Shadow Scale
Seraphina took the literary world by storm with 8 starred reviews and numerous “Best of” lists. At last, her eagerly awaited sequel has arrived—and with it comes an epic battle between humans and dragons.The kingdom of Goredd: a world where humans and dragons share life with an uneasy balance,...
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Seraphina took the literary world by storm with 8 starred reviews and numerous “Best of” lists. At last, her eagerly awaited sequel has arrived—and with it comes an epic battle between humans and dragons.The kingdom of Goredd: a world where humans and dragons share life with an uneasy balance, and those few who are both human and dragon must hide the truth. Seraphina is on
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Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9780552573511 (0552573515)
Publisher: Random House
Pages no: 470
Edition language: English
Series: Seraphina (#2)
Seraphina was one of my favorite books of 2013, so I was really, really excited about this one. I started it immediately. And it took me 8 months to finish it. It is fine, but I have to be honest - it dragged. It was overlong, and meandering, and occasionally felt like it was going no where. And...
Oh dear, I don’t know what to say here… Because I loved the first book and I almost didn’t finish this one. So yeah, I’m disappointed… It was just so boring. Seraphina leaves the castle to find other half-dragons. She meets new half-dragon, there’s drama, she meets another one, there’s more drama an...
I liked this one, but I missed the intimate scale of Seraphina.
My most recent post on Rachel Hartman's young adult duology, and about the dragons I have known.
At the end of this book, the author writes, "This book was a beast to write." I can believe it. I have waited YEARS for this book having fallen in love with Seraphina more than seven years ago. Shadow Scale may have been a beast to write, but it was a glorious beauty to read. I always say that ther...