CC YA TALES FROM THE SHADOWHUNTER ACADEMY

Title: The Lost Herondale
Series: Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy
Author: Cassandra Clare, Robin Wasserman
Genre: YA
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date: March 17th 2015
Format: ebook
Pages: 98

Simon learns the worst crime a Shadowhunter can commit: desertion of their comrades. In the early nineteenth century, Tobias Herondale abandoned his fellow Shadowhunters in the heat of battle and left them to die. His life was forfeit, but Tobias never returned, and the Clave claimed his wife’s life in exchange for Tobias’s. Simon and his fellow students are shocked to learn of this brutality, especially when it is revealed the woman was pregnant. But what if the child survived... could there be a lost Herondale line out in the world today?

WrensReads Review:

This book makes me believe that you should read these books before you state The Dark Artifices series. Because that question at the end of that synopsis? Yeah, that’s a spoiler.

Um, well, this was not a phenomenally enjoyable of a read, but it was informative.

Simon is such a cutie and I just want to snuggle him. I also still feel bad for the fact he is feeling all these feelings but his mind doesn’t have the memories to back those up.

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Welcome to Shadowhunter Academy Book Cover

Title: Welcome to Shadowhunter Academy
Author: Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan,
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date: February 17, 2015
Format: Audiobook
Pages: 40

Simon Lewis never thought he’d become a Shadowhunter…and now he has the chance. One of ten adventures in Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy. After living as a Mundane and a Vampire, Simon never thought he would become a Shadowhunter, but today he begins his training at Shadowhunter Academy. This standalone e-only short story follows the adventures of Simon Lewis, star of the #1 New York Times bestselling series The Mortal Instruments, as he trains to become a Shadowhunter. Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy features characters from Cassandra Clare’s Mortal Instruments, Infernal Devices, and the upcoming Dark Artifices and Last Hours series. Welcome to Shadowhunter Academy is written by Cassandra Clare and Sarah Rees Brennan.

WrensReads Review:

“Feeling this way was a particular kind of horror, having the emotions without the memories.”

So we start where Simon is packing his back to go to ~~Wizarding School~~ Shadowhunter Academy, where he is going to learn to fight, learn the history, and then possibly not transcend into the army of the angels.

It was very interesting to get back to the roots of the Shadow World Clare dreamed up for us. Simon is dealing with a lot. He doesn’t know everything that happened to him and doesn’t really remember his past-but-other-parallel-line self. He doesn’t remember who he loved, but he still feels all the feelings he had.

He still knows that he has a deep connection with Clary and that it was a tangled mess. He still knows that he might have had stronger relations with Izzy. He knows that he was once a hero, but he doesn’t know if he is still that person that can be a hero.

But… he also thinks him and Jace were really close. So there is some confusion with how he feels.
AA
The writing in this was really refreshing. I didn’t ever enjoy the writing style of The Mortal Instruments, as you would know if you read my review, but the story was always a strong one. The writing here is a lot better (even though it is a novella) and the characters are still loved.

I think it is important to read these before The Dark Artifices. I didn’t, and I already know how some things end. So if you don’t want spoilers, I would read this after you finish The Mortal Instruments, The Infernal Devices and The Bane Chronicles, but before you read The Dark Artifices.

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Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy, #02: The Lost Herondale

Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy, #01: Welcome to Shadowhunter Academy