Yes, I read all 19 of Cassandra Clare’s Shadowhunter novels … and yes, I analyzed all of them. Yes, I’m feral for the release of Chain of Thorns in Jan. 2023. Catch up on all my thoughts on TSC before that train re-enters the station, and I ultimately lose my mind.
The Mortal Instruments
Bry’s Book Review No. 2: City of Bones
The Mortal Instruments has been on my “to read” list for nearly a decade, and the whole series has been sitting on my shelf since Christmas. I’ve been stalling starting it because my pile of single-book stories was calling my name, and I just wasn’t ready to commit to such a lengthy series.
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Just Some Thoughts: “City of Ashes” by Cassandra Clare
I finished City of Ashes and wanted to give some “quick” thoughts on the book.
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Just some thoughts: “City of Glass” by Cassandra Clare
Halfway there! Here are my thoughts on City of Glass, the third installment in Cassandra Clare’s series The Mortal Instruments.
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Just Some Thoughts: “City of Fallen Angels” by Cassandra Clare
The story picks up pretty much right after the end of the Mortal War. Jocelyn and Luke are getting married (I still can’t bring myself to care about that relationship), Clary is finally getting proper training at the Institute, Simon is dating both Isabelle and Maia, former Circle members are being found dead in Downworlder…
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All My Thoughts: “City of Lost Souls” by Cassandra Clare (Part 1)
City of Lost Souls, the fifth book of Cassandra Clare’s series The Mortal Instruments, manages to be both heartfelt and heartbreaking, making me cry not once, but twice. Despite this being my first read through, it gave me a weird sense of nostalgia. I read this installment so fast that at times I felt like…
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All My Thoughts: “City of Lost Souls” by Cassandra Clare (Part 2)
City of Lost Souls, the fifth book of Cassandra Clare’s series The Mortal Instruments, manages to be both heartfelt and heartbreaking, making me cry not once, but twice. Despite this being my first read through, it gave me a weird sense of nostalgia. I read this installment so fast that at times I felt like…
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All My Thoughts: “City of Heavenly Fire” by Cassandra Clare (Part 1)
City of Heavenly Fire, Cassandra Clare’s sixth and final installment of The Mortal Instruments series, is a harrowing finale to a chaotic yet touching journey that literally takes readers to hell and back in the quest to save the world, while discovering one’s true self and learning how to love and be loved along the…
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All My Thoughts: “City of Heavenly Fire” by Cassandra Clare (Part 2)
Welcome to Part 2 of all my thoughts on City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare. In my first post, I tackled the addition of Emma and Julian, why Sebastian/Jonathan is now my favorite book villain and my thoughts on Jace and Alec’s parabatai bond.
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Final Review: “The Mortal Instruments” by Cassandra Clare
The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare soothed my soul and lit a spark in my heart. While it wasn’t the best YA series I’ve ever read, it did give me a sense of nostalgia for the days I binged entire books in a single sitting. TMI kept me up late, turning pages and thanking the…
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Bry’s Book Review No. 3: “The Infernal Devices” by Cassandra Clare (Book 1)
I wanted to love this book so badly, but I ended up feeling disappointed. Every single person I spoke to that read TID raved about this series and swore that I’d fall in love with the story and the characters. Maybe it was the tremendous reviews that set my expectations so incredibly high that they…
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All My Thoughts: “Clockwork Prince” by Cassandra Clare (Part 1)
Clockwork Prince ripped my heart straight out of my chest and weakened it for what I’m sure will be a devastating blow in the third and final book.
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The Rest of My Thoughts: “Clockwork Prince” by Cassandra Clare
Welcome back to my William Herondale apology letter!
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All My Thoughts: “Clockwork Princess” by Cassandra Clare Pt. 1
bleeding. Clockwork Princess, the third and final installment of Cassandra Clare’s The Infernal Devices trilogy, did just that and more.
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The Rest of My Thoughts: “Clockwork Princess” Pt. 2
Welcome back to all my thoughts on Cassandra Clare’s Clockwork Princess. In Part 1, I covered how the side characters gave me main character energy, my disappointment in Mortmain as the villain, how Magnus Bane changed the course of his life by befriending William Herondale and why Heronstairs is the superior relationship. This part is…
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All my thoughts: Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare (Part 1)
I’ve been dying to start The Dark Artifices trilogy ever since I met Julian Blackthorn and Emma Carstairs in City of Heavenly Fire. I absolutely fell in love with how gentle and protective Julian was over his siblings, how Emma was a spitfire fueled by revenge, and how desperate they were to stay together.
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All my thoughts: Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare (Part 2)
Lady Midnight is so much more than just the story of Emma and Julian falling into forbidden love. It’s a story about family, both found and by blood, and how one fits into that mold. It’s a story about betrayal and loss. It’s a story about what one is willing to do in the name…
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All my thoughts: Lord of Shadows by Cassandra Clare (Part 1)
How am I supposed to start this post after taking that 700-page, one-way feels trip to the Great Big Sad?
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All my thoughts: Lord of Shadows by Cassandra Clare (Part 2)
Analyzing book No. 2 in The Dark Artifices trilogy Welcome back to my analysis of Lord of Shadows by Cassandra Clare — AKA the best and worst feels trip of my entire life. In part one, I dissected the plot, broke down Emma Carstairs and Julian Blackthorn’s character development and went in depth on the…
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All my thoughts: Queen of Air and Darkness by Cassandra Clare (Part 1)
Analyzing the final book in The Dark Artifices trilogy “Grief can be so bad you can’t breathe, but that’s what it means to be human. We lose, we suffer, but we have to keep breathing.” Magnus bane, QoAaD I’m not sure what I expected when I first opened Queen of Air and Darkness, but it…
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All my thoughts: Queen of Air and Darkness by Cassandra Clare (Part 2)
Analyzing the final book in The Dark Artifices trilogy And we’re back! I’m (over)analyzing Queen of Air and Darkness, the final book in Cassandra Clare’s The Dark Artifices trilogy. Part one turned out to be solely a breakdown of Emma and Julian’s character development, so now we have everything else to dive into. In part…
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All my thoughts: Chain of Gold by Cassandra Clare
The previous generation of Shadowhunters fought a war in the name of love. This generation is playing for power – whether they want to or not.
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All my thoughts: Chain of Iron by Cassandra Clare
Chain of Iron is the second novel in Cassandra Clare’s The Last Hours trilogy, and, let me tell you, it tore me apart.
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All my thoughts: Chain of Thorns by Cassandra Clare
“How much love people have denied themselves through the ages because they believed they did not deserve it. As if the waste of love is not the greater tragedy.” Matthew Fairchild, Chain of Thorns I am so sad. Not in a good way. In a disappointing way. Chain of Thorns, the finale to Cassandra Clare’s…
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The rest of my thoughts: Chain of Thorns by Cassandra Clare
We’re discussing the recurring theme of Cordelia running, James’ character arc, why the love triangle works and the glory that is Matthew Fairchild.
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All My Thoughts: “The Bane Chronicles” by Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan & Maureen Johnson
Magnus Bane is an extremely glamorous and very powerful warlock with a storied past. Until now, Magnus has kept the tales of his life a mystery, only divulging minor details to those he trusts most when he appears throughout Cassandra Clare’s The Shadowhunter Chronicles.
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The good, the bad & the best from “Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy”
he wants to be in this world full of magic. He learns the history of the Shadowhunters, sees the cruel injustices brought down by the Clave, witnesses the divide between the born-Nephilim elites and the mundane “dregs”, and decides that he will be the one to initiate change.
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The good, the bad and the best: Ghosts of the Shadow Market
A deep dive into the novella collection by Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan, Maureen Johnson, Kelly Line and Robin Wasserman “Life was full of broken hearts and missed chances.” Jem Carstairs, “The Land i Lost” *sigh* I’m just going to say right out of the gate that I’m conflicted about this one. Ghosts of the…
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The Shadowhunter Chronicles wrap up
19 books.
27 blog posts.
80,000-plus words.
An infinite amount of tears.
Keep reading“That is love, son of thorns. We welcome its cruelest blows and when we bleed from them, we whisper our thanks.”
The Seelie Queen, Lord of Shadows
Life of Bry 