Shiver

Siempre se me hace difícil catalogar este libro como favorito. ¿lo amo? Sí ¿Es importante para mí? Sí ¿Quiero compartirlo con el mundo? No. Sólo quiero que sea mío y que todos los otros seres vivientes de olviden de él, quiero que sea única y exclusivamente mío.

Es un libro especial e importante para mí. I love you so much Maggie Stiefvater

Twilight if you love Jacob and better writing. Her other series is a lot better and less derivative of YA literary trends.

Read my review at http://romancing-the-book.com/2010/06/review-shiver-by-maggie-stiefvater.html

I do not understand the Twilight comparisons. I just don't see that they have anything beyond the incredibly superficial in common. This is slow, tense, smart, measured, lush... and it's not instalove: they've been falling in love for years through their psychic connection.

What I found most intriguing was the tension between the intimate and the societal, even familial. Their relationship has a sweet innocence to it that balances the intensity and depth. Their shared dedication to each other, and to a thoughtful morality, together with their consciousness is such a contrast with the violence, neglect and anger of the world that surrounds them. This tension is mirrored in the continual reminders of the tenuousness of Sam's humanity in the temperature readings in each section heading.

There was much to love here. I adore Stiefvater's lyrical prose.

I just was not pulled into the story in the way I wanted to be - I think I'm just not in the right headspace for YA romance. I've already started the next book, though.

DNF at 30%
The book was fine.. but that's probably the extent of it. The characters, the pacing, the writing, the world building, all of it was great, no complaints there.. but the story itself is simply boring.
I am sorry if some do enjoy this, but the only logical reason I see someone might enjoy this story is because it has werewolves.
The romance is kinda insta-love, as usual, and though there is some tension between the characters, most of it is because they are awkward around eachother.
Also, sometimes the dialogues are super cringy and unnatural, and there are even times where the interactions dont make sense (I still dont understand why Olivia is so mad at Grace in the beginning when she thinks Jack was turned into a werewolf, and I don't understand why Grace is so mad at Olivia for saying that she has an obsession with wolves when she clearly does and even states that fact later on).

I don't see how a book where the main problem is that the love interest doesn't want to be a wolf anymore, is exciting or interesting in any way. Sure, there is a subplot of Jack who doesn't want to be a werewolf and demands the characters find a cure (didn't read to this point this is just info from the internet), but it's not enough in my opinion.

Beyond issues with the male narrator sounding like an excited 13 year old and not a tired 18 year old, I really enjoyed my time here... So much so, that I've immediately begun the sequel. 

“Calafrio” é o livro de estreia de Maggie Stiefvater, mas nem por isso deixa de carregar a sua profunda e detalhada escrita. No máximo, teremos personagens menos detalhados do que em seus livros mais recentes e cenas menos complexas e variáveis - sendo que a quantidade de vezes que a casa de Grace foi utilizada como pano de fundo pro desenrolar da história, me deixou a desejar.

Em “Calafrio” vamos acompanhar a história dos Lobos que vivem em uma pequena cidade, na divida com o Canadá, no estado de Minnesota. A história de um desses lobos, Sam, irá se entrelaçar com a de uma garota pragmática e prática: Grace.

Eu sou suspeito a falar, já que amo os livros e a escrita da Maggie, mas o tanto que esse livro me encantou, não pode ser escrito em palavras. Desde a ambientação, que me lembra um abraço quente em um dia de inverno, até a melancolia presente em cada parágrafo escrito, do início ao fim achei esse livro uma bela obra de estreia para a autora.

Confesso que o início é um pouco parado e é preciso persistir até pegar o gosto e o ritmo, lá pela página 50, mas, deuses, como vale a pena! Um livro sobre amor, esperanças e tristezas. Escrito com um bom toque de melancolia e romanticismo.

Acho que Maggie realmente conseguiu trazer um diferencial para as histórias tão comuns de Lobisomens, explorando a transformação e a vida dos lobos de uma maneira nunca antes vista.

Recomendo demais para os românticos de plantão e para aqueles que querem um pouquinho de conto de fadas em seus dias.

This review is also featured on Behind the Pages: Shiver

As a child, Grace was pulled from her tire swing by the wolves. But one wolf refused to let the pack kill her and carried her home. Ever since Grace has held a fascination with them, some believe it is an obsession. But every winter Grace watches for the yellow-eyed wolf that saved her. And every winter the yellow-eyed boy in a wolf's body watches Grace. Sam will wait for her as long as he has to.

Shiver is one of my favorite young adult books, and I have read it multiple times. I wanted to do it justice by finally providing a detailed review. When I first read Shiver I fell in love with the concept of wolves changing during the winter, and the relationship Grace and Sam developed. Revisiting Shiver, the magic of Grace and Sam's love still made me smile as I listened along with the audiobook. I even found myself speaking aloud some of my favorite quotes. The anticipation I felt with each scene was more than worth the reread. Although I did pick up on some things this time around I didn't originally.

I love the chemistry between Grace and Sam. Maggie Stiefvater portrays their love through more than just spoken words. Grace and Sam are fiercely loyal to one another and would do anything for each other. It also helps that Sam is sensitive and artistic, the type of guy that as a young adult I dreamed of meeting. The two characters also balance one another with their personalities. Sam is quiet, more so the person to keep to himself, whereas Grace is bold and not afraid to push boundaries.

The faults I found with Shiver have nothing to do with the storyline or main characters. Grace's parents were portrayed as aloof and absent. Grace pretty much raised herself with parents that habited the same house. However, there were moments that I think even irresponsible parents would have seen issues with. But, then again this is a young adult book and there is a thrill that goes along with getting away with something at that age.

Shiver is an easy read that will pull your heartstrings as Grace and Sam fight against time to stay together. It is a typical young adult romance, but it isn't overly dramatic. The fantasy elements blend seamlessly with the overall storyline and create a breathtaking new look at werewolves.

Umm 3.5 stars?

This wasn't ground breaking or super interesting, but it also wasn't boring or stupid. Just monotonous.

Mild spoilers

- There was so much kissing in this and all I kept thinking was that the most action we got in The Raven Cycle was the brush of fingers in secret!

- Too much romance

3 stars! Ended up being different than I thought, but still very enjoyable and unique. I haven't read a lot of werewolf books, but this makes me want to read more!

This is my first Maggie Stiefvater book and will not be my last.

This book follows Grace who was attacked by wolves in her backyard at a young age. Grace was saved by one wolf that she took a liking to and was always looking out for named Sam. Grace is constantly watching the wolves by herself and hoping to see Sam.

Grace was obsessed with the wolves in an unhealthy way. She was beginning to lose friends over the wolf obsession. My main reason I enjoyed reading about Grace was she was so passionate about the wolf thing that in the end it worked for me. Grace took her time to learn as much as she could about the wolves by studying them and wanting to learn more about Sam. Grace does grow as a character when she is needed to find a solution to the wolf situation in her town.

Sam is a lot more complicated of a main character. He is a wolf to begin the book and we get to learn a lot about how he transforms to a wolf and what goes on with the wolves. I enjoyed getting to learn about Sam and his life throughout the book. I felt more connected to Sam and could feel his struggles in his chapters because he didn't think he had a lot of choices left. I also felt more emotions coming from Sam versus Grace during the book so it felt more real to me.

The story is told from both POV of Sam and Grace. I loved that we got to see what each of them were thinking during the book and it helped keep me attention while listening to the audio switching back and forth. I loved that we got to see the story unfold from both of their eyes.

I did like the romance that Maggie created between Grace and Sam is cute. It came on quickly in the book, but in the same time they were both studying each other from a distance for a long time so it worked.

This book has a lot of buildup and backstory thrown into it so the pacing is a little slower. I enjoyed learning about the wolves and how they were surviving in the area. Maggie does an excellent job crafting the story.

As a lot of reviews state, this reminds me a lot of Twilight but without the creepy stalking and glittery skin. It still takes place during high school years and the girl still owns an old truck (in this case a Bronco) and falls in love with her supernatural boyfriend after about 5 seconds. It also goes into fur fetish territory how she talks about the wolf form so that can get a little uncomfortable. However, don't let comparisons daunt you - there aren't a lot of original ideas in YA anyway. It was a fun read and I really enjoyed it.
The wolves of Mercy Falls, Minnesota are different type of werewolf. They only change when it's cold (no full moon cycles here) and go full wolf after a certain number of years, though that number is different for every wolf. Though it still takes a bite for one to become werewolf, the change is gradual and paired with a high fever, where the person shifts back and forth for a few weeks until “settling” into it. This rule is broken by two characters and while that mystery is solved for main character Grace, Olivia's seamless, painless change noted in the final chapter isn't explained - though we'll surely see her again in the next 3 books.
Overall, I really enjoyed this and look forward to meeting more of the pack “in person”. Most of the characters are pretty well-written and it's fun hearing my adopted state Minnesota's northern boundaries described.

Kalau baca2 ulasan pembaca lain buku ini diperuntukkan untuk team jacob yg dikecewakan dlm twilight ktn bella milih edward. Krn ak termasuk team jacob jd ak coba baca ini. Ternyata yah sama aja kyk twilight datar bgt ceritanya.

i loved it loads. almost as much as i loves wolves .

Had to stop reading. The premise was okay, and I LOVE the author. But this book was a little too feely for me personally. Cheesy romance that I couldn't get into. Not my cup of tea. Other's may like it but for me it was a little too Twilight.

It wasn't a fantastic book, but I liked it well enough. It was sweet but quite hopeless at times. There was barely any action, but luckily I didn't mind the characters and their interactions. I was quite taken by their relationship, even though it was overshadowed at times by signs of codependency. But then I though, they're teenagers experiencing their first love. And unlike other books relying heavily on romance, this wasn't an insta-love, it was more of an insta-connection that grew into an all-consuming love, but you get to see the development so it's not that bothersome.

I guess I'm a sucker for Stiefvater's writing. It's always a little hard to get into at first, but once I get over that threshold, I just need to go on with the story. I didn't love this as much I loved “The Raven Boys” but I still couldn't help care about the characters and their fate.

Not gonna lie, a couple chapters into this and I started thinking, “What the hell am I doing?” This is about a teenage girl and teenage boy falling in love and not much else. It doesn't even pretend to be about much else, the wolves, the cold, they're just set dressing. Do I read books about teenagers falling in love and not much else?Apparently I do, and I enjoy them too. Or at least this one. Though I should clarify, Sam and Grace do not in fact fall in love. They already are in love by the time they meet in human flesh. They've pined for each other for years through different kinds of eyes and between trees. Sam as a wolf, Grace as a human girl who should be a wolf and still kind of is. Shiver is not quite as lush as [b:The Raven Boys 17675462 The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle, #1) Maggie Stiefvater https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1370659760s/17675462.jpg 18970934], the prose not as flashy, but it is a quieter, more simple story after all. The characters are likeable, and for Sam this is particularly remarkable, considering the pedigree of supernatural male love interests he has behind him. He's a sweet, intelligent, loving guy. Grace I don't entirely get. If the other characters didn't so frequently reiterate how rational and efficient she is, I never would have noticed. Likewise, her best friend Olivia I never felt like had much of a personality outside of her very last moment on page. Isabel I enjoyed thoroughly though - her acidic but self-aware dialogue reminded of the moments I like so much in The Raven Boys.And like that only other book I've read by Stiefvater, Shiver doesn't really have a core plot. It meanders in the same way. There are some attempts at an antagonist (Shelby I feel like exists entirely to set up conflict for later books), but mostly it's just Sam and Grace and their efforts to huddle close and keep out the cold. Despite this, it's not at all a chore to read. It's honest and sweet. It's a nice little something to curl up with when it's snowing out.

I'll definitely be reading the rest of the series!

It made me cry. I'm nearly 40 years old and it made me cry.

So, I'm giving this book a four but I really think it deserves more of a 3.5.
It took a very long time for me to get interested with this book and by the time I did the book was almost over.
However, since I did enjoy in the end I'm giving it a higher rating.
I will definitely be checking out the next book, Linger, in this series.

A book aimed squarely at the Twilight niche. And it pretty much hits his target (especially for anyone who is Team Jacob), though it's not as addictive as that series (I actually didn't think Twilight was all that addictive either). The beginning and the end are beautifully written - it was nice to read a YA novel where the teens don't whine about living in the snowy tundra, erm I mean Upper Midwest all while wishing to move to anywhere south of Orlando. The middle however drifts along in a sleepy trance never really building to much of anything. Ok, there was that tense moment in the clinic, but really it wasn't any bigger than say the car accident.

A main reason I gave this 3 stars instead of 2...it didn't shove pages and pages of fawning god-like descriptions of a particular character down my throat.

My thoughts on this book? It was ok. Not the best book I've read, but I don't regret reading it. I wish there was more wolves and less romance.

4.5 (I want Linger now!)

Absolutely loved this.
The relationship between Sam and Grace is heartbreakingly poignant and the end...ah...truly sighworthy, makes me want to rush out and buy Linger tomorrow.

In Twilight, I wasn't a werewolf fan so much (the vamps had me at hello, lol) but Sam, Beck and co. have swayed me.

I would have liked this a lot more if Twilight had never happened. Although it was better written than Twilight, it's too much like it to be original, unfortunately. I will probably read the second one to see where she goes with the story. More like 2 1/2 stars than 2.