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Ghosts of the Shadow Market: The Companion to the Mortal Instruments and Infernal Devices
Cassandra Clare
4.24 AVERAGE
2.21k reviews for:
Ghosts of the Shadow Market: The Companion to the Mortal Instruments and Infernal Devices
Cassandra Clare
4.24 AVERAGE
I know this is a short story collection but I had the time of my life reading every single story here!!! They were all so well-written and I missed so many of the characters here!!
As for each individual rating:
Cast Long Shadows: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I am at a loss for words. This tore my heart in two. I absolutely loved the writing and some of the new characters presented to us but oh my god.... I am broken. I feel terrible for Matthew Fairchild and I’m hoping to see more of him and his struggles. As for Lucie, James, Cordelia and the rest of the characters, I am so excited to see what they are up to in Chain of Gold!
Every Exquisite Thing: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT!! I loved Anna Lightwood’s character so much and how her point of view was told. ALSO, can we please talk about Gabriel and Cecily as parents??? Because there are a few tears in my eyes
As for each individual rating:
Cast Long Shadows: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I am at a loss for words. This tore my heart in two. I absolutely loved the writing and some of the new characters presented to us but oh my god.... I am broken. I feel terrible for Matthew Fairchild and I’m hoping to see more of him and his struggles. As for Lucie, James, Cordelia and the rest of the characters, I am so excited to see what they are up to in Chain of Gold!
Every Exquisite Thing: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT!! I loved Anna Lightwood’s character so much and how her point of view was told. ALSO, can we please talk about Gabriel and Cecily as parents??? Because there are a few tears in my eyes
Any book related with James Carstairs is on top of my list! And one with him as the lead character is just marvelous!
There are 10 novellas in the book. We followed Brother Snackariah (
There are 10 novellas in the book. We followed Brother Snackariah (
forever fallen absolutely KILLED me. i‘ve been ugly crying almost through the whole novella. this was such a great short story collection and i truly love jem & tessa and my precious sunshine so much. ❤️
4.275 stars on average between all single story ratings
4.335 stars single story ratings weighted by story lengths
I read the first 8 stories last year as they were coming out and now reread those as well as reading the last two. And I am tempted to give this 5 stars over all. I love the Shadowhunter World immensely. I feel so much for a lot of the characters and this collection was definitely the best one yet.
Cast Long Shadows: 3.75 stars
Every Exquisite Thing: 5 stars
Learn about Loss: 3.25 stars
A Deeper Love: 4.5 stars
The Wicked Ones: 3.5 stars
Son of the Dawn: 4 stars
The Land I Lost: 4.75 stars
Through Blood, Through Fire: 4.25 stars
The Lost World: 4 stars
Forever Fallen 5 stars
4.335 stars single story ratings weighted by story lengths
I read the first 8 stories last year as they were coming out and now reread those as well as reading the last two. And I am tempted to give this 5 stars over all. I love the Shadowhunter World immensely. I feel so much for a lot of the characters and this collection was definitely the best one yet.
Cast Long Shadows: 3.75 stars
Every Exquisite Thing: 5 stars
Learn about Loss: 3.25 stars
A Deeper Love: 4.5 stars
The Wicked Ones: 3.5 stars
Son of the Dawn: 4 stars
The Land I Lost: 4.75 stars
Through Blood, Through Fire: 4.25 stars
The Lost World: 4 stars
Forever Fallen 5 stars
if jem carstairs kills me, don't prosecute him. he caught me slipping that's on me.
I have so much love for Jem. He’s actually amazing.
4.5 stars! I loved this bindup. It gave so much insight into the Shadowhunter world, I loved seeing it through the eyes of Brother Zachariah/Jem Carstairs.
Cast Long Shadows - This one was so good! I love Matthew Fairchild, and I felt so bad for him in this. He deserves the world but the world doesn't deserve him. Also that moment between Brother Zachariah and Will killed me.
Every Exquisite Thing - Hella gay and hella good. Anna Lightwood is my butch lesbian queen and you will have to pry her from my cold dead hands. I love Ariadne too, and Cecily Herondale being a supportive mom added ten years to my lifespan.
Learn About Loss - I liked this one. I didn't like it as much as the others, maybe because there wasn't any other big characters in it. I did love the setting though, and Sister Emilia was great. The moment where Will and Jem just got to have fun in China was so sweet.
A Deeper Love - This one was really cool! I loved seeing Tessa Gray and Catarina Loss helping out in WW2. We saw Brother Zachariah starting off on his quest for the Lost Herondales, and him kissing Tessa. I didn't like this one as much as the others though.
The Wicked Ones - I. Loved. This one. Celine Montclaire deserves better and I will say it until she gets the good things she deserves. She was an abused child that was manipluted by everyone around her, and she deserved a chance to raise Jace. I also loved seeing Brother Zachariah and Rosemary Herondale, she was so interesting.
Son of the Dawn - This was so good. We got to see the TMI characters, which was so amazing. Raphael and Lily are my favorite vampires, Lily's nicknames for Brother Zachariah were the absolute best. Alec's crush on Rapheal ghsbhghiuuosbh then seeing Jace and totally forgetting about it? Iconic. Isabelle Lightwood? Iconic. Jace Herondale? Iconic. Brother Zachariah? Iconic.
The Land I Lost - THE BEST. Oh my god. Alec Lightwood being an iconic king in my TSC book? It's more likely then you think. Lily Chen and her iconic nicknames strikes again, her backstory was heartbreaking. Also Max Lightwood-Bane is the cutest and deserves the world, I would die for him. And Rafael!! He gets a home!!
Through Blood, Through Fire - I liked this one. We got to see Tessa and Jem on their quest to find the Lost Herondale (aka my son Kit). I loved getting to see more of Rosemary and her life, and seeing the battle at Kit's house through Tessa's eyes.
The Lost World - Ty and Livvy omg. I loved seeing ghost!Livvy, and I also loved seeing Ty again. He's great. We also got some insight into what's happening in Idris, which kind of scares me. I'm also a little concerned for Livvy. She's seems fine right now, but something weird happened outside of Idris.
Forever Fallen - kjzgbjkgb jkgho. That's it. This gave us two perspectives. One was Jem being happy with Tessa and Kit and Wilhelmina (I love her so much). The other was Thule!Jace, aka Janus, wreaking havoc and making me very nervous. I did like his POV, but he almost killed Max which is unacceptable. I loved getting to see Jem being a dad to Kit and Kit getting the love he deserved.
Cast Long Shadows - This one was so good! I love Matthew Fairchild, and I felt so bad for him in this. He deserves the world but the world doesn't deserve him. Also that moment between Brother Zachariah and Will killed me.
Every Exquisite Thing - Hella gay and hella good. Anna Lightwood is my butch lesbian queen and you will have to pry her from my cold dead hands. I love Ariadne too, and Cecily Herondale being a supportive mom added ten years to my lifespan.
Learn About Loss - I liked this one. I didn't like it as much as the others, maybe because there wasn't any other big characters in it. I did love the setting though, and Sister Emilia was great. The moment where Will and Jem just got to have fun in China was so sweet.
A Deeper Love - This one was really cool! I loved seeing Tessa Gray and Catarina Loss helping out in WW2. We saw Brother Zachariah starting off on his quest for the Lost Herondales, and him kissing Tessa. I didn't like this one as much as the others though.
The Wicked Ones - I. Loved. This one. Celine Montclaire deserves better and I will say it until she gets the good things she deserves. She was an abused child that was manipluted by everyone around her, and she deserved a chance to raise Jace. I also loved seeing Brother Zachariah and Rosemary Herondale, she was so interesting.
Son of the Dawn - This was so good. We got to see the TMI characters, which was so amazing. Raphael and Lily are my favorite vampires, Lily's nicknames for Brother Zachariah were the absolute best. Alec's crush on Rapheal ghsbhghiuuosbh then seeing Jace and totally forgetting about it? Iconic. Isabelle Lightwood? Iconic. Jace Herondale? Iconic. Brother Zachariah? Iconic.
The Land I Lost - THE BEST. Oh my god. Alec Lightwood being an iconic king in my TSC book? It's more likely then you think. Lily Chen and her iconic nicknames strikes again, her backstory was heartbreaking. Also Max Lightwood-Bane is the cutest and deserves the world, I would die for him. And Rafael!! He gets a home!!
Through Blood, Through Fire - I liked this one. We got to see Tessa and Jem on their quest to find the Lost Herondale (aka my son Kit). I loved getting to see more of Rosemary and her life, and seeing the battle at Kit's house through Tessa's eyes.
The Lost World - Ty and Livvy omg. I loved seeing ghost!Livvy, and I also loved seeing Ty again. He's great. We also got some insight into what's happening in Idris, which kind of scares me. I'm also a little concerned for Livvy. She's seems fine right now, but something weird happened outside of Idris.
Forever Fallen - kjzgbjkgb jkgho. That's it. This gave us two perspectives. One was Jem being happy with Tessa and Kit and Wilhelmina (I love her so much). The other was Thule!Jace, aka Janus, wreaking havoc and making me very nervous. I did like his POV, but he almost killed Max which is unacceptable. I loved getting to see Jem being a dad to Kit and Kit getting the love he deserved.
CASSANDRA CLARE. CASSANDRA CLAREEEE. YOU DID NOT HAVE TO DO ME LIKE THAT ESPECIALLY AT THE LAST FOUR STORIES??????? LIKE I DIDNT NEED MY HEART I GUESS. the stories post qoaad... AAAAAAAAH WHEN IS THE NEXT SERIES GONNA BE OUT I NEEEEEEEED TO KNOW I NEED TO KNOW kskdkdksooofkfkekekslsdkdkkdd. also like. yes for all the jem-carstairs-is-HOT-af nicknames (brother snackariah, am i right????). soooo glad that we have some more jessa quality time. plus magnec and their kids are adorable. AND I LOVE LILY CHEN. ALSO MATTHEW FAIRCHILD. AND KIT!!!!!! KIT IS THE BEST AAAHH IM STILL CRYING (and shuddering) OVER THAT LAST STORY. (side note the entire thing about a certain character from a certain place feels soooooo wattpad fanfictiony to me. perhaps that’s half the reason why i was so uncomfortable. i’m here literally for the domesticity and familial love times thanks.)
adventurous
emotional
informative
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No