Linger

Linger
Maggie Stiefvater
Scholastic Press, 2010, 368 pages, Young Adult Fiction

In this is the sequel to Shiver, Sam and Grace can finally be together now that Sam is permanently human. But all is not as they had hoped for. Grace must deal with parents who after a decade of neglect now want to control who she sees and what she does. Sam is also still dealing with his wolf past and present. On top of this, Grace is plagued by a mysterious illness that just might be turning her into a wolf. Sam and Grace just want to grow old together, but with so much against them, will they ever be able to attain it?

Musician/artist Stiefvater imbues her books with beautifully written, lyric like prose and well-developed characters. Her books are a cut above the loads of Teen paranormal romances out there.

AJ