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A review by ingo_lembcke
Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy by Robin Wasserman, Sarah Rees Brennan, Cassandra Clare, Maureen Johnson
5.0
A collection of short stories or novellas centering around one of my favourite characters from The Mortal Instruments: Simon Lewis. Being a geek/nerd myself, this is the character I can most relate to.
Most stories are very good, all offer more insight in some of background of what happened, even going back two centuries with a tale from Tessa about London in the late 19th Century, although not having read [b:Clockwork Prince|10025305|Clockwork Prince (The Infernal Devices, #2)|Cassandra Clare|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1460477747s/10025305.jpg|6674845] nor (obviously) [b:Clockwork Princess|18335634|Clockwork Princess (The Infernal Devices, #3)|Cassandra Clare|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1436788488s/18335634.jpg|6309710] I was mildly spoiled by what I did not know yet (but guessed from other books) about Tessa.
The next to last story "Born to Endless Night" was the one I disliked most, while a surprise, it was not what I wanted to read, also I am no fan of Magnus Bane, have not yet bought nor read some of his extra stories, and am not sure I will.
This is not really functioning as a standalone, and regarding the spoilers, you should already have read all 6 books from the Mortal Instruments and all 3 from the Infernal devices.
As I thought this was somewhat mild, not much happening, it went out with a bang, although I guessed that twist, it was still surprising.
Still, even with the story I did not like, highly recommended.
Most stories are very good, all offer more insight in some of background of what happened, even going back two centuries with a tale from Tessa about London in the late 19th Century, although not having read [b:Clockwork Prince|10025305|Clockwork Prince (The Infernal Devices, #2)|Cassandra Clare|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1460477747s/10025305.jpg|6674845] nor (obviously) [b:Clockwork Princess|18335634|Clockwork Princess (The Infernal Devices, #3)|Cassandra Clare|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1436788488s/18335634.jpg|6309710] I was mildly spoiled by what I did not know yet (but guessed from other books) about Tessa.
The next to last story "Born to Endless Night" was the one I disliked most, while a surprise, it was not what I wanted to read, also I am no fan of Magnus Bane, have not yet bought nor read some of his extra stories, and am not sure I will.
This is not really functioning as a standalone, and regarding the spoilers, you should already have read all 6 books from the Mortal Instruments and all 3 from the Infernal devices.
As I thought this was somewhat mild, not much happening, it went out with a bang, although I guessed that twist, it was still surprising.
Still, even with the story I did not like, highly recommended.