Why I picked itI had decided to do a readathon throughout August and I chose the O.W.L. Readathon which was made by the booktuber, Book Roast. She and a bunch of others were doing their N.E.W.T.s but I hadn't gotten through the first round yet. So I wanted to pass Transfiguration, and to do so I needed to read a book with a cat on the cover or a book that featured transfiguration and shapeshifting. I looked up some ideas from Goodreads, and Seraphina popped up. I looked around my library for it, found it, and was very intrigued by the little bit I read inside the cover. SummarySeraphina has a foot in both the human and dragon worlds. Though there is peace between the two beings, there is still a lot of discrimination and fear. So she has to keep one half of herself a secret. Throughout the book we learn more about both worlds, Seraphina's special ability, and the peace treaty. There is obviously someone inside the castle (other than Seraphina) that is working both sides and trying to restart the wars. So with the help of her friends, Seraphina has to help keep the peace without giving herself away. What I LIkedEverything! I absolutely loved the new world. I was given a lot of jargon and language (that you could look up in the dictionary in the back of the book), and you could learn all about this new place. The traditions, celebrations, people, opinions, politics, everything. It was an entirely new world that I just got lost in. I loved it so much. I also loved that I could see a couple of budding love stories, but they didn't really come to be in the book. You could feel them and see them throughout, but I continued to wonder when they would actually come together. I also loved the characters. Seraphina is brilliant. I loved her little fidgets and quirks that I learned about her. I also loved the characters surrounding her. Each one of them had a different surprise that you learned throughout the book. Not only that, but at the end of the book, it takes a major turn from where you think it is heading. It was fabulously written, and I loved every minute of it. What I didn't LIkeHonestly there wasn't much. I kind of wish I had realized that there was the dictionary of the words at the back, because it would have helped me once in a while. But normally it was written well enough that I could determine what the word meant. Otherwise, I have no complaints. It was a beautiful read. Overall Impression🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟5/5 stars, highly recommend, please read it! I'm getting back into the YA novels, especially fantasy, because that was always my go-to growing up. This one surpassed a lot of the ones I've read recently. I got just a few pages in and was already totally and completely hooked. If you see this book, pick it up and read it. I'm getting ready to find the 2nd one of the series to read a soon as I can!
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