I came for the ANGST, YEARNING, and NOSTALGIA.

so the waiting for Chain of Thorns.... begins.

I will now be peacefully staring at a wall. Thank you.

"But love is not always a lightning bolt, is it? Sometimes it's a creeping vine. It grows slowly until suddenly it is all there is in the world."

I'm actually going to pass out.

Dare I say it that I think this series is better written than TID.

I mean it makes sense because this was written years after TID and CC has obviously learned a lot since then. But I have to admit that even though I think TID and TLH are the reigning rulers of the Shadowhunter series… this was just better with the details and balancing out characters. (but I get all the incest jokes now *le sigh*)

I still don’t care about all it’s flaws because Will, Jem and Tessa (TID) are my parents but OHMYGOD James, Cordelia, Matthew, Alastair, Lucie, Jesse, Anna, Grace, Thomas, Christopher, ++ is just on another unprecedented level.

I'm sure part of the reason this series hits different is because we are following the children of characters we know and love or have already been acquainted with. You're already invested before you even meet them (I sure was).

special note: Christopher is such an unbothered King that I actually ship him with

Spoiler

Grace

. And every time they call him KIT…. my heart cannot handle the TDA and TWP connections.

The flow of the plot flows so well if you came from TDA and we just love that. The mystery was fun and my enjoyment levels were really though the rook. I screamed so many times.

↣ If you want that YA angst accompanied with the perfect plot to make you feel all the feels... here you go. But PLEASE... read all the other shadowhunter books before starting this series. I promise that you will appreciate it a lot more. ↢


so for the nth time: I LOVE THESE CHARACTERS SO MUCH. and no one can make me believe otherwise.

“We suffer for love because love is worth it.”

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⇢ content warnings//

Spoiler

Alcoholism, Alcohol use (underage drinking), Blood, Death (including parental), Manipulation, Mind control, Miscarriage (mentioned), Murder, Violence

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[ let’s pretend i posted this 3 days ago]

HAPPY BOOK BIRTHDAY!!!

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let me just add this to the list of books that I automatically scroll past my timeline when I see the cover in hopes of avoiding spoilers