I picked up Shiver because I saw someone comment on it on Pinterest. She said the series was fantastic and I just felt like reading another love story after Beautiful Disaster even if it was young adult and paranormal.
And I wasn’t disappointed.
I loved Maggie Stiefvater’s writing style and I read this book in a single day. I didn’t want the story to end and I felt connected to both of the main characters in different ways. I even liked the tertiary characters. Yes, as with most novels, I had issues with some bits and pieces but overall I swallowed the book up and felt contended at the end.
So much so that I decided to move on to the next in the series right away. Which is pretty much unheard of, for me. But maybe it was because I went through it so quickly and I just didn’t want it to end. So now I’m reading the second one and let’s hope it’s as good.
I liked the writing style in Shiver, but I couldn’t finish the second book. I really didn’t like the story line in that one. Some of my friends liked it though. I’ll be curious to see what you think.
Karen, due to your book a week I was inspired to attempt the same. My goal this year is to try reading 52 books. So far I’m on my fifth book and happy to finish one so I can jump right into th next one! I have a bookshelf full of books that need their spines cracked. LOL!!! I’m looking forward to meeting my goal and uncovering many stories by all sorts of authors. : >
I am on the last book of the series, Forever, and love them as well!! I’m almost done and I’m so unsure how it’s going to end. Another series you might like is the Hush Hush series. Loved them!!!
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