Review: Linger

Title: Linger ( The Wolves of Mercy Falls 2)
Author: Maggie Stiefvater
Pages: 360
Published: July 13th 2010 by Scholastic Press
Rating: 3/5
Goodreads Summary:
The astonishing #1 New York Times bestseller.

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.

Review:
I read the first book a year ago because my librarian recommended it, and I liked it. It wasn't a typical "werewolf" story. I decided what they hey it's been a year lets read the second. Now I don't read as much in the summer or at least I don't finish as many books in the summer. So the fact that I finished this book is a freaking miracle. I sort of forgot what happened in the first book so it took a couple of chapters to get the gist of it. I wasn't a fan of the book being told in four different points of view and the colored text makes it hard for me to read. The writing was well done but I felt that this was simply a filler book and wasn't completely necessary. It was slow and at some points painful and confusing. The only part that really made sense to me was the end, which I'm not going to spoil. If you have read Shiver then sure give this a shot, but I just don't think it is as good. Mind you most sequels aren't as good as their first book.