Chain of Thorns (3) (The Last Hours) Hardcover – January 31, 2023

The author developed the characters well. The relationships built with the excitement of the story. Triumph and failors. It filled in history from previous books. Great read. Great love stories.

Cassandra Clare just has me in her hooks and will not let go. The world of the Shadowhunters is always so entertaining and rife with so many characters. What Clare continues to do so well is her characters. While Clare might not have the greatest plots, its the characters that really make you fall in love with her. Chain of Thorns was no exception to that. I loved this book. Chain of Thorns wrapped the story of James, Lucie, Cordelia, and the rest so beautifully. Now this book did seem to be a tad bit too long, but how Clare handled every characters arc and the overall story was so well executed. The Last Hours series has been one of the best in Shadowhunters history. Now with all that said, I am ready for Clare to venture away from this universe and expand her horizons, so I am super excited to be getting Sword Catcher later this year. Do I want her to finish this series, absolutely, will I wait patiently for it, absolutely, and when it is all said and done will I miss it, absolutely, but I do think it is time to say good-bye. The Wicked Powers is next and last for the Shadowhunters supposedly and it is one series I have been dying for since Clare first announced it.

Cassie Clare is a magician with one liners that stand out and make you pay attention. Honestly there’s a dozen more quotes I could have placed in this reel that would have been equally as heart felt or funny.She brings us characters in a magical world full of nephilim, demons, Princes of Hell, and a Christmas tree made of weapons. It’s fantastical and a world that’s woven so well over the entire series. Yet, her characters are so very real and deal with real world situations in a way that isn’t the least bit fantastical, most poignant in this installment: Alcoholism and the recovery to get back to a healthy place of self and friends. LGBTQ heartache & bravery and the repercussions of coming out to your family and friends.I do not think this is the strongest of her books plot wise, but I think her strength shines in her characters relational developments. I’ve never rooted for so many MC’s to ALL get their happy endings as I have in this book, even the *villainous* ones. And you can see the tremendous growth and changes Cassandra Clare has taken over the years of writing ShadowHuntersTold in 3rd person POV from MANY characters, there’s a core pair that is followed, but so many journeys that make up the whole of this book.Convincing you to read Chain of Thorns requires convincing you to read all of Shadow Hunters, for it’s just a tiny part of the whole.If you like YA magic, sorcery, demons and fighting for the greater good both in the metaphysical and the real world actions, the ShadowHunters series is for you. It’s a large undertaking, but I’ve found it extremely worth it and knowing these characters has added value to my life.

I love all the shadowhunter books. My only wish would be that there was another set of books between The Last Hours and The Mortal Instruments. Ones that would tie in the beginning and the end. Maybe something about James and Cordelia's and finish up with Valentine and Jocelyn entering the picture.

Cassandra Clare is back in force with The Last Hours. After a disappointing Dark Artifices, she more than made up for it with this series. I loved everything about it: the characters (Cordelia, James, OMG Matthew, Alastair and Thomas, Lucie and Jesse, Anna and Ari, and even Grace) both good and evil and those in between were well developed and awesome, the sarcastic bite and funny banter we got used to in Mortal Instruments is back, and the writing is fabulous as usual.One of the things that didn't work for me in The Dark Artifices series was the chaos of characters. There were so many and they were so obviously there to check an item in the diversity list that it just didn't work for me. It just didn't flow naturally. Things have changed with this series. Still a lot of characters and POVs as per Clare's usual but very well managed and the diversity card is seamlessly and masterfully incorporated in the story, giving it a very natural flow.Congrats Ms, Clare, you've done it again. Love it and highly recommend it for fantasy and romantasy lovers YA and adult.P.S. - that bonus scene at the end was awesome.

We waited so long for this epic finale and it was so worth the wait! My only complaint would be that it was a little long but even that didn’t bother me much because I could read about these characters all the time and not get bored.I don’t want to say too much because of spoilers but you can expect all the emotions that Shadowhunter books always bring. And even though some things didn’t happen the way I wanted them to, I’m content with the ending.I was a little disappointed that the ebook version did not have the bonus story at the end but yet the audiobook version did. The audiobook is, as always, superbly narrated by Finty Williams for the listeners out there.All in all, The Dark Artifices, still remains my favorite Shadowhunter series but The Last Hours is a close second!

To understand, you have to be a fan of the Mortal instruments collection to understand what a shadow Hunter is and maybe even watch the Shadowhunters TV series