Author: Rachel Hartman

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Fantasy Review: Tess of the Road

December 14, 2020 Uncategorized 12 ★★★

Fantasy Review: Tess of the RoadTitle: Tess of the Road (Tess of the Road, #1)
Author: Rachel Hartman
Source: from publisher for review
Links: Bookshop (affiliate link) |Goodreads
Rating:three-stars

Summary: Enjoyable characters and character development, but the plot and world building just didn’t grab me.

I enjoyed Rachel Hartman’s Seraphina duology, so I was excited to revisit that world with Tess. Unlike Seraphina, Tess is an ordinary mortal and expected to behave in particular, lady-like ways be her strictly religious mother. Eventually, Tess runs away to escape being sent to a nunnery and starts to come to terms with herself throughout her many adventures. Read more »

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Shadow Scale

April 13, 2015 Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult 12 ★★★

Shadow ScaleTitle: Shadow Scale
Author: Rachel Hartman
Source: NetGalley
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Rating:three-stars

Summary: Although I still loved the politics and world-building in this sequel, I found the pacing too slow and the action unengaging.

As a half-dragon, Seraphina has a unique connection to others of her kind. However, her country of Gored has only recently made peace with the dragons and now this fragile peace may be shattered by a dragon civil war. The fragile peace means that many humans still hate dragons and that most half-dragons such as Saraphina must hide who they are. Each half-dragon has unique gifts and together they might be able to protect Gored if Seraphina is able to use her own unique powers to find them. To do so, she will have to avoid humans and dragons who want to stop her. But the biggest threat is one very bitter and very dangerous half-dragon who uses her powers to control others and manipulate the war for her own purposes.
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