Queen of Air and Darkness - Cassandra Clare

Book: Queen of Air and Darkness
Author: Cassandra Clare
Releasedate: 4th of December, 2018

Well, it took me far too long to read this one, because it was a massive read. It took up quite some space in my bag! But where I usually read on the sub to and from work, I was tempted to read this one when I was home. And for those who know me, I don't have a lot of spare time at home. So that counts for something. I even read it while I was gaming with my husband. 

A friend of mine had some issues with the pofs in the book, but that's her bane. Lucky for me, I don't have that problem, so I had no problem at all to keep up with the switching views. I rather liked it to see what was going on in everyone else's head. For me, Queen of Darkness is a true and epic end to a trilogy. It brought some surprises with it in the story and I loved that.

What I mostly admire about Cassandra is that she is able to weave the struggles of everyday life in her story. And she is so able to do that, that it even looks normal and totally logical that it happens in the story. She touches the topics of being transgender, equality for the lgbt community itself and even a dash of polyamory. And it all sounds perfectly normal within the story. To love one another for what people are. I really admire her for that balls to put that in her stories, but to not make it a main subject. There is still the focus on the story itself and it's pure craftmanship that she is able to do so.

Back to the story. We see the story of Emma and Julian and how it ends. And I loved every single bit of it. It really took me some effort to put it down when I arrived at my station. We see some old familiars in the story and some new people. I loved the fact that we got to see what happens to the people from the Mortal Instruments series and the Infernal Devices series. If you want to enjoy the Dark Artifices series more, I advise you to read the other two series first. There are so many crossreferences that you really are going to miss if you haven't read them.

On to the next one!

Lord of Shadows - Cassandra Clare

Book: Lord of Shadows
Author: Cassandra Clare
Releasedate: 23rd of May, 2017

Where I had some trouble getting into the story with Lady Midnight, I had none whatsoever getting into Lord of Shadows. It just catched me. I'm still flabbergasted how it ended and slightly stunned, but I loved the book. it was amazing. 

Lord of Shadows is well written and it even refers back to persons we've met in the Infernal Devices series and I love that. I really love the crossovers and I really loved the fact the Blackthorns swapped environment what felt so familiar. It just weaves the story and world together. We even got a peak from a different realm!

We also get to know more of Julian and Emma as they struggle through their relationship as parabatai.

May I just say I really love the idea of parabatai? Cassandra, amazing idea!

Cassandra's choice of words is rich and you almost feel like you are there amongst all the fuss. 

I can say much more, but I'm afraid I would be leaving too much spoilers.

If you liked Lady Midnight, you're going to love Lord of Shadows. It's set in a world old and new and tells so much more history for the Shadowhunters.

*picks of Queen of Darkness*

And now to end this epic saga...