Shiver by Karen Robards is the book I picked for this quarter’s SSR. I picked the book because, at first glance, the cover was interesting. So, judging a book by it’s cover, I picked it up. When reading the brief summary on the inside cover I decided I wanted to read it. There wasn't much to it, really. I've never read anything by this author before so I had no idea what to expect.
The book was about Samantha Jones and her son Tyler, and about how they were pulled into the most dangerous situation of their lives. Danny, or “Marco” to Sam, was the one who pulled them into it. He is a member of the FBI, going “undercover” as a former member of the FBI, one who was in witness protection program and had stolen from and betrayed those he
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I would also take out the part of the book between Sam and Danny that wouldn't be very good for children, so that more people can watch the movie. There’s a lot more, but too many for right now.
Samantha Jones has long black hair and dark blue eyes, and pale skin. She’s also very pretty, as many male characters in the book have said about her. Sam is really stubborn, protective, and mature. Not to mention snarky, she has been very rude to Danny because she believe he’s a dangerous criminal. Danny is more loose, he likes to be… not stuck up. He jokes a lot and calls Sam Baby Doll all of the time. He has brown hair and tan skin, as he was described in the book, he has a worked out body.
Tyler is just adorable, the way I picture him. Hair and eyes matching his mothers he is playful and smart. He listens to his mother and knows what to do in case of an emergency, he is always very happy and high spirited. Samantha would be played by Jennifer Connelly because her dark hair colour is almost the same as I pictured Sam’s. Though her eye colour is blue in the book and Jennifer’s is green, it could be fixed by coloured contacts. I didn't find many actresses that were close to my version of Samantha. Danny, however, was a little easier to pic for.
I already knew who I wanted to choose to play him because I pictured this actor as him while reading the
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