Queen of Air and Darkness

"An exciting forbidden romance book that's not all about romance. "

"OMG WHY ARE YOU SO LONG??? I'VE BEEN READING THIS DAMN BOOK FOR HALF A YEAR!!!!"

"My favorite book, series and author 😭😭😭"

"4.4 stars. <br/><br/>Holy crap that epilogue. Somebody needs to tell me when <i> that </i> storyline will be continued because honestly, that would be very interesting. <br/><br/>Since I haven't given a feasible review for this series yet, I will do so now. <br/><br/>The characters in this series were awesome. I found myself connected with the Blackthorns and Emma. I've always loved strong sibling relationships but can't find many books that satisfy my needs for fluffy sibling interactions. This book almost made me cry over the relationships the Blackthorns had with each other. I'd have to say my favorite character falls between Cristina and Diana, but there was not a single character that I disliked. Even the characters I was supposed to hate (Zara, Dearborn, etc) I found myself appreciating their designs.<br/><br/>Next, the plot. In most of Cassandra Clare's books, I find myself being extremely bored with at least one plotline. That was not the case for this series. I was invested in everything between Emma and Julian's plotline to the weird thing about Kit's mother. I feel like that's very hard to do in a book. Also, the whole Julian selling his emotions to Magnus thing was awesome too. Like, if you're going to sell you're soul, sell it to Magnus Bane. <br/><br/>(i just realized I never mentioned the romance even though I had it written down in my notes. Good going Al, so next the romance) <br/><br/>Let's be honest. Most of us cringe at some of the romance that Cassandra Clare writes. Do not get me wrong. She is a very talented author but it gets a bit repetitive sometimes. I was very thrilled that she threw the love triangle out the window for this. I've heard that it gets brought back in Chain of Gold, but from what I've heard, Chain of Gold is a masterpiece. <br/><br/>The romance in this book was great. I was not bored by any of it. Whether it was Kieran, Mark, and Cristina or Julian and Emma, I had my head shoved into it. I need a whole separate book about Mark, Kieran, and Cristina tho. They are my babies and I shall shelter them forever. Emma and Julian angsting over each other was also great. For some reason it was much more bearable than Jace and Clary's whole 'I can't date my sibling thing' (thank god that was over by the end of the third book) <br/><br/>I don't know why exactly I'm not giving this five stars. I just don't feel it. But I would certainly recommend this series. Personally, I like it more than any of her other series (please don't sacrifice me to the gods) and will probably reread it (even though this is a reread) in the future.<br/><br/>*reread*<br/><br/>It’s still great. I can’t wait for the epilogue to be extended into a series"

"I adore it. If you read the previous books and love the characters i think you may adore it as well. There is just one thing at the very end of it that i was just like.. again? "

"<a href="http://laughinglistener.com/"><br/>The Laughing Listener</a><br/><b>November 2018</b><br/><b>Format:</b> Hardback & Audiobook<br/><b>Narrator:</b> James Marsters *Standing ovation*<br/><i>You seriously haven’t lived until you hear James Marsters talk like a kelpie</i><br/><b>Length:</b> 30 hours & 23 minutes<br/><br/><b>Story Rating:</b> 5 Stars<br/><b>Performance Rating:</b> 5 Stars<br/><b>Overall Rating:</b> 5 Stars<br/><br/>THIS. BOOK. WAS. INSANITY. And I just???? Oh my god. FEELINGS.<br/><br/><img src="https://media.giphy.com/media/103fSL2bvfdOjS/giphy.gif" width="" height="" alt="I have these FEELINGS"><br/><br/>And similar to my <i>Lord of Shadows</i> review, there is no possible way I can form complete, coherent, constructive sentences right now, so I’ll just list why this book is the ****.<br/><br/>- Slytherin Julian<br/>- Kit being adorable and hilarious<br/>- All the Herondale-ness<br/>- Jace with a beard<br/>- Twisty plot<br/>- Diana taking down the patriarchy<br/>- Mind-shattering insanity<br/>- Blackthorn family love<br/>- The Julian smolder<br/>- Tessa and Jem<br/>- Cristina being a badass<br/>- Diana being a badass<br/>- Emma being a badass<br/>- Dru being a badass<br/>- Extreme <i>Stranger Things</i> vibes<br/>- Mark + Cristina + Kieran = Kierstinark<br/>- Gwyn throwing his axe around like Thor<br/>- Ty being a smol cinnamon bun<br/>- Subtle-but-not-really A+ political undertones<br/>- Mark challenging Jaime to a duel<br/>- Malec adorableness<br/>- Ty and Dru sibling bonding<br/>- Lots of Faerie drama<br/>- Alec being a major badass and all around MVP<br/>- Zara being an idiot<br/>- Phoukas wearing purple pants<br/>- Drunk Magnus<br/>- LOTS OF FEELINGS AND PANIC ATTACKS<br/><br/><b>FINAL WORD</b><br/>This book was complete insanity from beginning to end and I feel like I didn’t breathe for a week. I LOVED IT.<br/><br/>#1 ↦ <i>[b:Lady Midnight|25494343|Lady Midnight (The Dark Artifices, #1)|Cassandra Clare|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1460477682s/25494343.jpg|19104294]</i> ↦ ✦✦✦✦✦<br/>#2 ↦ <i>[b:Lord of Shadows|30312891|Lord of Shadows (The Dark Artifices, #2)|Cassandra Clare|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1479513427s/30312891.jpg|19104295]</i> ↦ ✦✦✦✦✦<br/>#3 ↦ <i>[b:Queen of Air and Darkness|13541056|Queen of Air and Darkness (The Dark Artifices, #3)|Cassandra Clare|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1510447136s/13541056.jpg|19104298]</i> ↦ ✦✦✦✦✦"

"Probably the Dark Artifacts series"

"This has to be my favorite trilogy in this whole universe. I'm obsessed"

"One of my favorites in the shadowhunters universe! "

"The Dark Artifices #3"