Isn't This Twilight?

In honor of Maggie Stiefvater coming to Bridgewater College, this week I'm reading Shiver. I have really enjoyed this book so far, although I can't seem to get the connection to Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series. Being a typical teenage girl, I did read the Twilight series in middle school. There seems to be a very similar story line going on in Shiver. I have not read the whole book, so if there is a dramatic change or shift later in the book, then maybe I'm jumping the gun; however, so far the books seem to be similar. While Grace doesn't seem as hopeless as Bella, there is still a similar "forbidden fruit" aspect to the books. Both girls have fallen in love with someone that they aren't supposed to. Someone of the supernatural variety. A vampire for Bella and a werewolf for Grace. The two authors have fairly different writing styles though. Meyer only followed Bella in much of the series, eventually shifting to following different characters in the last book of the series. Stiefvater so far has shifted between Grace and Sam, the werewolf. There are many differences between these series; however, so far the similarities seems to be pretty apparent. I enjoyed the Twilight series very much and am really enjoying Shiver so far. I think that if someone liked Meyer, then Stiefvater would be a similar author to explore.




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