As a broke but physical book lover, I unfortunately had to read this as an ebook. I thought I'd get bored with it, as I usually do with ebooks, but this time it's different. It's Maggie Stiefvater (one of the very, very few authors I could stomach a digital book), and Mercy Falls (my favourite wolf pack).

Sinner was a lot different than the previous three Shiver books. Where Shiver was cold and white and terrifying, Sinner was hot and sticky and electrifying. It's Cole St. Clair with his return to his rockstar era, and Isabel Culpeper with the steely eyes and perfect hair. They're everything Sam and Grace aren't. They're icy and snappy and complicated. They're locked books and incomprehensible smiles. They're lust and snarky remarks and secret softies who would rather die than to admit that.

For the first half of the book, I read it slowly. Half savouring, half afraid (of finishing it). This is the last book of Mercy Falls. This is the last time I'll read it for the first time. It's new, and I'll never find new books about them any more after this. But while reading it, I was soaring through the second half. I decided to be a little like Cole St. Clair. The boy who fears nothing. Life is too short to save something for a rainy day. I may never get to see that rainy day.

Isabel and Cole are constantly dancing. Take one step further, two steps back. It's a game and their hearts are at stake. "I need to do something. I can't be like my parents. I need to change for the better, even if no one ever acknowledges the good in me." And that's what Sinner was about. Two broken individuals desperately trying to claw out of their prisons, wanting to leap in love but fearing that it will fail miserably. How will it all end? Not just for the two of them, but for the whole Mercy Falls saga. 

And I'm so glad to see the little mentions of Sam and Grace, even if they weren't physically there. It made me hopeful. And even through the tiny interactions, it satisfied me to see Grace and Cole, I've always loved their relationship. Sam and Cole always had a strained brotherly relationship but with Grace, Cole melts like a puddle of ice cream on a hot sidewalk. And it's so cute to me.

I loved this. After finishing the last page, I said to myself "I did it." And let out a high pitch shriek. It's over and I've reached the end. The end of Cole St Clair and Isabel Culpeper. The end of the wolves of Mercy Falls. The end of Sam Roth and everything else I loved about this wonderful, brilliant series. I'm saying goodbye to them all, the characters I've loved as if they were real. Picking up this series was one of the best things I've ever done. I am in love. Love! Overall, it felt satisfying to end this way. I would never again wonder about what will happen to them. I wish I could never reach the end but for now, I'm a happy girl.