Shiver (The Wolves of Mercy Falls #1)

See Stephenie Meyer, this is what you did! You've opened the door for all sorts of shitty supernatural love stories that are somehow all the exact same, and yet each one worse than the other. How does that even work?

Maggie Steifwhatever, I hate you.

I thought this shit was pretty gawd damn terrible. I picked it up, and I liked the cover, and I thought "I'll give it a chance, how bad can it be?" Really fucking bad, that's how bad.

 The story revolves around Grace, a plain ass loser girl who sits around watching wolves who occasionally wander into her yard, and Sam, who happens to be one of those shitty wolves, at least during the winter. And now, duh duh duh...winter is coming! But this isn't that book, and Sam may stay wolfed out forever. Who fucking cares?

Grace is a selfish, bland and "stoic" character. Sam is super exciting. Like, cream of wheat for breakfast exciting! Fucking woot! Jack is a stereotypical jock, his sister a "mean girl"...it was so predictable and dull. The romance was childish as well. Tee Hee, boys have penises! Tee Hee!

This book is definitely meant for a young audience, and where other YA books can be enjoyable for older readers, this one simply was not. Not at all. No. Don't.

Also, it is incredibly hard to read this and not have your mind flutter over to the Twilight comparisons. Sam is like a wolfy Edward Cullen. It's like the author wanted wolves over vampires, but then neutered said wolves. At least Meyer got it semi-right with her wolves, regardless of her lack of talent elsewhere. Grace makes Bella seem complex and likable. I fucking hated Bella.

Er, I mean...I loved this book. Buy it here!..(Don't)



Or the whole mother-fookin' trilogy here:



Shiver (The Wolves of Mercy Falls #1)
Maggie Stiefvater
Published Aug 1st, 2009 by Scholastic Press
390 Pages