so... this book is complicated.

the writing is super nice and the characters are beautifully developed. the worldbuilding is interesting, mixing original elements with elements from our world (like christianity). the book does ramble a bit, sometimes going into tangents that seem unnecessary and that only makes the story bloated and longer than it should be. even then i'd probably have given silver scales four stars, because the writing/characters/worldbuilding are really good.

but.... it has an aromisic paragraph in there. it has a possible romance between a 17 year old girl and a guy in his twenties (though the guy didn't know she was 17 until later in the book, and it doesn't seem like he will go on with their... almost relationship? but who knows) and a would be rapist is suddenly redeemed in the end of the book because he helps the protagonist (and like, would be rapist isn't a rapist because the main character stopped him). that was SO unnecessary and made me a bit uncomfortable.

plus, the christianity is strong in this one. that's a me problem, obviously. but oh well. 2.0 stars for silver scales

Silver Scales is a book I really really wanted to enjoy with the book cover and the mere fact it talked about dragons. Kildare needs to find dragon scales in order to save his soul which leads him comically to the room of Zenobia Gardsmark, who's a very spirited young woman.
I did really like the quibbles between Madden and Kildare, once I got my head around the fact Madden is a talking hare, they had quite a fun back and forth on a few occasions.
But personally I couldn't get my head into the book easily, it was difficult to read as I just couldn't get myself involved enough in the story easily. The idea of the book itself is fun, different, and I wish I had been able to enjoy it but I just couldn't get sucked into it.