** spoiler alert ** 
 So this is going to be a long one: 
 1. So initially I wasn't super hyped but I was going to read it anyway because shadowhunters make me happy. The prologue was quite dull and didn't help matters much. 
 2. I love the Blackthorn family. They aren't your typical snarky shadowhunters and their dynamic is so nice and their motto is basically 'break the rules kids' which is great. There were so many of them introduced on like the same page that I had to write fact files I got so confused. I particularly like Ty and Livvy, giving me all the feels. And then Helen, poor Helen, and Julian having to raise his siblings it's all just kind of tragic. 
 3. So while I'm not 100% on Mark as a character, he's actually quite funny and I like his interactions with the others. Kieran is going to be interesting, and I don't know who I'm rooting for tbh. 
 4. Christina is just such a nice person and I feel so bad for her. The part where Emma wishes they were parabatai hit me because it would have been so perfect and they could have been happy but no. 
 5. They stole Church. 
 6. Honestly the whole passage of Emma and Julian on the beach was. I really like all the imagery that comes from Julian being an artist and the way stuff gets described like it's a painting. I'm not completely sold on Jem's explanation on why parabatai can't be together, but I'll roll with it. 
 7. Malcolm is such a cool villain because he's just so crazy and mean and yes m8. Although it was really sad when Magnus and Tessa find out and they're really sad because I love them both so much. The thing with the Annabel Lee poem was nice, I really liked that. Malcolm's story is so strange though, and I really hope that it gets talked about in The Last Hours. 
 8. Kit obviously was going to be important, and I'm actually quite happy that this series gets its very own Herondale instead of having to steal Jace. 
 9. Checking in with the rest of the squad in the short story at the end, we get a Sizzy engagement (woot) and a Clace proposal. Obviously Malec are already basically married and they have two children now and it was just too cute I can't even. I love Emma and clary's relationship. And the fact that Clace run the New York institute. I like how they also dropped in during the actual story. JEM AND TESSA SHOWED UP! JEM AND TESSA SHOWED UP! JEM AND TESSA SHOWED UP! 
 10. Julian has made it onto my list of favs from this series with Tessa and Magnus. He's just so nice to all his siblings and Emma and I do love Emma, but Julian has won this battle sorry. Emma just made some weird choices and poor Julian he's been through enough already leave him alone. 
 So yeah I think it's safe to say I quite liked it. I was getting invested and emotional again, and I'm excited for this series. Although I'm not sure about how this one ended with Mark, but I'm optimistic. 
 BONUS: 
 11. I'm already speculating for The Last Hours I'm so excited for James Herondale who I love and I want to know more about this story in general and everything that happened.