Books I Read: The Wolves of Mercy Falls Trilogy, by Maggie Stiefvater
Okay, this will be quite short.
As you can see by my review of book one, I fell for this series really hard and fast. Shiver was amazing and one of the most moving YA novels I have ever read. But to be honest.. Linger let me down. Kinda. Thinking back, it's not bad per se (most of it is very dark, with bloodbaths, psychotic wolves, medical experiments gone wrong and an end I wouldn't have expected). But what I remember most about it is Cole. Cole (and his "relationship" with Isabel) was the best thing that happened to books 2 and 3, and about the only thing that kept me reading in book 3 (besides the will-they-or-won't-they-be-cured-plot), because Sam and Grace's relationship - as cute and honest and deep as it was - simply bored me after a while. But I love Cole. Seriously. Tragic tortured and infamous genius rockstar-boy turned werewolf? Unf. Forever picked up right were we left in Linger (a bloodbath) and the whole conclusion thing was beautiful and gory at the same time (though it felt half-baked to me...). I really don't regret buying and reading those books and I think they're an asset to the whole YA novel world (though I really haven't read each and every YA novel, mind you ;)) So... I just love Maggie Stiefvater's way of writing. Will check out some of her other books. That is all.
Now on to some more Dystopian Fiction with:
As you can see by my review of book one, I fell for this series really hard and fast. Shiver was amazing and one of the most moving YA novels I have ever read. But to be honest.. Linger let me down. Kinda. Thinking back, it's not bad per se (most of it is very dark, with bloodbaths, psychotic wolves, medical experiments gone wrong and an end I wouldn't have expected). But what I remember most about it is Cole. Cole (and his "relationship" with Isabel) was the best thing that happened to books 2 and 3, and about the only thing that kept me reading in book 3 (besides the will-they-or-won't-they-be-cured-plot), because Sam and Grace's relationship - as cute and honest and deep as it was - simply bored me after a while. But I love Cole. Seriously. Tragic tortured and infamous genius rockstar-boy turned werewolf? Unf. Forever picked up right were we left in Linger (a bloodbath) and the whole conclusion thing was beautiful and gory at the same time (though it felt half-baked to me...). I really don't regret buying and reading those books and I think they're an asset to the whole YA novel world (though I really haven't read each and every YA novel, mind you ;)) So... I just love Maggie Stiefvater's way of writing. Will check out some of her other books. That is all.
Now on to some more Dystopian Fiction with:
