Linger
Wolves of Mercy Falls (Shiver) Series
Author: Maggie Stiefvater
Book 2 in the Wolves of Mercy Falls (Shiver) series
Pages: 362
Published: 2010
Age: 14+
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 being human. For Grace, Sam, and Cole, life is a constant struggle between two forces – wolf and human – with love bearing 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?
Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Goodreads Author, Favorite Heroine, Favorite Book, Young Adult Fantasy (2010); Voya Perfect Ten (2010)
About the Wolves of Mercy Falls (Shiver) Series
Reading age: 14+ years
This series should be read in order.
Grace and Sam share a kinship so close they could be siblings. But they also share a problem: Sam has lived two lives. When the temperature slips towards freezing, Sam reverts to his wolf identity and must retreat into the woods to protect his pack. He worries that eventually his human side will fade away and he will be left howling alone at the lonely moon, while Grace pines for the boy she loves. For Grace and Sam, love has always been kept at a distance. But once it's spoken, it cannot be denied. Sam must fight to stay human - and Grace must fight to keep him - even if it means taking on the scars of the past, the fragility of the present, and the impossibility of the future.