Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy

Tales from Shadowhunter Academy is a series of novella written by Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan, Maureen Johnson, and Robin Wasserman.

Simon Lewis has been a human and a vampire, and now he is becoming a Shadowhunter. But the events of City of Heavenly Fire left him stripped of his memories, and Simon isn’t sure who he is anymore. He knows he was friends with Clary, and that he convinced the total goddess Isabelle Lightwood to go out with him…but he doesn’t know how. And when Clary and Isabelle look at him, expecting him to be a man he doesn’t remember…Simon can’t take it.

So when the Shadowhunter Academy reopens, Simon throws himself into this new world of demon-hunting, determined to find himself again. His new self. 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. And that differences—like being a former vampire—are greatly looked down upon. At least Simon is 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. 

The Breakdown:
1.  These stories take place between the end of the Mortal Instruments and the beginning of Dark Artifices.  The authors not only give Simon's journey to becoming a Shadowhunter,  but stories of past Shadowhunters and keeping of with my favorite characters.

2.  I loved getting to see Simon grow from someone who could not remember his life before and his heroic acts to becoming confident in himself even before he gains his memories back.  He is funny and still hold on to his nerdiness while under going some intense training.

3.  I think my favorite story was Born to Endless Night.  It tells the story of how Alec and Magnus adopt there child, Max.  I kinda of loved seeing all the Lightwoods go crazy over this baby.

4. This book also does a lot to set up for the Dark Artifices, and the relations between Shadowhunters and the Fae.  Including an encounter with the Wild Hunt and Mark Blackthorn, and how Shadowhunters are treating those with Fae blood.

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