365 Days of Books

I really enjoyed Song Quest. I would not recommend this to "the child who keeps asking for the next Harry Potter" as the blurb on the cover suggests because Harry Potter is Harry Potter and this will not satisfy. I liked this book better than Dia Calhoun's series though are set in universes that seem familiar. In Song Quest the Singers can alter feelings and memories using songs. Singers are limited to those trained and suitable and training starts very early so that many are weeded out as they reach puberty. Rialle is more sensitive than most Singers and she can hear the voices of other species on the planet; this makes her suitable to be an ambassador. Though she is very young she is soon sent on an adventurous mission to find and heal the problem that is affecting so many species.

There is lots of magic and many subtle lessons on the ability for people to change, appearances being misleading, and the place of each species in the world cycle.