Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy, by Cassandra Clare - Restarting August 12th 2017

[Rachael]

The New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling collection of short stories chronicling the adventures of Simon Lewis as he trains to become a Shadowhunter is now available in print for the first time with ten brand-new comic illustrations!

Simon Lewis has been a human and a vampire, and now he is becoming a Shadowhunter. The events of City of Heavenly Fire left him stripped of his memories, and Simon isn’t sure who he is anymore. So when the Shadowhunter Academy reopens, Simon throws himself into this new world of demon-hunting, determined to find himself again. Whomever this new Simon might be.

But the Academy is a Shadowhunter institution, which means it has some problems. Like the fact that non-Shadowhunter students have to live in the basement. At least Simon’s trained in weaponry—even if it’s only from hours of playing D&D.

Join Simon on his journey to become a Shadowhunter, and learn about the Academy’s illustrious history along the way, through guest lecturers such as Jace Herondale, Tessa Gray, and Magnus Bane. Written by Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan, Maureen Johnson, and Robin Wasserman, these moving and hilarious short stories are perfect for the fan who just can’t get enough of the Shadowhunters.

[Rachael]

Okay I'm off to a slow start but I am reading the first book! I love that it's about Simon and so far it is VERY Simon-esque.. Can't wait to see if he gets his memories back and what this Shadowhunter Academy is like

[Rachael]

Book 1 - 38% (view spoiler)[ This place sounds like a real dump! Hopefully they can clean it up and get it fixed up! (hide spoiler)]

[Rachael]

70% (view spoiler)[ OMG I totally forgot about Jordan! :( (hide spoiler)]

[Rachael]

Finished Book 1.. Love it and love the characters.. On to book 2!

[Rachael]

Book 2 - 51% (view spoiler)[ Tobias Herondale.. I see what they did there ;) (hide spoiler)]

[Rachael]

57% (view spoiler)[ This seems to be a bit soon for them to be going into battle (hide spoiler)]

[Rachael]

59% (view spoiler)[ Ohhhh "experienced shadowhunters" will be watching their backs.. AKA Jace & Clary? (hide spoiler)]

[Rachael]

Finished Book 2.. So sweet I really hope Simon gets all his memories back

[Rachael]

Book 3 - 43% (view spoiler)[ I just love that all our favorite characters live on in this series (hide spoiler)]

[Rachael]

Finished Book 3 - *sigh* I love Jace.. And I love Jace and Simon and this new thing that's growing between them

[Sharon]

Book 1 - Welcome to Shadowhunter Academy: (view spoiler)[ This read is full of laughter. This book made me love Simon all the more because he is still Simon making a joke of everything. I love Jace and I was happy to see Malec in this book. (hide spoiler)]

[Sharon]

Rachael wrote: "Book 1 - 38% [spoilers removed]"

I thought so too.

[Sharon]

Book 2 - The Lost Herondale: (view spoiler)[ I love the story of The Lost Herondale. It was nice to learn more about the Herondales. I loved Tobias Herondale. Also, I love Simon and I hope he gets all his memories back. (hide spoiler)]

[Sharon]

Book 3 - The Whitechapel Fiend: (view spoiler)[ I love seeing my favourite characters of The Infernal Devices trilogy in this book. The flashbacks made me love the Shadowhunter world so much more. OMG! Jace was in this story. I love the friendship between Jace and SImon. (hide spoiler)]

[Sharon]

Book 4 - Nothing but Shadows: (view spoiler)[ I got to meet the young James Herondale and Matthew Fairchild. They were interesting to read about Also, I got to see my two boys of The Infernal Devices, Will and Jem. I thought it was great to understand more about their lives. I loved the flashbacks and I thought this was a great introduction to the Last Hours. (hide spoiler)]

[Sharon]

Book 5 - The Evil We Love: (view spoiler)[ Isabelle and Simon are perfect for each other. I hope that they get back together soon because I need my Sizzy back. The ending did give me hope. Hopefully soon. (hide spoiler)]

[Sharon]

Book 6 - Pale Kings and Princes: (view spoiler)[ OMG!!! SIZZY!!! This might not have that much action as the other stories so far, but this is a beautiful book because it was all SIZZY!!! They are meant to be together. I got a little bit of what I wanted. (hide spoiler)]

[Sharon]

Book 7 - Bitter of Tongue: (view spoiler)[ OMG! Simon gets kidnapped!
YES!!! The Blackthorns are now in the story. I can't wait for Emma and Julian's story in the Dark Artifices Trilogy. Plus I love the fact that we will see our favourite TID and TMI characters again. This is my favourite series. Always will be. Can't wait! (hide spoiler)]

[Sharon]

Rachael wrote: "Book 2 - 51% [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[ I was like "Hey! It's Four. Then, I was like wait a minute this isn't Divergent". I laughed a lot at myself. (hide spoiler)]

[Sharon]

Rachael wrote: "Book 3 - 43% [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[ Cassandra Clare knows how to make us love these characters over and over again. I love her for that. (hide spoiler)]

[Sharon]

Book 8 - The Fiery Trial: (view spoiler)[ I had so many feels. I love the friendship between Clary and Simon. Now I cannot wait for the beginning of Emma and Julian. I think I am going to love them! I am going to root for them, no matter what. (hide spoiler)]

[Sharon]

Book 9 - Born to Endless Night: (view spoiler)[ This was beautiful. I love the alternate points of view. This book was just like The Mortal Instruments series and it was excellent. I love the characters and how they connect to each other and how they show their love. This story had Malec and I loved their story in this book. (hide spoiler)]

[Sharon]

Book 10 - Angels Twice Descending: (view spoiler)[ This was the perfect ending to the book. This made me sad because it means although they will appear in Los Angeles, for now it is goodbye to the characters we have loved for so many years and hello to the characters that we will grow to love. (hide spoiler)]

[Rachael]

Finished Book 4 (view spoiler)[ I wasn't expecting that magic to come from James.. I thought it came from Ragnor Fell but interesting to see how James & Matthew grew to become Parabatai.. I also love hearing more about Will & Tessa's life together (hide spoiler)]

[Rachael]

Book 5 - 29% (view spoiler)[ I love learning more about our TMI villain.. There is always two sides to every story and CC always did a good job creating her villains (hide spoiler)]

[Rachael]

Finished Book 5 (view spoiler)[ Yay! Izzy is coming around! (hide spoiler)]

[Rachael]

Finished Book 6 (view spoiler)[ Yay!! Sizzy is back in action (hide spoiler)]

[Rachael]

Finished Book 7 (view spoiler)[ Finally some action for Simon instead of stories of the past. I loved how Izzy rescued him and then Simon kind of rescued them after that. I loved Marc's involvement in this story since I've already read TDA so it connected back to that (hide spoiler)]

[Rachael]

Finished Book 8 (view spoiler)[ Oooh I loved this one.. The whole scene of hallucinations was so entertaining and brought back so many feels.. And then Clary and Simon realizing they can and are meant to be parabatai! Simon is totally on to Julian being in love with Emma.. (hide spoiler)]

[Rachael]

Finished Book 9 (view spoiler)[ Lovvvveddd this one too! UGH! MALEC <333 All of these characters... loved seeing everyone's relationships from this different perspective (hide spoiler)]

[Rachael]

Finished Book 10 (view spoiler)[ Finally! The end! I'm so sad about George!! I thought this was a good way to wrap everything up though and Simon's shadowhunter name was everything (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

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Date Changed. Restarting February 13th 2017. Happy Reading ☺

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[Kirsty]

Welcome To Shadowhunter Academy: (view spoiler)[ This was a good introductory story to the Shadowhunter Academy and the new characters. It was great to see Simon and all the other characters again it has been too long since I've been in this world. 3/5 (hide spoiler)]

[Kirsty]

The Lost Herondale: (view spoiler)[ I liked the story of Tobias Herondale. It's interesting that there could be other Herondales out there. 4/5 (hide spoiler)]

[Vanessa Gayle ⚔️]

Kirsty, I feel exactly the same. It was so good to delve into the Shadowhunter world again. I have very much missed these characters and this incredible world.

Welcome To Shadowhunter Academy: (view spoiler)[By the Angel, how I have missed these characters. And Simon, my dear Simon, you shine ever so brightly in this first story.

Simon is trying to figure himself out in this first story. I feel so much for him. He lost most of his memories and he doesn't know who he is or even who he was. He is battling all of these feelings, all the while being immersed into a new world where he has to prove himself.

I was so incredibly proud of Simon when he said enough is enough and declared in front of everyone how he feels about the Shadowhunter prejudices about mundanes and Downworlders. It touched my heart. And I would be kidding myself if I said that I wasn't glad that George came with him. Even if it was only because he told the dean about being mundane and she moved him.

I am really hoping that Isabelle doesn't really give up on Simon. I mean, I don't think that she would ever actually give up on him as a whole, but giving up on him romantically would be tragic. I adored them together so much in the Mortal Instruments series. I feel so bad for both of them because of Simon's memory loss and how it has affected their relationship. I hope that things work out for both of them in the end. (hide spoiler)]

[Kirsty]

The Whitechapel Fiend: (view spoiler)[ I loved this story. I really enjoyed seeing Will and Tessa with their children. I really liked how Cassandra Clare used Jack the Ripper and made the Shadowhunting world involved in it. I really enjoyed seeing Jace and Simon together their friendship is amazing. The last bit had me laughing when Jace called Simon Wiggles. 5/5 (hide spoiler)]

[Kirsty]

Nothing But Shadows: (view spoiler)[ I really enjoyed this story. TID was my favourite series and I love seeing all the characters again. I found James Herondale to be a really interesting character and I can't wait for the Last Hours to come out. 4/5 (hide spoiler)]

[Kirsty]

The Evil We Love: (view spoiler)[ This story was a bit slower than the others and wasn't as fun. We learn about The Circle and more about Robert Lightwood which although it was interesting wasn't as enjoyable as some of the other stories. 3/5 (hide spoiler)]

[Kirsty]

Pale Kings and Princes: (view spoiler)[ I really enjoyed seeing Izzy and Simon together in this book. It was also interesting to see Helen Blackthorn although how she is being treated is terrible (hide spoiler)]

[Kirsty]

Bitter of Tongue: (view spoiler)[ In this story we got to see Mark Blackthorn. It was interesting seeing him and I really wish I had read this collection before reading Lady Midnight as this introduces a lot of the characters that we see in that book. 4/5 (hide spoiler)]

The Fiery Trial (view spoiler)[ This story started out quite slow but it got better towards the end. The bit where Simon was having the hallucinations was a bit confusing. I am glad that Simon and Clary are going to be parabatais. (hide spoiler)]

Born To Endless Nights: (view spoiler)[ I think that this is my favourite story in the collection. We get to see all of our favourite characters. Magnus and Alec adopt a baby which was so adorable. (hide spoiler)]

[Kirsty]

Angels Twice Descending: (view spoiler)[ Poor George, I can't believe that he died. 4/5 (hide spoiler)]

Finished: (view spoiler)[ I enjoyed this collection of stories but I didn't love it as much as The Bane Chronicles. Whilst I do like Simon he is not my favourite character. My favourite stories are the ones that included other characters. I do wish that I had read this before Lady Midnight but I didn't stop me from Lady Midnight. (hide spoiler)]

[Abi]

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Reading from the 21st of July 2017

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[✨ jami ✨]

I'm going to be starting this a little before the 21st because my library loan expires before then :/

[✨ jami ✨]

stories 1-3 I really liked getting to see the TID characters again! I love Will so much so it was nice to see him alive and well. James seems interesting its made me much more excited for tlh

[✨ jami ✨]

Pale Kings & Princes + Bitter of Tongue (view spoiler)[ i loved these stories! I I liked they were about Mark and the other characters from tda because thats my favourite series. Mark and Helen deserved much better. (hide spoiler)]

[✨ jami ✨]

The Fiery Trial (view spoiler)[ I LOVED SEEING JULIAN AND EMMA! I love them so much they are my favourite characters honestly. Simon and Clary are definitely better suited as parabatai then as a couple (hide spoiler)]

[✨ jami ✨]

Born to endless night (view spoiler)[OK MY FAVOURITE ONE SO FAR. I love alec and magnus they deserve the world. I'm so glad they adopted Max and they get to be happy together we are so blessed. Also I liked how they talked about Raphael (hide spoiler)]

[✨ jami ✨]

finished

(view spoiler)[My favourite story was born to endless night.
I'm upset about George Lovelace he deserved better but I'm glad Simon took his name. The novellas were interesting overall (hide spoiler)]

[Dr. Andy]

I might try to join in before the end of the month :)