UPDATE: I realized I didn't even touch on the reason so many people didn't like this collection: Magnus portrayal. Honestly, I had no problems with it like... this is supposed to show how he became the Magnus we are the most familiar with and maybe it's because TID is the freshest in my mind but the Magnus here feels the closest to the victorian Magnus. I don't like it anyway when characters are the same all throughout different books and given that all of these stories are sometimes decades apart shows just how much various events affected his characterization.

In conclusion, I didn't think the way he was portrayed bad or in a weird way. He was just being Magnus to me? What I mean is, the plot for 1-2 of the stories was what turned me off but other than that I just loved following Magnus around.
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I love magnus and thoroughly enjoyed this collection. Special mention to the music at the beginning of these audiobooks because I was just vibing to all of them. Jesse Williams' narration was my personal favorite

1. What Really Happened in Peru - ★★★☆☆
2. The Runaway Queen - ★★☆☆☆
3. Vampires, Scones, and Edmund Herondale - ★★★★★
4. The Midnight Heir - ★★★★★
5. The Rise of the Hotel Dumort - ★★☆☆☆
6. Saving Raphael Santiago - ★★★★☆
7. The Fall of the Hotel Dumort - ★★★★☆
8. What To Buy the Shadowhunter Who Has Everything - ★★★★☆
9. The Last Stand of the New York Institute - ★★★★★
10. The Course of True Love [and First Dates] - ★★★★★
11. The Voicemail of Magnus Bane - ★★★☆☆

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