Synopsis
"Cordelia Carstairs is a Shadowhunter, a warrior trained since childhood to battle demons. When her father is accused of a terrible crime, she and her brother travel to London in hopes of preventing the family’s ruin. Cordelia’s mother wants to marry her off, but Cordelia is determined to be a hero rather than a bride. Soon Cordelia encounters childhood friends James and Lucie Herondale and is drawn into their world of glittering ballrooms, secret assignations, and supernatural salons, where vampires and warlocks mingle with mermaids and magicians. All the while, she must hide her secret love for James, who is sworn to marry someone else.
But Cordelia’s new life is blown apart when a shocking series of demon attacks devastate London. These monsters are nothing like those Shadowhunters have fought before—these demons walk in daylight, strike down the unwary with incurable poison, and seem impossible to kill. London is immediately quarantined. Trapped in the city, Cordelia and her friends discover that their own connection to a dark legacy has gifted them with incredible powers—and forced a brutal choice that will reveal the true cruel price of being a hero."
My review
5 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
I love the Shadowhunter books for various reasons, but mainly because there are many characters and side plots, and as a result, a lot of love triangles and quadrilaterals and all sorts of weird tangles. It is nice to see everything come together in the end, and though some demon-defeating and crushing-on-random-people parts are predictable, it's fun to read how those things come to be.
This series is about the children of Will Herondale and Tessa, who were the main characters of The Infernal Devices. Chronologically, it is the second series, but the author has chosen to write it as her fourth in the Shadohunter world.
I like that all her books have many, equally important characters, and this one did not disappoint. The first couple of viewpoints of James and Lucie bored me, but soon I got invested in their lives as well. Cordelia's parts were the most fun- once I stopped getting confused about which of Cortana and Cordelia was the sword, and which the person.
There was were too many people being introduced early on, and since everyone was similar and related to everybody else, I was slightly confused. Thomas called Christopher his brother, but so did James, and nearly everyone else, while their actual siblings were some other people entirely. I'm still not very clear on the distant relations, but the individual families became easier to understand after a few chapters.
The fact that all of them were earth-shatteringly handsome with uniquely coloured eyes and bright beautiful hair that kept falling into their faces did not help in distinguishing between them.
My favourite character was Anna Lightwood, and I also liked Cordelia. I might be judging Anna based on one dialogue ("Orange is the colour of despair, and pumpkins") alone, but she was straightforward and blatant, like I aspire to be. I liked how all their friendships developed throughout the book.
The plot was also interesting, and everybody had something to do with how things turned out. The fights felt a bit artificial, and the demons were too easy to kill. The ending was very exciting, and I look forward to reading the next book.
This series is about the children of Will Herondale and Tessa, who were the main characters of The Infernal Devices. Chronologically, it is the second series, but the author has chosen to write it as her fourth in the Shadohunter world.
I like that all her books have many, equally important characters, and this one did not disappoint. The first couple of viewpoints of James and Lucie bored me, but soon I got invested in their lives as well. Cordelia's parts were the most fun- once I stopped getting confused about which of Cortana and Cordelia was the sword, and which the person.
There was were too many people being introduced early on, and since everyone was similar and related to everybody else, I was slightly confused. Thomas called Christopher his brother, but so did James, and nearly everyone else, while their actual siblings were some other people entirely. I'm still not very clear on the distant relations, but the individual families became easier to understand after a few chapters.
The fact that all of them were earth-shatteringly handsome with uniquely coloured eyes and bright beautiful hair that kept falling into their faces did not help in distinguishing between them.
My favourite character was Anna Lightwood, and I also liked Cordelia. I might be judging Anna based on one dialogue ("Orange is the colour of despair, and pumpkins") alone, but she was straightforward and blatant, like I aspire to be. I liked how all their friendships developed throughout the book.
The plot was also interesting, and everybody had something to do with how things turned out. The fights felt a bit artificial, and the demons were too easy to kill. The ending was very exciting, and I look forward to reading the next book.
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