Author Maggie Stiefvater creator of “Shiver” has some exciting news for all her fans today, she has posted the cover and first paragraph of “Linger,” enjoy!
m-stiefvater.livejournal.com: As promised, I’m revealing the cover and first paragraph of LINGER today. A little bit about LINGER, for starters — it’s the sequel to SHIVER, it’s coming out July 20th, and it is about after. What happens after you discover there are werewolves in the wood, after you’ve fallen in love for the first time, after you’ve lost what you think you can’t live without, after you’ve become someone you can’t live with (and no, not all of these are talking about the characters you think they’re talking about.)
It was also the easiest and hardest book I’ve ever written, coming off the heels of SHIVER’s immediate and crazy success. I can only imagine that Chris, the cover designer, felt the same way I did writing LINGER when he was trying to design the cover for it, because the SHIVER cover was such a smashing success, how would he follow it?
Well, I think he did. Behold, ze official cover of LINGER!
And now, the first paragraph(s). I’ve been asked a couple of times if folks can repost either of these things on their blogs and the answer is an absolute YES I’D BE FLATTERED PLEASE DO!!! Okay . . . the first bit of LINGER:
*grace*
This is the story of a boy who used to be a wolf and a girl who was becoming one.
Just a few months ago, it was Sam who was the mythical creature. His was the disease we couldn’t cure. His was the good-bye that meant the most. He had the body that was a mystery, too strange and wonderful and terrifying to comprehend.
But now it is spring. With the beat, the remaining wolves will soon be falling out of their wolf pelts and back into their human bodies. Sam stays Sam, and Cole stays Cole, and it’s only me who’s not firmly in my own skin.
Wow, I love how it looks in green! And don’t forget that “Shiver” is OBS YA Book of the month, so join us, give us your opinion we don’t bite 😉
