Song in the Silence is the story of Lana Kaelar and her journey to find the true Dragons and herself. The main characters, Lanen and Akor, and their struggles draw the reader into the story. Before we even meet Akor, Kerner makes sure we understand Lanen's history. The characters are all well developed and that helps create a kinship between the reader and character. I felt sympanthy for Lanen and Akor and their forbidden love. I really wanted to see how Kerner would resolve that problem. The solution fits into the fantasy genre perfectly! The plot is very linear as it follows Lanen on a journey. What I found intresting and at the same time frustrating was the way the story is told. Instead of it being from one characters point of view or third person, it is from first person and jumps around from character to character. This can cause confusion. It is nice to know what the bad guys are thinking! Because this is book 1, we don't see the end of the ultimate Good Vs. Evil theme, but throughout the book, mini eposide of the same theme occur with good normally triumphing over evil. There is also a theme of love triumphs over all. The language can get a little confusing because humans use a modern style vernacular while Dragons and Demons are more formal. However, the book draws you in and you find yourself wanting to read the second and the third. I would recommend this book for 8/9th and above. ( )

This fantasy is about a girl who falls in love with a dragon. The world is reasonably well realized, the plot engaging, though plot points are signalled ahead of time. It sets up for a follow-up book that I might even read. I think this is a first book, and as a first book, it is quite decent. It is told in first person, which can be difficult when following several threads of plot. The author gets around it by explicitly switching viewpoint characters, and does that very well.

Our heroine has a mysterious past, so mysterious even she doesn't know it until a few chapters in. She has felt driven her whole life to see real dragons, but they live on a semi-mythical island far from civilization, so that is unlikely. She follows her dream, and it leads her to that island and to dragons. The scenes with the dragons felt a little too pat, too easy, almost fan-fic-like. And meanwhile, her mysterious past is catching up to her, trying to force her into a life she would not like. But the plot moves swiftly, and the resolution, while foreshadowed, was still a surprise. Recommended. ( )

Song in the Silence is a book I very much enjoy. It's not at all predictable like many other books out there. Also, the authors style is different from others I've read. Kerner writes in a first person point of view, but the point of view changes between characters. The story in intriging and keeps you wanting more (I recommend buying all three books at the same time.)

I first read this book a few years ago (date recorded is the sate I have recorded in my reading journal). ( )

On Monday I finished Song in the Silence, the book my wonderful boyfriend sent me for my birthday. I have to be honest; if I had seen this book in the store, I would have dismissed it as "stock fantasy" and never have read it. But it's really so much more. The narrative voice at times tries a bit too hard to be archaic and formal, so that often the speech is stilted and the syntax awkward, but the story is beautiful. Lanen, the main character, has dreamed all her life of voyaging across the sea to speak with the legendary Dragons, creatures that some doubt the existance of. Lanen not only gets to take that trip, but she actually gets to talk to one of the Dragons (they call themselves Kantri). It gets better...they fall in love! Even though they've only known each other a few precious days, Lanen and Akhor fall deeply in love despite their physical differences. More stuff happens...Lanen's biological father attempts to seduce her with the intent of handing her over to demons blah blah blah (no, it really was exciting!) but in the end Akhor, though thought to be dead, is reincarnated in human form and he and Lanen are able to physically join at last. So beautiful! Not many books make me cry...okay, that's a lie, a lot of things make me cry, including books. But it's always specially touching when the cause is literary.

I know it's teen fiction, but it's damned good teen fiction. In a world where dragons are small almost mindless pests a girl freams of something more, her quest takes her into peril and on to love. ( )