Summers at Castle Auburn
by Sharon Shinn

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Book Review: A great Fantasy book!
Summary: 5 Stars

At the beginning of the story we meet Corie, the illegitimate child of a royal lord who spends her summers at Castle Auburn to get to know her sister better. During the other months, she spends her time at the small village where her grandmother is the wise-woman. Learning many skills about witchcraft, Corie wants to become just like her grandmother. That will not happen easily though. Especially when her grandmother gets another apprentice, one who works farer and better when Corie leaves for the Castle each summer.

That is yet the least of Corie's worries. Once she had a crush on the handsome king-to-be, Bryan but now she sees past his looks and into the egotistic man he is. Her sister is burdened with marrying Bryan though she loves another.

Corie once found the aliora, aluring, enchanting, beautiful. Now she experiences the truth and the pain they have because they are constantly hunted by humans, by her uncle. A man she once loved and now she doubts the goodness in his heart. She had found the creatures to be joyful once, to be truly happy where they are now and yet with just a few years, truths begin to unfold faster and faster.

Corie does not know what to with anything anymore... She does not know how to save the Aliora, how to save her sister, and she does not know how to save herself. She, too is a pawn in the majestic castle and soon she will discover the hidden truths behind the presistence of the court for her visits to the castle.

The tale is truly captivating with descriptions so detailed that I felt as if I could see the objects and people described. A very fantastic story by a fantastic author and I believe this to be one of the top five books in the caterogy of fantasy. Out of all the books I have read, this may not be my favorite but it has a certain aura about it that will just charm you to read the books further and further.

The first few chapters may be a bit confusing because the main character, Corie, is not introduced yet but after that, a great story will revel itself! This story is not just fantasy but a story of life.

I do not want to spoil the rest of the story but I'll just say this. The ending is suprising and yet there has been quite a bit of forshadowing about it throughout the whole story. There might been some misleading information picked up but all will be clear in the end.

{The description on book}

She was a girl...
... with a talent for witchcraft and a
tast for adventure.

The illegitimate child of a royal lord, she longed
for a man who could never be hers. And she
lived for her summers at Castle Auburn...

She is a woman...
...who has grown accustomed to standing alone.

What she once loved, she has lost. Where she
once saw joy, she now sees terrible injustice. And
at the castle where she once lived in peace, she
now walks in fear for her life...

Summary of Summers at Castle Auburn

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