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Friendship is a sacred bond, full of trust and fond memories. It is a versatile relationship, and the best friendships are built on the most solid foundations that can weather any storm. But there's also shadows and secrets that come with being a member of a tight-knit friend group. Sometimes, the shadows can be overwhelming. In the first novel of the new The Last Hours trilogy, the newest characters of the Shadow World learn the great joys and great costs of friendship and secrecy in a world demons are determined to destroy. Cassandra Clare is an American author with an adventurous childhood, advantageously applied to her fantasy collection  The Shadowhunter Chronicles . She began her writing career in 2004, with  City of Bones , the first book in the six-book series The Mortal Instruments. Since then, the Shadowhunter world has exploded, with spinoff trilogies The Infernal Devices, The Dark Artifices, and The Last Hours. With such a vast world of fantasy, it's easy to get ...

Family is more than blood. Family is more than bonds, or words. Family is what drives people every day, and is the leading motivation for all of the characters in Queen of Air and Darkness, even despite their different definitions of the word. Julian, Helen, Mark, Ty, Livvy, Dru, and Tavvy are blood family, but the Blackthorns are made complete with the additions of Emma, Cristina, Kieran, Diana, Kit, and Aline. They are individuals, all made stronger by their love for one another. Most of us would say the same about ourselves, in relation to our own families. In this harrowing conclusion to The Dark Artifices trilogy, readers get one last deep, intimate glimpse at this Shadowhunter family, and how they must risk it all to save each other, and the relationship between the Shadowhunters and the Downworld. Cassandra Clare is an American author with an adventurous childhood, advantageously applied to her fantasy collection  The Shadowhunter Chronicles . She began her writing career ...

Dura lex, sed lex . The law is hard but it is the law. This is one of the mottos the Shadowhunters live by, the code that guides their justice system and the reasoning behind their mandates. But a different motto guides those of the Los Angeles Institute: Lex malla, lex nulla . A bad law is no law. This is the code that the Blackthorns return to, desperately, as Shadowhunter law continues to take and take from them. Both mottos have their flaws, and the justice system of the Shadowhunters themselves is flawed as well. But the greatest political threat is The Cohort, a faction of Shadowhunters who believe the rights of Downworlders should be restricted. Can they be stopped? Will the Blackthorns prevail over injustice? Dive into Cassandra Clare's Lord of Shadows , arguably her most politically charged book yet. Cassandra Clare is an American author with an adventurous childhood, advantageously applied to her fantasy collection  The Shadowhunter Chronicles . She began her writing ca...

Los Angeles is glittering, seductive, and free. Or so we thought. Because LA is also the setting of a Shadow Market, full of devious Downworlders. It is the home of revenge-seeking and curious Shadowhunters, a race of half-angel, half-humans who are sworn to protect the world from demons. LA is not the city we think it is, and is home to people (and things) we would never expect. This is the world we are thrust into, the LA reinvented by Cassandra Clare for her engaging trilogy opener, Lady Midnight . Cassandra Clare is an American author with an adventurous childhood, advantageously applied to her fantasy collection  The Shadowhunter Chronicles . She began her writing career in 2004, with  City of Bones , the first book in the six-book series The Mortal Instruments. Since then, the Shadowhunter world has exploded, with spinoff trilogies The Infernal Devices, The Dark Artifices, and The Last Hours. With such a vast world of fantasy, it's easy to get lost. Here, I will be rev...