Though I had already read one book set in this fantasy world, this book did a great job introducing the reader to new terms, a myriad of creatures, weapons, and ideologies. This novel was a great introduction to the Shadowhunter word. And now here we are, a month later, and I am a mess. So I agreed to read them so we could talk about it together.

It is her favorite series, and reading books is one of my favorite hobbies (obsessions is a better word, but I digress). So why, almost exactly 10 years later, did I decide to pick up this trilogy? One of my friends sent this series to me as a Christmas gift. I simply wrote off Clare for something I didn’t understand after reading her first novel City of Bones, and thinking it was just okay.

At the time publishing fanfiction or stories like that was not the common practice it has evolved to today. Cassandra Clare is a well known name, for many reasons, including some questionable writing practices in the beginning of her career. I also feel it my duty to mention that I have been in the book space that exists online for a very long time since the dawn of booktube (for those of you who are avid YouTube watchers, hello, welcome to my blog). But here we are, a mere 12 hours later with swollen eyes, a headache, and a heavy heart, trying to put the pieces of myself back together. The last thing I was expecting when picking up this Young Adult Fantasy trilogy, was to close the final book questioning my own perception of love and loss, life and death. I just finished reading The Infernal Devices (Clockwork Angel, Clockwork Prince, & Clockwork Princess) by Cassandra Clare, and I am absolutely shattered.

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