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!