What a great book to start the month off with! This is the first book in the Wolves of Mercy Falls series. I got Linger in the mail, the second book of the series and I really wanted to read it so I picked this one up. 
 I usually don't like when books switch POVs off and on throughout the book but I really loved how the author switched from Sam's to Grave's POV. It just worked. I love Grace and Sam, they are really great characters. They are opposites, too, which I think is interesting. Grace is a book worm and Sam is an artist. My favorite part of the book is how Grace loved Sam for so many years even when she knew him only as a wolf. 
 I was surpised that one of my favorite characters was Isabel. In the beginning I thought she was going to be a great antagonist and then all of the sudden I really liked her. She is very smart and I think she has a lot more going on then she lets on. Her character is dynamic and I can tell she is going to be fun to read about in Linger. 
 The plot had me perpetually sad. It kind of reminded me of Shade by Jeri Smith-Ready. If you liked Shade, you will definitely like this book. There were some parts of the both books that were eerily similar. I kept thinking that I wasn't going to like how the book ended but I really liked the ending. 
 I am really enjoying Schiefvater's writing and I have Ballad and Lament and I can't wait to read them but first I have to see what's next for Sam and Grace in Linger.