i loved this book so much. it felt so good to be back in the shadow world. i love emma and julian. i loved how julian's problems were relatable to a certain degree. i loved julian's struggles more than emma's but i loved emma's character and how she was portrayed. the plot was amazing and i can't wait for the next book because of all the theories that i've been thinking about for the next book. i honestly didn't see where the plot was going to take us until a little bit after halfway, i think that cassandra clare added the right amount of different POVs and when to switch them. i cried so much when we read about all of Julian's struggles and how much he loves his family and what lengths he is willing to go to protect them. the introduction to this new Mark was very interesting and i loved it, i especially loved seeing the comparison and flash backs of the fairies and their whole government because we didn't get to explore all of the land in TMI. i think the new characters were a perfect combinations to add to the book. i also thought that the love story is so confusing and hard to see a good way out of just the TMI, so i am loving it a lot. i did wish we got to see characters from TMI appear towards the start of the book but i understand why she did it, she did it to get us to know the characters well before mentioning the old ones and bring back feels.