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Shape-Changer's Wife
  
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Shape-Changer's Wife (Turtleback)

by Sharon Shinn (Author)
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)

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Aubrey, student of the master shapechanger Glyrenden, desires to perfect his own magical skills but realizes that there are some things more important than knowledge. Shinn's luminous style is well suited for this graceful tale about the transforming power of love. This first novel belongs in fantasy collections.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.


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Caught up in his ambitions of becoming a master wizard, young Aubrey travels to a faraway land in search of the great shape-changer Glyrenden, from whom Aubrey hopes to discover the secret of lost spells and arcane magic. --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing book, Dec 14 2003
By Frances Palmer-hill (Frederick, MD USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Shape Changers Wife (Paperback)
I have read many fantasy books in my time and this is a very well done book. The transformation of characters in this book is wonderful. This short story has stuck with me for a long time, and I often remeber parts of this book (and I find that I do not do so with others). The ending, however, as realistic as it is, and true to the story is it should be is not how I would have wanted it. The ending does not have the romantic twist that I would have wanted, but is very appropiate to the book. This is the first book I have read by Sharron Shinn, is wish to read more by her in the future.
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5.0 out of 5 stars fantastic !!!, Sep 18 2003
By Manfred Kooistra (Ludwigsburg) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Shape Changers Wife (Paperback)
This book, an enchanting fantasy (or to be more precise: a phantastic novel with a theme and plot in the tradition of Prosper Mérimée, E.T.A. Hoffmann, Théophile Gautier, and Gérard de Nerval, written in a fresh fantasy fiction style with elegant and unassuming language), is one of the few genre works that manages to cross the border from enjoyably trivial pageturners to works of true literary merit. To read this book is like experiencing, with full awareness, another life, and the end of the book returns you to yourself with wisdom gained.

Thank you, Sharon.

But, a warning: the ending, though perfect, positive, and absolutely right, is not easy on someone, lonely and hungry for happiness, like me. It took me some time to get over this tale and be able to start reading another book. Few books have so drawn me into their world.

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3.0 out of 5 stars An Interesting Tale, May 22 2003
By Sorcha (The East Coast) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Shape Changers Wife (Mass Market Paperback)
This was a short, easy read. It is a clever story, a bit predictable (but most books are it seems) and intriguing. Again, as I said in my review of Heart of Gold, I know what Sharon Shinn can create, and this book does not live up to that. It is an older book, and she has progrsreesed as a writer since it. But it is a good story and worth the read.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Great Book - It Grows On You!
I've almost always enjoyed Ms. Shinns books. The reason that I ordered this book is because I have the same name as the "wizard-in-training" who is the main character of... Read more
Published on May 3 2003 by Aubrey

4.0 out of 5 stars Delightful, magic filled page-turner

Aubrey, a young magician, has learned just about all he can from his current mentor and decides to become the apprentice of Glyrendon a feared but extremely talented shape... Read more

Published on Dec 19 2002 by DogsDeserveCompassion

5.0 out of 5 stars Surprising first novel
Sharon Shinn's first novel is so different from her later work that it almost seems she made a deliberate decision to change direction. Read more
Published on Dec 10 2002 by P. Larkin Hutton

5.0 out of 5 stars A Hauntingly Beautiful Story
The two things I love best about Sharon Shinn's books are her character development and her unique plots. And this book is no exception. Read more
Published on Nov 16 2002 by Brittney Hinson

4.0 out of 5 stars Short, sweet, engaging.
This little book carries you right along through a simple and highly original fairy tale constructed with hauntingly familiar story elements. Read more
Published on Jan 13 2002 by Auliya

5.0 out of 5 stars Enchanting
When I picked up this book I had forgotten I had actually read three of her other books the one on angels. Read more
Published on Oct 29 2001 by Cheyanne

2.0 out of 5 stars too predictable
I found The Shape-Changer's Wife very predictable. The only thing I liked was Aubrey's growth as a person.
Published on May 16 2001 by Sauscony

5.0 out of 5 stars Wish I Owned it in Hardcover
In 1997, Sharon Shinn and I were both nominated for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. I remember sitting nervously beside her at a panel in honor of all five of the... Read more
Published on April 17 2001 by Katya Reimann

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is why I didn't like "Harry Potter"
I didn't know it, but this is the kind of book that spoiled "Harry Potter" for me. (Which I recognize to many will sound like damning with faint praise and to others... Read more
Published on Dec 30 2000 by Julia Walter

5.0 out of 5 stars The Shape-Changer's Wife -- Short but Fantastic
This is truthfully how fantasy writing was meant to be. "The Shape-Changer's Wife" is a beatiful, short tale with all the elements of the genre and wonderfully... Read more
Published on Jul 10 2000 by J. Freedman

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