Salome is a former Angel Seeker. Long since having sought peace and security far from Windy Point, what will she do when both her greatest enemy and her former love re-enter her life?Kerk is a man both bound and rejected by the strictures of Gold Mountain. When his stepmother’s new husband takes his business into the city, Kerk will find a world wholly different from the one in which he grew up. A world with great promise, but does it hold forgiveness?Princess Zara is a refugee, seeking safety f...

This was a deeply disappointing collection for me. It doesn't work for two reasons. The first reason is that, to borrow Jo Walton's phrasing, the initial volume in any of Shinn's series always blows me away, then each successive volume is only half as good as the one before. Two of the four novellas in this volume are set in the worlds of Shinn's two longest series, and those two novellas have reached only homeopathically good territory. The second reason is that I just don't think Shinn is capa...

Well I liked each story and at the end just wanted more! I wished she would have given us a little more in each story! Oh well that's what I get for reading short stories.I am a big Shinn fan so I am a little biased and was already familure with these places. But it can stand on it's own if your new to Shinn and want to try her on and see if she fits.

This book is a collection of four stories from four different Sharon Shinn worlds. I've read completely through three of the four worlds and thought I might as well finish off even the short stories.1. Flight.Set in Samaria where angels sing in glorious voices for rain, medicine, and life. We get a sneak peek at the backstory of one of the villains in another novel. I was not terribly impressed with the story, because it felt like there was not enough characterization given to the villain. He wa...

Sharon Shinn is one of my favorite contemporary authors because her stories are compelling, her main characters feel like people you know or want to know, and the worlds she creates seem real.In Quatrain, Shinn tells four stories set in four separate worlds. The first--"Flight"--fits into her Samaria series--just before Gabriel becomes Archangel. Salome has spent the past 17 years avoiding angels and raising her niece, Sheba, and now her past is about to find her again.In "Blood", Kerk's search

I can almost say this book was amazing. I would actually like to give it 4.5 stars. The first two stories were so captivating. The fantasy and storytelling were great. The stories were creative and full of imagination. I don't usually read fantasy, so it was a nice treat and I was impressed - every time I picked up the book I was ready to transition into another realm. I loved the first two stories, and by then I was hooked and continued with the other two. The third story was almost like a hist...

This is an enjoyable set of 4 novellas, each set in a different one of Sharon Shinn's universes. I enjoyed all of the stories a lot, though the entire reason I picked this book up was for the novella set in the Summers at Castle Auburn universe. I have wanted more stories in that world for ages, so I was thrilled to find out that one existed.Honestly, I don't think there was a weak story in the lot. I've read the Twelve Houses series, Summers at Castle Auburn, and Heart of Gold, so I knew three

I only read Gold from this collection, but I pledged to add every book I read in 2022 to GR, so here we are! It wasn't great and I would only recommend it to die-hard fans of Summers at Castle Auburn - 2 stars. But I'm not going to rate this entire collection (which I'm not going to read) so low just because of one mediocre story.

I only read the First and the Last Story. The first that takes place in the world of Samaria (Archangel) and the last which takes place in Gilengaria (Twelve Houses). I haven't read Heart of Gold or Summer at Castle Auburn yet, so will need to pick this back up in the future.

When rereading the Samaria books I discovered I didn't have all the short stories yet, so got my trotters on Quatrain which contains the Samaria story Flight.I will confess: although this is a nice story, it's my least favorite of the shorter stories. This might have to do with the fact I do not like it when older siblings or family members try to interfere with the choices of the younger sibling/family member.I liked discovering Salome's past and I liked how she got a second chance at something...

Enjoyable stories, whether you've read the connecting series or not. Though I liked the last two most for having context.

Quatrain is a set of four novellas each taking place in a different setting/world that the author has previously written about. So, for readers already familiar with the author, this book is a good chance to dive back into the worlds of good stories. For those who are new, it is a wonderful chance to sample the creativity of Sharon Shinn, as well as sample both her writing strengths and weaknesses. The first story, Flight is a tale set in the world of Samaria (from her books Archangel, Jovah's A...

This review ONLY deals with the novella, Flight.So, this past weekend I found I had some time to kill in a Borders in Chicago, so I decided to pick up Quatrain by Sharon Shinn and read the Samaria novella. Quatrain consists of four novellas, each taking place in one of Shinn's worlds. I am a hug fan of the Samaria series, so was anxious to read this particular tale, but I didn't want to have to purchase the whole book for this one story (honestly, I haven't read any other of Shinn's series, so t...

I got this book because i read that it was going to contain a story set in the same world as Summers at Castle Auburn. I can safely say that this book was an excellent read minus "Gold" which was said story. The story is the story of Princess Zara the daughter of Coriel and Kent from SACA. I was extremely disappointed with the character and plot. Zara came off as annoying, bratty, and air headed with no redeeming features. In order to keep reading i actually had to rearrange so things in my mind...

There were four novellas here, of which I read three:Flight (1 star): Boy am I glad I read this rather than slogging through the Angels of Samaria books. I'd rather discover in 90 pages that I really hate a fictional world than get sucked into a series of five books. "Angels" in this world are people with power (generally corrupted) who sleep around whenever they feel like it, sing really well, and just happen to have wings. They bear no resemblance to creatures of light.Blood: Didn't read this

It's hard to rate a collection of four stories--each is so different. And I read the book a little while ago and turned it in, so I'm having trouble remembering the names of the four stories. But here's what I can remember:* The evil angels in the Samaria one are too creepy for me. I did really enjoy the aunt/niece relationship, though.* I liked the indigo/gulden story a lot. Let's hear it for men standing up for morality, for healthy families and for the mentoring of young men. I appreciated th...

If you liked the worlds that Sharon Shinn created, you will enjoy a novella's worth of time revisiting each of them. 'Flight' set in Samaria (Archangel)'Blood' set in the world of Heart of Gold (how I wish she'd write more set here!)'Gold' set in the world of Summers at Castle Auburn'Fire' set in the world of the Twelve Houses (Mystic and Rider)I enjoyed them all, but my favorite story was 'Blood'.

This review only pertains to the novella "Blood.""Blood" is a sequel to Shinn's Summers at Castle Auburn. I loved it when I read it, but it's possible I may love "Blood" even more. I just wish it was a full novel and not just a short novella. I keep wanting to reread this story, but it's so hard to remember which book had it. And various Google searches came up dry. So after finally finding it I'm adding this to my GoodReads so I'll be able to find it in the future even though I haven't read 3 o...

I gave this book 5 stars because of the story "Blood." It was poignant, heart wrenching, and beautifully written. I didn't want it to end, and I kept rereading it. I enjoyed the other two stories, "Gold," and "Flame," because too they are set in the worlds of other Sharon Shinn books that I loved, and I give them both 4 stars.

More great stories from Sharon Shinn. Her Prequels and new stories from her well known lands continue to carry on her great story-telling. They were all good, but I Loved “Flame” with the beloved Senneth, and the great intro made me want to re-read the awesome Twelve Houses Series.

Although I can only give one, averaged, rating for the entire book, I still have to review them separately here, because they are like night and day. I’ve read some of the other reviews which referred to Sharon Shinn’s writing as “hit or miss” and I guess I never really understood that until I read this collection. Prior to this, the only thing I have read is her Twelve Houses series, which I love and strongly recommend. Because of that, I was pretty surprised when I read the first three stories...

I'm not normally much into anthologies, often feeling a little bit ripped off by having to pay for stories I have no interest in, just to read the one I want. Quatrain, with all four of the stories being written by Shinn, didn't have that issue. It also turned out that the standard of the stories was really good. I loved one of them, really liked two, and found the fourth not too bad.Each of these stories is set in a universe Shinn's already explored in another book or series. Loved the idea, as...

I'm kind of a Sharon Shinn psycho.

This was a great anthology - I liked every story! So much so, that I want to read the books that most of them were based on.Shinn is a new author for me and I found her writing to be so well done. The stories were good and the characters so interesting.The first story, "Flight," is about angels! Wow - this brought back memories of the only other book I've ever read with the premise that angels are real: Daughter of Smoke & Bone . I loved that series, and even though this take on angels was total...

I discovered a collection of four novellas by Sharon Shinn, each set in the world of ones of her novel series - it's called Quatrain and I just finished listening to the audiobook. It took me a little while to get used to the narrator's voice - I can't put my finger on why - but after half an hour or so I settled in and really enjoyed her reading of the four stories.Flight brought me back to the world of angels and the archangel Raphael, who is in charge at the start of the first Samaria book. I...

Originally, I decided to read this book as an experiment of sorts. I like the concept of a few novellas put together sharing some kind of central theme. That might even be how I would like to publish a book someday. Anyway, what I got was basically a sampling of the author's four worlds that she likes to write in and it never got to that shared theme (which I'll take the blame for perhaps not reading the cover closely enough). But outside of one story (Blood), it really never got there for me. T...

I loved it! Four great short stories with all of the world building and relatable characters I have grown to love from Shinn.The first story is about an angel chaser trying to care for her niece. I haven't read any of the angel world books by Shinn before, but now I am looking forward to more of the series. The second story is about a gulden man trying to find his mother and ends up befriending an indigo woman. I really liked this story, I liked how the characters world view opened up. The third...

This is a tough one to review. It's four stories in four different Sharon Shinn worlds. The book blurb I read made it sound like it was only related to the Twelve Houses, so that was confusing. I haven't read Heart of Gold, so I ended up just skimming that story.It has been a long time since I read the Archangel series, Summers at Castle Auburn, and Mystic and Rider, and I found myself frequently wondering if I was missing some references to the original books. Nothing about any of the stories r...

I first fell in love with Sharon Shinn in Archangel, the first in her Samaria series. As time has gone along she became one of my favorite writers, one for whom I anxiously await a new volume. Somehow, this book escaped me. It holds four novellas, each set in a different one of Shinn's universes, and each is beautifully done. I wish I'd read them contemporaneously with the other boox (Quatrain was released in 2009) because it took a little bit to reorient myself each time, but the stories are we...

I tried to read this a few years ago, which was pretty dumb because I hadn’t yet read the novels that three of these stories connect with. This time, I found it entirely charming, and so lovely to be in these worlds again.Time to re-read Summers at Castle Auburn, stat!