The Shiver Series

I have been so bad about posting after I read books lately that I have quite a few to catch up on!  I am pleased to say that I have been reading a lot lately, even though I have been super busy this summer.  That said, I have been wanting to read this series for awhile - the book covers got the best of my couriosity a couple of years ago and I finally got the books and read them :)  This series is written by Maggie Stiefvater and is about werewolves (I think she was working that whole Twilight angle, but it works).

The first book is called, Shiver and it is here that we meet Grace and Sam.  Grace is a 17 year old girl who lives in a small town in Minnesota.  She has spent her entire life watching the wolves in the woods behind her house.  There is one wolf inparticular that she likes to watch, her wolf, the one with the yellow eyes.  Sometimes it seems as if he is watching her as well and she has always felt that she knows this wolf, but can't figure out why.  Sam is an 18 year old boy/wolf.  He has lived out his winters as a wolf and summers as a boy since he was bitten at the age of 7.  He is Grace's wolf and has never dared talk to her, until now.  Once Sam and Grace meet they are inseperable - falling in love is easy and it is as if they were meant to be.  The only problem is, winter is coming and Sam is going to change back into a wolf - this time it might be forever.  The couple needs to think of a plan to save Sam, before it gets too cold.

The second book in this series is called, Linger.  In this book we meet a new wolf, Cole who is a former famous musician, now thought to be dead.  Sam has fought off becomming a wolf (won't explain how so as not to ruin the surprise), but now Grace has a problem.  She was bitten by a wolf as a child, but never shifted.  Now Grace is feeling sick and Cole (who also happens is be a bit of a genius) believes it is because she never shifted as a child and now needs to.  Grace's condition get worse and she must go to the hospital.  Her parents suspect that Sam has something to do with Grace being sick and won't allow him near her.  Cole figures out how to make Grace shift and at the last moment, Grace is able to sneak out of the hospital and shift into the wolf she should have become years before.  Unfortunately for Sam, he finds himself now having to wait through the winter hoping that Grace will return.

The final book in this series is called, Forever.  It begins with Sam trying to get through each day as he waits for the weather is get warm.  Cole is playing mad scientist, trying to figure out a cure so that Sam and Grace can be together again as humans forever.  The situation with the wolves is getting bad in town though.  Grace's disappearence has caused people in town to think that the wolves are at fault and that they need to be eliminated.  Sam and Cole must work quickly to find Grace, a cure, and a new place for the wolves to live before they are all killed. 

I enjoyed this series!  It was an easy read and always kept me guessing what was going to go wrong next, haha.  I was a little disappointed with the ending of the thrid book - I wanted something a little more conclusive, but I will just have to assume the best I guess.  Anyways, great love story and the characters were fun.  I especially liked Cole and his transformation.