An exciting story about twins with a special ability that must be kept secret. It was reminiscent of some of the Disney sitcoms I used to watch, or the Australian show H2O: Just Add Water.

Great buddy read with Joanne.A fun, light and entertaining read with a great concept, a good plot and unique characters. Take one sentient planet, two wonderful children who can morph into seals, a sacred turtle with a very big and strong but gentle guardian and throw in a pair of furry wild cats to serve as nannies and protectors along with a lot of very chatty playful seals and you got yourself a real treat. The interactions between the animals and humans were absolutely charming. I loved thos...

Okay, this sentient planet thing...it took me awhile to place it. It has roots in Greek mythology! So once I figured out where I'd heard it before, I was able to enjoy the book. Once again McCaffrey is a master of characterization. I loved Sky, the otter! Ha! I could picture all of his actions, and it was just like all the otters I've ever seen in my life. If you want a book just to enjoy, this is a great choice.

Changelings is the result of a collaboration: Anne McCaffrey (of The Dragonriders of Pern fame) and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough (The Healer's War). Although both are fine writers, I found this book less than the talents of either, rather than even just the sum of their abilities. The story takes place on a sentient planet, Petaybee, as seen through the eyes of the Shongilis, one of the many immigrant families that combine Inuit and Irish heritage. The children of Sean and Yana Shongili are twins,

A wonderful buddy read with Laura! This book is great for both young adults and adults. I loved it for its light reading qualities. Nothing extremely scary. Those parts that were scary did not last long. I love animals and always imagine what they would say if they could talk. The authors do a great job of translating animal speak to make it very believable. I like the idea of a sentient planet. There were parts with real suspense as well as parts with incomparable beauty. The descriptions of th...

It's always good to visit a place you enjoyed for the second time. You anticipate more of the same and hope you won't be disappointed.After reading the Petaybee series, I was thrilled to learn that there was also a Twins Of Petaybee series, and having read the first installment, I was not disappointed. The sentient planet now has two more unique residents, Ronan and Murel Shongili, the selkie twins. They and their father Sean can transform into seals when in water, and they use their gifts to ex...

Anne McCaffrey is another author I struggle to put down once started, so this has been a reading Sunday to round off my holiday.This is a new Petaybee book about the Selkie twin children of Yana Maddock and selkie Sean Shongli and how they link with otters and other parts of the sentient planet. I loved Sky the otter.

Not terrible. A little simple; I thought there would be more detail about the sentient planet. And the cover was a bit deceiving. I thought the two humans on the cover were the twins; if that was the case, they're much, much younger in the book than portrayed on the cover. I suspect perhaps those were supposed to be their parents instead? I know "never judge a book by its cover" but first impressions are important and I certainly was expecting a pair of adult twins.There was also a few typos inv...

Anne McCaffrey is an author I always enjoy reading. I really loved the way this series started although I felt it lost a bit of its appeal as the books went on.I do find it to be a very fascinating world with great characters but I am not sure I love the formula of the story telling. But I still quite like it.

Tale follows how naive pair grow up, gain friends, lose innocence. Not my cuppa. Maybe better for greenies, idealists, kids? I dislike feeling lectured to. Living planet Petaybee responds to treatment, good and bad, talks to those born on her. Girl Murel and boy Ronan have hair in red-brown curls and black straight (p 130), not silver straight and white waves as on the book cover. Like dad, they change into seals when immersed in water, pursued for experiments by bad scientist. Their pal Keola w...

I enjoyed the first series, but this series about the wonder twins just didn't do anything for me. I made it through the series, it was interesting enough - but I am a completist, even when it hurts a little.

Very imaginativeTwins are born with special powers like their Da (Dad) and the ability to mind talk to some sea and river denizens. Their great adventure helps a planet five birth too an island.

I really enjoyed this book in the beginning. The characters and world it's set on are quite intriguing. It just seemed to lose momentum the last half and the ending was a bit anticlimactic to me but I can see how it's to set it up for more books in the series.

I really enjoyed these characters and the sentient planet of Petaybee. I will definitely read the entire trio of stories.

Appears to me to be a crossover of sci/fi and fanasty---I totally enjoyed it.

The idea of the planet giving birth and of the people having to coax her through it was interesting. I like otters. I enjoyed the story. *thumbs up*

I'm a fanLoved the book but would like a little more from the male viewpoint. Can't wait to see what Ke'ole gets up to.

Slightly more YA formula driven than I expected-- still a good series, but not as good as dragonriders

I have not read a booking in this series for many years, but remember enjoying the previous books. This is no exception-makes me wish our planet could participate in its own upkeep.

Fascinating I have long speculated that our Earth was a sentient organism. This book takes that idea to a whole new level! I thoroughly enjoyed it.

shape-shifting twins Ronan and Murel

Too obvious it was co authored.

Changlings by Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough is the first book in the Twins of Petaybee series set in the Petaybee universe. The main characters in this story are the twin children of Yanaba and Sean Shongili who are the co-governors of Petaybee. This story details their childhood as it also deal with the continual growth of the entity known as Petaybee. While reading this book I found myself thinking that it felt even less like a McCaffrey story than any of the other collaboration...

SUMMARY:In Powers That Be, Power Lines And Power Play Bestselling Authors Anne Mccaffrey And Elizabeth Ann Scarborough Told The Story Of A Sentient Planet, Petaybee. In Changelings, The First Of A New Series Of Novels, They Return To Petaybee. Ronan Born For Water Shongili And Murel Monster Slayer Shongili Are The Twin Son And Daughter Of Yana Maddock And Sean Shongili. Born On Petyabee, Their Destiny Is Deeply Intertwined With The Sentient Planet That Is Their Home. For Ronan And Murel Are More...

This trilogy is really one story split up in to three books. It was great on world-building, as good sci-fi must be, with an OK plot and all the characters we came to know and love in the previous trilogy, beginning with Powers That Be. I preferred the first trilogy to this one.The protagonists are a pair of telepathic shape-changing ten-year-old twins (selkies of a sort) and their river otter friend. It was a bit too Lassie-ish for me in that Timmy falls into the well far too many times. I rais...

I have been a fan of Anne McCaffrey since my youth when I read the Pern novels. Like most of her books, Changelings is character driven. Heck, even the planet Petaybee is a character. All of the characters are rich and jump right off of the page. I really liked the main characters of Ronan and Mural. Their power to shape-shift is pretty cool. As for the evil Professor Mabo, all she wants is knowledge. Unfortunately, she is willing to break the rules society has set up to obtain the data she need...

(FYI I tend to only review one book per series, unless I completely change my mind on a series, so want to change my scoring down a lot)How I rate Stars: 5* = I loved (must read all I can find by the author) 4* = I really enjoyed (got to read all the series and try other books by the author). 3* = I enjoyed (I will continue to read the series) or3* = Good book just not my thing (I realised I don't like the genre or picked up a kids book to review in error.)All of the above scores means I would r...

This book is slightly embarrassing to be seen reading on the subway.Ok, I liked the book, but I like everything remotely fantastical, so that's not much of an endorsement. :PCan we just discuss the cover for a sec?It doesn't make ANY sense! Are those supposed to be the twins on the front? They don't match the descriptions, and the twins are children for the entire book. So it must be their parents. But why would you put the parents on the cover when the book is entirely about the twins?!! And wh...

It would help to have read the original Petaybee books before reading this. I have read them, but long enough ago that I wished I remembered some of the details better. That said, I enjoyed this new series from McCaffrey and Scarborough. It begins with the birth of twins, part of a new generation on the sentient planet Petaybee. They are selkies, who can change into seals in the water, like their father. As they get older, they long to escape the restrictions put on them by their parents to prot...

McCaffrey & Scarborough return to the world of their Petaybee Series with this first book in a new series. Picking up where the first series left off, the book focuses on the early life of the twins born to Sean and Yanaba. The twins begin to learn about their sentient planet and their ability to shapeshift into seals, but when they become overly curious at the age of 8, they run into trouble with curious scientists poking about. In the meantime, Petaybee itself has decided to work on a new crea...