I flew through this book and finished it in under a week.
Three nights in a row, I read until 4am because I just didn’t want to put it down. Couldn’t put it down. Couldn’t leave the world and the characters that I fell so instantly in love with.
From the first page, I knew this book was going straight for my heart, and when I finished Chapter 1, it had gripped my heart quite tightly.
Chapter 2, and I knew my heart wouldn’t be in one piece when I was done with this book—and it wasn’t.
By the time I got to the end of Chapter 3, I knew I’d re-read it as soon as I finished it. I just knew. And you know what? I did. It’s just that good!
I loved it so much! Loved everything about it—every character, every sentence, every little thing. And the writing was amazing, of course. Cassandra Clare’s writing gets better and better with every book and in this one, it was faultless.
I gave Lord of Shadows 5-stars, my favourite Shadawhunter book ever; I wasn’t expecting to like Chain of Gold more than that because I always enjoy the second book in all her trilogies the most—and also because The Last Hours trilogy is the sequel series to The Infernal Devices trilogy, which is my least favourite trilogy in the Shadowhunter Chronicles. So, I want to give Chain of Gold more than 5-stars. Maybe 500 stars because I enjoyed it that much more than Lord of Shadows?
Here are some thoughts I had while reading and re-reading this book:
“I didn’t know this book included a trope I’ve been craving!”
“These boys and their friendship! I need more books with friendships like these!”
“Will’s not the only one that’s biased towards the Carstairs. All my favourite Shadowhunters are Carstairs!”
“I need Anna to send me some of those dresses!”
Needless to say, I couldn’t wait for the sequel to come out, especially with the way things played out at the end, wondering if Book 2, Chain of Iron, would follow the pattern of being my favourite of the trilogy. “If so,” I thought, “it will be epic and I might just die.”
Read my review of the sequel >>here<<
