Audio Book Review: Linger by Maggie Stiefvater (The Wolves of Mercy Falls #2)

I had grand plans for devouring this book over Christmas but man was it a busy holiday!  Coming back home, to work and the commute ( and chores) allowed me to crush the rest and I loved, loved, it!

In Maggie Stiefvater's Shiver, Grace and Sam found each other. Now, in Linger, they must fight to be together. For Grace, this means defying her parents and keeping a very dangerous secret about her own well-being. For Sam, this means grappling with his werewolf past . . . and figuring out a way to survive into the future. Add into the mix a new wolf named Cole, whose own past has the potential to destroy the whole pack. And Isabelle, who already lost her brother to the wolves . . . and is nonetheless drawn to Cole.

Narrator Voice: 9 ( with a 2 for the singing).  OK I get it Cole is a singer, so is Sam, but lets just not have the characters sing, ok?  It is bad.

Originality: 8.  I Sorta saw some of this coming, but I was hooked anyways. 


Absurdity: 5.  This mostly has to do with the real life adult stuff that gets all glossed over.  Does Sam do chores? Does he cook? Bank?  Fine fine, we wont talk about it, but I know it is there.  Also, Grace's parents are the worst and her Dad is the most absurd part of this book. Also, Sam's feelings: Absurdity = 8.  Teenage boys just do not emote like this.

Level of Paranormal Romance: 9. Stay strong, teen-werewolf love.


Level of Harry-Potterness: 8.  I find the way that Stiefvater turns a phrase grabs you and doesn't let go.  Some if it just feels so REAL, their emotions and feelings towards eachother.  It hooks you and you just cant stop.

Book Three is already on my phone to listen to....

Top Ten Tuesday: Luuuvvvvvvv Interests

Hellllloooooooooooooo book bloggers! It is Tuesday again. That means its Top Ten Tuesday hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week's TTT is dedicated to our fav hunky male love interests. Now, we love a good romance. (Remember the time I word-searched for kisses on my Nook? It happened. I needed to know I could depend on some budding romance in my read). Here we go!

Is that Tim Riggins cast by fans as Dimitri? 

Crazy Camper:

• Hunter from Mystic City by Theo Lawrence. He is dark and mysterious while at once FULL of emotions. My kind of guy.
• Augustus Waters from The Fault in Our Stars by John Green. Always and forever. I am anxious to see who they cast for the movie version of this book!
• Dimitri from the Vampire Academy series by Richelle Mead. Preferably before he becomes a vampire/post-vampire moody goon.

Tim Riggins also hows up when
you image search Kaleb.
Ha!
(PS, I can support this).

Grad Student:

• Ben from Texas Gothic by Rosemary Clement-Moore. "hot neighbor cowboy" ENOUGH SAID.
• Tucker from the Unearthly series by Cynthia Hand. Again, he is a cowboy. I love country music, and I particularly love country music in the summer, so this tendency should come as no surprise as I look forward to spring and summer.
• Kaleb from the Hourglass series by Myra McEntire. He likes to cook, knows he is a slice of sexy, and has tattoos for extra appeal. 
• George Cooper from The Lioness Quartet by Tamora Pierce. THE ORIGINAL roguish charmer.
• The Hudson Boys from Soul Screamers series by Rachel Vincent. Both Nash and Todd have made me swoon, and I still don't know who I love best.
• Sean from The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvadter. I like how he is the strong silent type.

A cheers of our whiskey sour to The Broke and the Bookish for hosting such an awesome weekly meme! 

Want to hear more from us on these reads? Check out our reviews of Texas Gothic, Hallowed, aka book two of the Unearthly Series, Timepiece aka the Kaleb show, aka book two of the Hourglass series, The Scorpio Races, our review of both the Soul Singers series and My Soul to Take, and of course Vampire Academy, Frostbite, and Crazy Camper's lovefest of the Vampire Academy series.