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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780765352880
Edition: 1st
ISBN: 0765352885
Label: Tor Fantasy
Manufacturer: Tor Fantasy
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 464
Publication Date: April 01, 2008
Publisher: Tor Fantasy
Release Date: April 01, 2008
Studio: Tor Fantasy
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Editorial Review:
Halfling Tildi Summerbee has led a typical, unexciting life, tending the house for her brothers while they manage the family farm. Her days are boring, but happy...until a Thraik attack decimates her family. In an effort to provide for Tildi, the town's leaders prepare an arranged marriage and take control of her farm's assets. After all, a female halfling is incapable of handling such matters on her own. Tildi sees things differently.
In order to escape her arranged marriage and overcome the prejudices against the "weaker" sex, she decides to pass herself off as a man. Assuming the guise of her brother Teldo, Tildi disappears into the night. She plans to accept Teldo's position as an apprentice to a great wizard. But she soon finds that the rest of the world isn't very welcoming to halflings. And that she is surrounded by fantastic dangers. Dangers that are more than a match for a wizard's apprentice.
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - An Unexpected Apprentice
Absolutely delicious! Tildi is not only an unexpected apprentice but also an unexpected heroine. Innocent, loving, kind and rebellious, but not obnoxious in her rebellion. After the loss of her parents and then her four brothers, the elders of Tildi's village decide a lone female can't possibly fend for herself or run the farm on her own and decide to marry her off whether she wants to be married or not. Though it would seem Tildi has no choice, it turns out she does. Her brother, Tildo, had been ... Read More
Rating:  - Bad Tolkien Rip-off
I read this book after liking the jacket cover's description of a clever girl breaking out of her cultural chains and overcoming prejudice to lead the way on a magical journey. However, this book was a huge disappointment for a number of reasons including its lack of depth and interest and a second half of the story. The biggest downfall of this book is that it is boring. Reading a summary of the plotline would accomplish the same end as reading the entire book. The lack of depth in the characters ... Read More
Rating:  - A fun (if flawed) read
The best thing about An Unexpected Apprentice is its characters: Tildi is a sweet heroine whose journey is fun to follow, and I especially liked Rin (the courageous centaur), Lakanta (a humorous peddler woman), and Olen (the wizard who takes on Tildi as an apprentice) as well. The mystical, amiable Silvertree (the sentient tree in which Olen makes his home) was also an original and fun "character," in a sense. Jody Lynn Nye does a good job of creating a pleasant world in which her characters live, and ... Read More
Rating:  - one of the worst fantasy books ever written
Have you ever read a book and felt actively ripped off by the time you were done? First off, be warned: this is half a book. Although there is no indication on the book jacket itself that this is the beginning of the series, the words "her task half finished" do appear in the final sentence-- so if you're yearning to read half a book, this might be what you're looking for. Of course, this book is also a shameless cut-and-paste from Tolkien, telling the story of a hobbit-- called "smallfolk"-- who lives in ... Read More
Rating: - Love High Fantasy? Give this one a Try!
Jody Nye is a master of writing fantasy. From the whimsical to high fantasy, she never fails to deliver a good story.
In this, her latest, she gives us a tale reminiscent of THE LORD OF THE RINGS. In this case, the part of Frodo is played by a "small folk" girl named Tildi. Her entire family is killed by nasty flying menaces. She goes to the town meeting after the disaster, where the male council picks a husband for her--because everyone knows females can't take care of land or anything beyond ... Read More
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