Linger
core novel 2010 The Wolves of Mercy Falls
Record
| First published | 2010 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.88 (176,463 ratings, collected 2026-08-30) |
| Page count | 362 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780545123280 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
Linger, the sequel to Shiver, expands the perspective of The Wolves of Mercy Falls beyond Grace and Sam to include Isabel Culpeper, whose brother died in a wolf attack, and Cole St. Clair, a newly transformed werewolf with a troubled past he is trying to escape. As the surviving members of the Mercy Falls pack adjust to a changed and diminished group following the previous novel's events, tensions rise both within the pack and between the werewolves and the wary human community around them. Grace, meanwhile, begins to notice troubling changes in her own body that raise unsettling questions about her connection to the wolves, even as she and Sam try to build a life together despite the uncertainty hanging over both of their futures.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Wolves of Mercy Falls
- Series: The Wolves of Mercy Falls core; position 2 of 4 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Maggie Stiefvater
Notes
- From the series record (The Wolves of Mercy Falls): Four novels; the first three are collectively known as the Shiver trilogy, with Sinner a later standalone-set addition to the same continuity.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Wolves of Mercy Falls: position 2 of 4: previous Shiver (2009) · next Forever (2011)
Sources
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