I just have to chime in here and say HOW MUCH I truly loved this book. There are so few books, (like, seriously, maybe two others ever) that make me cry and I think I stopped counting after the third time I cried reading Shiver. I am in awe of the atmosphere you created with the book. Even though I read it in July, it felt like winter was coming on everytime I sat down to read. And the poetic-ness (is that a word?) of the prose! You made me rethink every word I've ever written and am planning to write. Your wolf mythology totally inspired me to write the paranormal romance that, like your wolves, doesn't follow the "conventional" rules, for nanowrimo. It's an idea I've had in my head forever but was always afraid to try.
On another note, despite the awesome threads you laid down for the continuing story in Linger, I think I'm like one of the only people that doesn't want there to be another book because I don't think I can bear to see Sam and Grace suffer anymore! LOL Although I'm really excited to see what happens with the wolf pack leadership coup (that in my mind) I imagine will happen in the next book. (Not that this has stopped me from repeatedly checking amazon to see if I can pre-order it yet!)
Anyway, yeah, I'm totally embarrassing myself now so I will shut up and just finish with: awesome book, I promise not to stalk you.