How to Babysit a Changeling: A Feyland Novella

Feyland World #3.5A

by Anthea Sharp

High tech gaming and dangerous fey magic collide in the USA Today bestselling Feyland series! * This novella, along with "The Bug in the Dark Court," is available in the FAERIE SWAP duet. When a mortal boy is exchanged for a hideous faerie creature, Marny Fanalua steps up to help her friends in their battle against the Dark Court. (70 page Feyland novella) The events in this novella occur simultaneously with The Twilight Kingdom. Reading Feyland Books 1-3 first is recommended if you would like to avoid spoilers.

Genres: Fantasy, Fiction

69 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 21, 2015

About the author

Growing up, Anthea Sharp spent her summers raiding the library shelves and reading, especially fantasy. She now makes her home in the Pacific Northwest, where she writes, plays the fiddle, hangs out in virtual worlds, and spends time with her small-but-good family. Contact her at antheasharp@hotmail.com, follow her on twitter, find her on facebook (http://www.facebook.com/AntheaSharp), and visit her website.

Reviews

[The Mysterious Reader · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’m in the hospital and pretty much bored out of existence between endless bouts of PT. Luckily I’m a book-aholic. Even more luckily I can use my iPad to read and have a handy hubby (very useful, that) to dictate reviews to (as I cannot type currently). I’ve used this time to totally binge on what I think are all of the Feyland books by Anthea Sharp that I haven’t read yet. And by binge I mean a two-day nonstop read-fest (other than eating and the afore-mentioned massively time consuming PT) of the remaining five of these books I hadn’t already actually read.

How to Babysit a Changeling: A Feyland Novella (Feyland 3.5) was the third book in my binge. Frankly I think you need to at least read the first three Feyland books before this one (though really, this series is so good that trust me this is no hardship). I had read through all of the main stories in the series before this one, do I already knew Marny (star of series book 6 which is also the third in the Feyguard sub-series). She’s a favorite character of mine so it was a great pleasure to get into some of her backstory in detail, especially as the story here (Marny helping battle the Dark Court when a mortal boy in our world is exchanged for a hideous faerie from the Realm of Faerie) is so well done. Great world-building, superbly crafted lead and supporting characters and wonderful writing. A true treat for series fans and a really fun standalone story all by itself.

I’m going to review the other books (Royal, Marny, Tales of Feyland and Faerie & The Faerie Girl and Other Tales) separately but here’s a clue: all easily five stars.

[Linda Burchfield · Rating 5 out of 5]

Marney a changeling's babysitter

This is just a short story about Marney babysitting the Changeling while the beta team tried to rescue "bug". I enjoyed reading it because it gave me more insight on what Marney felt toward Korr it leads you into the book about her. For a short story it kept you on the edge of your seat a few times. I enjoyed the book and now I'm ready for the next one!