I really loved the idea of this book - if you are a fan of her Mortal Instruments and Infernal Devices series', you would have heard of the infamous Shadowhunter's Codex, a sort of text book for Shadowhunters in training!
I loved the added detail of Clary, Simon and Jace writing notes in the book, and Clary had sketched pictures all throughout the pages. It was an incredibly interesting read - however, much like reading a text book at times (boring). I did end up skipping a few sections, reading only their notes and things about the shadow world that interested me - things I didn't know.
It amazed me how much history Cassandra was able to basically "make-up" about this whole world. Thousands of years of history, dates, events, traditions - so much detail about everything! I cannot believe how much work and effort has been put into her novels. Just incredible.
This book is great for if you're reading the series and come across something you don't know, or you want to know more about - you can just look it up in the Codex and Bob's your uncle. It's hard to read as a novel in itself because of its textbook-like qualities (which is what she was going for - that's essentially what the Codex is). So I probably wouldn't read it as one, unless you were super into learning all these things like some fans are :)
I would give it 3/5. I liked it. And I loved the extras. Recommended for any fans of her aforementioned series. You guys will love it!
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