The first half of Ghosts of the Shadow Market was definitely a lot better than the second half, but either way I'm pleasantly surprised by this! I was dreading this going into it; for some reason I thought Kit was the main character and all the stories would be about his life growing up in the Shadow Markets? Not sure where I got that idea from, but imagine my utter delight when I opened this book to find that it's actually following Jem, AKA Brother Snackariah/Brother Sixpackariah/Brother Hop-in-the-sack-ariah, also known as one of the greatest things Cassandra Clare has gifted to this planet. I loved seeing more of Jem and Tessa's life together, their backstory, and where they were during the times in between. I started to care less once we got more into stuff in the 2000s, but that's just personal preference.

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Although I did also really love seeing Kit build a relationship with Jem and Tessa, that was really heart warming.

Overall, a surprisingly great read and I'm glad I finally picked it up! I laughed out loud, I cried several times, and just generally had a really good time reading this