Linger (#2 in The Wolves of Mercy Falls) by Maggie Stiefvater

 

Synopsis :

the longing.
Once Grace and Sam have found each other, they know they must fight to stay together. For Sam, this means a reckoning with his werewolf past. For Grace, it means facing a future that is less and less certain.

the loss.
Into their world comes a new wolf named Cole, whose past is full of hurt and danger. He is wrestling with his own demons, embracing the life of a wolf while denying the ties of being a human.

the linger.
For Grace, Sam, and Cole, life a constant struggle between two forces - wolf and human - with love baring its two sides as well. It is harrowing and euphoric, freeing and entrapping, enticing and alarming. As their world falls apart, love is what lingers. But will it be enough? 

This is What I say :

Linger is the second book the The Wolves of Mercy Falls.  There wasn't much story line in Linger. But then there wasn't much story line in Shiver as well.

This time round, the point of view of the story are from four person. Sam, Grace, Isabelle and Cole.   The focus of the author are more towards the emotions of the characters and not so much story development.  With the additional characters' point of view, it gives the book more depth and dimension.

The whole book has a rather sad tone. It's like the characters knew that things are not going to end well but yet, there's nothing much they can do about it.  The ending was rather unexpected or expected depending on where you're coming from.

Looking forward to the final book in the series, Forever.