Review Detail
Young Adult Fiction
341
Here there be dragons
Overall rating
3.7
Plot
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Characters
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Writing Style
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Illustrations/Photos (if applicable)
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What I Loved:
While readers met a few other half-dragons in SERAPHINA, I was dying to meet them all. Rachel Hartman delivered with SHADOW SCALE.
Seraphina has to gather the half-dragons she's only seen in her mind together to protect her beloved country and her friends. This task takes her across the land, visiting all the countries we heard about in the first novel. I loved this expansion of the world. Each country and its people were so unique that I wanted to find out more about them all. I loved Porphyry in particular. Her journey also brings her face-to-face with the other half-dragons. I loved how every one was different.
While Seraphina came to terms with what she was in the first novel, and found somewhere she felt at home, in this story she faces who she is as a person. Her journey tries her patience at times and reveals truths about herself that she's been avoiding.
What Left Me Wanting More:
The pacing in this novel was less engaging than I was expecting. I was fully engrossed in SERAPHINA from page one, but while reading this novel, I found my attention wandering occasionally. There were lulls in between the action that pulled me out of the story.
The Final Verdict:
SHADOW SCALE is a fascinating sequel that expands on the world readers fell in love with in SERAPHINA.
While readers met a few other half-dragons in SERAPHINA, I was dying to meet them all. Rachel Hartman delivered with SHADOW SCALE.
Seraphina has to gather the half-dragons she's only seen in her mind together to protect her beloved country and her friends. This task takes her across the land, visiting all the countries we heard about in the first novel. I loved this expansion of the world. Each country and its people were so unique that I wanted to find out more about them all. I loved Porphyry in particular. Her journey also brings her face-to-face with the other half-dragons. I loved how every one was different.
While Seraphina came to terms with what she was in the first novel, and found somewhere she felt at home, in this story she faces who she is as a person. Her journey tries her patience at times and reveals truths about herself that she's been avoiding.
What Left Me Wanting More:
The pacing in this novel was less engaging than I was expecting. I was fully engrossed in SERAPHINA from page one, but while reading this novel, I found my attention wandering occasionally. There were lulls in between the action that pulled me out of the story.
The Final Verdict:
SHADOW SCALE is a fascinating sequel that expands on the world readers fell in love with in SERAPHINA.
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