Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater

Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater 

Published: August 1st 2009
Publisher: Scholastic
Pages hardcover: 390 

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.

I bought this book with sky high expectations. I've head so many great things about this book, but it didn't live up to my expectations at all. I did not even finish it unfortunately. The cover is absolutely gorgeous. Props to the publisher, because the blue lettering is really cool. However, it's the story that counts. 

I could not connect to Grace or Sam. I did try, but the only hobbies they had, I felt like, were being obsessed with one another. I like for characters to have some debth and to have other friends than just their love interest and I didn't feel like that was the case in this book.

I struggled to get through it, but 2/3 in the way I gave up. I wanted to like Shiver, I really did (then I would have to buy the other pretty books in the serie as well, haha), but couldn't. It just felt flat and very similiar to Twilight.

A lot of bookreviewers do seem to love this book. Everybody's taste is different, so don't let me discourage you from reading shiver. But for me, it just wasn't worth it.


1 out of 5 stars.

Also: I don't want to discredit Maggie Stiefvater, because I also read the Scorpio Races and that one was pretty good.