lissherondale's review
5.0
YES AMAZING!
• Cast Long Shadows: 5 stars
• Every exquisite thing: 4.5 stars
• Learn about Loss: 4 stars *4.5 for the last two pages*
• A deeper love: 5 full stars
• The Wicked Ones: 5 full stars
• Son of the Dawn: 4.5 stars
• The Land I lost: 5 full stars
• Through blood, through fire: 4 stars
• The Lost World: 4 stars
• Forever Fallen: 4.5 stars
When I picked up this book I didn't knew it was staring Jem. What a nice surprise!
Of the three book we have about short stories this is by far the best one! It's very important to read this book after reading Queen of Air and Darkness (The Dark Artifices Book 3) and after The Red Scrolls of Magic Book 1 of The Eldest Curses, and yes definitle before Chain of Gold. because there is so much information and spoilers about everything.
Yes it doesn't tell major spoilers for Chain of Gold it just prepares you for you can understand more about those characters.
I must say this book was like Will Herondale's devotion, I can't complain! I loved how Jem loved, fought, and missed his parabati, his wife and his friends.
Through all the book we could see several important charaters and some passing characters that really caught my eye. One of them is Celine Montclair, a beautiful, broken and suffering girl naive but strong and smart, we could see and learn more about the Circle and their members and oh boyyyy I want moreee, I want a whole serie about The Cirle!! We must have it!
The other one was Rosemary Herondale, such a strong and badass woman. Sad ending that she had. But it was so nice to know now her whole story.
Alec and Rafe! One of my favorites stories! It was the longest and one of the best ones. Such a beautiful story and we could see a more determined Alec to become a leader a Consul. I loved it.
Ty and Livvie, Janus and Ash, the two last stories didn't felt like an ending, more like a begining. Definitly Cassandra Clare is preparing for this whole new series staring Kit and Ty, it just broke my heart that after everything, Clary and Jace can be hurt, I hope not and I hope none of the kids do.
We don't have any date for these new series but hell it will be a wreak havoc. So far we have 3 villains coming up: The fairys after Kit, the Cohort after Emma and the new Clave, and Janus after our love ones. Dammnnn is coming hard.
Also!! VERY IMPORTANT, I notice some facts sometimes people will tell that something happen in 1903 or 1904 which is the perior that Chain of Gold is setting. We know now that Lily Chen will appear ing Chain og Gold and that someone is send to he Scholomanance. Oh boy those are the Easter Eggs we will know soon what was about.
• Cast Long Shadows: 5 stars
• Every exquisite thing: 4.5 stars
• Learn about Loss: 4 stars *4.5 for the last two pages*
• A deeper love: 5 full stars
• The Wicked Ones: 5 full stars
• Son of the Dawn: 4.5 stars
• The Land I lost: 5 full stars
• Through blood, through fire: 4 stars
• The Lost World: 4 stars
• Forever Fallen: 4.5 stars
When I picked up this book I didn't knew it was staring Jem. What a nice surprise!
Of the three book we have about short stories this is by far the best one! It's very important to read this book after reading Queen of Air and Darkness (The Dark Artifices Book 3) and after The Red Scrolls of Magic Book 1 of The Eldest Curses, and yes definitle before Chain of Gold. because there is so much information and spoilers about everything.
Yes it doesn't tell major spoilers for Chain of Gold it just prepares you for you can understand more about those characters.
I must say this book was like Will Herondale's devotion, I can't complain! I loved how Jem loved, fought, and missed his parabati, his wife and his friends.
Through all the book we could see several important charaters and some passing characters that really caught my eye. One of them is Celine Montclair, a beautiful, broken and suffering girl naive but strong and smart, we could see and learn more about the Circle and their members and oh boyyyy I want moreee, I want a whole serie about The Cirle!! We must have it!
The other one was Rosemary Herondale, such a strong and badass woman. Sad ending that she had. But it was so nice to know now her whole story.
Alec and Rafe! One of my favorites stories! It was the longest and one of the best ones. Such a beautiful story and we could see a more determined Alec to become a leader a Consul. I loved it.
Ty and Livvie, Janus and Ash, the two last stories didn't felt like an ending, more like a begining. Definitly Cassandra Clare is preparing for this whole new series staring Kit and Ty, it just broke my heart that after everything, Clary and Jace can be hurt, I hope not and I hope none of the kids do.
We don't have any date for these new series but hell it will be a wreak havoc. So far we have 3 villains coming up: The fairys after Kit, the Cohort after Emma and the new Clave, and Janus after our love ones. Dammnnn is coming hard.
Also!! VERY IMPORTANT, I notice some facts sometimes people will tell that something happen in 1903 or 1904 which is the perior that Chain of Gold is setting. We know now that Lily Chen will appear ing Chain og Gold and that someone is send to he Scholomanance. Oh boy those are the Easter Eggs we will know soon what was about.
rebeccak04's review
5.0
Would you expect anything lower for a book all about one of my favorite characters of all time?
amandal_33's review
adventurous
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
catbewks's review
4.0
Cast Long Shadows: 3.5 stars
Every Exquisite Thing: 4.5 stars
Learn About Loss: 5 stars
A Deeper Love: 3 stars
The Wicked Ones: 5 stars
Son of the Dawn: 4 stars
The Land I Lost: 4 stars
Through Blood, Through Fire: 4 stars
The Lost World: 3 stars
Forever Fallen: 4.5 stars
Every Exquisite Thing: 4.5 stars
Learn About Loss: 5 stars
A Deeper Love: 3 stars
The Wicked Ones: 5 stars
Son of the Dawn: 4 stars
The Land I Lost: 4 stars
Through Blood, Through Fire: 4 stars
The Lost World: 3 stars
Forever Fallen: 4.5 stars
roget's review
adventurous
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
3.75
Lots of interesting worldbuilding, but honestly, the shadow market theme felt less cohesive than the more persistent thread running through the stories--Jem, Tessa, and their search for Kit. Following how this group comes together felt like more of the point of this volume, with some of the other stories feeling more or less out of sync. I wonder if some of those others stories might've fit better elsewhere? It was fun to get a different angle on events in other books, but I think this collection might've benefitted from being trimmed down a bit. It's a doorstopper, in 600+ page territory.
Those are my initial thoughts, at least. I admit, it's been months since I read the first several stories. I got stuck on one of the longer ones. And I'll say here that at least one of these "short stories" is over a hundred pages, and the lack of chapter breaks was a hamper. I don't think I'd have finished it if I hadn't been determined to complete it.
It also suffers a bit from repetition of the same internal dialogue. If you binge read, I think you'll notice this more, but sometimes it happens multiple times in the span of a few pages--Jem, usually, reflecting on how dead he felt as a silent brother, then how precious and alive his time with Tessa is. This would've been impactful once or twice. By the end of the book, every time it came up to be rehashed in the midst of the narrative, I was frustrated.
Who are the ghosts of Shadow Market? I think they're the secrets? Every character in here carries some kind of secret or hurt. Some open that up to others, some bury it inside and let it fester and turn them to shadows. I suppose that's a bit of a throughline...
Those are my initial thoughts, at least. I admit, it's been months since I read the first several stories. I got stuck on one of the longer ones. And I'll say here that at least one of these "short stories" is over a hundred pages, and the lack of chapter breaks was a hamper. I don't think I'd have finished it if I hadn't been determined to complete it.
It also suffers a bit from repetition of the same internal dialogue. If you binge read, I think you'll notice this more, but sometimes it happens multiple times in the span of a few pages--Jem, usually, reflecting on how dead he felt as a silent brother, then how precious and alive his time with Tessa is. This would've been impactful once or twice. By the end of the book, every time it came up to be rehashed in the midst of the narrative, I was frustrated.
Who are the ghosts of Shadow Market? I think they're the secrets? Every character in here carries some kind of secret or hurt. Some open that up to others, some bury it inside and let it fester and turn them to shadows. I suppose that's a bit of a throughline...
ariireads's review
5.0
did i read all the stories ? no i only came here for herongraystairs crumbs and i skipped all the stories that didn’t feature jem (like who cares about a man name janus). However im still giving this book 5 stars cause the herongraystairs angst was angsting Cassandra Clare was in her shakespearean bag when she created them like she really wrote the best love story to ever come out from a ya fantasy only a few years into her career shes so iconic (she still pisses me off tho). Like i did not expect to be crying and losing my mind and having mental breakdowns when i opened this book but like i said the herongraystairs angst was angsting. Gonna come back and read the other stories after i finish the tda trilogy but for now im going to ao3 to ease the pain
deli__'s review
4.0
The first short story caught me a bit off balance, not gonna lie. There were a lot of new characters and I was having a rough time keeping track of who was who. But I ended up really enjoying it, and the other stories were awesome!
Brother Zachariah is one of my favourite characters in the whole Shadowhunters world, so it was really cool following him around through time and getting a little insight on how he played a part in some major events of the other books.
Brother Zachariah is one of my favourite characters in the whole Shadowhunters world, so it was really cool following him around through time and getting a little insight on how he played a part in some major events of the other books.
buchstabenmaedchen's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0