— 3.5 stars —

An interesting story from an interesting point of view. I enjoyed learning a little bit more about Céline Montclaire and the actions of the Circle. I felt bad for Céline, my heart is crying for her.

It’s probably just me but, thinking about the story and Céline’s life (or at least, the glimpse of it we are able to read here), I made a lot of parallels between her childhood and Jace’s. The way Jace was raised is close to what Céline went through as a child. She was assaulted, tortured, forced into thinking that she was and will never good enough. Valentine reproduced a similar pattern on Jace. That breaks my heart.

I also enjoyed reading about Brother Zachariah, making a breakthrough in his mission to find the lost Herondales. I was surprised and intrigued, and I’m hoping we will get more informations about them in the future.