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adventurous
emotional
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book was just...too long. Personally, I think there was a lot of drama included at the beginning that probably could have been cut out. Let's do some editing, people. Get rid of unnecessary plot points! I would also say that this isn't Clare's best finale. But I finished it! We'll see if she does another Shadowhunter series after this.
Also, there's a lot of hiding things and miscommunication in this book, adding to a love triangle and in my opinion, creating unnecssary drama. Some of the characters also made some strange decisions in this, not really matching with the first two books in the series. For me, James was the most frustrating, since he didn't want to be straight forward with Cordelia. You're married! You both love each other! Just tell her what had been going on!
Anyway, if you're a fan of the Shadowhunter books, you'll probably enjoy this one. It just wasn't my favorite of the Shadowhunter books.
Also, there's a lot of hiding things and miscommunication in this book, adding to a love triangle and in my opinion, creating unnecssary drama. Some of the characters also made some strange decisions in this, not really matching with the first two books in the series. For me, James was the most frustrating, since he didn't want to be straight forward with Cordelia. You're married! You both love each other! Just tell her what had been going on!
Anyway, if you're a fan of the Shadowhunter books, you'll probably enjoy this one. It just wasn't my favorite of the Shadowhunter books.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death
Moderate: Sexual content, Violence, Grief
Minor: Homophobia, Miscarriage, Pregnancy
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
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
This was a great finale! I laughed, cried, was stressed. The poor Merry Thieves were put through so much in this series! I do think that parts near the beginning could have been trimmed or cut out - this book dragged through the beginning and was longer than it needed to be. But I did enjoy as we got farther into the book and the ending was brilliant.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, War, Injury/Injury detail
adventurous
emotional
sad
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, Violence, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Homophobia, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia
Minor: Confinement, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Outing
adventurous
emotional
tense
slow-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: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence
Moderate: Homophobia
Minor: Miscarriage, Sexual content
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
inspiring
sad
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:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Homophobia
adventurous
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
I overall really enjoyed this book! Definitely has the typical Cassie style, though I will say this book was particularly romance-focused (which isn’t a bad thing for me!). I love the romance—particularly all the pairings in this story—but I would have liked to see more demon battles. I also found the end a little predictable, with James stabbing himself with Cortana and Cordelia healing him immediately after. Because of that, I didn’t really feel the magnitude of tension that I would have expected to feel for a final battle. Overall though, I think Cassie did a great job developing some of the couples that I was DYING to get more content of (Thomas and Alastair my beloveds, plus Anna and Ari). I also think Grace’s story was handled well—I think the reactions to the truth of her and James’ “relationship” were realistic for each character. God I just love these characters so much, Cassie has such a way of making us fall in love with her characters.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Alcohol
Moderate: Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Pregnancy
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism
Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Grief
Minor: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts
adventurous
emotional
sad
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:
Complicated
"I rather think love is something like a book written just for us, a sort of holy text it is given to us to interpret."
3 ⭐️
I’m sad. I feel underwhelmed and the second half of the book felt like a slog to get through. Was it a joy to be reunited with the characters? Yes. But it all felt a little repetitive and like reworked from her other books with maybe an added little bit. I felt no emotion to the event that I was expecting to lose my shit over. I also don’t think that particularly part was written well, it could’ve been so hard hitting but fell behind in everything else going on. Like the characters acted out of character by the event.
I will say that I was glad that the characters got closure at the end of the series, I just wish we had a better finale to the series. If the rest of the book was as fast paced as the first third with more layers to it, I think I would’ve loved it more.
Matthew Fairchild is King though, the babe deserves the world.
TWs: alcohol dependence, withdrawal, homophobia, corpse depictions, injury depictions, death
3 ⭐️
I’m sad. I feel underwhelmed and the second half of the book felt like a slog to get through. Was it a joy to be reunited with the characters? Yes. But it all felt a little repetitive and like reworked from her other books with maybe an added little bit. I felt no emotion to the event that I was expecting to lose my shit over. I also don’t think that particularly part was written well, it could’ve been so hard hitting but fell behind in everything else going on. Like the characters acted out of character by the event.
I will say that I was glad that the characters got closure at the end of the series, I just wish we had a better finale to the series. If the rest of the book was as fast paced as the first third with more layers to it, I think I would’ve loved it more.
Matthew Fairchild is King though, the babe deserves the world.
TWs: alcohol dependence, withdrawal, homophobia, corpse depictions, injury depictions, death
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism
Moderate: Death, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Homophobia
adventurous
emotional
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: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death
Moderate: Death, Violence, Grief
Minor: Homophobia, Miscarriage, Pregnancy
adventurous
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
I’m conflicted. I don’t know if this is a 4.5 or a 5⭐️ but I do know that I am mentally drained and immensely upset that this is the last book we get to see the last hours crew.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence
Moderate: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Grief, Alcohol, War
Minor: Addiction, Sexual content, Blood