Shadow Scale

"For me at least it's a lot more typical for a series to get progressively worse or boring. There are exceptions of course (Red Rising) but the normal for me is that the longer I read a series the less I enjoy it. This was not the case for Shadow Scale it was astoundingly better than Seraphina was. The character-building in this one was better. You really get a sense of who Seraphina is and I at least really liked It. I also really really liked the "villain" of this story. She was incredibly written. She is perfectly evil but someone you still feel sympathetic for once you learn her backstory. I think that the beauty of these two books partly lies in how Hartman writes such a logical fantasy world. It really makes it stand out to me. It reminds me of how Brandon Sanderson writes his words. I mean the ending kind of reminded me of Mistborn book three so I guess that makes sense. I enjoyed this much more than I thought I would, just like the first book, I would definitely tell people to check out these two books, well worth it!"

"WOW!!!!! While I'll admit that I thought this started off kinda slow, it ended VERY well and is still a great story!!! This is such a good dragon story and I'm so very glad things ended as well as they did!!!!"

"It was kind of hard to get into at first but once the pacing picked up it more than made up for it."

"Even though I liked reading this book overall, I found it disappointing as a follow up to Seraphina, which I consider a pretty perfect novel. All the stuff it expands upon were things I didn't really care about in Seraphina, and all the things I liked about Seraphina take a backseat. It's definitely compelling and exciting to read, but I was left wanting in ways I felt the conclusion to a duology should not leave me wanting."

"Such a good book. I’m glad I ignored the bad reviews. Every character was strong, even Jannoula was an amazing villain. And it ended really well, no one I particularly liked died. Although it was sort of weird, the whole dynamic with Selda, Kiggs, and Seraphina at the end."

"A satisfying sequel to Seraphina, this book explores the meaning of community, and the importance of healthy relationships. But there's also dragons, so you know its gonna be awesome anyway."

"Love all these books! Shadow Scale I felt had one lull that dragged on a little, but overall couldn’t put it down! "

"World building!!!!!!!! The world building gets even better than the last one. "