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Sarah Monette and Elizabeth Bear return with the third book in their Iskryne trilogy, An Apprentice to Elves. The trilogy began with A Companion to Wolves, and continued in The Tempering of Men. This novel picks up the story of Alfgyfa, a young woman who has been raised in the Wolfhall by her father Isolfr, who is the human leader of the queen-wolf Viridechtis' pack, and was the protagonist of the first book.
The warrior culture of Iskryne forbids many things to women-and most especially it forbids them bonding to one of the giant telepathic trellwolves. But as her father was no ordinary boy, Alfgyfa is no ordinary girl. Her father has long planned to send his daughter to Tin, a matriarch among the elves who live nearby, to be both apprentice and ambassador, and now she is of age to go.
An Apprentice to Elves (Iskryne), by Elizabeth Bear, Sarah Monette- Amazon Sales Rank: #1079771 in Books
- Published on: 2015-10-13
- Released on: 2015-10-13
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.49" h x 1.15" w x 6.39" l, 1.00 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 336 pages
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“Every bit as absorbing as the first volume, The Tempering of Men is compelling and intensely readable. Told from multiple perspectives, the characters are well-drawn and distinct, especially Brokkolfr and Amma, his amusingly maternal wolf-sister. Monette and Bear each excel at creating unique worlds when writing solo fiction, so it's no surprise that this joint effort combines their strengths into something extraordinary.” ―RT Book Reviews, Top Pick
“The meticulously crafted setting and powerful, often moving rendition of characters and relationships-human and nonhuman alike-result in a brutal and beautiful novel about the meaning of honor. …the authors have boldly created a fascinating world that begs further exploration.” ―Publishers Weekly, starred review on A Companion to Wolves
“Coauthors Monette and Bear combine their literary talents… [A] well-written and emotionally powerful quasi-Nordic fantasy.” ―Library Journal on A Companion to Wolves
“The world they depict is fraught with a sense of wonder rare even in fantasy.… [Monette and Bear] have taken one of the most escapist of fantasy subgenres, in which humans and animals meld, and turned it into something powerful and surprisingly deeply human.” ―Booklist on A Companion to Wolves
“What Bear and Monette have done for wolves in this book is no more and no less than what Anne McCaffrey has done for dragons--they have made the wolf iconic, memorable, something larger than life…. The storyline is gripping--I read this thing at a sitting--the writing is exquisite, and the book is destined to be a classic of its kind.” ―SFSite on A Companion to Wolves
About the Author
SARAH MONETTE is the acclaimed author of Mélusine and The Virtue as well as award-nominated short fiction. ELIZABETH BEAR was the recipient of the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. She has won two Hugo Awards for her short fiction, a Sturgeon Award, and the Locus Award for Best First Novel.Together, they are the authors of A Companion to Wolves, The Tempering of Men, and An Apprentice to Elves.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. For the diehard fantasy fan, this novel has a richly detailed world and complex characters. By Dark Faerie Tales Review courtesy of Dark Faerie TalesQuick & Dirty: For the diehard fantasy fan, this novel has a richly detailed world and complex characters.Opening Sentence: Even as a grown woman of fifteen, Alfgyfa never stopped thinking about the wolves she had encountered as a child.The Review:An Apprentice to Elves is the third novel in The Iskryne series by Elizabeth Bear and Sarah Monette. This is definitely a series/novel for the die-hard fantasy novel fan. An Apprentice to Elves can be read as a standalone novel. I didn’t read the first two novels but the last one mainly focuses on the main characters’ daughter, Alfgyfa and her journey as she is torn between two worlds, those of regular humans and the svartalfar (elves).Alfgyfa is human but she isn’t quite just a regular plain human, she can communicate with wolves just like her father. As a child she was sent to live with the svartalfar to apprentice as a blacksmith. It was done as a political move by her father because he knew that the elves needed to see a human grow up and hopefully the elves may offer to help to the Northmen (Alfgyfa’s fellow countrymen) when they go to war with the Rheans (southern invaders).An Apprentice to Elves does not just focus on Alfgyfa. The novel also follows several other characters, Otter, Tin and Fargrimr and how the impending war effects each of their lives. Otter was once a Rhean slave. She knows their tactics and tries to help the Northmen with what is coming. Otter has made a better life for herself since she was rescued and hopes that she will never return to Rhean control ever again. Tin is the elf master blacksmith that is training Alfgyfa. She knows what it means to have a human in her home and hopes that the other elves will understand why an alliance can help them all. Fargrimr is a plain ‘ol human in charge of a settlement. His brother can speak to wolves. It is Fargrimr who mainly has to deal with the Rheans.I absolutely loved the fantasy world that was set up in An Apprentice to Elves. I enjoyed the complexity between the humans who could communicate with wolves and those who couldn’t. Also, for the elves, the svartalfar whom are metal working elves to the excommunicated aettrynalfar elves whom could shape stone. I really liked the in depth detail about the everyday lives of all and how they each have adapted to the cold environment that they live. The Northmen are very similar to the Vikings.I didn’t read the first two novels in this series so I did struggle with the terms at first. I didn’t quite understand the differences between wolfcarls, wolfheofodmenn, heal, konungur, trellwolves, wolfsprechend, karl, jarl and so forth. Most of these terms were not explained so I was left trying to figure out what they meant. By the end of the novel I did have a good idea of what everything meant. I didn’t get a chance to read the beginning of the novel again but I think I would be able to understand what was happening knowing now what I didn’t know then. This was a very slow read for me because of all the strange words.There is a feminine message to An Apprentice to Elves. Alfgyfa often thinks about how different it is to be female as a human as opposed to being a female elf. Human females are often just for childbearing and housework while female elves are revered and in charge. They even get to do what they want like blacksmithing. A human female blacksmith would just be looked upon in disgust like the female elf is respected. There is also a deeper story with Fargrimr, which I’m sure is explained in one of the previous novels, but for this one, I was left in the dark so Fargrimr was very complex and left me wanting to know exactly what is up with “his” story.If this novel is the final one in the trilogy, it does have an ending. I just felt it wrapped it up quickly. I like to have a little more closure in the final book.Overall, An Apprentice to Elves is a well-rounded fantasy novel. The characters were quite complex and interesting. I really wanted to know their stories. An Apprentice to Elves is definitely a novel for those who really love fantasy novels because of the language (including the way characters talk and the titles) and the third person alternating views.Notable Scene:“Take Alfgyfa back to the Iskryne with you when you go.”Tin looked at him crookedly. She hadn’t mentioned Alfgyfa’s apprentice difficulties to him. She wondered if Alfgyfa had. “She’s not happy there.”“She’s not happy here, either. “ Isolfr said bleakly. “And she’s safer with you.”“About that, I assure you, she does not care.”He grinned, obviously proud. Humans were all mad. “She was always a wild creature. But if she stays here, the best she can hope for . . . the best she can hope for is to stay at the heal and take Thorlot’s place, but it’s far more likely she’ll get in trouble with with one of the tithe-boys the way her mother got in trouble with me. And then, it’s not that the heal wouldn’t support her and her child, but I fear . . .” He held his clenched fist out in front of him, then opened it, as if throwing all Alfgyfa’s potential to the wind.“She loves the smithing,” Tin said, reaching up to pat him on the shoulder. “If you had meant to choose for her, you chose well.”FTC Advisory: Tor/Macmillan provided me with a copy of An Apprentice to Elves. No goody bags, sponsorships, “material connections,” or bribes were exchanged for my review.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. A fine end to the trilogy By Liviania AN APPRENTICE TO ELVES is being billed as the conclusion of the Iskryne trilogy. I'd hoped for more books in this series, but this is a good note to go out on. The Iskryne books are inspired by Viking history, with elves, trolls, and companion wolves thrown in. The first book detailed the world and the battle with the trolls, and the second book bought in a new human threat - the Rheans, who are basically Romans.Once more, the book is told by new narrators. AN APPRENTICE TO ELVES alternates between Alfgyfa (the daughter of the first narrator, Isolfr), Otter (a former slave rescued in the second book), Fargrimr (a sworn son who is the jarl of the heall closest to the Rhean invasion), and Tin (an elf smith who brokered the alliance between humans and elves with Isolfr). This helps expand the world and showcase more lifestyles of the people within it. It is the first book with female narrators, so many of the points of view were much needed. I did feel like the Rheans delaying their invasion for more than a decade was mostly so that Alfgyfa could become old enough to narrate.But overall, I enjoy the way the Iskryne trilogy has grown and changed since the first book. The first book, A COMPANION TO WOLVES, felt like a commentary on Pern and how the dragon relationships worked. Over THE TEMPERING OF MEN and AN APPRENTICE TO ELVES, it has become its own series, with complex relations between and within species. I loved that this book was not all war, but also an examination of how the two groups of elves broke apart and a fierce drive to bind men and elves closer together before their alliance crumbles without an external threat.AN APPRENTICE TO ELVES is not a fast-paced novel. It ends with several big battles, a thrilling finish that had me racing to the conclusion. But that is not the pace of most of the novel. This is a series interested in ferreting out details of the characters and their place. As I said, I'm sad that this will only be a trilogy because I feel like there is so much of the Iskryne to explore. If this is where it ends, though, I'll be satisfied.I think you can read AN APPRENTICE TO ELVES on its own, but you'll miss many worldbuilding details and some of the characters' histories if you do.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. An Apprentice to Elves By J. Hamby I like Sarah Monette's writing. I like Elizabeth Bear's writing. Both have produced books I've greatly appreciated and both have produced books I've had to work at and ended being a bit underwhelmed by. But as a team, I have loved all three of the Iskryne books. I cringed a bit at the graphic nature of the male-wolf bond and how it translated over into the human aspect of sexuality. But it was also as realistic as it was graphic and, while I could see how it rubbed some people the wrong way, it never fell into some kind of exploitative exercise. Something I cannot say the same for in even much tamer depictions.The second book took the strong characterization and plotting and expanded it a bit into larger and more complex world building and allowing the plot to expand as well.Here we get the fruition of that in an even broader, but no less complex and detailed story. Complete with wonderfully varied new characters that play off the expansion as we are given even greater views of the world and its events.Bear and Monette play off each and greatly enhance the aspects of their writing that I enjoy in each. Bear does great immersions of characters in their world. Her worlds ring with a nice exoticism as well as a great sense of permanence -- she does what great world builders do, they not only bring it alive in the moment but add the sense of deep history and culture that never bog down in info dumping but simply are there as part of the characters and the plot. Monette's strength seems more character oriented. Both are also good at what the other seems to excel at. But here it is a nice process of polishing only the finest of facets as they meld and merge effortlessly, the collaboration is a smooth and engrossing read that feels exactly as it should. Two extremely great authors on their own managed to combine and create a third writer in a sense.This is a book that definitely depends on the previous two volumes in my eyes. Maybe because I am drawing so much from them as I read this. But maybe with new narrators and characters a novice could jump right in and enjoy this. I suggest you read the first two prior to delving into this. But I do strongly suggest you get to this as soon as you can!
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