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. ( )

Twin brother and sister Ronan and Murel are true children of Petaybee, the sentient planet that is their home. Like their father, they are changelings, able to converse telepathically with creatures and to transform into seals. The Petaybeans wish to protect the twins from curious scientists, but no one realizes that Ronan and Murel hunger to discover the origins of their shape-shifting talent—and that their search for knowledge will place them in the path of peril. Meanwhile, Petaybee is changing. To investigate its sudden evolution, the twins’ father heads out to the open water in his seal form—and is presumed lost. Only Ronan and Murel, with their remarkable talents of transformation, can hope to find him and bring him home . . . if they dare to risk exposure and face the dangers of the newly unstable sea. ( )

Definitely not as good as the original series. ( )

Changelings was pretty good, but as I had thought it was the first in a series only to find out it followed another trilogy that came first, I found it a bit confusing. I'll need to read the other trilogy and then read this one again. ( )

This was an OK read but the story seemed to be geared to a much younger audience the almost felt like I was reading a middle school book. ( )

Twin half-breed Selkies are born to the protectors of the Sentient Planet Petaybee. Before they can even walk, they show their inheritance is true.
But other powers also want the secret of 'shifting and will stop at nothing to capture the twins and learn what makes them tick.
In the effort to keep them safe, they are sent to study on a space station where they meet the Sacred Honu and Ke-ola the Honuania ( )

Yes, this is juvenile fiction. But I really enjoyed it. ( )

Not one of her best books. Slightly childish in style and writing, no character build up which means you don't sympathize with anyone either. ( )

http://www.sfreader.com/read_review.asp?ID=920 ( )

PETAYBEE

2005