So, it’s no secret that I (and Ana!) was not a fan of Lament: The Faerie Queen’s Deception. Together, Grace and Sam fight to keep him as human, no matter the cost. And each year, Sam’s summers become shorter and shorter – soon, Sam fears he will turn into a wolf, never to be a human again. Every year during the warm summer, Sam is his human self, but once the temperature drops, Sam turns into a wolf for the winter. Grace learns that the boy, Sam, is her wolf and that he has been watching her from afar for all these years. She tries to stop the hunting party, but when she reaches her house she finds a naked, shivering teenage boy on her porch – a naked, shivering teenage boy who has been shot in the shoulder, on her porch. When another freak attack occurs in town, and the wolves kill a teenage boy, a hunting party is assembled to shoot the pack in the woods – and Grace is terrified for her wolf. Grace has been obsessed with the wolves ever since, always looking for her wolf. Grace lived, and in the winters ever since her attack, she has always looked into the woods behind her house, always catching a glimpse of those same intense yellow eyes watching her, keeping her safe. She thought she was going to die, when one of the wolves, one with brilliant yellow eyes, fended the others off to protect her. When Grace was a young girl, she was the victim of a freak wolf attack in the woods surrounding her home. But as winter nears, Sam must fight to stay human–or risk losing himself, and Grace, forever. Now, Grace meets a yellow-eyed boy whose familiarity takes her breath away. until the cold makes him shift back again.

In summer, a few precious months of being human. Meanwhile, Sam has lived two lives: In winter, the frozen woods, the protection of the pack, and the silent company of a fearless girl. One yellow-eyed wolf–her wolf–is a chilling presence she can’t seem to live without. Especially for Young Adult Appreciation Month.įor years, Grace has watched the wolves in the woods behind her house. A different setting, with different characters, and this time with a new take on werewolves…I was excited. Stiefvater’s debut novel, Lament: The Faerie Queen’s Deception (to put it mildly), when I received an advance copy of Shiver I was eager to give the author another shot. Why did I read this book: Although I wasn’t a huge fan of Ms.

Stand alone or series: Stand alone novel (at least to my knowledge). Genre: Young Adult, Paranormal, Romance, Fantasy

Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater