Close Reset Password. Processing Please Don't Refresh the Page. Shiver Unabridged Audiobook. Play Sample. Give as a Gift Send this book as a Gift! Book Rating Date: September Duration: 10 hours 45 minutes. Members Also Liked Similar Titles. Reviews Mandy Biehn. Allie Shea Hunter. Donec in tortor in lectus iaculis vulputate.
Sed aliquam, urna ut sollicitudin molestie, lacus justo aliquam mauris, interdum aliquam sapien nisi cursus mauris. Nunc hendrerit tortor vitae est placerat ut varius erat posuere. Duis ut nisl in mi eleifend faucibus egestas aliquet arcu. I have to say I really enjoyed it. It was a sweet love story, the kind of thing girls fantasize about. I picked this title up after reading reviews calling it the werewolf version of Twilight.
Since the movies have ruined Edward's original book character for me, I thought I'd give this book a try. I had high hopes of a comparable story with a likable cast, but it just never happened. And the parents? I wish they would have just been left out, rather than portrayed as so naive and self-centered the kitchen scene completely irked me.
The remaining characters proved of little value. I'm a little curious to see how the entire storyline will play out, but this series is just a filler for me, nothing more.
I couldn't get into this book. I just didn't connect with the characters. I didn't find the relationship plausible. It's a shame because I was really looking forward to reading it. As a little girl, Grace is attacked by a wolf pack. She miraculously survives, carrying with her afterwards the memory of one wolf in particular.
Afters years of spying the wolf in the woods at a distance, and developing a deep-felt passion for wolves' survival as a whole, Grace and the wolf finally edge closer; And then Grace meets Sam, with his intense yellow eyes Shiver is a love story about a girl and her dog. Okay, not her dog, but a boy who happens to be a werewolf. And they are both teenagers, which means plenty of angst and earnestness expressed by words spoken, words unspoken, song lyrics and meaningful looks.
The story recalls all the adolescent fervor in which everything is a matter of life and death. Of course, in this modern fairy tale, this is quite literally true.
There is the obvious body count as victims of wolf attacks appear; but there is also the slide away from human life into a final change into the lupine form after years of lycanthropy. The whorl of emotions and the immediacy of the pace recall the classic story of star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet. Their worlds devolve around them, relegating others to the roles of supporting characters and; the reader becomes mesmerized by the ephemeral nature of each moment between the the two paramours.
Jenna Lamia and David LeDoux are the narrators of Shiver, reading passages from their characters' respective points of view as Grace and Sam. Each voices their character with the all the whiny pathos the characters warrant.
At times, David LeDoux sounds a bit more experienced than an eighteen-year old should; but overall Jenna Lamia and David LeDoux strike all the right notes, recalling what it was like to be young and in love and; trying to take control in the maelstrom of their lives.
I wanted to move this down to 3 stars for the similarities to Twilight and then I figure, I'll let it slide. I mean I did read it in 2 days so something engaged me right? Hard to pinpoint what though. The characters were okay although I felt some got the short stick in way of development. The plot was interesting maybe.
I suppose it fits in my theory the werewolves are the new vampires in YA paranormal romance. I owe this a real review, but don't think I'll ever get to doing it.
Quick review of this title? I didn't like it very much. The writing style didn't agree with me at all and I felt that a lot of the emotions the characters felt were just too sudden. I can take supernatural romances where there is an instant connection I love those! Everything seemed far too instant. Not my favorite title. Stiefavter seems determined to do for werewolves what the Twilight saga has done for vampires. She offers a very interesting take on werewolf lore. Mostly romance, little horror.
The characters are quite lively and likeable. Engaging and fun. I liked this a lot more than I'd expected to. Sure, the characters aren't the most dynamic I've ever read, and sure, the prose tends toward the flowery, but on audio those things don't matter so much. I'll pick up the sequel on audio when it comes out, too, most likely. Let me get it out there that Shiver is not just Twilight with wolves. But it doesn't escape completely from the stigma of its predecessor.
There is quite enough of teen drama to go around. The plot is saved by Sam's struggle to stay human while nature and his past keep trying to reclaim him. This sad, sweet story is worth every minute of listening.
Audio Notes: Jenna Lamia, who voices Grace's parts, is an excellent reader who was perfect for the role.
David LeDoux Sam , is equally as good at reading, but I don't think that his voice fit the role. His has a rougher edge more suited to reading murder mysteries or really anything that doesn't involve romance, and his voices for female characters was a little disturbing.
I really enjoyed listening to this audiobook, and somehow I feel like I wouldn't have enjoyed the story as much if I had read it. It felt more like watching a movie instead of an actual book.
Before I rip into the novel, I want to say that there were many things about this book that I quite enjoyed. There is no doubt in my mind that Stiefvater is a good writer and her prose is lyrical and at times haunting.
The concept of the werewolves and the setting were both fascinating in my opinion as well. The problem in my eyes, was that the plot, such as it was, was very, very thin.
There seemed to be vague hints of a real plot here and there, but most of the time I felt like I was reading about Sam's fight against the cold- over and over again.
There were some interesting plot elements that were thrown in here and there- Beck, Isabel, Jake, Olivia- but they never seemed to coalesce into a unified plot, rather they just seemed to be thrown in at will to fill the pages. Most of the characters were somewhat filled out, even though Grace fell quite flat to me.
Grace's obsession with the wolves struck me as bizarre and kind of creepy, particularly since she didn't know what they really were at the beginning. I thought Sam was the most interesting of the cast of characters. Sam loves language and poetry and words- writing godawful lyrics in his head- and his struggle with his animal nature is one which involves his desire to keep his "words" and not have to leave them behind and succumb to his baser instincts.
I thought Stiefvater captured that nuance brilliantly. Ultimately, a comparison to Twilight must be made, and in contrast to the Twilight series, the supernatural abilities of the wolf pack seem sometimes to be more of a "disability" rather than a key to a rarefied, preternatural world which renders them aristocracts because of their immortality and impossible beauty.
To me, that got old fast, as I think that many wish to enter the supernatural world in fiction as a form of escape from society's strictures and as a means of entering the mystery of the woods and the unexplained. In this novel, the werewolves are just as "trapped" in their existence as your typical angsty adolescent and while I can see the appeal to said demographic, for me, it got old very quickly.
Overall, I felt pretty apathetic about this one. It wasn't that I liked it or disliked it I simply didn't care. As she did in her bestselling Shiver trilogy, author Maggie Stiefvater takes us to the breaking point, where both love and life meet their greatest obstacles, and only the strong of heart can survive.
The Scorpio Races is an unforgettable reading experience. Others race to survive. Now, in Linger, they must fight to be together. For Grace, this means defying her parents and keeping a very dangerous secret about her own well-being. For Sam, this means grappling with his werewolf past. Add into the mix a new wolf named Cole, whose own past has the potential to destroy the whole pack.
And Isabelle, who already lost her brother to the wolves. It syncs automatically with your account and allows you to read online or offline wherever you are. Please follow the detailed Help center instructions to transfer the files to supported eReaders.
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