After apologizing for fighting with her, Grace admits, “I wasn't really sure what I was apologizing for” (32.102). Olivia kind of brings the worst out in Grace. Grace seems to have forgotten that she was pretending to enjoy Olivia’s story just two chapters ago. Must've killed you to look entertained” (10.21).
Grace has a habit of projecting onto others, like when she snipes at Olivia, “Sorry to have bored you for so long. What teenager is? Heck, what adult knows what's going in their own head? Sure, she's pretty amazing but she's not afraid to show us how she really feels, even if she's not quite sure what's going on in her own head. One thing we like about Grace is that she's flawed. Grace’s last name is Brisbane, though, and since Brisbane, Australia was originally a penal colony, perhaps Grace is a little more prison warden than benevolent protector. When Sam finally comes into her life in human form, she's definitely possessive of him, but mostly in a positive way: wanting to keep him warm.
She often refers to it as “my wolf” and puts it above her friendship with her human friends, Olivia and Rachel.
She definitely puts the “obsessive” in “obsessive compulsive” when we consider her persistent attraction to a wolf that lives in the woods and visits her every year. From her actions, we see that she's practical, orderly, and maybe a little OCD. Also, instead of reading with Isabel in the bookstore, Grace is “absently pulling the books out so that they were flush with one another” (63.16). However, she is a good student, although Grace leans away from literature and toward math, which she finds “comforting, orderly lines of numbers and symbols” (5.12). Grace, as you can tell by her name, isn't clumsy like Bella.
It's apparent early on that this isn't simply a “ what if Bella chose Jacob?” werewolf love story. Spending so much time with her, we get to know her pretty well, including things she doesn't consciously reveal. About half of Shiver (maybe more math is Grace's strong suit, we'd need to check our guide to make sure) is told through Grace's first-person P.O.V.
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