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A review by chronicreader96
Chain of Iron by Cassandra Clare
5.0
I think these books may have made me fall completely in love with fantasy!
Chain of Iron returns to the lives of Cordelia and James as their wedding day fast approaches. But all isn’t the dream that it seems to be. A killer starts murdering shadowhunters and all sorts of Princes of Hell shenanigans occur, can they stop the killer in time?
I just cannot get enough of these characters! I love every single one of them. They have so much depth and detail. I love that the moral greyness of some of the characters was shown in this novel. Things are rarely black and white, so I loved this conflict between good people who have done bad things. I also love the historical setting of these novels. I read them and feel like I’m surrounded by horse drawn carriages and corsets! I love the beautiful blend of a fantasy world within London in the early 1900s.
Unfortunately I didn’t quite love this one as much as the first one. Mainly because I find the miscommunication trope incredibly frustrating! I just want to climb into the book and get them all into a room so they can use their words!! Does it leave me on the edge of my seat? Yes. Does it make me feel incredibly angsty and uncomfortable? Yes. That being said, I loved that parts of this book gave me mental links to other books I’ve seen around. Now I want to go and read them all! I absolutely adore this Shadowhunter world and I can’t wait to explore it more!
I recommend this book to any fans of young adult fantasy, especially if you’ve enjoyed any of the Shadowhunter novels! I want to thank Tandem Collective, Walker Books and Cassandra Clare for allowing me to read this book and give my personal thoughts.
Chain of Iron returns to the lives of Cordelia and James as their wedding day fast approaches. But all isn’t the dream that it seems to be. A killer starts murdering shadowhunters and all sorts of Princes of Hell shenanigans occur, can they stop the killer in time?
I just cannot get enough of these characters! I love every single one of them. They have so much depth and detail. I love that the moral greyness of some of the characters was shown in this novel. Things are rarely black and white, so I loved this conflict between good people who have done bad things. I also love the historical setting of these novels. I read them and feel like I’m surrounded by horse drawn carriages and corsets! I love the beautiful blend of a fantasy world within London in the early 1900s.
Unfortunately I didn’t quite love this one as much as the first one. Mainly because I find the miscommunication trope incredibly frustrating! I just want to climb into the book and get them all into a room so they can use their words!! Does it leave me on the edge of my seat? Yes. Does it make me feel incredibly angsty and uncomfortable? Yes. That being said, I loved that parts of this book gave me mental links to other books I’ve seen around. Now I want to go and read them all! I absolutely adore this Shadowhunter world and I can’t wait to explore it more!
I recommend this book to any fans of young adult fantasy, especially if you’ve enjoyed any of the Shadowhunter novels! I want to thank Tandem Collective, Walker Books and Cassandra Clare for allowing me to read this book and give my personal thoughts.