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kirana786's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
mcharlotten's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
shxnnon's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
mahovina's review against another edition
5.0
finished at 22:09
I need to polish this review a bit.
Okay so let's start off this review with stating the obvious - Cassandra Clare still makes me green with envy with her writing and everything behind it - the storybuilding, the characters and the plot. Even after TMI and TID I don't mind being set in the same world. It never gets old, even though I had my doubts. And isn't it strange that I imagine Magnus now as Harry Shum Jr. when I had been doubting that cast choice? Now I can't imagine Magnus as anyone else.
And now let's start with the fun part - the news we get about the TMI crew after the books (or as known as the spoiler zone):
...and a rather controversial one for birth control that had nevertheless quickly become the most often used rune in the lexicon. I have to admit, this was a smart idea, with all the condom wearing in other dimensions and what not.
They could have gotten married under the new laws that allowed Shadowhunters to marry Downworlders (other than faeries), but they hadn’t.
He and Alec Lightwood had an adopted warlock child, named Max, who was a scintillating shade of navy blue. Our favorite couples, Malec are not married (yet!) and they have a kid. uwu
Technically, the Institute wasn’t supposed to have a computer in it.
The Clave resisted the advent of modernity but even more so any engagement with mundane culture. RIGHT? RIGHT? That's what I've been saying all this time - and yet we have the show in which the Institute is like a modern day CSI setup. WHY SHOWRUNNERS!? WHY!? :o
As he tucked a fifty into his jeans, Emma noticed that he was wearing a gray T-shirt that said TMI across the front. “Too much information?” she said.
He brightened. “The Mortal Instruments. They’re a band. From Brooklyn. You heard of them?” Poor Simon is not in it, ironically.
Sure-Strike, Swift-Footedness, Battle-Rage, Soundless. The names of the runes make me cackle.
Jace and Clary had ridden a flying motorcycle. There were paintings of it. I can imagine it. Plus the babies are all grown up - Clary is not sixteen anymore, she's like twenty two. Hella strange.
“From my sister’s engagement party, to be precise,” said Jace. “There was an open bar.”
“Oh!” A look of happiness flitted across Emma’s face. “Isabelle’s marrying Simon?” YASSS QUEEN YASSS
And now, the serious part of the review. My two new babies, Emma and Julian.
“The runes they created would be unlike any others. They would begin to wield magic as warlocks do. But Nephilim are not meant to be magicians. Eventually the power would make them mad, until they became as monsters. They would destroy their families, the others they loved. Death would surround them until eventually they died themselves.” Still not a good reason to do what Emma did. WHY EMMS.
One where he’d been there, and so she’d fallen in love with him and not his brother. One where she’d been Julian’s parabatai and married to his brother, and they’d been in each other’s lives, bound permanently in every way people could be bound, and it would have been everything they should have wanted. Does she realize that couldn't have happened even if it was possible - Julian loved her way way beforeeeeeeeeeeeee, even before she came to realized it in this book.
update: It seems that I forgot to mention few important things, like...
We have Ty, baby Tiberius who is a neuro-atypical! I have never read something that has an atypical person in it, and I am so happy to see that C.C. loves representation of characters. And I have a feeling that there is going to happen something between Kit and him.
And as important as Ty, we have Mark! Mark who has openly admitted being a bisexual and I am keeping my fingers crossed that something happens between him and Cristina unless he trully plans to push the whole Emma charade. Okay, that's it. I have a feeling I am going to remember something else throughout the day.
Okay I am done. I am so hyper and upset and angsty and I can't wait for the next book. Probably it's going to make cry like a bitch. YEAY.
I need to polish this review a bit.
Okay so let's start off this review with stating the obvious - Cassandra Clare still makes me green with envy with her writing and everything behind it - the storybuilding, the characters and the plot. Even after TMI and TID I don't mind being set in the same world. It never gets old, even though I had my doubts. And isn't it strange that I imagine Magnus now as Harry Shum Jr. when I had been doubting that cast choice? Now I can't imagine Magnus as anyone else.
And now let's start with the fun part - the news we get about the TMI crew after the books (or as known as the spoiler zone):
Spoiler
...and a rather controversial one for birth control that had nevertheless quickly become the most often used rune in the lexicon. I have to admit, this was a smart idea, with all the condom wearing in other dimensions and what not.
They could have gotten married under the new laws that allowed Shadowhunters to marry Downworlders (other than faeries), but they hadn’t.
He and Alec Lightwood had an adopted warlock child, named Max, who was a scintillating shade of navy blue. Our favorite couples, Malec are not married (yet!) and they have a kid. uwu
Technically, the Institute wasn’t supposed to have a computer in it.
The Clave resisted the advent of modernity but even more so any engagement with mundane culture. RIGHT? RIGHT? That's what I've been saying all this time - and yet we have the show in which the Institute is like a modern day CSI setup. WHY SHOWRUNNERS!? WHY!? :o
As he tucked a fifty into his jeans, Emma noticed that he was wearing a gray T-shirt that said TMI across the front. “Too much information?” she said.
He brightened. “The Mortal Instruments. They’re a band. From Brooklyn. You heard of them?” Poor Simon is not in it, ironically.
Sure-Strike, Swift-Footedness, Battle-Rage, Soundless. The names of the runes make me cackle.
Jace and Clary had ridden a flying motorcycle. There were paintings of it. I can imagine it. Plus the babies are all grown up - Clary is not sixteen anymore, she's like twenty two. Hella strange.
“From my sister’s engagement party, to be precise,” said Jace. “There was an open bar.”
“Oh!” A look of happiness flitted across Emma’s face. “Isabelle’s marrying Simon?” YASSS QUEEN YASSS
And now, the serious part of the review. My two new babies, Emma and Julian.
Spoiler
“The runes they created would be unlike any others. They would begin to wield magic as warlocks do. But Nephilim are not meant to be magicians. Eventually the power would make them mad, until they became as monsters. They would destroy their families, the others they loved. Death would surround them until eventually they died themselves.” Still not a good reason to do what Emma did. WHY EMMS.
One where he’d been there, and so she’d fallen in love with him and not his brother. One where she’d been Julian’s parabatai and married to his brother, and they’d been in each other’s lives, bound permanently in every way people could be bound, and it would have been everything they should have wanted. Does she realize that couldn't have happened even if it was possible - Julian loved her way way beforeeeeeeeeeeeee, even before she came to realized it in this book.
update: It seems that I forgot to mention few important things, like...
We have Ty, baby Tiberius who is a neuro-atypical! I have never read something that has an atypical person in it, and I am so happy to see that C.C. loves representation of characters. And I have a feeling that there is going to happen something between Kit and him.
And as important as Ty, we have Mark! Mark who has openly admitted being a bisexual and I am keeping my fingers crossed that something happens between him and Cristina unless he trully plans to push the whole Emma charade. Okay, that's it. I have a feeling I am going to remember something else throughout the day.
Okay I am done. I am so hyper and upset and angsty and I can't wait for the next book. Probably it's going to make cry like a bitch. YEAY.
steffski's review against another edition
3.0
Good book right along all of her other works...it's too much sexual tension for me between two of the characters and the ending was sad which makes it hard to wait for the continuation book to come out
therestlessbookflea07's review against another edition
4.0
Back again to the Shadowhunter world business!
It was immensely refreshing to read names again that are once cursed and loved, but the mere mention of Magnus Bane and Alec Lightwood literally pushed me to tread the entire book with joy and angst combined. <3
Appreciatively, Clare skillfully sustained the greatly loved familiarity of her signature fantasy at the same time ensured to portray each series with their individual uniqueness. As of now, Mark Antony Blackthorn has initially swooned me to pursue him in this series.
Growing and highly anticipating, ONWARD TO BOOK TWO!
It was immensely refreshing to read names again that are once cursed and loved, but the mere mention of Magnus Bane and Alec Lightwood literally pushed me to tread the entire book with joy and angst combined. <3
Appreciatively, Clare skillfully sustained the greatly loved familiarity of her signature fantasy at the same time ensured to portray each series with their individual uniqueness. As of now, Mark Antony Blackthorn has initially swooned me to pursue him in this series.
Growing and highly anticipating, ONWARD TO BOOK TWO!
kaikai1618's review against another edition
5.0
Read it again and it still remains five stars. God what beautiful character building, vivid imagery and overall enticing story that I couldn't put down. Clare never disappoints.
sam_hartwig's review against another edition
4.0
Phew, that was a long trek to get to the good stuff! Almost 20 hour long audio book and it wasn't until about halfway that the story started to get interesting! That's about 10 hours, which is as long as a normal audio book length that I'd listen to. The last half of the book bumped it up to 4 stars, otherwise this was going to be a 3 star review.
In my opinion this book didn't need to be so long, and I started getting sick of constantly hearing about the wonderful Clary and Jace. I didn't think I'd ever say that because I love Cassandra Clare's other series, but seriously enough already!
In saying this though, I loved seeing them both make an appearance in this, as well as my beloved Jem (heart eyes!) It makes me want to re-read The Infernal Devices again instead of continuing this series... I'm not really looking forward to the next two books, which are EVEN BIGGER AGAIN!
And don't get me started on Emma and Julian (rolls eyes)... Am I getting too old for teenage drama? Maybe? Another forbidden romance, and the possibility of a love triangle in the second book... Can I do it to myself?!
If I hadn't already read and loved The Mortal Instruments many years ago, then I don't think I would continue to read this series. I would've left it with this book and decided it ended here. But, I'm hoping to get a glimpse of favourite characters again, and the mystery side of the story intrigues me. Here's hoping the next books are better and I get sucked into the Shadowhunters world again.
I feel like I just ranted this whole review, but still gave the book 4 stars... Yes, I liked the story/mystery, the humour was on point and I liked Mark Blackthorn's love story and the faerie stuff. And of course Jem, Clary and Jace were a highlight.
In my opinion this book didn't need to be so long, and I started getting sick of constantly hearing about the wonderful Clary and Jace. I didn't think I'd ever say that because I love Cassandra Clare's other series, but seriously enough already!
In saying this though, I loved seeing them both make an appearance in this, as well as my beloved Jem (heart eyes!) It makes me want to re-read The Infernal Devices again instead of continuing this series... I'm not really looking forward to the next two books, which are EVEN BIGGER AGAIN!
And don't get me started on Emma and Julian (rolls eyes)... Am I getting too old for teenage drama? Maybe? Another forbidden romance, and the possibility of a love triangle in the second book... Can I do it to myself?!
If I hadn't already read and loved The Mortal Instruments many years ago, then I don't think I would continue to read this series. I would've left it with this book and decided it ended here. But, I'm hoping to get a glimpse of favourite characters again, and the mystery side of the story intrigues me. Here's hoping the next books are better and I get sucked into the Shadowhunters world again.
I feel like I just ranted this whole review, but still gave the book 4 stars... Yes, I liked the story/mystery, the humour was on point and I liked Mark Blackthorn's love story and the faerie stuff. And of course Jem, Clary and Jace were a highlight.
bkc's review against another edition
emotional
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Rating: 2.75/5
The pacing of the book was slow. I loved the characters but it felt like the actual plot progressed very slowly. The mystery was boring and I didn't feel very engaged with the book.
Emma was a very determined main character. I liked her and wanted her to find her answers.How oblivious was she to her own and Julian's feelings at the beginning though? She basically explained away everything and it was exasperating. I liked that her and Julian admitted everything to each other but the way she hurt Julian was disgusting. I was disappointed in her.
Although Julian was my favourite character in the series, he wasn't very nice to Emma after they slept together. It annoyed me that he dismissed what they were to each other. Having said that, he didn't deserve any of the hardships he had to go through, and it was clear that he was struggling with the parabatai law. I hated the clave.
I felt bad for Mark, but liked the way he tried his best for his family. The whipping scene really made me feel emotions. I loved the rest of the Blackthorns too, especially the autism representation with Ty. The way Mark upset him at the end was awful though. Cristina was very nice and a great friend to Emma but Kieran was a jealous disappointment. I thought he was worthy of redemption though, and hope he gets it later in the series.
Furthermore, Arthur was a wreck, and I hated what he had to go through and what he put Julian through. Malcolm's betrayal was a shock but I appreciated Diana. I'm looking forward to learning her secrets. Kit was interesting too but Rook was scum.
Emma was a very determined main character. I liked her and wanted her to find her answers.
Although Julian was my favourite character in the series, he wasn't very nice to Emma after they slept together. It annoyed me that he dismissed what they were to each other. Having said that, he didn't deserve any of the hardships he had to go through, and it was clear that he was struggling with the parabatai law. I hated the clave.
I felt bad for Mark, but liked the way he tried his best for his family. The whipping scene really made me feel emotions. I loved the rest of the Blackthorns too, especially the autism representation with Ty. The way Mark upset him at the end was awful though. Cristina was very nice and a great friend to Emma but Kieran was a jealous disappointment. I thought he was worthy of redemption though, and hope he gets it later in the series.
Furthermore, Arthur was a wreck, and I hated what he had to go through and what he put Julian through. Malcolm's betrayal was a shock but I appreciated Diana. I'm looking forward to learning her secrets. Kit was interesting too but Rook was scum.
Throughout the Shadowhunter Chronicles, I've enjoyed Cassandra's characters but disliked her writing. This was the case with this book too, and I think I will just have to accept this.