okay. i don’t even know how to BEGIN with this one. let me just begin by giving a general “the shadowhunter chronicles” review. first of all, there are a couple of youtube videos explaining how you should read it or the suggested ways and stuff. i read the series based on one of the videos i watched, and i honestly kinda regret it. here’s the best order in my opinion.
- the mortal instruments (all 6 books at once)
- the infernal devices (3 books)
- the dark artifices (3 books)
There are some sites suggesting you should read it like TMI first 3 books then TID then the following 3 books from TMI. That’s the way I’ve read it and it doesn’t work well because you forget all about TMI and then the time period changes drastically and you just become confused. so trust me on this one. (oh but you can change the place of 1 & 2, just don’t divide the series)
onto the book review.
everything you’ve heard about monsters, about nightmares, legends whispered around campfires…
all the stories are true.
okay, if you’ve watched the tv series or the film, ERASE IT FROM YOUR BRAIN. i have nothing against the actors, they’re amazing but it’s SO not accurate. and it’s always better to picture it inside your head. with that being said, this book is an awesome beginning to the 12-booked-wild-ride Cassie will take you on. you’re exposed to the main characters jace herondale and clary fray. jace is a stuck-up meanie who has a pessimistic view toward life. the only people he cares about are his sister isabelle (izzy) and alec, despite all the girls that drool over him 24/7. he’s the best shadowhunter in his generation, and let me tell you he has EARNED it. clary is a smol bean who’s a badass when push comes to shove. she’s empowering, ready to fight anyone who dares to speak to her “like that”. but she also wants a career in art and is just turning 18 when her mom is attacked and she’s suddenly exposed to this different world where all the stories are true. where there are gay warlocks, hot shadowhunters, gruesome demons and grumpy vampires. her mission is to obviously save her mom, but on her journey, she unfolds many secrets, experiences a shit ton of new things and has around a thousand near death experiences.
i can’t tell more because nobody likes spoilers. but let me just tell you, cassie’s articulation, vocabulary, the depth of her characters, the backstories, cliffhangers, plot twists and just EVERYTHING. the story just captures, no wait, it fricking DEVOURS you and at some point you even forget you’re reading, everything appears in front of your very eyes and you don’t even realise you’re seeing words, you just know that you’re inside wherever cassandra clare wants you to be. this book is amazing. not only with the plot, but also with the talent of the writer. just seriously, go read it.
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