Summers at Castle Auburn, (Paperback)

from Isana

This is the second time I've read the book and I must say that I liked it a lot better the second time around. Shinn's writing style really pulls you into the world even though the writing isn't as polished and effortless as, say, Archangel. I liked the way pretty much everything was handled. I c...

from Isamoor

Oct10: Characters: Well written. Not super deep, but likable and followable. Plot: It was there. It was plenty good enough. Things moved along. Style: Pure enjoyable escapism. This is why I read her books. This one in particular was just fun to escape into a romantic fantasy.

from sedelia

I almost wish I had read this when I was younger, because I think I would have been absolutely enchanted with this story. Coriel is an illegitimate daughter of a high-ranking noble, spending nine months out of the year learning herblore and healing with her grandmother, and spending the three mon...

from AltheaAnn

Aww... it made me cry. It did. (In the happy way.) A completely sweet fairytale romance with castles and royalty and wise healer women and brave guards and good-natured tavern keepers and villagers and all that good stuff, along with a dosage of politics, intrigue, injustice, cruelty and illegiti...

from LCoale1

This book was a splash of cool water on a hot day. Words can't express its' awesomeness. It has romance without being trashy (at ALL!). It has drama without being obnoxious. It doesn't swamp the reader in what the main character is thinking, almost aggravatingly so. I don't think I got any stupid...