I honestly didn't like it as much as Shiver but my rating leans more towards 3.5 than a mere 3. I really enjoyed MS's writing style that remains as beautiful and lovely as ever. I loved the the introduction of new narrators: Cole's and Isabel's POVs really gave the story different perspectives that moved slightly away from Sam&Grace's puppy-love universe. I struggled in understanding Cole's character though. He sounded too self-destructive to be true but I must admit that toghether with Isabel, he's the one who most develops throughout the book. I loved being able to read the story also from Isabel's point of view. In "Shiver", her role was that of a minor character only, whereas here she's strong, determined, sarcastic and plays undoubtely a major role. Coming to Grace's illness, it took it forever to come out and I think that the effort to make a plausible explanation for it didn't work very well. The theory Cole comes up with in the end sounded a bit weird and hard to understand to me. Moreover I was left with two unanswered questions: where's Olivia?! And what made Grace's parents suddenly realize that they had a teen-aged daugther living under their roof?! Anyway, I really look forward to reading Forever and finding out how the story is going to end.