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School Library Journal
Reviewed on August 1, 2010
Gr 9-Up The wolves of Mercy Falls return in this sequel to "Shiver"(Scholastic, 2009), and familiar characters mingle with more recent recruits into the Minnesota werewolf pack. Sam, now cured of his werewolf affliction, is adjusting to year-round life as a human. His girlfriend, Grace, suffers from headaches and other symptoms that may be related to a childhood wolf bite. When her parents discover Sam sleeping in her bed, they ground her and threaten to keep the two apart permanently. Tremendous angst and declarations th...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on July 1, 2010
Sam and Grace, the star-crossed lovers of Shiver, return for this "story of a boy who used to be a wolf and a girl who was becoming one," as Stiefvater puts it in her prologue to Linger. She's dropped a whopping hint about the book's ending, but her fans won't mind as they tuck into a second helping of supernatural romance. Sam, now fully human, assumes the role of the wolves' caretaker, while Grace, plagued with mysterious hea...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2010
Sam and Grace, star-crossed lovers of <i>Shiver</i>, return. Sam, now fully human, assumes the role of the wolves' caretaker, while Grac...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Junior Library Guild
Reviewed on September 1, 2010
Linger continues the epic love story that made Shiver so popular and introduces two new narrators whose attraction to each other is (unlike Grace and Sam’s) visceral and reckless. Maggie Stiefvater once again d...Log In or Sign Up to Read More