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nerdinthelibrary 's review for:
A Deeper Love
by Cassandra Clare, Maureen Johnson
1) Son of the Dawn ★★★
2) Cast Long Shadows ★★
3) Every Exquisite Thing ★★★★★
4) Learn About Loss ★★
5) A Deeper Love ★★★★
6) The Wicked Ones ★★★★
7) The Land I Lost ★★★★★
8) Through Blood, Through Fire ★★★★
9) The Lost World ★★★★
10) Forever Fallen ★★★★½
content warnings: violence, loss of a loved one, attempted murder, set during wartime, bombing, grief
representation: british-chinese main character, side character of colour
“If she lived until the sun died, there would never be any other for her besides Will and Jem, those two twin souls, the only souls she had ever loved.”
I never would have expected one of my favourites from this anthology to be a story about Jem and Tessa set during WWII, but here we are. This is easily the most emotional of all the ones I've read thus far, being melancholy the whole way through. Part of that comes from the fact that Will died a few years earlier and Tessa is still grieving her late husband, and part of that comes from the grim realities of WWII and the destruction of London.
Catarina and Tessa are both nurses at a war hospital, and one night Brother Zachariah has gotten fatally injured after an altercation with a faerie and knows his best chance of survival is to go to the two warlocks.
As I said, this novella is incredibly melancholy. The loss of Will is felt the entire time, both from Tessa and Jem, and them reconnecting in the first significant way since his passing brings up a lot of emotions. That was so wonderful and saddening to read about, as sometimes who loves the entirety of that trio, and I would genuinely read a full-length novel about Tessa and Jem grieving.
Also, the biggest shout out in the world to Catarina Loss. This woman has gotten so much shit over her life, from Shadowhunters for being a warlock and from mundanes for appearing to be a woman of colour, and yet she is still determined to heal everyone, bigots included. That's not even mentioning what we find out she did for Diana in LoS. Just, this woman deserves the entire world, and she is the most underrated character in the entire Shadowhunter world.
Overall, this was a much better story than I thought it would be, albeit a sadder one.
2) Cast Long Shadows ★★
3) Every Exquisite Thing ★★★★★
4) Learn About Loss ★★
5) A Deeper Love ★★★★
6) The Wicked Ones ★★★★
7) The Land I Lost ★★★★★
8) Through Blood, Through Fire ★★★★
9) The Lost World ★★★★
10) Forever Fallen ★★★★½
content warnings: violence, loss of a loved one, attempted murder, set during wartime, bombing, grief
representation: british-chinese main character, side character of colour
“If she lived until the sun died, there would never be any other for her besides Will and Jem, those two twin souls, the only souls she had ever loved.”
I never would have expected one of my favourites from this anthology to be a story about Jem and Tessa set during WWII, but here we are. This is easily the most emotional of all the ones I've read thus far, being melancholy the whole way through. Part of that comes from the fact that Will died a few years earlier and Tessa is still grieving her late husband, and part of that comes from the grim realities of WWII and the destruction of London.
Catarina and Tessa are both nurses at a war hospital, and one night Brother Zachariah has gotten fatally injured after an altercation with a faerie and knows his best chance of survival is to go to the two warlocks.
As I said, this novella is incredibly melancholy. The loss of Will is felt the entire time, both from Tessa and Jem, and them reconnecting in the first significant way since his passing brings up a lot of emotions. That was so wonderful and saddening to read about, as sometimes who loves the entirety of that trio, and I would genuinely read a full-length novel about Tessa and Jem grieving.
Also, the biggest shout out in the world to Catarina Loss. This woman has gotten so much shit over her life, from Shadowhunters for being a warlock and from mundanes for appearing to be a woman of colour, and yet she is still determined to heal everyone, bigots included. That's not even mentioning what we find out she did for Diana in LoS. Just, this woman deserves the entire world, and she is the most underrated character in the entire Shadowhunter world.
Overall, this was a much better story than I thought it would be, albeit a sadder one.