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bandralynn 's review for:
Linger
by Maggie Stiefvater
I liked Linger better than Shiver because it didn't feel like Twilight anymore. I also really liked that there were issues with Sam and Grace's relationship, like the fact that they're only teenagers and it seems ridiculous that they could have such strong feelings for each other.
I also really liked delving into Cole and Isabel. There are some seriously flawed characters in this book, but I like that because it makes them interesting and gives them depth. Linger is a bit of a character study in some ways, which I loved.
*Update 10/11/14* So Cole and Isabel are still my favorites. Stiefvater always manages to write such realistically broken characters, and they end up being so interesting. I also forgot just how big the issues between Sam and Grace were. I do love that Grace's parents seem to reintroduce themselves into her life just when she's okay with them being gone, and when it would be far more convenient for them to be gone. While I fully understand why they react the way they do to Grace and Sam's relationship (seriously, she's only seventeen), I also hate them for the way they react. Which just goes to show how well Stiefvater wrote the relationship. Grace and Sam may be teenagers, but it is completely believable that they will be together forever. That isn't usually how I feel about teenage love stories.
I also really liked delving into Cole and Isabel. There are some seriously flawed characters in this book, but I like that because it makes them interesting and gives them depth. Linger is a bit of a character study in some ways, which I loved.
*Update 10/11/14* So Cole and Isabel are still my favorites. Stiefvater always manages to write such realistically broken characters, and they end up being so interesting. I also forgot just how big the issues between Sam and Grace were. I do love that Grace's parents seem to reintroduce themselves into her life just when she's okay with them being gone, and when it would be far more convenient for them to be gone. While I fully understand why they react the way they do to Grace and Sam's relationship (seriously, she's only seventeen), I also hate them for the way they react. Which just goes to show how well Stiefvater wrote the relationship. Grace and Sam may be teenagers, but it is completely believable that they will be together forever. That isn't usually how I feel about teenage love stories.