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adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
sadly this book was kind of disappointing to me for being the conclusion of the series :/ imo the miscommunication was dragged out a bit too long at this point and was pretty much a driving plot point — and miscommunication is not my fav. i love the characters and world so i still somewhat enjoyed this, but i feel like it could’ve gone a slightly different direction that would’ve maybe been better. plus, maybe an unpopular opinion, but i actually LOVE grace and her character arc was so interesting to see unfold! unfortunately though, she was a major player in the last two books but was basically pushed to the side in this one for some (or no) reason. i was really rooting for her and christopher :(
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Lesbophobia
Moderate: Miscarriage, Misogyny, Death of parent
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A pretty good conclusion to the trilogy, although what grudge does Cassandra Clare hold against the Lightwood kids specifically? .
I'm not a big fan of communication issues, but I did appreciate how well things were handled with James, and even the fact that there was an aftermath to what happened with Grace (too many novels, movies, TV shows would simply gloss over it).
I'm not a big fan of communication issues, but I did appreciate how well things were handled with James, and even the fact that there was an aftermath to what happened with Grace (too many novels, movies, TV shows would simply gloss over it).
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Violence, Grief
Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual content, Pregnancy
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Homophobia, Sexual content, Blood, Grief, Murder, Alcohol
Minor: Child abuse
adventurous
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Grief
Minor: Homophobia
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism
Moderate: Homophobia
adventurous
dark
emotional
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It hurts me to give one star but i was so disappointed. the first half was alright, but in the second half the writing got really weird and it felt like it was written by a completely different person. the characters were out of character and the storylines just... it wasn't good. the only thing I liked was Matthews storyline and any mention of Will, Tessa or Jem. The Last Hours was my second favourite Shadowhunter trilogy and has now gone down to my second least favorite.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, War
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I'm conflicted.
I love the whole shadowhunter universe and these characters but I don't know.
First up, I didn't like the love triangle and the unnecessary drama it caused, I couldn't help but think that Matthew is better than that, it felt so out of character for him.
I also noticed that there wasn't really much of a storyline because there were so many scenes with all the couples or friendgroups/ friendships which I didn't necessarily hate BUT it really took away from the plot tbh.
Considering that there were so many scenes where people just talked, I was a little disappointed that we didn't get a Tessa×Will or Jem×Will (!!!) scene (I know that it's a trilogy about their kids but still..) especially because this was the last book in which Will is alive (😭).
To be fair, there were a lot of times when Will and Tessa were mentioned or Will said something funny.
I would've loved Tessa as a single character to be more present as well but we can't all get what we want😔🤩 and I was thinking that maybe she's gonna be more present in the wicked powers (🤞🏻🤞🏻).
I was disappointed in the ending as well. Even though the atmosphere Cassie created was positively creepy (and I loved that), the conflict was too easily resolved in the end and everything just worked out??? Belial was supposed to be a Prince of Hell but he was incredibly stupid which seems a bit unlikely.
Another major aspect is that we didn't get to see the family of a certain someone who died (😤) grieving at all and the merry thieves' reaction was a wee bit weird/ downplayed imo but okay.
Now the things I loved. This book was FUNNY. I laughed out loud a lot. As mentioned before, there was lots of development for the couples which, as a long time fan of this universe, was exciting.
Christopher was my favorite character this book and his storyline with Grace plus the Thomas×Alastair one was the best one by far!!
Alastair had amazing character development throughout the whole series and to see the "result" in this book was amazing!!!
I LOVE Grace, she's such a complex character and I was glad to see her incorporated into the story and into the friend group as well.
I'm also a big fan of Eugenia, I was so happy every time she tagged along on a mission<3
Overall, I'm very happy with the character and relationship aspect of this final book but feel that the plot had much more potential.
I love the whole shadowhunter universe and these characters but I don't know.
First up, I didn't like the love triangle and the unnecessary drama it caused, I couldn't help but think that
I also noticed that there wasn't really much of a storyline because there were so many scenes with all the couples or friendgroups/ friendships which I didn't necessarily hate BUT it really took away from the plot tbh.
Considering that there were so many scenes where people just talked, I was a little disappointed that we didn't get a Tessa×Will or Jem×Will (!!!) scene (I know that it's a trilogy about their kids but still..) especially because this was the last book in which Will is alive (😭).
To be fair, there were a lot of times when Will and Tessa were mentioned or Will said something funny.
I would've loved Tessa as a single character to be more present as well but we can't all get what we want😔🤩 and I was thinking that maybe she's gonna be more present in the wicked powers (🤞🏻🤞🏻).
I was disappointed in the ending as well. Even though the atmosphere Cassie created was positively creepy (and I loved that), the conflict was too easily resolved in the end and everything just worked out???
Another major aspect is that we didn't get to see the family of a certain someone who died (😤) grieving at all and the merry thieves' reaction was a wee bit weird/ downplayed imo but okay.
Now the things I loved. This book was FUNNY. I laughed out loud a lot. As mentioned before, there was lots of development for the couples which, as a long time fan of this universe, was exciting.
Christopher was my favorite character this book and his storyline with Grace plus the Thomas×Alastair one was the best one by far!!
Alastair had amazing character development throughout the whole series and to see the "result" in this book was amazing!!!
I LOVE Grace, she's such a complex character and I was glad to see her incorporated into the story and into the friend group as well.
I'm also a big fan of Eugenia, I was so happy every time she tagged along on a mission<3
Overall, I'm very happy with the character and relationship aspect of this final book but feel that the plot had much more potential.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Violence, Outing
Moderate: Grief
Minor: Homophobia, Miscarriage
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Murder
Moderate: Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Lesbophobia
Minor: Sexual content
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Gore, Violence, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Child death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Death of parent
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
i will preface this review by saying that i think i would’ve enjoyed this a lot more if i’d reread the first two books. i would highly recommend you reread Chain of Gold and Chain of Iron before reading this!!
i found Chain of Thorns to be a bit slow and dragging, the plot was confusing and i know that’s because the characters don’t really know what’s going on but it just left me not knowing what was happening, so i was only invested in the romances, not the actual fantasy plotline with Belial and everything.
half the characters were very frustrating and half were wonderful.
so it was a mixed experience.
like i said above, i should’ve reread the first two books (and potentially the infernal devices as well) however i simply could not be bothered and i also was very excited to read this. there were just too many things i didn’t remember and while i could infer well enough it still would’ve been nice to understand more and also be more invested in the story and characters. i also read it in random chunks across about a week and i think that negatively impacted my reading experience too.
i found Chain of Thorns to be a bit slow and dragging, the plot was confusing and i know that’s because the characters don’t really know what’s going on but it just left me not knowing what was happening, so i was only invested in the romances, not the actual fantasy plotline with Belial and everything.
half the characters were very frustrating and half were wonderful.
so it was a mixed experience.
like i said above, i should’ve reread the first two books (and potentially the infernal devices as well) however i simply could not be bothered and i also was very excited to read this. there were just too many things i didn’t remember and while i could infer well enough it still would’ve been nice to understand more and also be more invested in the story and characters. i also read it in random chunks across about a week and i think that negatively impacted my reading experience too.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death
Moderate: Child abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Lesbophobia
Minor: Miscarriage, Grief, Death of parent