Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Book 27-Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater

Another YA! This one is nominated for the 2011-2012 Gateway Award. This is the love story of Grace and Sam. For Grace, it was love at first sight when she saw Sam for the first time...as a wolf in her backyard. Strange? Okay. But after all of the funky things that have been written for YA lately, I can buy it. When Grace sees Sam as a boy, the love is magnified...but then she realizes that Sam is running out of time to be a boy!

There, that's my summary. I liked this book, I guess. It was a page-turner, which is what I needed after trying to read some heavier stuff this summer while my kids run around and ask questions and watch iCarly. I need something a little easier. This is certainly easy. As a YA reader, I was glad that there wasn't a love triangle in this book. Those get sooooo tiresome. Yes, the heroine is so beautiful (but she never realizes it, of course) that she has multiple men who would lay down their lives for her. Yawn. Not in this book. The main characters only have eyes for each other. However, the absentee/oblivious parents were present. That's kind of a bummer...

I would pick this book up if you need something for a car ride or the beach (if you are so lucky)...

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