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!