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lysh_reads's review
adventurous
challenging
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
3.25
mabi29's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
steffski's review against another edition
3.0
I actually really enjoyed these short stories. They were well done, brief, and interesting.
therestlessbookflea07's review against another edition
4.0
What an adventurous read! This book allowed readers to feel absolutely grateful for Simon Lewis to exist--that he is a loving machine, a brave brave soul and forever a devoted nerd--representing all vital domains of the Nephilim, downworlders, and mundanes.
Simon's indeed a key player in the beginning and in the future to come.
Simon's indeed a key player in the beginning and in the future to come.
kaikai1618's review against another edition
5.0
I loved the voice of Simon through the book and I was never bored. How could you. Its Simon. Just read the book. Just read it.
cobaltbookshelf's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 stars
Welcome to the Shadowhunter Academy: 3.5
The Lost Herondale: 3
The Whitechapel Fiend: 3
Nothing but Shadows: 2.5
The Evil We Love: 2.5
Pale Kings and Princes: 3
Bitter of Tongue:3
The Fiery Trial: 4.5
Born To Endless Night: 3
Angels Twice Descending: 3.5
I enjoyed reading about Simon’s adventures stories about Will, Tessa, and James and Jules and Emma.
Welcome to the Shadowhunter Academy: 3.5
The Lost Herondale: 3
The Whitechapel Fiend: 3
Nothing but Shadows: 2.5
The Evil We Love: 2.5
Pale Kings and Princes: 3
Bitter of Tongue:3
The Fiery Trial: 4.5
Born To Endless Night: 3
Angels Twice Descending: 3.5
I enjoyed reading about Simon’s adventures stories about Will, Tessa, and James and Jules and Emma.
jcsie's review
adventurous
emotional
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.75
surprislingly i really enjoyed this, although i am not a big fan of short story collections and tried and failed to get into the bane chronicled before this.
the strongest parts were (in my opinion) the stories that focused on parabatais. ive always appreciated that parabatais were always perceived as least as important as romantic relationships for shadowhunters and goddamn did this book have a good collection of parabatais! ive really enjoyed seeing james herondale and robert lightwood with their parabatais and it made me really excited for tlh trilogy.
i did always like simons style of narration and i did enjoy him dealing with his memory loss and him feeling really split apart from his "other self" and his tmi friends as a result of that. however, im still not sure if i think that part was executed well.
now onto the things i disliked:
-isabelle and simons relationship, i just cant get myself to like them, its not that i hate them, i just dont care
-this was unnecessarily long at times (while i did enjoy the banter between the new characters, there‘s no reason to spread them across up to 3 pages sometimes, cmon)
-tmi randomly appearing at the academy (especially that one scene where isabelle goes out of her way to tell the class to keep their habds off simon cause he belongs to her? brother ew) except for the malec chapter i did actually, the whole family turning up actually worked there
overall you could tell this was used as a "filler", but i had a good time with it and will definitely do a reread one day
the strongest parts were (in my opinion) the stories that focused on parabatais. ive always appreciated that parabatais were always perceived as least as important as romantic relationships for shadowhunters and goddamn did this book have a good collection of parabatais! ive really enjoyed seeing james herondale and robert lightwood with their parabatais and it made me really excited for tlh trilogy.
i did always like simons style of narration and i did enjoy him dealing with his memory loss and him feeling really split apart from his "other self" and his tmi friends as a result of that. however, im still not sure if i think that part was executed well.
now onto the things i disliked:
-isabelle and simons relationship, i just cant get myself to like them, its not that i hate them, i just dont care
-this was unnecessarily long at times (while i did enjoy the banter between the new characters, there‘s no reason to spread them across up to 3 pages sometimes, cmon)
-tmi randomly appearing at the academy (especially that one scene where isabelle goes out of her way to tell the class to keep their habds off simon cause he belongs to her? brother ew) except for the malec chapter i did actually, the whole family turning up actually worked there
overall you could tell this was used as a "filler", but i had a good time with it and will definitely do a reread one day
trishav22's review against another edition
5.0
So, yeah. I'm sobbing. But I'm no stranger to sobbing when it comes to Cassandra Clare books. Each of the stories was amazing and beautiful.