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Escamas by Rachel Hartman

suitkace's review against another edition

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adventurous inspiring medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

annachannabanana's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

n0ize's review against another edition

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2.0

If I played a game of would you rather books version it would be something like this :

Would you rather sleep with no covers in a cold room for two months or dnf Shadow Scale over and over until you force yourself to finish it cause you had asked for it as a gift cause Seraphina was so good.

I’d gladly freeze for two months.

8yos of suffering with this book. Abdo and Bird guy deserved better!!

dahlias_and_pyrotechnics's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

letsbebookfriends's review against another edition

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3.0

*3.5 stars*

lin28's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

damacyroll's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

hebberelle's review against another edition

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2.0

DNF at 38%. One long winded road trip that I just stopped caring about at around 15%.

ambrose_7's review against another edition

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5.0

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!

klparmley's review against another edition

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3.0

I enjoyed it. I'll read the next one.