Shiver

Shiver was recommended by my fancy friend from NYC. I hadn't heard of it, so I paid a quick trip to Amazon and the little gem arrived at my doorstep within a week. I started it immediately. My first thought: Twilight. Forks has been replaced by Mercy Falls.

The story begins with Grace as a child. In a violent attack, she is ripped from the tire swing in her backyard, dragged into the woods, and attacked by wolves. By all rites, she should be dead. She has a vague memory, however, of a yellow eyed wolf saving her. Oh, the intrigue.

Flash forward to Grace in high school. She loves the wolves. Every year she waits for the wolves to signify the coming of the winter months. Their calls from the woods and their presence in the forest near her house makes her happy.

This year, though, the town is in upheaval. The wolves have dragged off a high school senior, attacked him, and killed him. He's missing from the morgue, but everyone was positive that he is dead. In an effort to end the wolf attacks, the town mounts up a posse and charges into the forest, killing everything that moves.

This will forever change the path of Grace's life.

Want to know more?

Read Maggie Stiefvater's new novel, Shiver.