Mark asked:

Will we need to read this to understand future series(TLH and TWP)? Or is this something on the side?

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7 years ago
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Emily A fan asked Cassandra Clare this on tumblr:

"I was wondering if this like whole series going to expand into something more with the eldest curses? Or is it just going to be the main focus of TEC and not intermingle with a lot of the other book? Will it impact TWP?"

Her response:

"It’s not likely that TEC is going to contain any plot lines you absolutely have to be familiar with to read TWP or any other books. Like the short story collections, this is considered 'supplemental material' by my publisher — a story for existing fans that they don’t expect to sell on the same level as the mainline books like TDA or TLH . . . I do believe reading TEC will enrich the experience of reading TWP, but it’s not imperative to understanding the story."

Hope this helped :)

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Magical_Bookworm I would think so since you have to read all of the books set in the Shadowhunter world are some how connected. But I'm not 100% sure.

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Wise Cat I read first two books of TLH recently, also read TDA years ago.

Reading this series has nothing to do with the events and characters of the other trilogies. :-)

I believe this can be read as a stand alone series, provided you read TMI at least. There, you get familiar with Alec and Magnus. There's also The Bane Chronicles, but that has spoilers in it as it covers different time periods in the Shadowhunter world.

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Laura Parts of the story will probably link up but TWP take place after the events of at least the first book in the Eldest Curses trilogy as it takes place just after City of Glass and TWP part one will be set after TDA. TLH takes place before City of Bones (after CP2) and so it'll likely have more to do with that and those characters. Most of the links will likely be more easter eggs than anything else.

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