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.
Book Overview:
Author: Maggie Stiefvater | Series: The Wolves of Mercy Falls | Format: Audiobook | Narrated By: Jenna Lamia, David LeDoux | Length: 10 hours, 43 minutes | Publish Date: August 1, 2009 | Genre: YA Fantasy/Supernatural | Literary Awards: Georgia Peach Book Award (2010), Pennsylvania Young Readers Choice Award Nominee (2011), Children's Choice Book Award Nominee for Teen Choice Book of the Year (2010), Florida Teens Read Nominee (2010), Teen Read Award Nominee for Best Read (2010), The Inky Awards for Silver Inky (2010), Lincoln Award Nominee (2012), The Inky Awards Shortlist for Silver Inky (2010), Missouri Gateway Readers Award Nominee (2012) | Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ | Recommend: Yes
“It is possible to be in love with you just because of who you are.”
I haven't read a good werewolf book in a long time, maybe a couple of years ago. This was pretty up there in one of my favorites, and I was extremely happy with the ending.
The premise of this werewolf story was certainly unique for me. In this case, those who were werewolves would shift into their wolf self only when it got too cold. During the winter, they became wolves, and during the summer, they would shift back into their human form. The catch was: that wouldn't last forever. The time itself would vary, but there would come a time where they would have one final summer to be a human, and they would live out the rest of their days as a wolf, unable to go back to their past life no matter how much they tried.
When Grace was a little girl, she almost died. Twice. The first time was when she was sitting on the tire swing, and she was captured by the wolves. They bit her and almost killed her until one of them saved her. What made that particular wolf save her, she had no idea. It didn't even seem like she was afraid to die. She was just... waiting. The second time was when her father accidentally left her in his car on the hottest day of the year. The doctors said she should have been dead, but by some miracle, she had survived.
Ever since that fateful night with the wolves, she would look forward to winter, when she would see "her wolf", the one that saved her life, the one with the yellow eyes that would stare at her from his spot in the forest. She became intrigued by him, almost obsessed. Even her wolf, a boy named Sam, started to feel the same way. He would think about her in the winter when he would watch her, and in the summer when he found out what her name was. They were falling in love with one another from afar, and it was about time they actually met.
“I fell for her in summer, my lovely summer girl,From summer she is made, my lovely summer girl,I’d love to spend a winter with my lovely summer girl,But I’m never warm enough for my lovely summer girl,It’s summer when she smiles, I’m laughing like a child,It’s the summer of our lives; we’ll contain it for a whileShe holds the heat, the breeze of summer in the circle of her handI’d be happy with this summer if it’s all we ever had.”
One thing that I'm glad the author pointed out was that both Grace and Sam had a sort of obsession with one another. Both of the characters even called themselves out on it, and I'm glad they did. From the outside, it didn't seem like just an infatuation about the wolves or one another. It got to the point that they just could not leave the other's side, and hated to be separated. It could be cute, but I also thought it was more of an obsession. Nothing wrong with it, I guess. At least it wasn't too dangerous.
I think if this happened to be a standalone, I would be mostly happy with the ending. I am curious to know how the series ends, knowing that it's a trilogy (four books if you include the last one that isn't about Grace and Sam). Hopefully, it ends on a high note, and I don't have to stay in my room crying my eyes out like I almost did with this one.
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Website: http://www.maggiestiefvater.com
Twitter: mstiefvater
Genre: Young Adult, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Romance
Goodreads Member Since: June 2008
New York Times bestselling author of The Shiver Trilogy, The Raven Cycle, and The Scorpio Races. Artist. Driver of things with wheels. Avid reader.
All of Maggie Stiefvater's life decisions have been based around her inability to be gainfully employed. Talking to yourself, staring into space, and coming to work in your pajamas are frowned upon when you're a waitress, calligraphy instructor, or technical editor (all of which she's tried), but are highly prized traits in novelists and artists. She's made her living as one or the other since she was 22. She now lives an eccentric life in the middle of nowhere, Virginia with her charmingly straight-laced husband, two kids, two neurotic dogs, and a 1973 Camaro named Loki.
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