Chain of Gold is the first book in the new Shadowhunters series, The Last Hours, and if you like fantasy, you need to read it. I absolutely loved it!
There has been a Shadowhunters family tree going around for years that say that a certain couple were the ancestors of Jace Herondale. Then if you read "The Midnight Heir" (and some of Cassandra Clare's comments) you might wonder how this will all come about. And I have to answer... very well. The ships in this book are complicated, but that shouldn't be a surprise, as Clare is also the author that wrote about Tessa/Will/Jem and Cristina/Mark/Kieren. I'm left at the end of CoG wanting Chain of Iron just to find out about the ships alone!
Then you have the characters. The main characters are the children of all the characters in The Infernal Devices. You don't have to read TID to enjoy CoG, but as the worlds are so interconnected, I think you'd appreciate them more if you do read them. I have a little trouble remembering which parent belongs to which kid (at least where the Lightwoods are concerned) but that doesn't matter because the parents are in the background. I especially love Cordelia. She's kind and brave.
The plot is excellent and I was wondering for the longest time who was behind all the evil-doing. You don't find out until the very end what the true source of evil is, however. The book sets itself up very nicely for Chain of Iron, the next book in the series, but not with a Lord of Shadows moment where you're so frustrated that you have to wait a whole year to read the next book.
I loved this book and highly recommend it, along with all the other Shadowhunters books. Clare builds such intricate and complex worlds, it always impresses me. Read it!
There has been a Shadowhunters family tree going around for years that say that a certain couple were the ancestors of Jace Herondale. Then if you read "The Midnight Heir" (and some of Cassandra Clare's comments) you might wonder how this will all come about. And I have to answer... very well. The ships in this book are complicated, but that shouldn't be a surprise, as Clare is also the author that wrote about Tessa/Will/Jem and Cristina/Mark/Kieren. I'm left at the end of CoG wanting Chain of Iron just to find out about the ships alone!
Then you have the characters. The main characters are the children of all the characters in The Infernal Devices. You don't have to read TID to enjoy CoG, but as the worlds are so interconnected, I think you'd appreciate them more if you do read them. I have a little trouble remembering which parent belongs to which kid (at least where the Lightwoods are concerned) but that doesn't matter because the parents are in the background. I especially love Cordelia. She's kind and brave.
The plot is excellent and I was wondering for the longest time who was behind all the evil-doing. You don't find out until the very end what the true source of evil is, however. The book sets itself up very nicely for Chain of Iron, the next book in the series, but not with a Lord of Shadows moment where you're so frustrated that you have to wait a whole year to read the next book.
I loved this book and highly recommend it, along with all the other Shadowhunters books. Clare builds such intricate and complex worlds, it always impresses me. Read it!