A review by madelinemcguire
Linger by Maggie Stiefvater

5.0

Sam has stopped shifting into a wolf and now him and Grace can finally be together without an expiration date. Sam is trying to figure out what it means to be human full time while managing the newer wolves who have started shifting back, in particular Cole. Cole wants nothing more to be a wolf and forget himself, that's what Beck promised him when he bit him something Sam is still struggling with. But his newness to being a werewolf grants a shorter time as a wolf, unlike the older wolves who have stopped shifting. A few of the old wolves are found dead in the woods with blood on their snout and a weird almond smell. Not shortly after Sam notices the same smell on Grace and her worsening condition gives Sam cause for alarm. Now its Grace who's the one with the expiration date, and Sam and Cole must work together to figure out how to save her.

This one doesn't hit me the same way Shiver does, but the ending does. Cole gets on my nerves a little bit mostly because he doesn't try to understand the position Sam has been in. He gets better as the book goes on and I do like him in Forever and Sinner. This book does a great job progressing the story line of the Wolves. You can't read this book on it's own, it has to be read as the sequel to Shiver. (On a side-note I'm loving re-reading this series because there is so much I've forgotten.)