it... Which tells a lot. I  didn't want to pick it up because it seemed nothing really happened in this novel except for the introduction of a new great character, Cole St-Clair. I've finished this book two months ago and I can't even tell you what was the plot or the story. The only reason I didn't quit on this series is because I already bought the complete trilogy and I don't like to waste my money, so I read it. I honestly think you could read the first and the third book and not miss anything crucial. This is just my opinion and the only way to find out if you'll like it is to read it!

Nina xx

I'm currently:

Listening: Audio book City of Glass by Cassandra Clare

Reading: Linger by Maggie Stiefvater

Playing: Bioshock (I know, I know! It's taking me forever to finish it...)

Craving: Poutine

Nina xx

Book Review: Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater

 

******** There will be no spoilers in this review *********

Synopsis: For years, Grace has watched the wolves in the woods behind her house. One yellow-eyed wolf—her wolf—is a chilling presence she can't seem to live without. Meanwhile, Sam has lived two lives: In winter, the frozen woods, the protection of the pack, and the silent company of a fearless girl. In summer, a few precious months of being human… until the cold makes him shift back again.

Now, Grace meets a yellow-eyed boy whose familiarity takes her breath away. It's her wolf. It has to be. But as winter nears, Sam must fight to stay human—or risk losing himself, and Grace, forever.

My review for the first half of the book:  At first, I didn't love the story for  three reasons. The first thing was that the chapters were so short and in each chapter the narrator changes so you keep going from Grace to Sam, Sam to Grace, Grace to Sam but sometimes, the chapters were 2 pages and at times I couldn't remember who was telling the story which brings me to the second thing I disliked. For me, it took some time to feel like I knew the characters because you switch so fast of point a view that I felt almost detached from them. The third thing that bothered me was that I felt everything was going too smoothly. The people that learned the truth about the wolves seemed to accept it way to easily. When Grace finds out about Sam, she is way to calm to my taste. Yes, every teenage girl wishes a paranormal romance and imagine tons of scenarios but if I found out the wolf I cared about so much was actually a teenage boy , I would freak out like crazy. And a lot of people learn their secret and I remember thinking, how on earth did they kept that secret for so long and eventually, will the hole town know !?!  But then it got a lot better...

My review for the second half of the book: In the second half of the book, I finally felt like I knew the characters and felt for them. The story became more solid, there was a lot of action going on and I could not put the book down. I wanted so badly to know how it would end and let me tell you, I wasn't disappointed. I'm glad I didn't forfeit reading this book in the beginning because now, I actually can't wait to read the second and third book in the series.

Nina xx

I'm currently:

Reading: Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater

                          

             

Listening: City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

                                 

Playing: Bioshock

Nina xx