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rumpfie's review against another edition
5.0
I really liked this book. It is fluffy and cute which is what I look for in some of the books I read. Everyone says its "purplish" writing but I liked that style, at least it worked well for this book. Shiver made me laugh out loud, smile, and made my throat catch a couple times which I think is what makes a good book.
The characters are well written and interesting. The chapters are a bit irking because it switches point of view between Grace and Sam but it works because it gives insight from both sides.
The concept of the book I think is great. I am a sucker for long term pinning and romance. It is a new take on werewolves and I think one of the better ones.
Overall this book kept my attention. I listened to the audiobook and only did so when I was at the gym working out, needless to say it was a great motivational factor since I wanted to know what was going to happen next.
The characters are well written and interesting. The chapters are a bit irking because it switches point of view between Grace and Sam but it works because it gives insight from both sides.
The concept of the book I think is great. I am a sucker for long term pinning and romance. It is a new take on werewolves and I think one of the better ones.
Overall this book kept my attention. I listened to the audiobook and only did so when I was at the gym working out, needless to say it was a great motivational factor since I wanted to know what was going to happen next.
evikes's review against another edition
2.0
I'm torn about this book.... I liked it once I finished it, but the first three quarters of it was a bit hard to get into. I loved the premise, but some of the interactions, the dialogue, and the characters’ actions were a bit unrealistic – okay, I know ‘realistic’ isn’t a word to use when reading this kind of paranormal story, but some of the exchanges seemed unlikely and out of character for Sam (who is 18) & Grace (17). The one thing I just can’t get over: even when they both knew their time was short, and that they were sooooo the centre of each other’s universe (he would risk death rather than be a wolf for good and live without her), she still just kept going to school and he kept doing his thing while she was gone all day. Ummmmmm.. okay. If the love of my life had weeks to go before he in essence “died” or disappeared and we both knew it, my priorities would shift dramatically I think, and I would probably spend EVERY moment with him – maybe it’s just me. And speaking of Sam, it just didn’t connect with him and had a hard time even picturing him, even by the end of the story – aside from the floppy dark hair and yellow eyes (and the fact that he thought the jacket made him look too bulky for his liking) I have no idea what he looks like. I did like the writing in general, but at times it seemed that the author was having the characters say things or react to a situation in some way because the story required it, not because it was the natural inclination of the character or the natural progression of the story. It seemed forced. Switching between the characters’ POV also got me annoyed enough to mention it, even though each chapter is labelled with either "Sam" or "Grace", I kept losing track and would have to verify who was ‘talking’. I didn’t think I would, but I did like the ending, even though it was totally predictable, and the last 100 pages or so were rather well done – almost (but not quite) made up for the rest of it…. I liked it overall, but I think I’m just too old or too cynical for YA books.
farsotstein's review against another edition
4.0
This one was... Cute? It beautifully depicts first love and the way it feels like a matter of life and death.
I like how the FMC is almost self-sufficient, so her parents aren't in the way as in others teen fantasy books.
I like how the FMC is almost self-sufficient, so her parents aren't in the way as in others teen fantasy books.
acourtofgoodgirls's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
mymiddlename123's review against another edition
5.0
This book was so good. I was honestly a little hesitant that it would be trying to copy Twilight too much since I heard about it so soon after those books. However, I read it in just one day because I just couldn't put it down! I am a huge sucker for love and fantasy mixed - so that probably did it for me. Yes, I loved Twilight. I don't care if people think those books were dumb, I loved them.
I loved the characters, especially Sam. I also actually really liked Isabel. She had this sarcastic humor that was just me - "I'm walking across the yard. I'm walking across the part of the grass my dog used to pee on before my damned brother ate her." and just other parts. She was just really funny and genuine to me.
I also thought it was a cool twist to have the book from both the female and male perspective. Every other chapter or so we got to hear from the other person's point of view. At first I thought that was going to get really confusing for me, but I actually really liked that about this book. It was unique.
The only thing I didn't really like was how fast they seemed to move - relationally. While I'm all for the mushy romance and all, I felt like it could have been drawn out a little more - if for nothing else to make the reader want it to happen more. They kissed so fast after meeting - in the flesh - and although the actual sex didn't happen for a little while, I still felt it could have waited a little bit. I don't know. I was still happy it happened and that their relationship was so beautiful and easy. It was just so sweet to read about them. Sam is so sensitive and sweet and you just can't help but love everything about him.
Anyways, I hear there's more of this series so I'm really excited about that and I will definitely be reading them!
I loved the characters, especially Sam. I also actually really liked Isabel. She had this sarcastic humor that was just me - "I'm walking across the yard. I'm walking across the part of the grass my dog used to pee on before my damned brother ate her." and just other parts. She was just really funny and genuine to me.
I also thought it was a cool twist to have the book from both the female and male perspective. Every other chapter or so we got to hear from the other person's point of view. At first I thought that was going to get really confusing for me, but I actually really liked that about this book. It was unique.
The only thing I didn't really like was how fast they seemed to move - relationally. While I'm all for the mushy romance and all, I felt like it could have been drawn out a little more - if for nothing else to make the reader want it to happen more. They kissed so fast after meeting - in the flesh - and although the actual sex didn't happen for a little while, I still felt it could have waited a little bit. I don't know. I was still happy it happened and that their relationship was so beautiful and easy. It was just so sweet to read about them. Sam is so sensitive and sweet and you just can't help but love everything about him.
Anyways, I hear there's more of this series so I'm really excited about that and I will definitely be reading them!
swordy's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
eyvor_reads's review against another edition
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
I have tried to read this author, and this book in particular, for a long time. I discovered something; The more you read her, and the more you really give her the opportunity to reach you with her writing, the more you are going to like it. At least I did. I struggled a lot in the beginning, but as I pushed forward I really started to connect with the characters. Funny enough, Grace is my least favorite character. That is not to say I hate her, because I don't. One thing I love about YA fiction is when the characters indeed act like young adults, and Grace is just a kid dealing with trauma and discovering herself. However, I just know that If I read this as a kid myself, I would have hated her, so I'm glad this book did not work out for me ten years ago. That's exactly why I loved the dynamic she had with her friends at the beginning. For me it showed how rocky a friendship can get when three very different people in a group start having conflicts derived from the fact they are growing in different directions. It is only natural that they have different ways of seeing things, different levels of self awareness. Both Olivia and Grace where a little in the wrong, and I loved that because teenagers have absolutely nothing figured out, they just think they do, and I love to see that portrayed in YA. Grace is not the type of character I generally like, but I feel she grew. She became self aware at the end; sometimes she is very selfish. I don't necessarily blame her, but I loved she acknowledged that. I want her to stand up to her parents, I want her to work on her obsessive tendencies, to be happy and grow.
That brings me to Sam. I fucking loved Sam, poor guy honestly. The only thing I have against him is the way he would suddenly sing, or start writing songs in his head when he narrated. At least some of them were kinda beautiful, but still... It was just a little cringy sometimes. He made me cry with his "Summer girl" song when he sang it to the mom tho, hated the song, but the meaning was simply a lot for me. If I was there instead of Grace's mom, I would have melted if someone had wrote that to my girl. I simply love him. and I only want him to be happy and warm forever, justice for my boy.
One thing I want to address before talking about the romance in the story is the bestiality allegations I have seen in some reviews 😂. It is true that most of those reviews are from over ten years ago. However, I hate to be this person but; Actually 🤓 you people should investigate a little before throwing such strong words to the air, or not, and simply risk looking like a clown ten years later for trying to look intelectual in the moment😂. How is a wolf and a girl obsessively watching each other for six years bestiality I will never understand, But okay, sure 😂.
Moving on 😂, concerning the romance, I had my reservations. Truth is, that for some time I had absolutely no idea why Grace and Sam liked each other. Nonetheless, As I advanced I noticed that Sam's feelings for Grace seemed less and less shallow, and that in my opinion Grace's felt simply not genuine. Then the author hit me reminding me that Grace struggles a lot with showing her emotions, that even Grace herself never really realized she was not vocal about how much she loves Sam. As a Words of Affirmation girly, is no wonder why I thought she was just obsessed with him. But truly her feelings always showed through her actions. Even when she was doing, in my opinion, selfish things, it was because she wanted to be with him, to not lose him, and he always wanted the same. Those two were always in the same page, doing anything to drawn the little time they had together until the inevitable. So I paused and was like, damn, okay M.S. One important thing to consider is that once they were "together" the plot concentrated in the wolves and not precisely in giving us only slice of life scenes of how their feelings for each other grew, and for that I can't really be mad because oh boy, the wolves. At this point I really did not care as much about the romance to be honest, It was near the end when all the build up I felt was just okay became great in my eyes. The angst in this story is simply so fucking good. So heartbreaking, and is not because you want Sam and Grace to be together desperately. You just want Sam to catch a break. You feel Grace because truly, she can't do anything to help him, and they just want to be together. So good, so tragic.
That brings me to the wolves. The wolves. Oh my god. I'm a werewolf girly, that's why I'm here. The whole by winter one way, by summer another, resonated with me. The fact Sam absolutely hated winter and what came with it was absolutely heartbreaking. Beck's and his backstory was so painful, and the way things ended was simply too much. The way he and grace clung to each other and could not catch a break, the way almost all the scenes we got after they got together had to do with them solving or dealing with some kind of problem, the fact the cold was a constant threat at the back of their minds even when nothing was happening. It was a lot. I just felt so much pain for them and specially for him through the story... So I just kept and kept going, and I was not disappointed at the end. I really really empathized with everyone, even tho I thought I was not particularly liking the story, It was a surprise even for me that overall the more I read, the more I loved it.
My thoughts about Jack; what a fucking waste of space. Honestly. I felt sorry for him at some points tho. Isabel was great, love her to pieces. I'm very sorry for all she went through, and her "friendship" with Grace is one of my favourite dynamics in fiction; we like each other, but at this point how could we simply acknowledge that? stubborn ladies 😂. I really wish them to be closer in the rest of the saga. I feel they have great bestie potential.
On other interesting topics, This book gave me serious Twilight whiplash, not for the content really, but the atmosphere of the book felt very similar. I almost read this book with the Hoa hoa weather song because of it, and I might or might not finally try and finish that saga after a long time because of the nostalgia this book made me feel. I was like, Nostalgia? I have not read this before 😂, But the Hoa hoa forks vibes were so strong that I really felt like reading more paranormal with blue filter and freezing weather from now on.
I prefer this take on werewolves to any other I have read before, I love it is not simply shifting voluntarily. It is a problem, is violent. The separation between the person and the wolf, the fact that at some point they lose everything they were forever, and they won't even know. The way to some of them, is freeing, and to some of them that very same phenomenon is the biggest cage. I am very excited for Linger.
That brings me to Sam. I fucking loved Sam, poor guy honestly. The only thing I have against him is the way he would suddenly sing, or start writing songs in his head when he narrated. At least some of them were kinda beautiful, but still... It was just a little cringy sometimes. He made me cry with his "Summer girl" song when he sang it to the mom tho, hated the song, but the meaning was simply a lot for me. If I was there instead of Grace's mom, I would have melted if someone had wrote that to my girl. I simply love him. and I only want him to be happy and warm forever, justice for my boy.
One thing I want to address before talking about the romance in the story is the bestiality allegations I have seen in some reviews 😂. It is true that most of those reviews are from over ten years ago. However, I hate to be this person but; Actually 🤓 you people should investigate a little before throwing such strong words to the air, or not, and simply risk looking like a clown ten years later for trying to look intelectual in the moment😂. How is a wolf and a girl obsessively watching each other for six years bestiality I will never understand, But okay, sure 😂.
Moving on 😂, concerning the romance, I had my reservations. Truth is, that for some time I had absolutely no idea why Grace and Sam liked each other. Nonetheless, As I advanced I noticed that Sam's feelings for Grace seemed less and less shallow, and that in my opinion Grace's felt simply not genuine. Then the author hit me reminding me that Grace struggles a lot with showing her emotions, that even Grace herself never really realized she was not vocal about how much she loves Sam. As a Words of Affirmation girly, is no wonder why I thought she was just obsessed with him. But truly her feelings always showed through her actions. Even when she was doing, in my opinion, selfish things, it was because she wanted to be with him, to not lose him, and he always wanted the same. Those two were always in the same page, doing anything to drawn the little time they had together until the inevitable. So I paused and was like, damn, okay M.S. One important thing to consider is that once they were "together" the plot concentrated in the wolves and not precisely in giving us only slice of life scenes of how their feelings for each other grew, and for that I can't really be mad because oh boy, the wolves. At this point I really did not care as much about the romance to be honest, It was near the end when all the build up I felt was just okay became great in my eyes. The angst in this story is simply so fucking good. So heartbreaking, and is not because you want Sam and Grace to be together desperately. You just want Sam to catch a break. You feel Grace because truly, she can't do anything to help him, and they just want to be together. So good, so tragic.
That brings me to the wolves. The wolves. Oh my god. I'm a werewolf girly, that's why I'm here. The whole by winter one way, by summer another, resonated with me. The fact Sam absolutely hated winter and what came with it was absolutely heartbreaking. Beck's and his backstory was so painful, and the way things ended was simply too much. The way he and grace clung to each other and could not catch a break, the way almost all the scenes we got after they got together had to do with them solving or dealing with some kind of problem, the fact the cold was a constant threat at the back of their minds even when nothing was happening. It was a lot. I just felt so much pain for them and specially for him through the story... So I just kept and kept going, and I was not disappointed at the end. I really really empathized with everyone, even tho I thought I was not particularly liking the story, It was a surprise even for me that overall the more I read, the more I loved it.
My thoughts about Jack; what a fucking waste of space. Honestly. I felt sorry for him at some points tho. Isabel was great, love her to pieces. I'm very sorry for all she went through, and her "friendship" with Grace is one of my favourite dynamics in fiction; we like each other, but at this point how could we simply acknowledge that? stubborn ladies 😂. I really wish them to be closer in the rest of the saga. I feel they have great bestie potential.
On other interesting topics, This book gave me serious Twilight whiplash, not for the content really, but the atmosphere of the book felt very similar. I almost read this book with the Hoa hoa weather song because of it, and I might or might not finally try and finish that saga after a long time because of the nostalgia this book made me feel. I was like, Nostalgia? I have not read this before 😂, But the Hoa hoa forks vibes were so strong that I really felt like reading more paranormal with blue filter and freezing weather from now on.
I prefer this take on werewolves to any other I have read before, I love it is not simply shifting voluntarily. It is a problem, is violent. The separation between the person and the wolf, the fact that at some point they lose everything they were forever, and they won't even know. The way to some of them, is freeing, and to some of them that very same phenomenon is the biggest cage. I am very excited for Linger.
esthersweet08's review against another edition
5.0
No puede terminar asi por favor, necesito saber que pasa jolines. I NEED MORE. Mañana empiezo el segundo. Ha sido una lectura maravillosa.