Symbolism, Imagery, Allegory
Setting
Have Mercy. No, Really. Take It.Grace lives in the fictional town of Mercy Falls, Minnesota. And boy, is it dullsville. For the residents of Mercy Falls, a trip to Duluth is a big deal. (We're sure...
Narrator Point of View
It Takes Two Most young-adult paranormal romancey novels use one narrator, usually a female, but sometimes a male. In Shiver, you get both. Maggie Stiefvater effortlessly shifts between Grace's fem...
What's Up With the Title?
Shiver. It immediately evokes a chilling cold feeling. But a shiver is also an involuntary reaction, like when your leg jerks after your knee gets tapped with a hammer, or falling hopelessly in lov...
What's Up With the Ending?
Okay, guys, we have to talk about this ending. There are the wackadoodle events leading up to the ending, and then there's that last page that all but double-dog dares you not to cry. Throughout th...
Tough-o-Meter
This whole book is poetry. It's lyrical and lovely, even when describing painful things like werewolf transformations. But it's easy to read, just like eating a bunch of yummy treats. Speaking of t...