Shiver

I loved this book. The characters of Sam and Grace drew me in from the start. I really liked the way the author switched perspectives while telling this story. I tried not to, but found myself comparing this story with the Twilight series. I found that Grace and Bella are similar in with their family situations. They both have sense of understanding the risks involved with their relationships with their non-human boyfriends. Sam is a lot like Edward in the way that neither chose their life for them-self. Beck chose Sam's life after his cruel parents and Carlisle chose Edwards life to save him from dying. Also, both Sam and Edward relationships with the opposite sex were treasured and things moved slowly. Both stories had a race against time. I got very upset with Sam's character when he left the SUV after Grace had hit ice. I knew he just couldn't leave her alone; he was to drawn to her. I must say I loved the last page of the novel when Grace discovered that he was alive. The plot moved quickly and that's a major key in YA literature. This story is a definite great book on the YALSA reluctant reader list. Since I was a reluctant reader in HS this story would have probably pulled me back into reading.
I am looking forward to the sequal of Linger, and I got impatience. I found the first chapter on Amazon and read it! JULY 20th is not coming fast enough for me.