Authors who end their books with the main characters getting together but give us no time to actually see them being cute and together are a SCOURGE ON THIS EARTH

Ah yes, retellings, a genre I love when it goes well and hate when it goes awry.

Brittany Cavallaro has done it well.

This is a book you should read when you're thinking about how much you miss Carrie Fisher, a celebrity you never met who can only be considered a good influence from a large distance.

I laughed aloud, probably startling my sister, as it is past midnight. This book is charming and witty and genuinely interesting if you are drawn to the life of Carrie Fisher. If that isn't what you're looking for, well, then I don't know why you're reading her memoir.

Honestly I think it was a mistake giving this one 3 stars instead of 4. Yeah, yeah, not a lot happens in the first like...300 pages.

But that last battle? THe angst?

The Nostalgia...The Magic...The Characters

Even though there are undeniably issues with this book, the Shadowhunters books have been a part of my life for so long, and I love the world and the characters so much, that this first book just feels like coming home for me.

still probably my least favorite shadowhunters book. too long, not enough happens. i was bored.