Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Linger, by Maggie Stiefvater (2010)


Mercy Falls, Minnesota, looked different when you knew you'd be human for the rest of your life.  Before, it has been a place that existed only in the heat of summer, concrete sidewalks and leaves curved up toward the sun, everything smelling of warm asphalt and dissipating truck exhaust.

*Plot spoiler if you have not read Shiver.

Isabel and Grace were able to save one and kill the other; Sam was saved and Jack was killed.  Not only was Sam saved, but he doesn't shift into being a wolf anymore.  And more than anything, he wants to believe in his cure.  He wants to spend his life with Grace.

Before Beck's final shift, he "recruited" three new members to add to the pack.  One of them is Cole St. Clair, a famous rock star in the band NARKOTIKA.  Cole is wild and dangerous, and could put the whole pack in jeopardy with his wrecklessness. 

Suddenly Grace begins to feel sick and has a recurring fever.  Doctors can't find anything wrong with her, but she continues to get sicker and sicker.  Sam knows something is wrong because he can smell a familiar wolf scent on her, one that reminds him of the wolf they found dead in the woods.

Why is Grace so ill?  Will she die?  Who is Cole and why would he choose this life?  Is Sam really cured?  Can Grace and Sam stay together forever?  The resolution to this book will leave you wondering about these characters and what will happen in the next book.

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Rating:  6 out of 10 stars
*Some inappropriate language, sexual content, and drug use

Next:  Forever - out July 12, 2011