After Reading: Forever

By: Meradeth Houston on 12:44 PM

by Maggie Stiefvater


The conclusion to #1 bestselling Shiver trilogy. In Shiver, Grace and Sam found each other. In Linger, they fought to be together. Now, in Forever, the stakes are even higher than before. Wolves are being hunted. Lives are being threatened. And love is harder and harder to hold on to as death comes closing in.

Gah, there are always going to be authors out there that I'm totally jealous of, I know, but Maggie totally tops my list :) I mean this in a good way, I swear it! Just, reading this book, and this series, just wow. The story itself was a carefully crafted tightening of a million little threads, pulling together the lives of all those people (let's face it, they aren't characters in these books--they're people I wouldn't even be surprised to meet on the street) we've come to know throughout the books. As much as I identify with Grace, this book really made me really start to love Isabel; she's just so interesting. And I think I'd really like to meet Cole in real life--I think it would be interesting, though I'm not sure my husband would like it! Anyhow, as I was reading (read: savoring) this last book in the series, I had to keep stopping to re-read another line, phrase, description, because it would just jump out and me and reel me in. I wish I had my copy on me as I write this to note a few of my favorites, but suffice it to say the writing was amazing. Also, I'm really looking forward to the Scorpio Races, Maggie's next book. Should be a good one!