The Elvenbane: An Epic High Fantasy of the Halfblood Chronicles

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Summary: Masterpiece
Review: Elvenbane was the first book i read by Andre Norton and Mercedes Lackey. My mother has collected Andre Norton books for years and one day I decided to read Elvenbane. It was during the summer and Elvenbane is the very first book that has had me striving for more. Each time I had to put the book down i would rush through everything else just so I could get back to the book. When the book ended I wanted more and was very glad ^_^ to find out that there was a second book ElvenBlood and I got started on it right away. Now im waiting for the third book to come out. When I was told there was a third book I jumped out demanding to know when! "Elvenborn" I don't think i can wait until April. There is even a book after Elvenborn. Elvenbred. The Characters and events made me laugh, become frustrated, and made every other emotion come through. Just what a good piece of literature is supposed to do and show how great the authors are. So I strongly recommend this book to those wondering if they should read it.

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Summary: The Elvenbane
Review: Excellent, gripping, couldn't put it down. M

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Summary: The Elvenbane
Review: Excellent, gripping, couldn't put it down. M

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Summary: A new twist on something common
Review: Having a great love of both Elf and Dragon stories this book and its sequel were refreshing and new to me. The details put forth were wonderful and still stick with me today. The small but important points that the authors carried from one book to the other makes this book all the more enjoyable. Do not pass up on the chance to read Elevnbane and its sequal Elvenblood!

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Summary: A Real Turn-On to Fantasy
Review: I absouletly loved this book! It turned me on to a whole new type of story, as well as to a whole assortment of new authors. Where can I get more like these books?

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Summary: Just what to expect from one of the best...
Review: I have read all of Andre Norton's books, a couple months ago I thought this to be true and was rather saddened that I would never again be allowed to discover one of her spellbinding stories as found in "The Iron Cage", "The Beastmaster", or "Black Trillium". Naturally I was overjoyed when I found my thinking to be in error; as I was browsing through the library I happened upon "Elvenbane" and thus embarked on another adventure that certainly lived up to my expectations in every way. I have since also read "Elvenblood", the sequel to this amazing novel. Mercedes Lackey is also starting to make some waves on the sci-fi scene, and her styles compliment those of Andre Norton so well, yet add a flavor of diversity to the stories, just enough to let you know that without the collaboration of these two great minds this trip into the realms of the imagination would never have been possible. I hope you will enjoy these books as much as I have, and if you have not already read Andre Norton's books just know that you are really missing out!

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Summary: Captivating
Review: I hope to see more of Shauna's Chronicles from these ladies. The first book came highly recommended to me, and I was impressed by the knowledge and detail put into it. I was pleasantly surprised to notice 'Elvenblood' in my local book store. I've never really been into reading much, these are the first novels I've been able to get into, and I couldn't put them down. I would pass on the high recommendation I recieved to anyone.

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Summary: Captivating
Review: I hope to see more of Shauna's Chronicles from these ladies. The first book came highly recommended to me, and I was impressed by the knowledge and detail put into it. I was pleasantly surprised to notice 'Elvenblood' in my local book store. I've never really been into reading much, these are the first novels I've been able to get into, and I couldn't put them down. I would pass on the high recommendation I recieved to anyone.

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Summary: Fizzled out in the end.
Review: I thought this book would be a winner but instead I became vaguely dissatisfied with it. When I read the beginning (about Serina and the lives of the human slaves and the elflords as well as the dragons) I couldn't put the book down. However somewhere towards the middle or the end... something went wrong. The plot got dull and uninteresting and moreover, the ending was so quick and abrupt that it didn't fulfill the promise it had shown in the richly detailed and thrilling beginning.

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Summary: Entertaining reading...
Review: It has a few rough spots, but it's good stuff: an interesting view on fantasy elements with a strong heroine and plot twists. One usually doesn't see elves as selfish and cruel, or dragons as (for the most part) the wisest and most admirable of the bunch. I have to go read Elvenblood!