Thanks so much for offering this chapter sample I think I might go out and buy the book for my niece. I think she would really enjoy it.

Great sample read can't wait to read the full story.

This sampler was great. The chapter from Seraphina hooked me right away. It made me excited to read the full version of the book. In fact, I wanted to read it so badly that I went to my library's website, and put a hold on it right away.

Seraphina's born in a world where humans and dragons co-exist but there's still fear and distrust. A talented musician, she kept a secret that's known by few including her father and his friend and her confidante Orma. I loved that the main character had close characters not just with males but with adults. Too often fiction sadly tries to depict men who are close to children as creepy or ill-intentioned. I even saw a list once that warned against writing stories with males holding girls or standing too close if they weren't family members. Seriously? I'm glad this book never took on that nonsense. In this brief excerpt you get a fantastic inside look at a fantasy world where a murder has taken place, humans and dragon kind are at odds and a girl with a secret might hold the key to solving or making things even worse, maybe both. The author wrote a vivid story that held me with every page. I have wanted to get this book but it kept falling off my radar. It won't again and I highly recommend this book.

i've read just the chapster sample of this book, but so far it's great!

Seraphina (chapter sample)

Based on the sample I read, I would recommend this book and will be reading it myself as soon as I can!

Loved the prologue - might be my favorite section of the book, actually. It's gripping, strongly voiced, and raises the central mysteries.

Seraphina has been on my TBR list for a while now, but I somehow never got around to reading it. This little sampler gave just a tiny glimpse into the fantasy universe filled with dragons and all sorts of interesting things. I hope I'll get my hands on the actual book soon, because I'm very excited to read the whole story!

I've heard of Seraphina before but I've never read it and after this chapter sample I'm eager to pick it up. The worldbuilding seems a bit confusing at the moment, but fascinating, especially the way dragons are described. Dragons that can turn into humans? Sign me up.

The first 30 pages end on an evocative and poignant note. This excerpt has me intrigued and I'll likely read the full book.

I really liked the sampler and need to get the book asap!

While the plot was created around an intriguing idea, the writing itself seemed to drag on. The author has some of the best descriptive imagery I've read, but I found myself wishing it were over. Granted I only read the one chapter sample, but it in no way encouraged me to purchase and read the whole book. I had to struggle to finish the first chapter, I don't know if I could've finished if there were any more.

I only received the chapter sampler and it was enough. The book did not grasp my attention. A lot of people really like this story but it is not for me.

I was looking forward to reading this based on the summary alone.

The story puts you right in the middle of what is going on without explaining anything. It was hard to follow.

This work seems to have a lot of promise. Too often, however, I've read a work that opened creatively, but that soon soured. Thus, I've determined that it is the "middle" that must be able to hold its own. Unfortunately, the excerpt for this work was too short for me to be able to form any full opinions on the work as a whole.

Thank you for the excerpt of Seraphina, I absolutely loved it and I'm now convinced to add it to my TBR and read this asap!

I received a copy of this sneak peek from Random House Books for Young Readers through Netgalley. This is my honest review.

When I grabbed this sneak peek, I was confusing it with a different book (Serafina and the Black Cloak) that I've had my eye on for a while now. Granted, that wouldn't have stopped me from getting it because sneak peeks on Netgalley are somewhat limited I'm finding, but it's not the book I thought I was peeking into. And I realize the covers for the two books are very different, but books get new covers all the time, so I thought that's what happened here. But in spite of my mix-up, I was rather pleased with this sneak peek.

I was only treated to a very small portion of this book, so there are a lot of things that I do not understand about this world yet, or Seraphina herself. Really, the only way for me to have a full understanding of the world from a sneak peek would be for there to be a huge info dump right at the beginning, and that would have been rather boring, so I'm glad it didn't happen, even if I am frustrated by not really knowing anything about the world I just dipped my toes into.

From what I could gather, in this world dragons can shapeshift to take on human form, but they are required to wear bells so as to be easily identifiable to humans, although there seem to be some exceptions to that rule. And because dragons were dangerous creatures in the past, tensions between the two races are quite high. I felt that there were some comparisons to be made to current relations between different groups amongst society in our world, although with only the sneak peek, there are no easy conclusions to be reached on that score.

I'm also left with some suspicions about Seraphina's origin, and there is a mystery about a certain saint that is mentioned that I'm interested to uncover as well.

I am definitely interested in reading more from this book and have added it to my wish list because I'm not allowed to buy any more books this pay period, but I will definitely be buying it at some point in the future so I can continue this story.

i have always wanted to read this book so thank you for the chapter sample! makes me want to keep reading the book, so i requested it from the library. thanks netgalley!

Dragons are always a great idea, but the author has fantastic imagination and her world is intriguing. Recommended especially for dragon and music lovers.

Why Seraphina has gone under my radar for so long is something I do not know. What I do know is that I will be giving the full book a read and I may have found a new series to obsess over. This is not something I am angry at. I look forward to diving further into Hartman's world.

I found it hard to get into (and this was only the first few chapters!) It was a bit tricky keeping the characters straight, and figuring out what the made-up terms mean...plus it really bothered me how Seraphina has known Orma her whole life, yet talks to him like she isn't used to his customs (I get that the author is just trying to illustrate the cultural differences, but it just seemed jarring and unrealistic.) But, there was enough mystery and intrigue that I might go and read the whole book sometime.