Maggie Stiefvater is an extremely talented writer. She gets emotional depth and that is something we have plentiful of in Forever. If I must be truly, truly honest, I wouldn't have mind if Shiver had remained a stand-alone, but that said, Forever was a fitting conclusion. 
 I didn't like the beginning, mostly because I wanted as much Grace and Sam as possible and I didn't get that. I didn't understand how Grace could, after managing to shift back to human, speak to (what seemed like) every other person except Sam. We keep getting POVs of Cole and Isabel, who are interesting, but not my main priority. 
 Things finally picked up about midway of the book and I really enjoyed myself from there on. There were close shaves here and there, but in the end, everything worked out. The ending is sort of open-ended but I think most of us will see it as a good, happy ending. Grace and Sam's story feels complete and I'm very glad that we got to share it with them. :)