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Review: Crystal Singer (Updated 7/31/2014)
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You can also pick up the second book, Killashandra, at http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000FBFM8O/?tag=shasworofboo-20.
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Killashandra is a gifted singer, but her voice has a slight flaw in the upper registers. Doomed to be a chorus singer instead of a lead soprano, she ends up on Ballybran hoping for the chance to become a Crystal Singer. However, Killa discovers that just having a voice won't guarantee her a chance to Sing, and that the benefits of becoming a Singer may not be worth it.
From just looking at the cover of the book and reading the synopsis, you know that Killa will become a Crystal Singer. And she will sing Blacks, which are the most coveted crystals. But this book is the story of how Killa becomes that Crystal Singer. Her thoughts, her training, and even the smallest decisions - such as deciding to "forget" her failure as a singer on her home planet.
I highly recommend this book as well as the sequel, "Killashandra". I do NOT, however, recommend the third book in the series - by that point, Killashandra has become a Crystal Singer in full, complete with forgetting all of her friends and walking around with a huge attitude... I liked instead to remember as the Killa from the first two books.