Kelly Link

Maureen Johnson

Sarah Rees Brennan

Robin Wasserman

 Cassandra Clare

A #1 New York Times bestseller! From #1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestseller Cassandra Clare comes an exciting short story collection that follows Jem Carstairs as he travels through the many Shadow Markets around the world. Ghosts of the Shadow Market is set in the world of the Shadowhunters. The Shadow Market is a meeting point for faeries, werewolves, warlocks, and vampires. There, the Downworlders buy and sell magical objects, make dark bargains, and whisper secrets they do not want the Shadowhunters to know. Through two centuries, however, there has been a frequent visitor to the Shadow Market from the very heart of the Shadowhunters’ world. Jem Carstairs is searching through the Shadow Market, in many different cities over long years, for a relic from his past. Follow Jem and see—against the backdrop of the Shadow Market’s dark dealings and spectacle—Anna Lightwood’s doomed romance, Matthew Fairchild’s great sin, and Tessa Gray as she is plunged into a world war. Valentine Morgenstern buys a soul at the Market and a young Jace Wayland’s soul finds safe harbor. In the Market is hidden a lost heir and a beloved ghost, and no one can save you once you have traded away your heart. Not even Jem.

Ghosts of the Shadow Market

Perhaps he should spend his time brooding over a forbidden passion like James was currently doing. Matthew decided to give unrequited love a try. He stared out the window with all the pensive force he could muster. He was preparing to pass a hand across his fevered brow and murmur, "Alas, my lost love," or some other such rot when he was abruptly rapped upon the head with a book. Honestly, Jamie was lethal with that thing. 

"Are you quite well, Matthew?" Jamie inquired. "Your face suggests you're suffering from an ague."

"Not fantastic?" Matthew asked. "Not positively stunning?" "I suppose I am stunned," said James. "But am I positively stunned?" 

"This is why we were chosen warrior partners, because we share such a perfect bond of sympathy. Come to me, Jamie, that we might share a manly embrace." He made incursions upon Jamie's person. James thwacked him over the head with his book. It was a large book. 

"Can one truly blame the man?" asked Matthew. "Had I such an insufferable toad of a son, and were he blessedly to be sent away to school, I am not sure I could bring myself to blast my sight with his visage until the accused holidays carried him back to me again."

A hardback collection of all eight Ghosts of the Shadow Market stories, along with two brand new ones, about characters from Cassandra Clare's internationally bestselling Shadowhunters series. The Shadow Market is a meeting point for faeries, werewolves, warlocks and vampires. There the Downworlders buy and sell magical objects, make dark bargains, and whisper secrets they do not want the Nephilim to know. Through two centuries, however, there has been a frequent visitor to the Shadow Market from the City of Bones, the very heart of the Shadowhunters. As a Silent Brother, Brother Zachariah is sworn keeper of the laws and lore of the Nephilim. But once he was a Shadowhunter called Jem Carstairs, and his love, then and always, is the warlock Tessa Gray. Follow Brother Zachariah and see, against the backdrop of the Shadow Market's dark dealing and festival, Anna Lightwood's doomed romance, Matthew Fairchild's great sin and Tessa Gray plunged into a world war. Valentine Morgenstern buys a soul at the Market and a young Jace Wayland's soul finds safe harbor. In the Market is hidden a lost heir and a beloved ghost, and no-one can save you once you have traded away your heart. Not even Brother Zachariah. The series features characters from Cassandra Clare's Mortal Instruments, Infernal Devices, Dark Artifices and the upcoming Last Hours series.

3.5
There were some brilliant stories in this book, but only some. While others were merely okay

Annabella

Can't nobody pull at my emotions like Cassie Clare. It's a personality trait by now.

A collection of ten short stories, some of which were previously available online, that follow Jem Carstairs as he travels through the many Shadow Markets around the world, searching for a relic from his past.

much like tales from the shadowhunter academy, i had pettily marked those as separate reads. but i continue being a generous queen and have decided to combine them all into a single read as i am about to add the entirety of the bnha manga which i stress read.

1. son of the dawn - 3
2. cast long shadows - 4
3. every exquisite thing - 4
4. learn about loss - 3
5. a deeper love - 5
6. the wicked ones - 4
7. the land i lost - 5
8. through blood, through fire - 4
9. the lost world - 4
10. forever fallen - 4

looking at the ratings, it seems i have enjoyed this a lot more than the tales which is fair since the stories featured more characters i liked.

no rankings. figure it out yourselves.

Sherany

From New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Cassandra Clare comes an exciting new short story collection that follows Jem Carstairs as he travels through the many Shadow Markets around the world. Ghosts of the Shadow Market is a Shadowhunters novel. The Shadow Market is a meeting point for faeries, werewolves, warlocks, and vampires. There, the Downworlders buy and sell magical objects, make dark bargains, and whisper secrets they do not want the Nephilim to know. Through two centuries, however, there has been a frequent visitor to the Shadow Market from the City of Bones, the very heart of the Shadowhunters’ world. As a Silent Brother, Brother Zachariah is a sworn keeper of the laws and lore of the Nephilim. But once he was a Shadowhunter called Jem Carstairs, and his love, then and always, is the warlock Tessa Gray. And Jem is searching through the Shadow Markets, in many different cities over long years, for a relic from his past. Follow Jem and see, against the backdrop of the Shadow Market’s dark dealings and festival, Anna Lightwood’s doomed romance, Matthew Fairchild’s great sin, and Tessa Gray as she is plunged into a world war. Valentine Morgenstern buys a soul at the Market and a young Jace Wayland’s soul finds safe harbor. In the Market is hidden a lost heir and a beloved ghost, and no one can save you once you have traded away your heart. Not even Brother Zachariah.

Jessica Williamson

4 Stars

I'm not going to go too far into the plot of this one because it contains spoilers for like, FIVE DIFFERENT SERIES. Cassie, you're a monster.

Ok so if you're unaware this book follows Brother Zachariah throughout a century or so of time where he visits different shadow markets all over the globe. During this time he runs into some of our favorite characters from different timelines.

There were a few stories that were happy. There were a few that were really DARK. Some were fun, some were a little boring. It was a great collection overall that I really enjoyed.

I think the best part is that the last few stories really serve as a lead-up for what we can expect to be some of the plot from The Wicked Powers. Also, it was a good little introduction to the characters from The Last Hours as well (though we did see some of them in the other two bind-ups also). 

You know when I finished this I was just happy that I didn't have to relive the injustice that is the tragedy of George Lovelace again.

Mariana Afonso

Once again, a series of Shadowhunter short stories following one loved character. I was always very fond of Jem, and GOTSM have showed me more of who he is, and for that this is already beautiful.

One thing I liked more in this collection, is the fact that the stories are really focused on the other characters, and Jem is a spectator in them, even though his and the other characters plotlines end up intertwining each other. 

Favorite stories: Every Exquisite Thing, Learn About Loss (Sister Emilia, I just love her), The Wicked Ones (wow wow, what was that? I need more on Céline and Stephen and whatever Valentine has done), Throuh Blood Throug Fire (Rosemary, absolutely amazingly an Herondale), and The Land I Lost (Alec and Rafe, YAS).
I also particularly liked Cast Long Shadows, for it introduced very well to the charactares we will meet in Chain of Gold and I believe Matthew's characters will be one of the most intriguing ones; and Forever Fallen, even though I found a lot of missing points with the whole Janus-Seelie Queen-Ash plot, I think whatever they'll do will have a huge a impact on future novels, and as such it created a good starting point for what comes next.

Metal shadowhunter 

Honestly I like this, but maybe I'm nostalgic. I don't much care for the carstairs kids, or Jem and tessa's relationship, but I just don't like the "oh look story continues because bayyyybiesss#s" plotline. What I did love was how Cassie explored new characters, how she showed us the thigns Jem saw as a silent brother. That was infinitely more fascinating to me - the way the relationships between the downworld and shadowhunters changed over the decades.

Also Forever Fallen was intense as fuck

diana

the amount of love i hold for jem carstairs is greater than anything else

Joleen

Giulia 

L'ho capito a metà che erano in ordine cronologico... la sessione d'esami fa male gente non iscrivetevi all'università! 🤪

Cast Long Shadows - 4.5 🌟
Inizio col botto! Adoro Jem, l'ho sempre preferito a Will (e continuerò a preferirlo XD) e non vedevo l'ora di leggere questa raccolta di novelle narrata dal suo punto di vista (più o meno ma... vedrete da voi!). In questa prima novella facciamo la conoscenza dei figli di tutti i nostri personaggi preferiti da TID, il focus è su Matthew Fairchild e niente, mi sono bastate cosa 40 pagine per amarlo? ADORO il suo rapporto con James e il fatto che siano parabatai rende tutto ancora più perfetto 🥰. Non vedo l'ora di ritrovarlo in Chain of Gold, nel frattempo sappiate che lo shippo con Lucie 😏.

Every exquisite thing - 4.5 🌟
AMO I PERSONAGGI DI CHAIN OF GOLD, SONO IN HYPE TOTALEEEE! ❤️

Learn about loss: 3.5 🌟
Mezzo punto in più per il finale e perchè, comunque vogliate girarla, Will e Jem sono i parabatai migliori di sempre :3

A deeper love: 3 🌟
Bello il setting nella Londra della seconda guerra mondiale, ma come storia era un pò meh.

The wicked one: 3.5 🌟
Cassandra vieni qua che ti devo spiegare una cosa: io voglio, e ripeto VOGLIO, una serie di storie sul circolo. E che diamine, Valentine è tipo il personaggio migliore della prima trilogia di TMI direi che si merita una serie di novelle tutta sua U_U. Fa strano dare un volto alla madre di Jace, soprattutto perchè me l'aspettavo decisamente diversa XD. Questa ossessione per gli Herondale ogni tanto viene sempre fuori 😌.

Son of Dawn: 4 🌟
I miei bambini sono bambini (letteralmente). Dio non riesco a immaginarmelo Alec a 11 anni, mi fa troppo strano 🤣. Sono adorabili non ho nient'altro da dire 💞

The land I lost: 5 🌟
Se non pensate che i Malec e i loro figli siano la cosa più bella che sia capitata a questa serie state mentendo spudoratamente 😜

Through Blood, Through Fire: 3.5 🌟
Carino il fatto che abbiamo conosciuto la madre di Kit ma apparte questo niente che mi abbia sorpresa più di tanto xD

The lost world: 3 🌟
Novella post Queen of air and darkness e, probabilmente possiamo considerare tutto questo un mezzo prequel della serie con Ty e Kit. Mi aspettavo di più, soprattutto considerando che Ty mi era piaciuto un sacco in QOAAD e invece qui... boh non so :/. 

Forever Fallen: 3.5 🌟
Questo tipo mi dà i brividi, cioè sembra uno stalker ma di quelli non tanto bravi (avete presente lo stalker di You? ecco mi ha ricordato un sacco quello!). Sono curiosa di vedere dove si andrà a parare con questo filone ;)

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