Forever by Maggie Stiefvater

Grace is living as a wolf in the Boundary Wood. Cole and Sam are living together in Beck's old house, trying to find a cure to the shifts that take them from their human bodies and minds. Isabel's father is getting closer to gaining permission to hunt down the wolves of Mercy Falls, and when a girl is found dead, her body showing all the signs of being attacked by a wolf, he finally has the ammunition he needs to get rid of the wolves for good.

As much as I hate to say this, the ending of this series was lacking. Don't get me wrong, there was a lot going on throughout the story and I really enjoyed the suspense leading up to the final hunt, but when I finally got there and there were only 11 pages left, I kind of knew that I was going to be disappointed. I almost feel like she had hit her deadline or page quota or something along those lines so "Well, here's as good a place to end as any." There are so many questions left unanswered that it doesn't feel like the series should be over, but after reading her notes and acknowledgements, she is very firm in the fact that this is the last book about the wolves of Mercy Falls. This may sound harsh, but I almost wish she would've just left Shiver as a stand-alone book because it was so good and the other two just did not live up to it.

Linger by Maggie Stiefvater

Since finding a cure for Sam's werewolfism, Sam and Grace finally get to have a normal life together. At least that's what they think. Sam has to deal with the volatile new wolf, Cole, and try to help him become accustomed to his new life. Meanwhile, Isabel's father is still hellbent on ridding Mercy Falls of the wolves and Grace is getting sick. No one seems to be able to figure out what's wrong with her, but she has a feeling that it has to do with the wolves...

While this was a very good book, it took me a little while to get used to the narration. In the first book, it alternated between Grace and Sam. This time, not only do they tell the story, but so do Isabel and Cole. While it provides more insight into what's going on, it loses some of the feeling since the reader has to try to keep track of who's speaking. The final book in this series, Forever, is slated for release in July 2011.

Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater

Grace was attacked by a pack of wolves when she was little. A yellow eyed wolf saved her from the attack. Ever since, when the weather turns cold, the yellow eyed wolf, her wolf, watches her from the woods behind her house. When she returns home one day from trying to stop some men from hunting the wolves, she finds a naked and bleeding boy on her back porch whose eyes are an eerily familiar shade of yellow...

Seriously had a hard time putting this book down! Watch for Linger, the next book in the series, coming out in July 2010.