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.

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*

My friend loves Anne McCaffrey so I decided to give the first book a shot. This wasn't horrible but I'm not interested enough to read the last two books in the series. It seemed a bit juvenile and maybe it was because I just grabbed it without investigating.

I was gonna 2 star this but the turtle getting annoyed and saying, "I've been swimming since before you were an egg." Made me snort

This is pretty good as a young adult sci-fi (not sure if it's cataloged that way). I do not recommend the audiobook because the voice actor is kind of bad.

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 raised four rough-and-tumble children of my own, both boys and girls, and my kids had a lot more common sense on how to stay out of trouble than these characters. The adults surrounding them don't seem to be able to enforce discipline enough to get them to mind. I think they might have benefited from some judiciously applied old-fashioned spankings.

In the end, they end up being rescued more than getting themselves out of trouble, which doesn't seem to build their character any.

Still a fun read. Don't start it unless you have all three books on hand, you'll want to read right through.

Really interesting, fun sci-fi fantasy book. Enjoyed it!

Guess I didn't realize that this book was for kids or young adults. Other than that it was a pretty good story...kids should love it! Lots on animals and adventures.

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 creation on its surface, and Sean and Yanaba have their hands full dealing with it. Consequently, the twins are shipped off to school with a family friend, only to find themselves in worst trouble than before. This was a good start to a new series, and it ended on a cliffhanger, so I'm curious and ready for the next one!

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.

These were two of my favorite writers as a teenager and young adult, so I was very interested to catch up on some of the works I missed over the last few years. I don’t remember a lot of the details of the series preceding this one, but enough came back to me as I was reading to be able to follow along.

I enjoyed the book overall and continue to appreciate their writing style, although I do think this particular book would appeal more to a younger audience, especially as the story focuses on the main characters early lives up to about age 10.

First of a second trilogy for Petaybee. This one is based on the children of the main characters of the first three books. Good quickie read, a bit much for 10 year olds, even if they mature fast. Fun storyline though.