Dragonsong sits between Dragonquest and The White Dragon, although there is some overlap with The White Dragon and it doesn’t matter what order you read those two in.
Some friends and I were joking the other day that all McCaffrey books seem to involve a pained teenager coming to age. That’s true with this book, although the story isn’t as drawn out as The White Dragon, and I didn’t find it quite as annoying to read. I think that’s because McCaffrey didn’t dwell on how terrible it was to be a teenager as much in this one.
I really enjoyed this one, and thought it was better than The White Dragon, and on par with Dragonflight, although I do feel that The White Dragon opens up more interesting possibilities for the universe than this book did.
[isbn: 0553258524]