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10. Through Blood, Through Fire

9. The Wicked Ones

8. Cast Long Shadows

7. A Deeper Love

6. The Lost World

5. Learn About Loss

4. Every Exquisite Thing

3. Forever Fallen

2. Son of The Dawn

1. The Land I Lost

Bet you can guess who my favourite group of characters are judging by this list! I enjoyed all of the stories in this book and I loved learning more about characters that we only ever get a glimpse of in the rest of the series such as Rosemary and Celine Montclaire. 

Ghosts of the Shadow Market is the latest book in Clare’s Shadowhunter Chronicles. It is a collection of ten short stories that all feature the character of Brother Zachariah throughout the years.

I had a lot of fun reading this book and I suspect many fans of Clare would feel the same. The collection of short stories allowed for many familiar faces to pop up and offer tantalising hints at future novels. The series itself is so expansive that not everyone’s favourite characters are guaranteed to show up in every book but Ghosts gives an opportunity to glimpse at the time period of most of these characters, even the stories themselves do not feature them.

I found each story entertaining and they all flowed well into one another. This connection offered enough of a link between stories so it felt like a continuing narrative but was open enough to engage with different characters, settings and concerns from found family, adoption stories and failed romances. This book offers a range so everyone can always find something to enjoy within its pages.

My only critique, a minor one at that, is the repetitive nature of the introduction to Zachariah in each story. These stories were originally published online as individual short stories so these brief recaps made sense but in the form of a book they pulled me out of the story a fraction. This didn’t prevent me from reading the book late into the night.