Kings rising vs Shadow Scale: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Courts and courtiers, War, Fantasy fiction, Children's fiction, Fiction

Cover of Kings rising

Kings rising C. S. Pacat · 2016 ★★★★★ 5.0 368 pages · ≈ 6 h 49 m · Light Find on Amazon

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Cover of Shadow Scale

Shadow Scale Rachel Hartman · 2015 ★★★★☆ 3.9 624 pages · ≈ 11 h 33 m · Light Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate Kings rising higher: 5.0 vs 3.9 from 760 votes.
Kings rising is the quicker read — about 6 hours vs 11 for Shadow Scale.

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