- Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy by Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan, Maureen Johnson and Robin Wassermann
- The Bane Chronicles by Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan and Maureen Johnson with Cassandra Jean (Illustrator)
- The Shadowhunter Codex by Cassandra Clare and Joshua Lewis
All of these books are additional novels and novella bind ups that take place within the world of the Shadowhunter Chronicles; The Mortal Instruments, The Infernal Devices and The Dark Artifices being the series that out at this current time.
Although I have reviewed all of these books individually, (The Codex review to be uploaded next week), I will give a brief description to each and give the basics of my opinions on how I found each read!
Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy is a Novella Bind up that follows Simon Lewis (from TMI) after the events of City of Heavenly Fire - the conclusive novel to the core series - and also how the rest of the cast (Clary, Izzy, Jace, Alec and Magnus) deal with the aftermath of what took place the last time we saw them.
I gave TFTSA 5 out of 5 stars as I thoroughly enjoyed the expansion that it provided to the world, the lore/history and to so many of the characters we've met and loved in previous books. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who loved Simon Lewis and who wishes to see how the characters move on and start to deal with what happens in CoHF.
The Bane Chronicles is a Novella bind up that is centred around the character of Magnus Bane. This bind up contains short stories that detail events from both Magnus' past and present life - though most of them are to do with his past. Stories ranging from adventures like What really happened in Peru - featuring Ragnor Fell and Catarina Loss to sweet romantic snapshots of our beloved Malec like the Course of True Love (and First Dates) featuring none other than Alexander Lightwood himself and the tale of their first date.
I gave TBC 4 out of 5 stars as although I enjoyed the short stories, I did struggle with a couple of them at the beginning as found the pacing to be slow which led me to struggle with reading for extended periods of time like I usually do. So instead I would read a story and put the book down, however once I got to stories such as The Midnight Heir - I found the book a lot more enjoyable and a flew through the latter half of the short tales. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who is fond of Magnus Bane and who wish to know more about him.
The Shadowhunter's Codex rather than following a set of characters, is more of a field guide to the Shadow World and everything that resides within - ranging from the Nephilim/ Shadowhunters themselves to Downworlders, Angels and Demons alike. As well as giving details of the first Shadowhunter, Silent Brother and Iron Sister ever created; The Codex expands the history of the Shadow World enormously and even contains a bestiary and the account of the Accords came to be.
I gave The Codex 5 out of 5 stars as although it doesn't lend anything to further the world onward, it does lend the reader great insight to how the Shadow World came to be; it provides us with more background on the world that Cassandra Clare has so cleverly crafted and created. Also the annotations from Clary, Simon and Jace are such a fun touch to the book and the illustrations by Cassandra Jean are gorgeous and as always her work perfectly encapsulates the Shadow World and everything we've envisioned it to be.
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