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Summary: Enjoyed it immensly, but....
Review: I really enjoy the Song of Silence and was excited to read the Lesser Kindred. I enjoyed each new turn and twist but was devasted to be left hanging. Even though I know it is a series I was hoping it would be a story complete to itself. I was disappointed when I finished. I do look forward to the next book.
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Summary: seasons of summer
Review: i really liked this book.for one thing the villain was great, it is impossible to imagine a more slippery, evil evil evil bag of ooze.lanen remains unchanged.she is still a brave hearted girl who can be hard headed and sarcastic(no offense meant).akhor is pretty much the same,exept for being human,he is still valiant, brave, and soulful.rella and jamie are a match made, them falling in love with each other is perfect. another thing that made the book good was KERNERS blend of emotions.Fear, hate, bravery, love, all together in their most intense forms, all together in one book.this book was perfect,better than the princess bride, artemis fowl, and harry potter1.
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Summary: Awesome Read!
Review: I recently came across this book after reading The Song in the Silence & I was amazed at what a great sequel it was!! Now I am just waiting for the third!!!
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Summary: An excellent sequel
Review: I wasn't sure Elizabeth Kerner could write a sequel that would live up to the first, but she has. One of the best parts of "Song in the Silence" was the element of discovery, wonder, learning and new emotions. To my delight, I found everything that made the first book so entertaining in this book.Soon after Lanen and Varien are married, they must leave (not that Lanen would settle down anyway). The demonmaster Berys is still after her. The prophecy about "Marik of Gundar's blood and bone" means that Berys needs Lanen, and he will stop at nothing to get her. But, for all the darkness of the plot, "The Lesser Kindred" gives the reader a wide range of emotions. There are moments of fear, anger, joy, wonder, happiness, disgust and laughter. This is part of what makes this sequel so enjoyable. The beginning of the book is kind of slow for anyone who read the first book. The characters take a long time to conveniently remember everything that happened to them in the first book. After that, though, the plot and the rest of the book really take off. Elizabeth Kerner brings back the multiple first-person format of her first novel. This might interfere or cause confusion for some readers, but overall, it is a good device. The reader can see the characters thoughts and plans before they are revealed to the other characters. Lanen, Varien, Shikrar, Idai, Kedra, Berys, Jamie, Rella, Marik and Maikel return. The characters are developed further while staying within the personalities they showed in the first book. New characters, including more healers and more dragons, are introduced. The elements of Farspeech, soulgems, demons, healing, lansip and dragons also return. In all, I think this is a fabulous sequel. It doesn't stray from the ideas, rules and personalities of the first book, but it also has new and surprising revelations. And yes, it does have a cliffhanger ending. Never fear. Elizabeth Kerner is hard at work on the third book.
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Summary: An excellent sequel
Review: I wasn't sure Elizabeth Kerner could write a sequel that would live up to the first, but she has. One of the best parts of "Song in the Silence" was the element of discovery, wonder, learning and new emotions. To my delight, I found everything that made the first book so entertaining in this book. Soon after Lanen and Varien are married, they must leave (not that Lanen would settle down anyway). The demonmaster Berys is still after her. The prophecy about "Marik of Gundar's blood and bone" means that Berys needs Lanen, and he will stop at nothing to get her. But, for all the darkness of the plot, "The Lesser Kindred" gives the reader a wide range of emotions. There are moments of fear, anger, joy, wonder, happiness, disgust and laughter. This is part of what makes this sequel so enjoyable. The beginning of the book is kind of slow for anyone who read the first book. The characters take a long time to conveniently remember everything that happened to them in the first book. After that, though, the plot and the rest of the book really take off. Elizabeth Kerner brings back the multiple first-person format of her first novel. This might interfere or cause confusion for some readers, but overall, it is a good device. The reader can see the characters thoughts and plans before they are revealed to the other characters. Lanen, Varien, Shikrar, Idai, Kedra, Berys, Jamie, Rella, Marik and Maikel return. The characters are developed further while staying within the personalities they showed in the first book. New characters, including more healers and more dragons, are introduced. The elements of Farspeech, soulgems, demons, healing, lansip and dragons also return. In all, I think this is a fabulous sequel. It doesn't stray from the ideas, rules and personalities of the first book, but it also has new and surprising revelations. And yes, it does have a cliffhanger ending. Never fear. Elizabeth Kerner is hard at work on the third book.
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Summary: A GOT TO READ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: I watied 2 years for this book and it was worth every min. It is one one those books that you want to read over, over and over agian. There is no dull part of the book and the ending is a killer! This book is a got to read!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Summary: A cliff-hangar ending
Review: In her quest to find the mythical great dragons, Lanen Kaelar found love (see SONG IN THE SILENCE). Lanen and her beloved Varien, a great dragon in human clothing, are married and bound even closer by the Truespeech or Farspeech (brain to brain communication without the middle "man" the voice) depending in which species' vernacular one uses. Life should be ideal for the couple, but alas evil still exists. One malevolent demon controlling the sorcerer Berys, strongly believes Lanen is the answer to an ancient prophecy, which he ultimately plans to bend to his benefit. He sets in motion his endeavor by sending his horde to abduct Lanen, who he plans to give to his demons. Only Varien and a few brave individuals stand in the way of the demons completing the opening phases of Berys' quest, but in the end it remains for Lanen to try to save dragonkind and humankind. THE LESSER KINDRED is an entertaining fantasy tale that diehard fans will enjoy. The story is filled with action although reading Truespeech conversations leaves the audience feeling like voyeurs. The tale ends in a cliffhanger that makes the plot seem incomplete and requires readers to obtain book three if they want closure. Sub-genre fans that relish an intrepid female lead allied with dragons in battle against sorcerers and demons will enjoy Elizabeth Kerner's tale. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: OUTSTANDING
Review: Recently I read both of Elizabeth Kerner's books back to back. I can't remember when I have enjoyed reading more. Her stories are so unique and her use of the written word a pleasure to immerse myself in. She truly helps you to feel all that her characters experience; good or bad. You feel every emotion and I for one found much I could relate to in many of the characters dilemas. Run don't walk to the nearest book store to buy these books.
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Summary: Too Little, Too Late
Review: The book starts up slowly and runs on predictable lines thereafter. Our hero's are soo in love... yadda yadda... ad nauseum that they loose much of the intelligence that gifted the previous book. After they realize that they have a serious problem with Beryl, they spend their time running around, wringing their hands, and listening in to the news flashes brought to them through farspeach with the dragons, while doing nothing to advance the causes that they seemed determined to help with in the previous book. Yes, I sympathize with the health problem that Lanen develops, but really, didn't you expect her to have something of the sort? All in all the best parts of the book were those about the healers and the mages college, where there were some suprises. It seemed to me that that part of the character development could have been given more time and attention and developed into a book of its own, but due to a desire to carrying on from the last book with the same major protagonists the story is choppy, and you are dragged away when it gets interesting. (Notably the last 40 pages or so in which Lanen and Athor DO something... after which you are left high and dry.) A note to the editor... if you read this, please give serious thought to allowing the author to finish the book before going to publish! This felt like half a book at best, and there is certainly enough here to get an entire opus. A disappointment when compared with the beauty and clarity of "Song In Silence".
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Summary: I love this book!!!! (and you will too!) :)
Review: The Lesser Kindred is the breath-taking sequel to Song in the Silence, continuing the story of Lanen Kaeler and her born again husband. Kerner writes with the same resonance as in her first book, and gives the reader a deeper look into the wonderfully vivid characters and their all too fragile world Kolmar. Starting out precisely where her last book left off helps the reader get into the book all the more quickly. Do not be put off by the repetive first chapters of the newly wedded couple, the story takes off soon enough. As with the first book, The Lesser Kindred weaves several plots seamlessly together, leaving the reader enthralled and wanting more. The final book in the trilogy, tentatively titled Redeeming the Lost, is due out the summer of 2004. I know that anyone who reads this book will be marking their calenders for this coming summer. Song in the Silence and Reedeming the Lost are honestly two of the best fantasy books out there!
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