(Beck himself, due to his advanced age, is now forever a wolf.) One of these newbies is Cole, the former bad boy lead singer of a teenage band. We quickly meet one of three new wolves Beck brought back from Canada.

I've been called worse! Meanwhile, Isabel is storming about as an angry, bitter shell, hating herself for 'killing' her own brother and reaching out, in her own jagged way, to Grace and Sam, the only two people who know what truly happened. I'm sorry, I still find Sam a bit too earnest for my taste, but I fully buy his relationship with Grace. (Alas, poor Jack simply dies a second ignoble death.) Fast forward to 'Linger,' and Grace and Sam are the same moony lovers, trading poetry, songs, heartfelt gazes, and long nights in her bedroom. The illness causes an incredibly high fever, which, in Sam's case, forever banishes his wolfy self. Ok, so at the end of 'Shiver,' rich, bratty Isabel Culpepper and tougher-than-she-appears Grace Brisbane infect two werewolves, Isabel's brother Jack and Grace's beloved Sam Roth, with meningitis. So be forewarned, dear readers, and run screaming from this blog right now if that's going to create an issue for you. So when I say that 'Linger' held my attention, that deserves to be underlined, starred, and otherwise highlighted!Īs YA lit lovers already know, 'Linger' is the sequel to Maggie's first werewolf romance, 'Shiver.' I won't reveal key plot points of the new book, which won't hit bookstores until July, but I've got to reference some 'Shiver' moments. Before I dive into my review, let me say I've had a difficult time concentrating of late, making reading much more challenging than it has ever been in the past. As some readers of this blog may know, I have since suffered an injury and will shortly have surgery. I scored a copy of Maggie Stiefvater's 'Linger' from the Scholastic folks at NCTE back in late November.

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