It's amazing what a name can do. Not just Cassandra Clare's name. Just reading 'Clary' or 'Herondale'. It feels like coming home again! It wasn't hard to get back into this story, because Cassandra's writing style is so open, honest and wonderful. While reading this first part, every sentence, every paragraph came to life before my eyes. Somehow this author is able to do that for me in just a couple of sentences.
Some of the information about parabatai, warlocks, downworlders and shadowhunters themselves, wasn't always necessary because most of the details about the Shadowhunters world for me was still fresh and known. But a little reminder of some of the rules they're bound to wouldn't hurt. This information flew by in a couple of pages and made room for the story of James Herondale.
It feels like it's somehow recognizable, because a few of the characters were already introduced in other books. But while reading it turned out this book will contain a whole new story with known and unknown characters. I loved it when they brought a piano into this story, I really hope there will be some wonderful and romantic scenes with this instrument and two characters for instance. And I already love Lucie's character. She's so sweet, sincere and cute! All together it was amazing to travel back into this world and I can't wait to read what will happen next!
Some of the information about parabatai, warlocks, downworlders and shadowhunters themselves, wasn't always necessary because most of the details about the Shadowhunters world for me was still fresh and known. But a little reminder of some of the rules they're bound to wouldn't hurt. This information flew by in a couple of pages and made room for the story of James Herondale.
It feels like it's somehow recognizable, because a few of the characters were already introduced in other books. But while reading it turned out this book will contain a whole new story with known and unknown characters. I loved it when they brought a piano into this story, I really hope there will be some wonderful and romantic scenes with this instrument and two characters for instance. And I already love Lucie's character. She's so sweet, sincere and cute! All together it was amazing to travel back into this world and I can't wait to read what will happen next!